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I can't post this announcement until after Christmas, because this is a super secret BIG surprise for my parents, so I'm scheduling this post to go up the day after. But as of writing this in mid-November, I've just ordered the proof copy for The Hopeful Wanderer!
(Oh, boy, does writing one of these feel indulgent. No writing wisdom, no original fiction, no insightful reviews. Just you and me and the way blogging used to be: someone talking about themselves.)
Catch me presenting on writing with sensory detail at the Texas High Plains Writers' meeting on July 19!
A disabled woman survives a soft apocalypse in an overgrown mall and impacts her community by sharing a candle-making recipe stored in her old email inbox.
Little Blue Marble has accepted my short story "I Hope This Email Does Not Find You" for publication!
I've spent the past few weeks working out an ending to the Hopeful Wanderer web series. By ending, I mean a very cool ending that reveals all the little things I've teased about the Wanderer.
An exclusive, never-posted tale about our intrepid Hopeful Wanderer graces the pages of Texas High Plains Writers' most recent anthology — With Words We Weave 2022: Hope. A spiritual sequel to one of the web series flash fictions, "Occlusion" pits the Wanderer against an old, vengeful foe as their blood and everyone else's starts draining … Continue reading Book Release — With Words We Weave 2022: Hope
We've all heard the claims. Fanfiction = bad writing. Blah blah blah. Gatekeepers want to keep readers of fanfiction from enjoying fanfiction and writers of fanfiction from enjoying writing it. For some reason. For one, fanfiction = bad writing is a false equivalent. Just like original fiction = good writing is a false equivalent. I've … Continue reading Why Writing Fanfiction Appeals to Me
I have never had much use for writing magazines. When I first began writing, I went to them for instruction, guidance, the revealing of writerly secrets. I didn't find as much of that as I wanted. Plus, the issues kept piling up in my home, not quite read all the way through, because what is … Continue reading Writing Notebooks Reveal
The way I see it, no new year has hurt us the way 2020 has hurt us. In past years, I have found myself quietly swept up in the hope of a fresh start on New Year's Day. New writing goals to pursue, maximum output calculated down to the letter if I can just write … Continue reading 2021: An Abundance of Caution
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