What’s the Blog Ring of Power? Five writers who’ve bonded together to deliver some great content: writing advice and interviews from authors everywhere, as well as some other neat stuff in the world of speculative fiction. I was lucky enough to get an interview spot, and in the extensive, five-installment series I talk about the first story I ever wrote, which stories by others have affected me most, what career I’d be in if I weren’t a writer, why I prefer publishing through a small house, what I do about writer’s block and why it’s never a good idea to discuss your work-in-progress (and it’s not what you think!)—among other things. Here are the links to it all:

Part 1: Terri Bruce, February 27, 2013

Part 2: T.W. Fendley, February 28, 2013

Part 3: E.M. Labonte, March 1, 2013

Part 4: Sandra Ulbrich Almazan, March 4, 2013

Part 5: Dean C. Rich, March 5, 2013

The year closed out with an overview of my 2013 and what I’ve got on tap for 2014 at Sandra Ulbrich Almazan’s blog here: http://ulbrichalmazan.blogspot.com/2013/12/brop-year-in-review-kristi-petersen.html or on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/5403191-brop-year-in-review-kristi-petersen-schoonover