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KAY KENYON
Mar 31, 2014
My Victorian World
What does a Victorian world look like? Science fiction and fantasy authors have created a rich variety, from Gail Carriger’s Parasol...
Jan 26, 2014
Tori Harding: A Victorian Heroine
While writers strive for a dramatic plot, stories are always about people and their relationships to each other. Here’s a character...
Dec 22, 2013
Top Writing the World Posts of 2013
Courage, faith, balance. Essentials for the writing life This year on my blog I’ve had fun sharing my views, exploring the writing...
Dec 17, 2013
Sleeping Hedgehog interview
This week Camille Alexa reviewed A Thousand Perfect Things for Sleeping Hedgehog: A Journal of An Untraditional Nature, the sister...
Sep 28, 2013
On a perfect life: An interview
I had the privilege of participating in Tim Ward’s and John Dodd’s very thoughtful interview on the subject of A Thousand Perfect Things....
Sep 23, 2013
What they’re saying about A Thousand Perfect Things
Reviews and comments are coming in for the new book. Here are some of my favorites: “The magic that was the glue that bound the story...
Sep 16, 2013
My novel meets the hated elevator pitch
The dread question comes at the oddest moments: You’re going about your business, about to sip your cappuccino, or riding in an elevator,...
Sep 5, 2013
An interview on the new book, fantasy & publishing
Please drop by for my new interview, podcast now at Dialogue: Between the Lines! I had fun chatting with show host Susan Wingate today....
Aug 13, 2013
1,000 Perfect Things at $3.99
“A masterwork from the mind of one of our best authors of compelling alternate realities.”–Larry Brooks, Author of Story Physics If you...
Aug 10, 2013
Novel excerpt: The golden lotus and the silver tigers
Excerpt from A Thousand Perfect Things This title has been released in trade paper. E-book formats available on August 27. Check out some...
Aug 5, 2013
Novel excerpt: Knives in the orchard
Excerpts from A Thousand Perfect Things This title has been released in trade paper. E-book formats available on August 27. Check out...
Jul 8, 2013
Character sketch: Elizabeth Platt
Mrs. Lily Langtree, a painting by George Frederic Watts. This is a younger version of Elizabeth Platt, as I imagine her. The teacher. 41...
Jul 1, 2013
Character sketch: Mahindra
In his youth he studied Anglic in the colonial schools, but became disillusioned. Years ago he fought in a failed insurgency against...
Jun 24, 2013
Character sketch: Captain Muir-Smith
Edmond Muir-Smith Other characters: Tori Harding (major character), Jessa Harding, her sister, Sir Charles Littlewood, her grandfather,...
Jun 18, 2013
Character sketch: Tori Harding
My latest novel, A Thousand Perfect Things, comes out August 27 in print and e-book. In the next few posts I’ll run character sketches...
May 16, 2013
Casting the book
We all know the importance of the main character, the “star” in a story. But the wider cast is also crucial adding to the drama,...
Apr 29, 2013
Convergence of ideas
I have no idea how the brain works, but in a novel-writing brain (er, mine at least) it works from convergence. Or at least that’s my...
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