This is kind of a funny topic but I just spent the majority of my Thanksgiving week off from teaching converting my very first book from first…… Read more “First to Third”
Category: Writing
Urban Fantasy
I’m considering writing another book in my Braided Dimensions series. What I’d like to do is make Book 5 more of an urban fantasy. Characters would probably…… Read more “Urban Fantasy”
Doubt
Working on my writing last week—the upcoming Book 2 in the Lost Xentu series, A Far Cry—I experienced that rush of making small adjustments that bring out…… Read more “Doubt”
Process
I’ve arrived at an exciting place in my writing experience. I just brought the introduction of Book 2 of the Lost Xentu series up to where I…… Read more “Process”
Power Objects in Dreams
Dwelling built into the side of crater (futuristic image) April 16 Dream: I’m on a planet. I’m in a dip in the ground, lower down than maybe…… Read more “Power Objects in Dreams”
Early Sci-Fi by Women Writers
Recently I decided to re-read some of the books I enjoyed in my 20s. In that vein, I thought of Crystal Singers by Anne McCaffrey. Her Dragon…… Read more “Early Sci-Fi by Women Writers”
Dream Poem – January 2022
Today I tried something a friend suggested. I made a poem by choosing a single phrase from each poem I recorded this month. It’s no work of…… Read more “Dream Poem – January 2022”
New Year Storms and Writing by Hand
I missed my blog post due to a 3-day power outage this week. We’ve had trees down, rivers flooding, school closure … Nothing out of the ordinary…… Read more “New Year Storms and Writing by Hand”
Homunculus
I had a sort of synchronicity recently. When I described a dream I had in which “I want to take a little house with grumpy little men…… Read more “Homunculus”
Keeping Track
Writing a fantasy sci-fi series, one can imagine the number of names, places, and terms for things in other languages—foods, animals, types of cloth—to keep track of.…… Read more “Keeping Track”