What is Urban Fantasy?
On a writing forum that I visit, there was a recent discussion about defining fantasy sub-genres, specifically urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, and magical realism. Genre definitions can get tricky because…
Work in progress
Working on draft 3 of Small Town Witch, and it's going slowly. I had the first draft finished back in March, at 80k. I was pretty confident at the time.…
Happy Endings
I scrapped another writing project. I still have it saved, because I don’t like to throw things away, but I’m not working on it anymore and I don’t know if…
I miss writing
I miss being a writer. I miss the person that I was when I was writing all the time. I miss having that need to.write, the compulsion, that made me…
Love’s Labour: Ludicrous?
I hate writing love scenes. No, I don’t mean sex scenes; I usually just avoid those altogether. I mean that moment in the story (which is about something else) when…
A Hodge Podge Update
I have no single coherent thought right now, but there are multiple things that I can cover all at once. For starters, job hunt is going but not yet completed.…
Moving Right Along
My writing continues to move along at a good pace. I feel excited and energized, but I try not to get too carried away in a big fit of productivity…
The Difficulty of Talking About Writing
A friend and I have been slowly exchanging stories and ideas over the past two weeks, and today I finally took the plunge and actually began to talk about how…
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Writing
I haven't had a lot of time for writing this summer between school and everything else, nor have I felt particularly inspired to write anything, especially not on Desire the…
I Just Can’t Be Angry
Whew. I need a break from trying to write for a while. This is incredibly slow going and I am really frustrated with how things are progressing. If there's one…