As mentioned previously, April was a busy month for me. Part of that included a trip to Japan. This trip was my: second time out of the country second time off the continent first time flying alone first time to Asia first time in a place where I couldn’t communicate well with others It was …
April is shaping up to be an exciting month! I have three exciting pieces of news, two writing related, one personal. First Piece of News: The Weavers’ Blessing Update I previously announced the upcoming fifth birthday of The Weavers’ Blessing. In that announcement, I said its pretty new look would be coming to you on April 10th, its actual …
We’ve come a long way together, my dear readers, and we’ve got a longer way yet to go. It will come as no surprise to you that I, an historian, love to look back. I’ve been looking back over the past six-ish years since the founding of this blog recently, and I’m reminded of the …
Kyle Robert Shultz, one of my fellow indie and, more specifically, Phoenix Fiction authors tagged me in a fun game. It looked like fun, and I got to thinking that I haven’t posted in a while, so here we go :) The original post can be found here. Thanks for the tag, Kyle! For the …
As you may recall, one of the exciting things that’s happened in the past month is something called Phoenix Fiction Writers. If your memory is a bit foggy, or if you were justifiably preoccupied with the holidays and missed the announcement, you can read all about PFW in my blog post. Today, I had the …
At last, the news you’ve long awaited: Revealing the super secret project I’ve been mentioning for months. *drumroll please* Now announcing Phoenix Fiction Writers, an indie author marketing collective. What in the world does that mean? I’m glad you asked. This year, I’ve been extraordinarily blessed by discovering the most supportive, fantastic community of writers …
Remember that time when E.B. Dawson interviewed me for her blog? As amazing as it was, it was only the beginning of our friendship. Since then, I’ve gotten to know Beth more (yes, we’ve bonded over sharing the same name), and let me tell you: She’s incredible! Furthermore, and probably of more interest to you, …
This is one of those posts where I tell you that I’ve been interviewing for jobs all week, and my sister got married this weekend, and I’m exhausted, and life’s insane, and so I don’t have your weekly installment of Child of the Kaites ready yet. I shall make every effort to get the chapter to …
I was blessed by a full day at the beach yesterday. Here are some pictures from my day and a couple descriptions I had fun writing :) Slideshow Description 1 They chased the foam dripping back into the sea, then fled before each new wave with joyous peals. It was a race, them and …
As the school year is winding to a close, I am so thankful for your patience with me, particularly with posting Child of the Kaites. My long-term subbing job for the past couple months has been deeply challenging. I have definitely needed the extra time to devote to teaching instead of to editing/posting. Today is not …