Plus ça change – December 13, 2025 Marie was born in 1801. The US bought Louisiana Territory in 1803. Over time, Americans filtered into the city and took over from the French and Spanish. They brought with them Puritanical American attitudes towards slavery, which were far harsher. Marie grew up… Continue reading
Plus ça change – December 12, 2025 Is this thing on? I started working on Laveaux in June of 2024. I expected to write one novel. It turned into two. Marie is a fascinating character, and getting to know her in my imagination led to riches I did not expect…. Continue reading
The Origin Story of Marie Laveaux These are the research articles and musing of my discoveries writing Laveaux: Dancer. Along the way, I learned a few things about the early 19th century in old New Orleans. I list them from newest to oldest. In the Flow of Time – the… Continue reading
AggieCon is almost upon us! Who’ll be there? Well, there’s Martha Wells and D.L. Young, sure, but this year the ‘con will sparkle with Paige E. Ewing and Dara Kountz! Yep, look for Paige at panels, and both in the dealer room.
I got in the queue a couple months back, but no project is ever “finished.” So Robin gets the latest with all the refinements from this group’s fabulous insights. This is my author’s Christmas gift to myself. Time to finish plotting Laveaux: Mother.
My first story, The Stone Witch, has been posted on the Amazing Stories web site. You can find the story here: https://amazingstories.com/2025/11/the-stone-witch-by-tom-thompson-free-story/ .
I’ve paired up with Maggie Weber to bring Consent to the audio world. It’s my first foray into the media, and it was very cool to hear the book — an entirely different experience from creating written content. The editing experience is different — listening to every word carefully for… Continue reading
I’ve landed here in time for the spooky season. Expect some appropriately themed stories coming to my to my SubStack in the coming weeks. Also, I am in the process of serializing my novel, The Fallen Years on there. Now is your chance to read it before I put it… Continue reading
Where Historical Fiction Comes From This is a flânerie across dozens of research topics, and the process of writing historical fiction. A colleague said to me, of historical fiction writers, “We owe allegiance to the truth, not the facts.” It’s history, but it’s not. We bend the facts, when necessary,… Continue reading
In The Flow of Time – October 5, 2025 Laveaux: Dancer is effectively done, like any novel is ever done until it’s published. I am still running chapters by my critique group (wonderful, highly-skilled writer people) and making tweaks, but I’m done. I am off hunting for an agent, about… Continue reading
