anubis
The End, Kinda
The last book in my Folley & Mallory series drops today, and perhaps I am having feelings about that, but god forbid we explore those, because it's all too hard to contemplate; this seems to be my year of endings. Dramatic! But, many things have come to an end, so it feels apt. There are […]
Egypt Doings
In case you don't know, I'm crazy for ancient Egypt. If I can read it, watch it, play it, I'm there. The Mummy? Yes. Amelia Peabody?! Absolutment. Stargate? Yes! Joann Fletcher escapades? Yes! What about that book in Gail Carriger's series where they finally go to Egypt?! YES. Gods of Egypt?! EVEN THAT. Immortal? Yes. […]
The Honey Mummy
If you know anything about me, you should know one thing: I am not good at being patient. Waiting is the hardest thing. Not having a thing when you really want a thing? Clearly the worst! Being an author who is often put in a position where they have to sit on Really Good News? […]
Jumping Off Cliffs
This week, we're getting back to the drafting of Folley & Mallory #4. It has a working title, but I'm not entirely thrilled with it, so we're giving it a number here and calling it good. But where's #3, you may wonder -- and that's part of the thing. Most people aren't wondering. Folley and […]
Gifted
Long ago and far away, there were remarkable things called bookplates. They seem to have fallen out of fashion in the present age, which I find disappointing, as I always liked them (which is to say I was absolutely addicted). A bookplate is a small and gorgeous sticker that you can put in a book; […]
If You Give a Girl a Library
If you give a girl a library, she's going to want a library card. When you give her a library card, she's going to check out as many books as she can. Then she'll want to carry them all home on her own. When you give a girl a library card, she's going to go […]
Never Just Us
[pullquote align=center] The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. -Ellie Arroway, Contact [/pullquote] As I pondered writing about my book birthday (oh frabjous day!), I realized there was a lot more going on […]
Rings of Anubis, Chapter One
CHAPTER ONE Paris, France ~ October 1889 Virgil Mallory came into Eleanor Folley’s life during the autumn of her thirtieth year, a time when she should have been perfectly content to be with her father, books, or specimens from the field. Hers was not the life of a nun, she assured people (indeed, many […]
Well
When you're a writer -- No, wait. When you're human, and want something over the course of your entire life, you spend a lot of time thinking what it will be like should you acquire said thing. Maybe it's a lollipop. Maybe it's a free-standing mixer. Maybe it's an entire cheesecake all to yourself. Maybe […]
The Paper Anniversary
I suspect all authors dream of their stories and books getting reviews. Honest, even, and fair (by which I mean glowing and neon and lighting up the darkness that is the dark matter mass of an author's heart). Friday, Ana Grilo at Kirkus (and also of The Book Smugglers) had this to say about Rings […]