How to plot out a new novel is always a big question. While the query process continues for my latest novel, I very much wanted to get started on a new project. It also needed to take readers more than a thousand years away from Hypatia’s life. A friend of mine who is an inspired…
Historical fiction authors are a close-knit bunch. I’m back after a long quiet period while I finished working with editors to get my novel ready for agents. This emergence from the writing cave could not have kicked off better than a recent evening with three of my favourite writers touring here in Vancouver. I am forever…
I want my own magical staff. Actually, I need one for The Sibylline Chronicles. My husband is a concept illustrator and art director in the animated film and television industry. So, when I needed help figuring out the engineering of a critical storytelling tool, he came to my aid with his pad and sketch pencils….
Now that I am well into the third act of Vol. 1 of The Sibylline Chronicles, my map-making process is ramping up at the same time it winds down. The map of ancient Sufetula (see below) is the last in the series of location maps for the novel. Sufetula – its temples, monastery and stunning high-plateau…