Before we get into what I want to achieve this month, let's look at what I managed to get done in June. You can read my post with my June 2022 Goals here. I wanted to submit one short story a week during June, and I did. It felt a bit weird to get back... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “My Song Too Fierce”
I'm thrilled to announce that my short story "My Song Too Fierce" came out today in Zooscape. This is a twisted fairy tale that I had a lot of fun writing and I'm so glad to finally be able to share it with the world. Thanks so much to my fantastic writing group who helped... Continue Reading →
Return From the Revision Trenches
Hello. Good to see you. I feel like it's been a while. I've been at the wars, fighting adverbs into submission, hunting down those insidious "thats", "justs", "reallys" and all those other filler words that weasel their ways into first drafts. It's been a time. I was working on revising the novella I wrote for... Continue Reading →
Reprint Announcement: “You Had to be an Asshole on Planet E 11-18”
This is a bit of a delayed announcement, but I'm thrilled to announce that my story "You Had to be an Asshole on Planet E 11-18" was published as a reprint in Dark Matter Magazine issue 003. I'm super proud of this silly story that could and so pleased that it's gotten another chance to... Continue Reading →
Publication Announcement: “And the Red Dragon Passes”
Lucy, the later years In 2017, our beloved golden retriever, Lucy passed away. The vet came to our house one early January morning and we sat around her in the living room to say goodbye, holding the other dogs as we watched. It was one of the most beautiful moments, filled to the brim with... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo and the Battle Against Perfectionism
I spent a lot of time this November, while in the throes of NaNoWriMo, thinking about perfectionism, specifically the relationship between my perfectionism and my writing. According to dictionary.com, "perfectionism" as a word dates back to the 1830s-40s and refers to "a personal standard, attitude, or philosophy that demands perfection and rejects anything less." That... Continue Reading →
NaNo 2020 or That Time I Wrote 73,000 words in 30 Days
NaNo by the Numbers That's right, my lovelies, not only did I "win" NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for them that's new here) for the second year in a row, I gave it a thorough trouncing. The goal was to write 50,000 words in 30 days; I wrote 73,292 words. So, as I said, 73,292... Continue Reading →
2020 Submission Challenge: Finished Two Days Early
TL:DR: That time I submitted 17 stories 31 times over 29 days.
Publication Announcement: “You Had to be an Asshole on Planet E 11-18”
I'm pleased to announce that my short story, "You Had to be an Asshole on Planet E 11-18" has been published in Infinite Worlds Magazine. I had a lot of fun writing this little sci-fi humor piece about not being a dick when encountering alien races. I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as... Continue Reading →
September Story Challenge 2020
Earlier in the year, I wrote a post about my 2020 writing goals, and then COVID happened. While Western Australia is in decent shape (no community transmission, no lockdown, very few active cases), the mental toll of watching the rest of the world burn has made writing incredibly difficult. I've put aside the novel I... Continue Reading →