by Nicole | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
This past weekend, I took a little jaunt down to southern Utah to hike and rappel a slot canyon… ok, first, here’s a warning–this is super long… but you like to read, so, hey! Match made in heaven. 😉So, I thought this would take 3-5 hours,...
by Nicole | Apr 26, 2021 | Genre, Urban Fantasy
For some inexplicable reason, urban fantasy as a genre LOVES female protagonists. And why shouldn’t it? Chicks kick ass. But what’s up with male protagonists? Do we love them or not? Is there some reason to obsessively stick to UF with female leads? Surprise! I...
by Nicole | Apr 5, 2021 | Book News, Cover Reveals, Promotional
Super stoked to share the cover for the next Holly Drake book here. Conflict in the 6 Moons is heating up! Click the cover to go to the preorder page. After this one, I’ve got two more books planned–which brings it to 10. At that point, we’ll see....
by Nicole | Apr 5, 2021 | Other Authors, Urban Fantasy
If you drew up a list of what makes a heroine truly badass, could you define it strictly in bullet points?Or would it be some kind of sloppy nonsense? Would you say “oh it’s just some kind of je ne sais quois?Authors who write characters like that tend to work hard to...
by Nicole | Mar 26, 2021 | Other Authors, Space Opera
Space opera with badass female leads never gets enough love. Well, maybe what I should say is that it needs more love from me.So I wanted to highlight a selection of books from authors who’ve done female protagonists who really own it as leaders. The sole...
by Nicole | Mar 16, 2021 | Book Reviews, Genre, Space Opera, Urban Fantasy
Have I gone mad? Escape the beach in a book? Who would even?! I know. I know. Call me crazy, but reading and the beach go together like tequila, triple sec, and lime juice (and salt, for sassy people, like me!). So if you’re going to do it, do it with the right...
by Nicole | Mar 10, 2021 | Book Reviews, Good reads, Space Opera, Urban Fantasy
I’ve been reading a lot lately–almost as much as I did in college as a literature major!–and have developed many, many, many opinions. And what do we do with opinions? Share them! Right? I agree. So basically, I’m throwing out four great reads...
by Nicole | Nov 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Before he died, Calvin—my dad—made these two…vases, I guess you’d call them. I have three, and there are more scattered among my sisters and maybe among people I don’t know—I didn’t really move in his circles, or know if he even had circles. Looking at them,...
by Nicole | Jul 28, 2020 | Life Story
My parents reading together. Totally posed. But reading was one of the things that brought them together and kept them together. They often fought over new books--who got to read, say, the newest Terry Brooks book first. Grief is weird. I don’t even know how to...
by Nicole | Jun 13, 2020 | Life Story
Unless, of course, what the author meant with that song is: life doesn’t get easier. You just get better at handling the absolute hell of it. That’s TOTALLY what they meant. It has to be, right? I can’t figure out why, but I feel less prepared now to...
