This week, I got hit with a new hyperfocus. My brain is determined I will write a detailed outline for a romantasy tale, with all the...

I have a soft spot for two sentence horror stories, both the TV show and the medium. The show is enjoyably creepy, and balances social...

Psychompomp and Circumstance is my kind of love story. Romance is prolific as a genre, and subgenre, but I'm exceedingly picky about...

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I'm continually amazed at authors who writes thousands of words in a single sitting. What sorcery enables this level of hare writing? Due...

Walk on Grey Ruins may be niche, but one of my goals for the novel is to have it in libraries that are important to me. I'm very pleased...

Reposting my first paid published article. Enjoy! Introduction As fun as planning, drafting and creating costumes are, it’s so satisfying...

I have to make fire, I have to make fire... That's not right. Is this the right spell? Help! Read more about Sulla in Walk on Grey Ruins...

In 11th grade, I took a class called Fiction Workshop. The teacher, Mr. Labonne,* was full of opinions as to what made a good writer. He...

In college, I knew another aspiring novelist with one manuscript under their belt and several more under production. Though their first...

I'm still a tortoise, going slow and steady to reach my writing and reading goals. While I'm pleased with the strides I've made in some...

Submissions time is back. The two magazines I read for, FIYAH! and Podcastle, will both be accepting stories, so I'll be busy reading for...

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Amanda McKittrick Ros , born Anna Margaret Ross, was a schoolteacher and author known for her... unique prose. Her husband financed the...

When I was little, my to-go teas had a strong punch of fruit flavor. No matter the blend, their base involved hibiscus and rose hip. When...

When I was a college freshman, my then-boyfriend decided the standard medieval fantasy setting was ALL WRONG. A proper fantasy tale...

My social club celebrated it's 10th anniversary this week. As part of the fesitivities, I was commissioned to write and read aloud a...

On the one hand, I'm making progress in my current novel. I'm going over the chapters I've currently written, and frontloading much more...

A modern Passover ritual I wish I experienced when I was younger.

Frederica and Aster wanted to make Nurit's first Seder special. Aster read from a child friendly Haggadah, While Frederica explained the...