Find previous chapters here. ______________________________________________ It was odd, Annette thought, to be dragged into the room of a large, lonely fireplace she’d cleaned hundreds of times and find it now surrounded by more people than she’d seen for years. It was odd that someone would hurt the Telling Tree, and even more odd that …
Find Chapter 1 here and Chapter 2 here. _____________________________________ It was a typical day for Steven Booker. His master woke him and his fellow apprentice, the quite Will Scriber, at the break of dawn. They ate their usual ration of oatmeal, trimmed their quills, and sat down at their benches to begin hours of …
I’ve decided to post chapters for this story on Monday and Friday mornings, so look for them then. :) Find Chapter One here. Chapter 2 Louise of Kangraff stood at a window set in the cold grey walls of the castle. Her arms, crossed tightly over her chest, served two purposes: They added warmth …
Almost two years ago, I wrote a fairy tale called The Weavers’ Blessing, posting it here as I wrote it over the space of about two months. It can now be bought on Amazon, for those of you who are interested (and if you’re not interested, it can still be bought there). At long last, I …
As long as I can remember, being an author has been my dream job. Most little girls want to be an actress or a ballerina or something of the sort; I wanted to be an author. As this blog illustrates, that dream has lived on and gotten stronger. And so, today, it is with greatest …