This past year, God has done a lot in my life! All has been good, and He has proven Himself faithful. One of these areas has been in the matter of friendships—He freed me from an emotionally abusive one, and brought several new wonderful people to my life—at the exact time I needed them. He … Continue reading Characteristics of A Healthy Friendship: Part 1
Fantasy politics are similar to other types of world-building in that you can pick and choose exactly what you want. Of course, this might be freeing to some, but sound overwhelming to others. There are SO MANY possibilities--how does one even start to choose a good political system for one's fantasy novel? Today, I hope … Continue reading World-Building Tips: Fantasy Political Systems
Hey everyone! Today, I'm SO EXCITED to share with you this guest post from Hannah Ruth Johnson over at Faith, Fiction, & Fairytales. Last year, Hannah Ruth had a great series of posts about character motivations (which you can find HERE!) which I absolutely loved, so when she offered to write a guest post for … Continue reading Guest Post: Character Motivation: The Why of Your Story from Hannah Ruth Johnson
Hey everyone! Today is going to be a short(er) post since I'm sharing what I'd like to read this year! Of course, this list could change (as it got massively wrecked last year) BUT I am hoping to stick to this list this year because several of these books I really want to read! So … Continue reading What I’m Reading in 2025!
Hey everyone! I've not done one of these before, but since I talk a lot about my writing in random posts, I figured I'd give everyone a glimpse of some of my projects which I worked on this year. These glimpses will consist of an overview of what they're about, their blurb, what inspired it, … Continue reading Writing Review for 2024: My Top Five Writing Projects
So last year I wrote a four part Christmas Short Story (the parts of which you can find here, here, here, and here!) about three brothers from one of my larger stories celebrating Christmas. In those posts, I mentioned it was an AU (alternate universe) which basically means it's something which could have been but … Continue reading Christmas Special: About My Christmas Short Characters
I’m back with the fourth and last of my four Inspiration for a Seasonal Story posts, with this one obviously being on a wintery story! Lots of things can give off the vibes of a wintery story, and I hope to provide you with some inspiration today if your story just so happens to be … Continue reading Inspiration for a Wintery Story
Hey everyone! I'm back with part two of The Art of Critiquing, focusing on Critiquers, and how to handle authors from this side of the story (pun entirely intended). As I mentioned in the last post, I’ve been on all sides of this activity, and I've actually had more issues as a critiquer with authors … Continue reading The Art of Critiquing Part 2: The Critiquer
Hey everyone! Things have been pretty chaotic around here, thus the slowing down of my posts. I've had some life changes which have resulted in some schedule changes, so I'm still trying to get into a new swing here. Anyway, today's post is going to be on critiquing. You know, that tricky activity where you, … Continue reading The Art of Critiquing Part 1: The Author
I'm back with the third of my four Inspiration for a Seasonal Story posts, with this one obviously being on autumny story! Lots of things can give off the vibes of an Autumny story, and I hope to provide you with some inspiration today if your story just so happens to be set in autumn … Continue reading Inspiration for an Autumny Story
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