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A New Project: Giving Back

I’ve had an idea floating around in my mind for awhile, something I really wanted to do but was waiting for the right time. And now seems like the right time to do it.

It started back when I was editing Perchance to Dream last spring.I was talking to someone who had been a long-time friend about the amazing storiesin the book and how excited I was to share them with the world. And in return?My “friend” expressed disappointment that I’d included “inappropriate” stories in the anthology.

How co...

Conquering Stress and Getting Organized

I’ve been really struggling with managing stress recently. I’m not going to dwell on this too much here, but as I mentioned previously, I had an MRI last month. The news was not terrible, but it wasn’t good, either—the pituitary tumor I had removed in 2014 has recurred. It is benign, so that’s good news. But if it’s left alone, it can really screw up my endocrine system, my vision, and all sorts of other fun antics. So I’m on a new regimen of medication to try to treat it; if that doesn’t wor...

Perchance to Dream shorts in the wild!

Some of the short stories from Perchance to Dream, the anthology of Shakespeare retellings I edited last year, have recently been published as Kindle singles, and I’ve been really enjoying seeing the covers that go along with the stories. First up is Onyx by Alicia Michaels:

The year is 3015, and the planet Earth is no more. Existing on space stations strewn about the galaxy, humans are searching for a new planet to call home. Their explorations have led to war with many alien races, leaving...

Circuits and Slippers News

We’re about a week from the original deadline for Circuits & Slippers, and it was getting pretty apparent that many people were struggling to get their stories in by that date. (Including your editors.) So, the Deadline Fairy has kindly waved her magic wand and granted an extension!

Jaylee James, editor AND artist extraordinaire

The new deadline for getting your stories submitted is Friday, May 6. You now have a whole extra month! SO GET WRITING. /doom

For those of you who have already sent y...

Lyssa’s Latest Reads: Heart of Glass

Welcome to this week’s Lyssa’s Latest Reads! This is anew blog thing I’m doing for the next month (hopefully longer), where I share with you what I’ve been reading lately! I’ll post a new book every Friday. This week, Heart of Glassby Marian Snowe!

Things have been really stressful the last few weeks, so I really needed a light and fluffy read that would help take my mind off everything going on in my life. This book has definitely fit the bill! Heart of Glass is a cozy and slow-building sto...

Lyssa’s Latest Reads: Blood in the Water

Welcome to this week’s Lyssa’s Latest Reads! This is anew blog thing I’m doing for the next month (hopefully longer), where I share with you what I’ve been reading lately! I’ll post a new book (or in this case, a short story) every Friday. This week, “Blood in the Water” by Jaylee James!

“Blood in the Water” is a short story that was released along with “Blood in the Library” (another amazingshort!) onJaylee’s Patreon pagea few weeks ago. It’s a dark retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s Th...

Lyssa’s Latest Reads: Quest For a Maid

Welcome to this week’s Lyssa’s Latest Reads! This is anew blog thing I’m doing for the next month (hopefully longer), where I share with you what I’ve been reading lately! I’ll post a new book every Friday, except this week it’s Saturday since I was out of town. XDThis week, I’ve been reading Quest For a Maid by Frances Mary Hendry.

This was one of my favorite books in sixth grade or so, but it had been maaaaany years since I read it last. But I’ve been on a historical fiction kick recently,...

An adventurous trip

This week’s Lyssa’s Latest Reads is going to be a little late, because I just got back from a week-ish long trip to California. I had a great time, especially because I got to meet up with not one, but two author friends! It was a wonderful treat. First, I got to see the fabulous T. Damon…

Yesss!!! This happened today!!!

A photo posted by Karen Damon Teal (@kdamonteal) on Mar 9, 2016 at 6:32pm PST

I actually went to college with T., many, many years ago (Okay, maybe not that many, haha...

Lyssa’s Latest Reads: Soul of the Blade

Welcome to the new blog thing I’m doing for the next month (hopefully longer), where I share with you what I’ve been reading lately! I’ll post a new book every Friday. First up is Soul of the Blade by Brenda J. Pierson.

Soul of the Blade is a fantastic high-fantasy with a dash of science fiction. The story follows two sets of adventurers– Aeo and Dragana forming one reluctant team, and Raeb and Saydee another – on a quest to stop a mysterious disease, known as the Coming Madness, that is inf...

Spring is almost here?

Happy March! I don’t know how it’s been where you live, but here it’s been ridiculously springy since January. So on the one hand, it feels like, “Whoa, it’s already March?” But on the other hand, it feels like, “Hasn’t it been March for two months?”

But at least it’s been raining.