And here are the hidden meanings behind the names in The Secret Soulbond… The heroine is Lady Annalise Brigid Greysnowe, daughter of the Count of Greysnowe. Annalise is a formal-sounding name, combining Anna (“grace”) and…
In my stories, magic is used every day, but it always costs something (Newton’s third law, you know), and that cost can be difficult to control or predict except for small spells. (Although sometimes even…
All the holidays in my stories are inspired from holidays in the real world, although some are no longer holidays most of us celebrate. Below are the inspirations behind the main holidays in Calatini. Most…
Last time, I described some reasons behind some of my more exotic invented words. Well, here are some more… Mentha Nightmara Venuses (singular: venus) Werebeasts
As I wrote in an earlier post, I like using some invented words, and I prefer using either homophonous spellings or words describing the item. Here are the reasons behind some of the more exotic…
Ever since I was little, I adored fairy tales—I still do. 🙂 So I love including bits and pieces of fairy tales (or other iconic tales) in my stories. Here are the tales and themes…
Although I never bother with makeup or chic clothes, I love perfume. It’s easy and fun, but I have to be careful of the perfumes I wear—some scents give me migraines or irritate me after…
In honor of the first day of summer, I wanted to share some summertime events and customs of Calatini. For worshippers of the Goddess or the Twins, summer starts with a holy festival on the…
As I wrote in an earlier post, I like to make my characters names have hidden meaning. Here’s the meanings behind the names of the main characters from The Nightmara Affair: The heroine is Kiera….
In The Enchanted Bird, The Nightmara Affair, and The Secret Soulbond, the king’s summer masquerade is a turning point for the characters, and this masquerade inspires a second masquerade a few months later. With these…