Gabrielle sprinted past the thrillers, her breath catching in her throat. With each row of stacks she passed, she felt her heartbeat quicken, expecting to find the flames at any moment swallowing up bookcase after bookcase, barreling toward her with the unstoppable fury that only the kindling of thousands of old, dry pages can provide,… Continue reading Night Librarian – Flash Fiction
Camp NaNoWriMo will be upon us in four short days. Dear Reader, I am psyched! Here's how I'm getting ready. Packed My Tent - Since moving, we've turned one of our two bedrooms into an office. I've got my desk in the back of the room, looking out onto it (so no demons or ghosts… Continue reading Preparing for Camp NaNoWriMo
Since I'll very soon be able to focus on writing and editing a trilogy of fantasy quest stories I've been working on over the last *muffled number* years, I thought I'd share a little excerpt from the first book. The series is as yet unnamed which is probably a mistake on my part, but it… Continue reading An Excerpt
I wanted to call this post "Take A Break From Your Writing" but sometimes people just read headers, and I'd be remiss, Dear Reader, if that's all someone took away from this post. Everyone gets overwhelmed and burnt out at some point, and taking a break isn't necessarily bad, but I don't think I'd really… Continue reading Letting Your Writing Sit
This may only be exciting for me, but I'm very proud to announce that my serial fiction is coming back starting Monday, January 1, 2018! Vacancy is a supernatural, fantasy fiction serial I began posting to the blog way back in 2016, then used as my project for NaNoWriMo 2017 and am planning to begin posting… Continue reading Reminder: Vacancy is coming back on January 1st!
"I'll not have it this year," Lady Allerton stood stiffly in the entrance to the parlor, hands folded, chin raised just so. Her tone was light, almost pleasant, but her clenched jaw told them that she meant business. The sack of gold on the tea table didn't hurt either. "This thing," the word seemed to… Continue reading Blogmas: A Haunted Holiday Pt 1
You've probably heard of it, but in case not, November is National Novel Writing Month. The basic idea is to write a novel, or 50,000 words, in 30 days. It averages out to 1667 words a day which is very doable. In fact, it seems almost too easy. And that's how it gets you. I… Continue reading NaNoWriMo
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