Month: June 2014

Exploring wolf references: Fear makes the wolf bigger…

“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” This German proverb makes use of the wolf as metaphor for anything we anticipate, making worse than the actuality. Imagine a wolf howling in the night; we fear it even from a long distance when it poses no threat. Humans have a long and sordid history with…

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The Wolf at His Door now only 99 cents

THE WOLF AT HIS DOOR is featured on Choosy Bookworm today for 99 cents! “This story is so far from your typical werewolf story. In fact, if you are looking for a sweet fluffy read … don’t even think of picking up this book. But if you want something that’s dark and dangerous with bloodshed…

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Writing GLBTQ characters

In a guest post on the blog of author Adrian J. Smith, I share my thoughts on writing GLBTQ characters in fiction. I decided to focus on the power of representation. —Excerpt— The power of representation Whether I have one reader or 100,000 readers, I take the power of representation seriously. As authors, we have the…

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Exploring wolf references: Run with the wolves

“Run with the wolves” has different meanings based on the context. In the context of the phrase: “If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl”, it is closely associated with a similar phrase, “You can tell a person by his friends/the company he keeps.” The idea is you will behave like “the pack”…

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Exploring wolf references: Throw to the wolves

If you throw someone to the wolves, you’ve given him or her over to a terrible fate or abandoned him/her. For example: “The manager threw his employee to the wolves to save his own skin.” In this instance, a person is sacrificed by another to save his/her job. Another popular way to express this sentiment…

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