Musings and Mayhem
(the NPTwrites blog)
10 Spooky Middle Grade Reads for Fall
It's October and Halloween is fast approaching, so I thought this would be a great time to post some of my favourite scary...
September Reading Recap
Summer is still holding on here in Ottawa, despite the rapidly shortening days and the return to school. It's supposed to...
My First Author Interview!
With the recent announcement about River of Crows being listed as a finalist in the Canadian Book Club Awards, publicity...
Aaaaannnd… We’re Live!
I am SO excited to announce that the revamped website is now live! As mentioned before, some parts of the site will look familiar from the old version, while some parts—like the dedicated page for the entire Arcanium Saga—are brand new. There are also a lot of little...
Where the Names in The Arcanium Saga Come From
The Ottawa Public Library posted something on their Twitter feed today that made me laugh. They asked whether the twist in a book was more shocking or the realization that you'd been mispronouncing the characters' names all along. And there's kind of a funny...
Progress on the New Website!
Well, it's almost 7:30 on a Sunday night and, while I should have spent the weekend working on the next book, I have instead spent both days working furiously away on website updates. And I kind of feel like my eyeballs are about to fall out from staring at the screen...
January Reading Recap
I am still chugging along with the writing and editing stuff instead of the reading stuff, so I’ve only got a few books for the recap for January. But that does give me some extra space to say how hugely excited I am about the cover for book 3 of The Arcanium Saga. I...
December Reading Recap
I am very late posting my December Reading Recap, but in my defence, I've been pouring all my non-day-job hours into writing the next Arcania book. But I am making up for my lateness with a more-books-than-usual post because I had more free time over the holidays to...
November Reading Recap
One of the most common writing tips you'll ever get is that you should read a lot. Read everything. The genre you write in. The genres you don't write in. Anything and everything. Just... read. How fortunate then, that most writers also love to read. In these...
River of Crows Nominated for an Award!
So… I have some big book news that I can finally share with you today! A few weeks ago I got a very exciting email from the good folks over at Cybils.com informing me that River of Crows has been nominated by a member of the public for a 2022 Cybils Award in the...
