Emily June Street's Blog, page 24
July 16, 2013
Treasure Box Giveaway!
For the next two weeks when you subscribe to our blog you will be entered into a drawing to win a handcrafted wooden treasure box made by Brady Wedman. The winner will be selected July 29th and notified by email.
July 6, 2013
A Rebel Inside
I like to think about what it would have been like to live in a different era in time and place. There are so many layers to this imaginary game: what would you wear, what would you eat, what would everyday life be like? What would you fear? What would you believe about how the world worked? I’m curious about all the details—how is food prepared and produced, how do people get from point A to B, what do women do about their menstrual cycle, what happened to people who rebelled against customs...
June 19, 2013
Sentence by Sentence
Sometimes (okay, a lot of the time) I like to imagine that my life is a musical. I sing about mundane things like doing the dishes or rubbing my dog’s belly, and I create little dance numbers—often pale imitations of Fosse with jazz hands and the occasional high kick. My husband finds it very amusing. I don’t know what my dog Ralphie thinks about it. These days I keep coming back to a new song not about Ralphie or the dishes, but about my writing process. It came to me one afternoon during a...
June 6, 2013
A Little Darkness
I’ve learned something in trying to write blog posts. I don’t know how to do it. I don’t have that breezy, conversational style that is so ubiquitous on the internet. I’m not all that pithy. I’m not clever for clever’s sake. I’m not light and witty and funny.
I have four or five blog post attempts that I actually can’t bear to read. I have such big hopes when I first begin one…usually along the lines of “this post will help me clarify my thoughts about x.” But then I get into a muddle and real...
June 3, 2013
Summer Reading Sale!
The Painted Dog and Ungodly Hungers are both on sale at Smashwords for $1.99 through June 15.
Just use the coupon codes at the checkout:
Coupon Code: MU43D
Coupon Code: ZH86J
March 30, 2013
Who Else Wants to Read Gripping Fantasy Short Stories?
Our second collection of short stories is now available at Amazonand Smashwords.
In this collection of stories, animals guide and inspire humans struggling to balance their obligations to tradition with their desires for freedom. To protect her community from oppressive conquerors, a young mother risks everything. Unexpected love arrives for a shy girl trapped in a bleak life. A woman flees from a terrifying duty. Questions of faith send a rootless orphan on a new path. The fates of a father a...
The Painted Dog and Other Stories is now available!
Our second collection of short stories is now available at Amazonand Smashwords.
In this collection of stories, animals guide and inspire humans struggling to balance their obligations to tradition with their desires for freedom. To protect her community from oppressive conquerors, a young mother risks everything. Unexpected love arrives for a shy girl trapped in a bleak life. A woman flees from a terrifying duty. Questions of faith send a rootless orphan on a new path. The fates of a father a...
January 15, 2013
Ungodly Hungers is available!
Monsters mythical and mundane prowl the pages of Ungodly Hungers. Love kills and obsession destroys. Artistry is subverted by hatred, friendship marred by envy. A mother’s love is twisted by her insatiable need for attention. A vengeful goddess curses a girl to centuries of loss. In these stories, dark women succumb to even darker hungers.
Ungodly Hungers, the first e-book released by Luminous Creatures Press, is now availableat Amazon orSmashwords. Coming soon to other e-book retailers!
January 8, 2013
The Imps
“How do you write?”
That is a question people ask after I awkwardly blurt that I’m writing a book…or rather…er…seven books…some stories…and a little novella thing that’s getting out of hand…
There are many ways to answer that question.
The nitty-gritty of how I write is this: every morning, no matter the hour (and usually the hour is early and dark) I stumble into the kitchen directly from bed. I blindly boil water, grind my holy beans, and prepare a magical pot of French press coffee. The imps...
January 5, 2013
Welcome!
Welcome to Luminous Creatures Press. We are an e-book publishing team created by two friends who like to write. Mainly, we write eerie, otherworldly fantasy stories, although occasionally something different percolates up from the steam and grinds of the subconscious.
Look here on our blog for updates about what we are working on. We have several projects, some hot on the boil, and some slowly stewing on the LC stove. We’ll also be sharing our thoughts about writing, the creative process, and...
