October was a month of writing, editing, and rounding out projects. Read on to learn more about the short stories I'm working on, books I've read, and more.
October Author Updates
Category: Characters
August Author Updates
Life update: I turned 33! My birthday was lovely and filled with cake, books, and seafood. August is normally my short story challenge month. If you're new around here or need a refresher, my August Short Story Challenge is when I task myself with writing a new short story a day for the whole month … Continue reading August Author Updates
Author Life Updates: June and July 2023
Links to stories, notes on writing noms, and what I've been working on over the past couple of months.
How I Wrote: To Carve Home in Your Bones
'To Carve Home' is one of those stories I needed to tell. I needed to talk about trauma and home and becoming your own person in a way that featured monsters and fantastical creatures and a world without fear.
Oh! Look What I Found!—Bookbindings
This month I'm working on revising (so many things lol), but one of those things is a short story! It's a secondary world fantasy where a young library page goes in search of her sister and the other girls who have gone missing from the city's library. As you can imagine, books and libraries play a huge part in the story and its themes.
Oh! Look What I Found!—Sentient Houses
Last month, I worked on a novelette set in a smart house. and this month I've been working on a short story whose main character is a house. The house of a killer who's kidnapped a new victim. The house and killer have an interesting relationship, you could call it a friendship. But what is a friendship when one of the parties lives and kills inside the other?
How to Write Distinct Character Voices in 11 Different Ways
Actionable approaches to stop your characters' voices from bleeding together.
How to Design Captivating Characters
Learn how to design captivating characters for your fictions and win over more editors, agents, and readers.
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