So when I was cleaning my room recently, I found a piece of paper with two ideas (I believe for this blog) written down on it. I'm still not sure what I mean by the second one, so I figured I'd give myself a while to work on that and write about this first one … Continue reading Remembering the Inspiration
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In preparation for the premiere of my web serial, Quest to Karantiri, I'm hosting this month's prompt call on "Magic, Elves, and Faeries." As I said on the main page of the call - if you like fantasy settings, and want to know how your favorite aspect/race/idea/magic spell fits into my world, shoot me a prompt! … Continue reading Prompt Call for February
I received my first packet back from my graduate school mentor today, and was thrilled to see that I'd managed to obtain a perfect 10/10 on the work. After a semester of seemingly above average work and only coming away with average grades to show for it, this is a wonderful pick-me-up for my inspiration. … Continue reading The Best Words
This is the fourth in a four-part series where you get to see the reviews I sent my MFA mentor during my second semester. I have chosen not to go through an edit the reviews in any way, despite the fact that I am posting these after I’ve received feedback from my mentor. So you’ll … Continue reading Book Review – The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
As much as I know this phrase comes to mind when talking about something like cutting sentences that aren't necessary no matter how much you love them and think they're clever, I want to talk more about character death. I read an article lately that commented on how often writers think that killing off a … Continue reading Killing Your Darlings
This is the third in a four-part series where you get to see the reviews I sent my MFA mentor during my second semester. I have chosen not to go through an edit the reviews in any way, despite the fact that I am posting these after I’ve received feedback from my mentor. So you’ll … Continue reading Book Review – The Ghosts of Belfast
So, I have a four item long to-do list for today. I've completed one item so far - purchasing a piece of equipment for my audio work. Let's look at that. I've done one, probably 10-minute task if I'm being generous, in...4 hours. Sure, I can say "oh, but I ate dinner in there, so … Continue reading Procrastination vs. Writer’s Block
I know I said I wasn't planning on writing much during my residency, but this topic came to mind and I couldn't pass it up. I have some free time between events at the moment, and as much as I'd love to keep revising this story, if I look at it again I'm going to … Continue reading Revision and the Self
Finally, I return. I know it's been an unfortunately long time since my last post, but I've finally gotten through the book I've been working on. I've got a few more for you after this, but I wanted to attack this one first. Because Lia Habel truly deserves no less with her brilliant follow-up to Dearly, … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: DEARLY, BELOVED by Lia Habel
I've been having an interesting time lately, reading for my graduate degree. We were told to choose three novels and a short story to read for this semester, and we'd analyze them and write critiques. The list I was given to choose from was quite extensive, and I was happy to find several books on … Continue reading Literature vs. Fiction
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