Level-Up! Essence of Green :: December 2018
“The air is cold, metallic, sharp to breathe; scarves of woodsmoke drift in the sky over rooftops outlined with twinkling lights, and porch lamps gleam from early in the afternoon […]
Tag Archives: Short Fiction
NaNoWriMo 2018 :: Preptober Priorities
So, it’s nearing the end of October and I have… for some reason, decided to try #NaNoWriMo again this year. I have a LOT going on, so even as I type […]
Learning the Craft: The Importance of Editors
Across the past couple of years, I have shown novels to around ten different readers for ‘beta-reading.’ These are readers who I have asked to critique and query and question my […]
Problem-Solving Blocks in Editing
I don’t tend to have many problems drafting a novel. I have enough ideas, can think through various options for characters to choose, and can form an outline and plot enough […]
Writing Short Fiction
A few years ago, I introduced myself on this blog as a writer of novels, and if pushed, flash fiction or poetry. I wrote a few posts about my struggle with the expectation from […]
On Submissions :: Acceptance and Holding with a Light Touch
In October 2012, Harper Voyager opened up a submissions portal for 2 weeks, asking for polished, un-agented manuscripts over 75,000 words long. On September 19th, I had just 36,000 edited words, and […]
Fight Like A Girl Anthology :: Now Available
Some of you may remember that I wrote a short story last year for the female strength science fiction and fantasy anthology Fight Like A Girl, edited by Joanne Hall and Roz Clarke. My […]
The Balancing Act
On April 2nd, Fight Like A Girl launches in Bristol. This anthology contains fifteen stories with a focus on female fighters. One of the interesting aspects of this project is that […]
Short Fiction: Fight Like A Girl
Last year, I submitted a story to Kristell Ink for their anthology Fight Like A Girl; a collection focused on combat in fantasy and science fiction settings, written by women. I can now […]
A New Perspective on Publishing Credits
When I created this website, I had done a lot of reading around “publishing credits“, and felt the self-inflicted pressure to get myself published, including writing things that I didn’t […]
