I love speculative fiction. I love writing it, and I love reading it, especially when it’s high on fantasy and mixes in elements of other genres. Worldbuilding is an important aspect for plenty of speculative fiction writers but there are varying ways to approach this. My approach is to have rich worldbuilding, but a density… Read More Writing Progress Update: W16 The Blood Maiden’s Covenant
We’re deep into what our prime minister calls an “intelligent lockdown”, which boils down to advising people to stay the fuck at home. Which I’ve been trying to do as much as possible for a while now. While there are more people who don’t take it seriously enough or struggle to not leave the house,… Read More My April Writing Goals
This post has been long overdue. Here’s what I finished reading during February with a brief review and who I’d recommend them to. It’s a short list this time. Scribd has a great assortment in books and I love how many audiobooks are available there. It’s like the Netflix for books. You pay a monthly… Read More My February Reads
April has arrived for this wack-ass year that is 2020, and that means, it is, once again, Autism Acceptance Month. Because this month is so difficult for plenty of us Autistic people due to a lot of misplaced faith in Autism Speaks (they’re a hate group) and lots of non-Autistic people speaking over us because… Read More Readathon for Autism Acceptance Month
A while back I made an Insta account and though I used it for a bit, it never really stuck. With my last job having me post frequently on Instagram for marketing and me being too lazy to switch between accounts anyway, I just stopped using it for myself. Now that my contract is coming… Read More Coming back to Instagram
| My March Writing Goals | 2020’s writing bucket list | (All) Writing Progress Updates | It’s a weird time to be alive today. During this global crisis, we all need something to escape into so we don’t succumb to the stress. Writing helps me. It helps air out my grievances, explore and express. Still the stress has been eating at… Read More Writing Progress Update: W13
Spring is around the corner but it’s still cold and stormy out. It is getting lighter though and that helps with the early morning drives to work. But, I’m not here to talk about the weather. Here’s are my reflections on how this month has gone write-wise, including wordcounts and setting new goals for March.… Read More My March Writing Goals
From inspiration to concept | How I organize my work | Creative process series overview Last time I talked about going from inspiration to concept in my post “harassed by the muses”. I used to skip that step and find myself struggling to grasp what my story was about whenever anyone asked me what I… Read More From concept to outline: plotting for the chaotic mind
| My February Writing Goals* | 2020’s writing bucket list | (All) Writing Progress Updates | * I just realized I haven’t written this month’s goal post yet, so I’ll be doing that next. It’ll get pubbed during week 11. Last month, I started on a fluffy paranormal romance short story. Last Friday, I finished it, and prepped it for submission!… Read More Writing Progress Update: W10 Masquerade
Ajj, now I really want to talk about exposition. I’m a worldbuilding nerd. I write a lot of high fantasy. We all have our own preferences in our reading. Some love rich worldbuilding, some need it to be just enough to support the story. This might influence which subgenres of fantasy one might read, but… Read More Building Worlds: Exposition & infodumps