No, I’m not actually quarantined. It sounds more dramatic that way. However, I have been doing a decent amount of writing during the pandemic. It helps when I can’t go to classes, friend’s houses, the theater, symphony, festivals, choir, and I couldn’t travel in Utah during the best time of year (April). I had to … More Writing in Quarantine
Chapter 26 : Blood on the Sands They rode for some time, Saeng clutching the back of the blue-eyed bandit, until they came to a bandit camp, and barely had they dismounted when the bandits began to argue. “We’ve made a foolish trade,” said one. “We should have taken the goods and killed the merchant. … More The Fourth Princess of Bengal: Chapter 26
It sounds wonderful. It only means that I took a 1 week vacation to Hawaii during Nanowrimo, and spent half of that vacation writing A JUST AND WORTHWHILE MAGIC, the other half in the ocean. Oh, and the last half reading. In A JUST AND WORTHWHILE MAGIC, the warrior lady Jesyka meets a wounded dragon … More Magic on the island shores…
After attending LTUE this last February, I was encouraged by an editor of Flash Fiction Online to actually submit some stuff to her publication. She was an entertaining speaker, she convinced me that flash fiction was fun, so I began actually writing it. Normally, I’m not a short-story person, because like Ariel I want more. … More Flash Fiction—Not a Bad Idea
Probably the most difficult Nanowrimo novel I’ve chosen for myself, Pumpkin Eater is a tale of deception where the reader is the one who is fooled. A tragic heroine. An evil husband. A sympathetic marquis. …Except it’s really a scheming girl and her lover determined to ruin a lonely, heartbroken duke and steal his land … More Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
