Soul Healers
the introduction from a primer written by Esme the Great for her soul healer descendants My dear daughters, With the water elves’ help, I’ve enchanted this primer to only appear to those with soul healer…
Using Magic
from Saunders’ The Basics of Magic Although any human can use enchanted objects or already made spells, only witches can use magic directly or create spells. When spells are used, they often warm while active,…
Behind the Magic
In my stories, magic is used every day, but it always costs something (Newton’s third law, you know), and that cost can be difficult to control or predict except for small spells. (Although sometimes even…
Behind the Scents
Although I never bother with makeup or chic clothes, I love perfume. It’s easy and fun, but I have to be careful of the perfumes I wear—some scents give me migraines or irritate me after…
Behind the Costumes
In The Enchanted Bird, The Nightmara Affair, and The Secret Soulbond, the king’s summer masquerade is a turning point for the characters, and this masquerade inspires a second masquerade a few months later. With these…