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Bat of Minerva Interview: Writing is hard…but fun!

So remember when I posted that I was going to have that Bat of Minerva interview and then I never talked about it again? Well, it’s finally here.

I talk about my influences, my (absent) writers habit and I even read a piece that I wrote during my time as a Givens Fellow

If you get a chance take a look!

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Weekend Writing Warriors (19): #8Sunday

Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. My hope is that over the next six months you’ll see either a nice & tidy 8-10 sentence flash fiction story or an excerpt from a piece I’m working on (like the one below). Check out other writers at the link above and the Weekend Writing Warriors twitter #8sunday. After this snippet you can find earlier links to this story. This piece is entitled “Castille’s Stone.”

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Elise’s sitting room is quiet. The occupied St. Andrew’s cross...

Bright City: Editing and Rewriting

Here’s the deal folks. I have been editing. Editing is not my favorite thing.

And writing is hard.

It’s pretty cliche to say writing is hard but it is. Some people might beg to disagree when they go to a bookstore and see hundreds of thousands of books. When you open your Kindle and you can literally read anything about anything; its kind of weird to hear a writer say that writing is hard.

Ok, so I’m writing now to avoid working on my novel Bright City.

I finished editing and I realized in th...

Weekend Writing Warriors (18): #8Sunday

Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. My hope is that over the next six months you’ll see either a nice & tidy 8-10 sentence flash fiction story or an excerpt from a piece I’m working on (like the one below). Check out other writers at the link above and the Weekend Writing Warriors twitter #8sunday. After this snippet you can find earlier links to this story. This piece is entitled “Castille’s Stone.”

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Elise’s mini mansion is decorated in typical “New Fae” style;...

Weekend Writing Warriors (17): #8Sunday

Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. My hope is that over the next six months you’ll see either a nice & tidy 8-10 sentence flash fiction story or an excerpt from a piece I’m working on (like the one below). Check out other writers at the link above and the Weekend Writing Warriors twitter #8sunday. After this snippet you can find earlier links to this story. This piece is entitled “Castille’s Stone.”

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Elise Morningstar’s mansion sits on the corner of Summit and L...

Weekend Writing Warriors (16): #8Sunday

Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. My hope is that over the next six months you’ll see either a nice & tidy 8-10 sentence flash fiction story or an excerpt from a piece I’m working on (like the one below). Check out other writers at the link above and the Weekend Writing Warriors twitter #8sunday. After this snippet you can find earlier links to this story. This piece is entitled “Castille’s Stone.”

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When you’re friends with an elemental Goddess things like thre...