Hello, my fair readers! Welcome to today’s reflection on storytelling as a writer and audience member. I am going to try to stick to the usual educational tone of these posts. Honestly, though? This is a subject that’s been increasingly angering me recently. Fair warning that we may devolve into rant mode at some points. …
On June 26th, Timely, the newest Phoenix Fiction Writers anthology, came out! THE TIME HAS COME TO CHOOSE… Choose to stay enslaved in the belly of a submarine because it is all you’ve known, or risk the open door to freedom. Choose to carry out the mission you were created for, or go against your …
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Phoenix Fiction Writers Anthology season! Today I reveal my 2021 anthology entry.
I have the joy of being the Art Coordinator for the Phoenix Fiction Writers (PFW), a collective of 11 indie authors of science fiction and fantasy. I talk about them a lot, but they are such incredible writers and humans. I’m thankful to call them both friends and colleagues. We’re celebrating our third year as …
I fell in love with Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery, as a girl. There are many stories I loved when I was young that have lost some of their charm in adulthood, but this series is not one of them. The older I get, the more I appreciate Anne Shirley and the …
Look at your hands skilled to sew, cook, build, weed, clean strong to do what needs to be done, to fix the broken gentle enough for a baby to hold. Look at your eyes which wrinkle in sheer delight which burn with fury at injustice which glisten with proof of your gentle heart which widen …
The 2020 Phoenix Fiction Writers’ anthology is coming up! Find out about my entry in it.
I didn’t finish reading “Dune.” Here’s why and what I learned about writing.
There are certain patterns of plots that Western readers are familiar with. These are rhythms of thought that help us know what to expect and help us discover the meaning inside a story. I recently read (and loved) Lloyd Alexander’s The Iron Ring, a fantasy novel about a young king who embarks on a mysterious …
I’ve been thinking a lot about several stories recently. Some stories I’ve encountered in the past month have deeply disappointed me. Others have delighted me. I wanted to reflect more on what authors can learn from both the good and the bad. My goal is not to bash any stories, nor is it to blindly …