Long, long ago, Raiji looked out upon the universe and it was good. The stars and planets moved in their orbits. Galaxies whirled and spun. All was ordered and precise. But She was alone. So Raiji took the desert sand and the winter rain and the red light of the sun and created velyr in…
DetailsToday is First Wednesday so it’s time for our monthly Insecure Writer’s Support Group. This month’s question is: Is there a story or book you’re written that you want to/wish to go back and change? Oh lord, I always want to go back and change a story or novel once I’ve finished with it. That’s…
DetailsIt’s First Wednesday—OK it’s really Second Wednesday–Happy New Year!—so it’ time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. January question – Describe someone you admired when you were a child. Did your opinion of that person change when you grew up? As a child, I had a lot of idols—mostly fictional ones! I was (and…
DetailsToday is one of the rare times when Christmas Day and the first day of Hanukkah fall on the same date, so Happy Holidays to my Christian and Jewish friends.
Here are some additional ideas for the writer in your life. Some of these are a little pricier than the last batch and most are from Scribe Forge. The Writer’s Epiphany is a special notebook designed specifically for writers to document all those strokes of inspiration so they will never lose an idea again. They…
DetailsIt’s that time of year again…time to choose a good present for your writer friend or loved one. This can be a daunting task so let me make it just a bit easier for you. Here are fifteen never-miss gifts that every writer will appreciate! AquaNotes is a pad of 40 waterproof, tear-resistant papers for…
DetailsIt’s First Wednesday so it’s time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. December 4 question – Do you write cliffhangers at the end of your stories? Are they a turn-off to you as a writer and/or a reader? A cliffhanger is defined as an unanswered question at the end of a story or book.…
DetailsThis is a new Inspector Gamache novel by Louise Penny. In the novel, the inspector gets wind of a mysterious possible threat to the drinking water of Montreal. Is it even a real threat or just a wild goose chase? I love Inspector Gamache and his team, so I’m enjoying the book as well. It’s…
DetailsMany of us feel we have little to be thankful for, especially with the looming tax increases and prices. However, there’s always someone who has it worse than us, so we should all make an effort and find something to be grateful for. No matter how small, we can all find something that we can…
DetailsThis is one of Nora Roberts’ paranormal romance thriller trilogies (she has a lot of them). In this series, a young woman inherits a mysterious Maine mansion from an uncle she never knew she had. When she arrives, she discovers it’s haunted by the ghosts of seven “lost brides” who were murdered by an evil…
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