As far as characters go, Mox is a favorite of mine. Her talent is amazing, luring disease away from people into herself so she can kill it with toxic energy. Her understanding is less focused on the mystery and more grounded in the practice and practicality of it. She slept through the scary parts, because, hello really scary to be poisoned and feel it rush through your system with a…

Nothing beats knowing people are reading books and stories you have poured your heart into, fussed and polished with until the words are drummed into your head. The truth is writing is not magic, it is hard, sweaty, heartbreaking work. Words are not the easiest to manage and emotions can get twisted up with motivations. A good character is as complicated as any real person and has just as many…

It was exhausting editing that fast, reading that much, re-editing, revising, re-writing. And then we format. Formatting is a particular nightmare of mine. If you can’t tell, let me know because formatting is way harder than writing.in any case… 2 books are swimming.