Misunderstood Writing Advice When it comes to writing advice, sentences that include always and never are clues (when it comes to rules of creating stories) that the advice you are about to receive, no matter who’s offering it, should at the very least be scrutinized. And writing advice that is intended to be deep while [...]
Cover background White Birch Bark with title STORM FORGE above a frosted, metal wind-blown tree emblem. Well folks, here it is at long, long, long, long last - the cover of STORM FORGE, The Legacies of Arnan, Book Four (4). Official release date is October 18th, 2022, but if you are in Atlanta [...]
I am not a horror writer. But sometimes rage takes hold and it needs, not only to be expressed through art, but for that art to contribute to change and justice. So when the opportunity appeared for me to contribute to the A WOMAN UNBECOMING anthology, I dug deep. How deep? All the way back [...]
Howdy humans! It's been a while. Just a quick post to let you know that I will be officially launching STORM FORGE, 4th and FINAL (at last!) book in The Legacies of Arnan series. I'm so excited that it's finally complete and I get to share it with you all. At MultiverseCon in Atlanta (Oct [...]
As an intellectual exercise "imposter syndrome" is something I can nod hard at and pretend I am ignoring, but the truth is that I'm never certain that anything I write is worth a damn. Lately, I think less and less of the words I manage to arrange into sentences and wonder if I should even [...]
Holiday Shopping can be stressful, especially for those who would rather be spending time in the outdoors. Finding creative gifts takes planning and means negotiating crowded stores and parking lots. This can be a chore for anyone. For outdoor lovers this is doubly true. Finding a different way to shop for items that are unique [...]
Friday, October 16, 2020 5:30pm EST Advanced Craft: Worldbuilding: Folklore and Folk Magic Every human(like) culture in every world has some sort folklore, as well as folk magic. We're not talking about the ritualistic magic with robes, processions, daggers, and spells. But the magic of the common people. The herbs imbued with magical properties when [...]
I finished this well-crafted novella in just a few hours this morning, and despite the fact that it's about the beginnings of a global virus pandemic, I enjoyed the heck out of it. Set in New York City in the late 1998, it's the story of a plague transmitted through, of all things, a hair-care [...]
Kill Three Birds by Nicole Givens Kurtz is delightful. I've never visited anywhere like the Egg of Gould! In a world where people are literally also birds, Ms. Kurtz has created a land that is unique and vibrant, and where the world building is so a part of the story that it never feels forced [...]
Trailing Arbutus - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower, Plymouth Mayflower Ericaceae (Heath Family) Blooms in Smokies: March and early April
