Surprise! An unscheduled post on a Sunday, of all days! That’s how you know today’s on an important topic. With December just 5.5 days away, I wanted to share with you something I will be participating in all throughout the last month of the year. Dressember Throughout the month of December, thousands of women (and …
Friends, Phoenix Fiction Writers’ Antihero anthology came out two days ago! It’s been a weekend full of celebration: Livestream parties on Facebook and Youtube, sweet roll baking, boba tea, and The Crimes of Grindelwald (and, of course, writing, because it’s still NaNoWriMo). I finished reading all of the short stories in this anthology on Friday, the day …
Hello, lovely people! This is going to be a short post, because it’s NaNoWriMo and trying to reach 50,000 words this month has me like: But I HAD to share with you about what’s coming, because I’m thrilled that it’s finally time for the Phoenix Fiction Antiheroes Anthology to come out! The 7 Phoenix Fiction …
I would do a clever opening, but NanoWrimo just started, so I’ll cut right to the chase for all our sake. General Disclaimer: While I love grammar, I’m also new at learning it. I will do my best to explain things correctly. If you find that I’ve misunderstood or misrepresented something, please share that in …
I love reading, and I enjoy a lot of books. Every so often, though, I run into a book or series that stands above the rest, that sucks me in and draws me fully into another world. Kyle Robert Shultz’s Beaumont and Beasley series is just such a series, and I’m honestly surprised that I haven’t …
Child of the Kaites has its first 10 reviews! I’m incredibly thankful for everyone who has read this book, and amazed with gratitude that so many have taken the time to leave reviews. As a token of my appreciation, CotK is on sale for just .99 this weekend. Starting today, get your copy here: amzn.to/2CcfCLp …
Grammar. Ugh. Gross.
That’s the attitude I used to have, and the attitude most people of my acquaintance still have, toward grammar.
I grew up prejudiced against this subject, indoctrinated to view it as a convoluted conglomeration of stupid rules and pointless terms meant to box me in. Like any good American, the refrain of my writer’s heart was, “Don’t fence me in.”
I never learned grammar in school, a truth which I blame on my attitude more than on my teachers. I did just enough to get by, but as soon as the test was over I wiped it from my head. “I don’t need to know the terms,” I used to protest. “I have a strong practical understanding of grammar because of how much I read and write, and that’s more important.”
Yeah, I was wrong.
This past year, I joined together with a group of incredible authors to form the Phoenix Fiction Writers (PFW). We are a marketing collective of indie authors of science fiction and fantasy stories with similar themes and goals. I’m always excited about PFW, because these were (and are) among my favorite indie authors, and now …
As you can see from the bar to your right, Child of the Kaites will be published in five–I repeat, FIVE–days!! Starting Saturday (two days ago) and continuing on past release day, I have a lot of fun treats for you. All of these treats have been made possible by the indie author community. I don’t …
I’ve been puzzling over what to do with this blog since I finished sharing the early draft of Child of the Kaites with you. I finally have decided. At least for now, my goal is to bring you one of my original writings (short story or poem) per month and also share with you about one …