Welcome to the official site of India Drummond – urban fantasy, sci-fi, and romance author. Ordinary Angels, her debut novel, comes out April 2011!
I’ve decided to take a little time off from some of the day-to-day writerly stuff. Just a wee vacation to rest my brain a bit. Oh I’ll still be around, of course, but I needed to relax and thought, hey, why not take a vacation? Used to be when we’d want a break, we’d take a quick weekend getaway to London or Amsterdam. Because of my current mobility issues, that isn’t going to... 
I did something the other day that I rarely do anymore: I wrote a letter by hand. Not a thank-you note either… A bona fide four page letter. I was writing to someone who doesn’t have access to a computer, and although I could have written it in Word and then printed a copy, it seems so much less personal to do that — less friendly.
I used to have rather nice handwriting, but boy-oh-boy,... 
With all the stress and work and worry that goes along with being a human being, it’s good when sometimes you have a happy moment. My favourite type are the small, but unexpected things.
Yesterday I was sitting in the car, waiting for a Certain Highlander to get the food from the local takeaway place, and I looked up and saw a hot air balloon. I can’t explain why, but hot air balloons always... 
Last night, with Bear finally home from his three week trip to America, we sat down for a family movie. I picked Where the Wild Things Are. My boys tolerate my love of “baby movies” and watch with me, and make up for it later by watching man-movies where everything blows up, and there’s lots of yelling.
I loved the book Where the Wild Things Are, and had read it more times than I can... 
There is a whole world of the writer of which most readers are completely unaware. (That’s probably a good thing.) If they think of us authors at all, they might think we’re at swanky coctail parties or hosting charity auctions.TV shows like Castle (although I admit I love that show) don’t help.
But the reality isn’t tinsel and tiaras. I recently read this 2004 article of... 
Scattered update post today! None of these items seemed to warrant a post of their own, so it’s a casserole of updates, news, and funny bits today.
I’ve been editing my so-far-untitled epic fantasy novel, and having a great time with that. It’s been suiting me lately, as I’ve not been in the mood to compose something big and new. As those close to me know, I have a health condition... 
For some reason, this week I’ve been hearing a buncha-lotta excuses! My cat died, I’ve been slammed at work, my secretary has been on vacation, the dog ate my homework….
I also hear authors making excuses about why they haven’t finished a manuscript or haven’t sent somthing out, why friends are getting published while they are still plinking around with an outline. It usually... 
I’ve heard several authors talk about world-building recently. If you write any type of speculative fiction, you gotta do it, and if you want readers to come back for more, you gotta pay attention.
For my current paranormal series (of which Ordinary Angels is the first), I have three types of supernatural creatures: angels, demons, and faeries. Only two of the three have showed up by the end of Book... 
I avoid relationships that are heavy on mind games.Trying to figure out what people really want and if they mean what the say is tedious. Sure, folks are full of subtlety, but if you want something, I expect you to say so. The only mind games I like are games like Soduku, Hashi, Slitherlink. Oh, and writing.
Being a professional writer has to be the biggest mind-fuck of all.
Last month, author Nancy J.... 
Today is my wedding anniversary. Yes, nine years with a Certain Highlander… and yes, that thumbnail is of our wedding in Coconino National Forest in Arizona. (If you’re reading via RSS reader, email, or mobile device, you’ll have to click through to see it.)
So, a quickie blog post with some links I’ve saved over the past week. (The Certain Highlander is not a morning person, so I... 
I'm a lot of other things, but mostly I'm a writer. I like books with fast action, scary killers, fantasy worlds, and smutty sex. Maybe even all four at once. My novel Ordinary Angels debuts from Lyrical Press in April 2011. To read about my other projects, click the My Fiction page. To get in touch with me, click Contact India and send me an email.
