Earlier in the year, I wrote a post about my 2020 writing goals, and then COVID happened. While Western Australia is in decent shape (no community transmission, no lockdown, very few active cases), the mental toll of watching the rest of the world burn has made writing incredibly difficult. I've put aside the novel I... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “Time and Again and Destiny Too”
Hello, Lovelies! I hope everyone is keeping healthy and safe during these crazy times we live in. I've got a bit of an escape for anyone who needs to step away from reality. My story "Time and Again and Destiny Too" has just been published in the July 2020 issue of Hybrid Fiction! The best... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “The Pigeons Paid in Dropped Feathers”
First things first, my flash fiction "The Pigeons Paid in Dropped Feathers" is now published in the Spring 2020 issue of Breath and Shadows from Ability Maine! You can read it now for free. "The Pigeons Paid in Dropped Feathers" is a piece of magical realism that follows a day in the life of the... Continue Reading →
Dear Emily
Every five years I write myself a letter to be read in five years' time. It started my junior year of high school when the guidance counselors asked everyone in my class to write a letter to themselves in six months, one year, and five years. I kept doing it. I thought it was a... Continue Reading →
Update and NaNo 2019
Hello. After the awesomeness of my September Writing Challenge, October was a bit more chill on the writing side of things. I met with my writing group to go over their feedback on one of my novels, and I've been working on rereading that novel and making my editorial notes before I dive into revisions.... Continue Reading →
September Story Challenge 2019
Okay, phew, I made it. I survived my September Story Challenge without my brains gooing out of my ears and jamming up my keyboard. And, it went better than I anticipated it would, so there's a win. But let's break things down into specifics, shall we? My goal was to make 30 short story submissions... Continue Reading →
September Story Challenge: The First Ten Days
As I stated in my September Goals post, I've decided to dedicate the month of September to writing short stories. Specifically, I plan to submit one short story each day during the month of September. It's been ten days, so how's it going. It's going well, better than I anticipated. It hasn't been easy by... Continue Reading →
Word Press Anniversary
Apparently, today is my sixth anniversary as a WordPress user, which seems as good an excuse as any to finally break out of my virtual hermitage and write an update post. So, where have I been? What have I been up to? How am I doing? All good questions. I even have answers to them.... Continue Reading →
November Postmortem
Welp, it's that time again, where I make one post to write about all the things I did but failed to blog about. November was busy. I went to a con, I organized my desk (this is a huge deal, y'all), I actually finished - like washed, dried, folded, and put away - all my... Continue Reading →
Postcapes: Unpacking a Workshop
April 16th, 17th and 18th - a week after landing on US soil - I hauled myself up to the Sundance Resort in Utah (thanks Cousin B for the lift) to attend the Futurescapes Writing Workshop. There, I had the opportunity to get critique on an excerpt of my novel, a query letter, and a... Continue Reading →