You let him call you Pi? Happy #PiDay #MFRWhooks #MFRWauthor
When your nickname is “Pi” you have a day all to yourself. Except in this case, the person in question is not at all happy with the name. There’s a long story behind the reason…
Will you vote for Pietas? Bringer of Chaos is up for the LRC Award #SciFi #MFRWhooks
This week’s book hooks is a little different for me. Bringer of Chaos: Forged in Fire is up for the LRC Award for the Best of science fiction, fantasy, and futuristic. There are dozens of…
Author Facade: being who you are as a writer #Author #MFRWauthor #INFJ
Author façade. Do those words go together? Yes. When people ask me what I do, I could say I’m a wife or mother. I could say I’m a veteran. Or retired. Or any number of things.…
What king is spooked by a lingering memory #Pietas #SciFi #MFRWhooks
In this scene, Pietas is about to face his father, whom he detests on every level. The man was never more than a brutal drill instructor, and the dread inside Pietas at the thought of…
Friends can hear you thinking #MFRWhooks #SciFi #SpaceOpera
With a close friend, you might actually say, “I can hear you thinking.” In this scene from Bringer of Chaos: Forged in Fire, Pietas and Six have climbed a mountain and are almost at their destination.…
Who is the pet here? Pietas gets a panther “kitty” #SciFi #Pietas #MFRWhooks
When Pietas is attacked from behind, the panther who’s been his shadow for months leaps into the frey and protects him. It costs the cat its life. But this panther is far more than what…
Blink twice if you hear me, ghost #MFRWhooks #MFRWauthor #SciFi
In this scene, Six, member of the Ghost Corps (a human resurrected with Ultra blood), has been taken hostage by Mahikos, Pietas’s father. Pietas and Joss have just found him. Blink Twice “Are you looking…
You dare insult the Bringer of Chaos? #SciFi #Pietas #MFRWhooks
In this scene from Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas, the immortal king has completed a ritual for strength and prowess. He had told Six, who is human, not to watch and to keep…
A psychic fight is chaos #SciFi #SpaceOpera #MFRWhooks
In this scene from Bringer of Chaos: Forged in Fire, Pietas has a psychic fight with his sister, Dessy. Having seen Pietas performing a ritual for their people with a human, she adjusts the “mask”…
When you love it, but it’s wrong #Pietas #SciFi #MFRWhooks
There are times when you love something but must give it up because a) it’s not good for you, b) someone else needs it more, c) it’s broken beyond repair, d) you’ve moved past it,…