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Sunday Reflection: “Everyone is looking for you.”
After a long night of healing, Jesus gets up before dawn and goes alone to pray in today’s Gospel at Mass. Eventually his disciples find him and tell him, “Everyone is for you.” It’s not surprising that everyone was looking for Jesus, even early in His ministry. The rumors and the newness of what He…
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I’m so excited! Book two is out of my hands!
I am thrilled to announce that The Magic Council: The Fight for Home is officially out of my hands and off to my publisher for proofreading and formatting. It’s been a real and crazy journey these past years. I first wrote this novel 13 years ago, and it is my favorite of any I’ve yet…
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I love melodrama
Hi, I’m Victoria, and I love melodrama (in fiction) perhaps a tad too much. Les Miserables is one of my favorite novels, if not THE favorite. If that explains it. I don’t watch soap operas, but that’s mainly because the melodrama that intrigues me is generally of a different kind than you find in a…
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What makes a soft magic system work
A soft magic system is one in which the mechanics of magic and how it works are not explained. It’s a bit intuitive to say that a soft magic system works best when magic is not truly a main focus of the story. But that’s indeed the case. “The Lord of the Rings” is the…
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On prologues and epilogues
Some readers love them. Some hate them. Prologues and epilogues are the topic today! I don’t happen to mind them, but I could generally do without them. I mean, as long as the story is complete without them, I don’t miss them or wish they were there. I feel a novel should have a prologue…
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SPECIAL SNEAK PEEK AT “THE MAGIC COUNCIL:THE FIGHT FOR HOME”
It’s my birthday! And to celebrate, here’s a spoiler-free peek at one of my favorite scenes from book two of the Herezoth trilogy, “The Magic Council: The Fight for Home.” I mentioned the three princes in a recent about the three powers of the human heart. Now you get to meet them! You find out…
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FREE BOOK ALERT!
I’m excited to announce that for my birthday on the 25th, I’ve made “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” FREE to download for Kindle from Amazon from 9/23 to 9/27. This means it’s FREE to download as we speak. I’ll need all the help I can get to get the promo rolling. Reviews for…
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Character Spotlight: Neslan the Scholar and True Friend
Neslan Dormenor is the Crimson League’s scholar. If I’m honest, he’s probably the character who most resembles me in temperament and interests. He’s twenty-five or so and loves history, literature, poetry, and myth. He’s extremely book smart, and I’d think he has a rich interior life. I feel really bad for him, because he finds…
Creative Writing with the Crimson League 