Things My Characters Know That I Don’t
Things I needed to figure out to make my stories work.
An Anti-Typical Werewolf
I love a werewolf story. But sometimes, I really hate the way they’re written. Not the prose - the characterisation.
How to Accidentally Invent a Pictish Vampire
Pia emerged from an absolutely deranged sequence of associations involving a meme, vampire dietary ethics and a question about autobiographical memory.
Why Make Monsters?
When there are so many cool legends in the world, why would I make my own monsters?
Writing a Trauma Survivor in Urban Fantasy
The reason my main character keeps people at arm’s length.