You may already know that I went through a period of burnout from around 2019 to 2023. You may also know the backstory of my Storms in Amethir series. Today I want to revisit that a little as prelude to explaining how and why things are changing with the Storms in…
Today’s post is about HB90, productivity, and writing. But first, a little context. For the past year and a half, my day-job title has been Editorial Assistant and Project Manager. My job has involved writing and editing news articles, feature articles, and other copy. But the larger part of my…
I started doing yoga in late January, and I love it. It’s had a big impact on my flexibility and mental health, and I haven’t had much trouble with my sciatica in the time I’ve been practicing. What I didn’t expect was that it would impact how I wrote Shroudling.…
Today’s the day! I’m so excited to finally share Shroudling with you all! The uphill battle to a novel It’s been a long, uphill battle, plagued with lots of false starts, running out of gas, getting stuck, trying to get unstuck, spinning my wheels a lot, and finally, finally finishing a…
Well, it’s been a long time coming, but I’m excited to announce that Shroudling, Storms in Amethir Book 5, is now available for preorder! Getting Shroudling Ready to Go Earlier this year, I started working with a new editor, Grace, and at the beginning of July, I got her edits back.…
It’s become an annual December tradition here to participate in Rhonda Parrish’s Giftmas fundraiser for Edmonton’s Food Bank. Having been both a beneficiary of and a volunteer for food-related nonprofits, food insecurity is something I care deeply about. Also, I like to eat. Doesn’t everyone? NB: As part of Giftmas…
Today I’m lending my blog to Rhonda Parrish and Lisa Carreiro to help spread the word about Saltwater Sorrows, Rhonda’s latest anthology release. Saltwater Sorrows Deep, mysterious, beautiful… dangerous… Women and the sea have been tied together in myth and story from the beginning of time. Tales of women being drawn…
I’ve written about hopeful fantasy before. Hope is something that matters to me, but I never thought I was overly endowed with positivity. As it turns out, I was kinda wrong. Positivity as a Strength I recently finished Becca Syme’s Strengths for Writers course (yes, I know this blog has…
Writing has been tough for me for a couple of years. I’m one of those writers who had a horrible time putting pen to paper during the pandemic. Although NaNoWriMo 2022 helped, I didn’t really rebound from stuckness until I made a day-job career change earlier this year. But I…
I Was Wrong About Writer’s Block File Under: Eating My Words; see also Humble Pie Around this day in 2016 I said Writer’s Block is Bullshit. Bold words, yes, and I believed them at the time. I don’t believe them anymore. Early in 2016 I had never experienced true writer’s…
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