Instead of writing. Inspired by David B Coe of Magical Words.

1. Reading Lilith Saintcrow’s Dante Valentine novel- volume 4. Which hasn’t arrived from Amazon yet. Damn.
2. Playing Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Nintendo DS) - My system tells me I’m about 60% done with the game.
3. Watching NCIS or House, MD on DVD. Must… resist… buying… new seasons….
4. Adding things to my Amazon.com wishlist
5. Having cookies n’ cream ice cream. Mmm.
6. Checking the next DVD in my Netflix queue
7. Catching up on LICD (A webcomic. Only for the sarcastic.)
8. Writing inane blog posts of random top 10 lists
9. Creating a database of character stats for the cast of Inferno. (What can I say? I’m a technophile.)
10. Driving home from Dragon*Con. Instead, we missed it this year. Very sad.

Also awesome and related to #10 - Friend of mine, director of the Wheel of Time track at Dragon*Con and chair of JordanCon, Jennifer Liang, has an article on Cracked.com. Go read it. It’s funny.

1. Writer’s Digest Writing Prompts
2. Holly Lisle’s Mapping Workshop
3. A good baby name book or website. This one also has surnames.
4. Patricia C. Wrede’s fantasy world-building questions.
5. Holly Black’s writing resources
6. A good word processor program like Open Office (even better if it’s free)
7. Author’s outline-helper - Originally created for NaNoWriMo.*
8. The Novel Notebook by Lynn Viehl (download here)
9. A calendar system to keep track of deadlines
10. A good way to procrastinate when the need hits

Want to get to know me? Here are a few of my favorites.

Favorite author(s)?

Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, Anne Bishop, James Clemens, Jim Butcher, and childhood favorite David Eddings

Favorite food?

Longhorn’s 8oz. Renegade sirloin, well done, with Texas cheese fries and the deep fried cheesecake for dessert. Mmmmm.

Favorite color?

Purple, black, crimson

Best time of day?

Mid- to- Late morning. I’m useless until I’ve had my caffeine, but if I wait too long to work I let myself get distracted.

Favorite season?

Fall. I’d say spring, but I have terrible allergies.

Most unusual hobby?

American Tribal bellydance

Want to know more? Leave a comment with your questions.

Welcome to the new & improved Moonlit Glade. This site will still have resources for writers, but instead of highlighting contributed material the Glade will now focus on writer’s resources and my own work. I’ll be sharing the resources and techniques I use myself as well as the progress of my current project, the full length fantasy novel, Inferno.

As soon as I obtain permission from the authors, I will be making downloads available of the short stories that were highlighted here in the past. I hope you’ll enjoy them.

If you have questions or comments, I encourage you to leave me a message. I’ll be happy to reply. I look forward to hearing from you!