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  • Keeping on track

    If there’s one thing that far too many of us have in common these days, it’s the simple words: “I am busy”. At the moment I’m going to school to pursue a Masters of Library Science, I’m running a freelance editing service, I’m trying to fix up my own manuscript, I’m participating in the Speculative… Read more

  • Nitpicking Narrators – Part II: He gazed into the sunset

    While I’m busy with grad school, I’ll be replaying some of the most-read posts from my old blog. Some people instantly gravitate to one particular narrative style. The story they’re writing just naturally lends itself to one Point of View (POV) in particular. After all, who would want to read “That guy over there? His… Read more

  • 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