Star Wars and Novel Writing
Confession time: I love Star Wars. I guess that’s not much of a confession these days as geek-dom has become cool somehow (where was that when I was in elementary school?), but I am a Star Wars nut. While I am a bit of a purest and still hold the original trilogy as the best, I even have a mild appreciation for the prequels (no haters, please). Last December as the latest episode was released, I was nervous about how Disney would handle it, but I geeked-out nonetheless. I pla
Becoming the ‘Real’ Perryn
One of my favorite things about writing The Chase was choosing the characters’ names. Nearly all of the names in the book communicate something about that character. I hope to write on each over time, but my clear favorite is Perryn. From what I was able to find, her name has two meanings. In some cases, it can mean ‘wanderer.’ In others, it is the feminine form of Peter, which means ‘rock.’ I LOVE this about her because hers is a story of discovering which of the two she wil
