Excuses for my next several short posts. I swear it’s a good one! I’m procrastinating. On deadline, too. I have two papers, a 1000 word literature review and a 2500 word formative essay, due in about a week and a half. I am prepared for neither, at this point. Fortunately, I have just enough time, [...]

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The liberation of Failure. Thanks J.K. Rowling! I have not finished a first draft of my Novella, Through Brass Goggles, in accordance with my goal. I’m not likely to do so today either, since I still have at least 12k words left. For some reason, this novella just has not come together like I thought [...]

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Who knew? So, I originally started a blog because, well…that’s what I’d heard writers did. If you were serious about being a published author, you had a blog. And you talked about writing, or books, or something similar. So I started a blog, and began to try to write a little about writing. At first, I [...]

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Ah well, everyone has to have a few rejections in their writing career. My first one came late last night. I submitted a short dark-fantasy piece called “The Snow Maiden” to Three Crows Press for their erotica issue, and they replied that it was “not what they were looking for.” I can only surmise that [...]

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Many apologies dear Reader for the lack of an update on Sunday. I was marooned without internet in the lovely land of Egypt. I admit, I didn’t miss the wider world too much, in my little slice of Paradise. I must say, I am thoroughly refreshed, and ready to begin the new season of classes. [...]

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I have many favorite authors, both those who are giants in their genres such as Tolkien, Lewis, or Pratchett, and less universally well-known authors like Lackey, or Feist or Pierce. However, among my favorite authors there is only one who’s ‘voice’ and style impresses me to such an extent that she has become my Literary [...]

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