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  • Writing Exercise: Gender Bender

    I’ve heard a lot of people say gender doesn’t matter– that we are all equal in soul and under the skin– and I’m not arguing that, with or against. But it’s undeniable that society changes our expectations of how men and women look, think and behave, and how they should be portrayed– at least on Read more

  • Feeling the strain

    “It does not do to dwell in dreams and forget to live.” –Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone It’s been a rough summer for me. I recently started grad school, and between that, blogging, and the annual Spec Fic Marathon, I’ve ended up getting cloistered inside my office. I’ve gone weeks without seeing Read more

  • Writer Woes: An abundance of details

    This is the second part of my response to this blog post, asking about writing woes. I write fantasy. And because it isn’t rooted in our world, that means I have spent a whole lot of time worldbuilding. My current WIP deals with the interaction of three separate countries, as well as the influence of Read more

  • Writer Woes: The right path up the mountain

    I was reading this blog post, which asked, “what are your biggest writer woes?” One of my biggest– the one that’s currently got me beating my head against a wall– is what I like to think of as finding the right path up the mountain. Our Hero has made her grand journey across perils unnumbered, Read more

  • Writing Exercise: Out of Costume

    Two of your characters, who are the most bitter of enemies most of the time, unwittingly sit down and have a chat. Maybe they met up on Chat Roulette (is that even a thing anymore?), maybe they’re a superhero and supervillain who ran into each other out of costume. Whatever the case, at least one Read more

  • Fresh on the shelves!

    In case you hadn’t heard, Michelle Hauck and I are working together as freelance editors. Today I’m proud to announce that not one, but two of our clients just hit the shelves!  Kyoko M. just came out with her first book, The Black Parade, an urban fantasy NA thriller with a holy twist.  One bullet Read more