Seven Sisters Archives

Cover of Outcrossing displayed on a weathered wood board, with a horseshoe and lucky clover.

Apprenticing in Albion

January 28, 2025 / Albion

An overview of apprenticing (and training of various sorts) in Albion. Includes a guide to the demographics, different educational paths, and apprenticeship itself.

Bound for Perdition, On The Bias, Outcrossing, Seven Sisters, Size of the Bog, The Fossil Door, Three Tales of Gabe and Rathna, Treats And Extras, Weaving Hope

Cover of Best Foot Forward displayed on a tablet, with a palm leaf, on a golden yellow background. The cover has a deep red background with map markings in a dull purple. Two men in silhouette stand, looking up at a point in the top left. An astrology chart with different symbols picked out takes up the left side of the image, with glowing stars curving up to the title.

Happy Pride! LGBTQIA+ Books

June 12, 2024 / Albion, Reading

A look at LGBTQIA+ books and characters as of June 2024.

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Casting Nasturtiums, Complementary, Four Walls and a Heart, Goblin Fruit, On The Bias, Point By Point, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door

Old As The Hills displayed on a tablet, in a stone arch with a glowing purple night sky behind it. The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a can and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

Neurodiversity in my books

April 17, 2024 / In Character, Questions and answers

A guide to neurodiverse characters in my books, as of 2024. (Check out the grid early in the post for the current complete list.)

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Bound for Perdition, Casting Nasturtiums, Complementary, Eclipse, Illusion of a Boar, Old As The Hills, On The Bias, Pastiche, Perfect Accord, Seven Sisters, Shoemaker's Wife, The Fossil Door, The Magic of Four, Three Graces, Upon A Summer's Day

Four Walls and a Heart lying on a table with autumn gourds. The cover is a deep red, with a man in a wheelchair and a man standing, both in silhouette, in front of a large blue and glass door.

Age, characters, and time passing

January 24, 2024 / Questions and answers

A look at characters, age, and time passing. What it means to write across a range of time periods for me and my characters.

As The Ground Shifts, Mistress Of Birds, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door

Cover of In The Cards displayed in a gleaming silver frame, with purple flowers on the right and a purple velvet high-heeled shoes.

Happily ever after, no kids

September 13, 2023 / Mysterious Arts, Mysterious Charm, Mysterious Powers, Questions and answers

Some of my characters have kids, but not everyone does! Here’s more about those books.

Ancient Trust, Bound for Perdition, Complementary, Fool's Gold, Four Walls and a Heart, Illusion of a Boar, In The Cards, Mistress Of Birds, On The Bias, Point By Point, Seven Sisters, The Hare And The Oak

Copy of Pastiche on a white wood background, surrounded by golden yellow leaves that pick up on the yellow of the stained glass window on the cover.

Where to start

August 9, 2023 / Questions and answers, Writing and publishing

Thoughts about where to start with my books (and a link to a page all about that).

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Fool's Gold, Goblin Fruit, Old As The Hills, On The Bias, Pastiche, Seven Sisters, Shoemaker's Wife, Upon A Summer's Day

Cover of Facets of the Bench: two people in 1920s clothing silhouetted, the man in a wheelchair with forearm crutches visible. She's handing him a necklace, with a jet pendant inset in the top right corner.

Summer (any time) reading fun

June 7, 2023 / Reading

Doing a summer reading challenge? Here are my books that fit specific prompts/bingo squares/etc.

Best Foot Forward, Bound for Perdition, Eclipse, Fool's Gold, Magician's Hoard, Mistress Of Birds, Point By Point, Sailor's Jewel, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door, Wards of the Roses, Winter's Charms

Cover of Fool's Gold displayed on a tablet, set on a desk with a pink rose, a fountain pen, a jar of ink, and paper.

Idea to book: Fool’s Gold

March 15, 2023 / Ideas to books, Mysterious Powers

The ideas behind Fool’s Gold (fountain pens, a villain redeemed, and the banks.)

Fool's Gold, Seven Sisters

The Fossil Door cover displayed on an ereader, surrounded by candles, dried plants, and a mug of tea. The cover has a man and woman in silhouette at the right, looking to the left, on a background of dark burgundy to golden yellow, with an inset smaller image of an illuminated manuscript in the right corner.

Question answered! Character ages

April 28, 2022 / Questions and answers

Talking about character ages and how I think about that.

Best Foot Forward, Fool's Gold, Goblin Fruit, In The Cards, Magician's Hoard, Outcrossing, Pastiche, Sailor's Jewel, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door

Cover of Seven Sisters displayed on a tablet, in front of a glowing crescent moon, surrounded by mist.

Idea to Book: Seven Sisters

April 1, 2022 / Ideas to books

The ideas behind Seven Sisters: The Fatae, classics (Herodotus!), and the density of history.

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Neurodiversity and recent history

October 13, 2021 / Mysterious Charm, Mysterious Powers, Novellas, Questions and answers

Talking about neurodiversity, representation in my books, and a bit of history.

Casting Nasturtiums, Complementary, Eclipse, On The Bias, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door

Copy of Goblin Fruit lying on a white wood desk, surrounded by golden yellow leaves and pinecorns that highlight the yellow in the cover.

Threading characters through books

August 5, 2020 / Albion, Mysterious Charm

How characters appear in multiple books – and why that’s fun!

Goblin Fruit, Magician's Hoard, Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters is out now

June 5, 2020 / Announcements, Mysterious Charm

Seven Sisters is out – an investigation into odd magic at a country house.

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