Writing Character Emotions One of the fun things about writing a series is that you get to use the same settings in different books. The Royal Arms Hotel has played host to characters in three…
One way writers allow readers to connect with a hero is to give him serious character flaws. In Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas, Pietas begins as an arrogant narcissist with a superiority complex.…
You know that feeling when you think you know the whole story? You know the truth? So you make a decision and you run with it. When you careen into a wall you didn’t see,…
In the book Forever Love, a situation occurs that moves Pietas and Izzorah from enemies to friends. I’ve been writing a new story — nothing fully plotted yet — and this scene presented itself. If…
Out of print for nearly ten years, when Surrender Love re-released, it was with two sequels and three short stories in a series. Surrender Love is 99 cents and serves as an intro to the…
In this scene, Shohn has asked Joe if he’d mind some music. He agrees so long as it’s not Kin opera, because humans can’t hear most of the notes. “Besides,” Shohn agreeed. “Kin music is…
In this scene, Shohn and Joe have just met, and she’s brought him to her home for protection. She has programmed her synther to make dinner. A synther makes food – think microwave crossed with…
In this scene from Crystal Clear Truth, Shohn Lexius has taken Joe to lunch. She’d become his bodyguard only recently and though he isn’t aware of it, there are idBot guards inside the building as…
For Women Only by Kayelle Allen Mehfawni, a Kin ambassador, visits the capitol planet of the empire and meets security expert, Khyff, a human. A death in her family forces Fawni to return home, but…
Ever have one of those chats starts out confrontational but ends up in a good place? Share a sweet but awkward father and son moment with Luc and Senth. Bro comes chonologically after A Stolen Heart, but…