Wednesday Wanderings
Notes from a worldbuilding ...The world creation aspect of this project has certainly taken me longer than in the past, but it's not because of the quantity - and believe me, I have one set of world notes that clocks in at around 50,000 words, as long ......
Song Styles
(Past few weeks have been very hectic, hence the radio silence here. Hope I'm back in action now!)I talked a lot about the various portions of my Scylla and Charybdis playlist during my blog tour, but I don't think I ever posted the list in ......
A Full Gamut of Autumnal Fun
So what have I been up to this month? Well, it was my birthday! So I got quite drunk and shouted obscenities intermingled with giggles at my friends in a Brighton pub. That’s what friends are for, right? I saw a great band too, called Henge, if you like...
Song Styles
No posting of my writerly musical musings would be complete without eventually mentioning this gem, which is a pretty accurate depiction of the inside of my brain at times:Bears Dance To Sweet DreamsYes. Really....
Wednesday Wanderings
Confession time: I'm a comma maximalist.I adhere to the formal rules of comma use, even those that some publications and editors have begun to abandon. I'm a fan of the Oxford comma. When a comma is indicated for clarity or effect, I ......
Story Sale!
Abyss and Apex just accepted my story "Natural Selection" for publication ... ahem ... sometime in 2020! This is the second story featuring Pazia and Vanchen, directly following the events of Fatecraft. Don't hold your breath too long ...That makes thr......
Wednesday Wanderings
A long time ago, I submitted a story to a writing challenge where a character in impossible circumstances (because aren't they all?) cheats on her husband. A fellow writer / critiquer said they enjoyed the story, but had trouble with that aspect.......