Throughout The Sun-Nymph Bride, Pippa and Edouard give each other gifts. Below are the meanings and inspiration behind them (with pictures!) Warning: contains spoilers. After they meet but before they begin truly courting, Pippa and…
The architecture in Ormas, which Pippa loves studying, is inspired by architecture in London, typically the types that would have been present during the Regency. Below are the buildings Pippa describes in The Sun-Nymph Bride…
In Calatini, tenth-century art, which Edouard and his father love, is inspired by the Rococo period in the Baroque era, an ornamental style from the century before the Regency that combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding,…
To Dad—who took care of Mom with steady dedication after she became ill and somehow managed to teach me to drive without shouting back. The dedication for The Sun-Nymph Bride. The Sun-Nymph Bride is dedicated…
And here are the hidden meanings behind the names in The Sun-Nymph Bride… The heroine is Philippa Grace Hawke, although she goes by Pippa. Philippa, a feminine form of Philip, means lover of horses, although…
The journey to writing Pippa and Edouard’s story is different than my usual process. Typically, when I create side characters, I know what story I want to tell for them (and with whom) when they…
When thinking about community priests and the charities they’d run for the community, I created several service organizations. However, most of them weren’t inspired by charities in Regency England, but charities we have now. (The…
And here are the hidden meanings behind the names in The Goddess’s Illusion… The heroine is Katherine Elizabeth Gernand (née Sutton), the Countess of Blaine, although she goes by Kit. All of Kit’s birth names…
To Mom—the only pastor whose sermons I always listened to without daydreaming about my latest story, even when my childhood antics being used as examples made me blush. The dedication for The Goddess’s Illusion. The…
In addition to giving my characters personality types and color seasons, I also like to give them a hobby, trait, or preference that’s one of mine to help connect me to the characters. Here are…