New Tech Tools and Templates
I found a new fascination this weekend. On the recommendation of a new author friend, I took another look at the program called Notion. I’d heard about it before but […]
Coming Up Aces: Pet Peeves
Brianna asks: What are your biggest pet peeves with bad asexual rep? Or, what are some of the most common, hurtful things we should be vigilant to avoid when writing […]
Coming Up Aces: Asexuality as Armor
Question: Hi! I’m an ace author who is currently writing a fantasy novel with an ace main character. This is my first time writing an ace character, and to be […]
Coming Up Aces: Historical Asexuality
Caitlin says: I’m ace, and I’m writing a book that features ace girls in love during the French Revolution. My problem is this: I’ve read a lot about how important […]
We’re at the three week mark, y’all!
We’re inching ever closer to the Island Of Exiles release day! Only three weeks left now! My first countdown thread was all about why I’m so excited to be releasing […]
You can land on Shiara in five weeks!
Five Weeks. FIVE. That’s one month plus one week. Hardly any time at all! This week I’m talking about relationship dynamics. Specifically, how & why Khya and Tessen’s came to […]
Nemesis is here in T-minus…
There is only one week–ONE! WEEK!–until the Nemesis release! This week I’m going to talk about how important and very much not a trend accurate, diverse, respectful representation is. I […]
Life: An ongoing lesson in the importance of persistence
There’s an odd culture of silence surrounding publishing. This silence is beginning to erode (at least in the circle of people I follow online), but there’s still an unspoken pressure […]
What year is it again?
Being an author sometimes feels like constantly living in the future. Five weeks before book 1 of #RyoganChronicles releases, I’m digging into the first draft of the final book of […]
We’re at the six week mark, y’all.
We’re at the six week mark, y’all. SIX WEEKS UNTIL ISLAND OF EXILES! Hahaha no I’m not nervous, why do you ask?! Okay, I’m lying, but I’m still here to […]
Everyone? Meet Tessen
In a way, the world Shiara occupies began back in 2008. I was fresh out of college, and I wanted to write a fantasy novel. That turns out to be […]
At what point does editing a book become rewriting a book? Like,…
At what point does editing a book become rewriting a book? Like, what percentage of lines need to be deleted or changed for it to be marked as a rewrite? […]
Think of this as a glimpse of how my brain feels after editing…
Think of this as a glimpse of how my brain feels after editing for hours. There’s still a lot more work to finish before this book is a book again. […]
The Friday Five – August 19th
Welcome to the first ever Friday Five post! To give credit where credit is 100% due, I have stolen this idea (with permission) from the lovely Katie Cotugno’s Five Good […]
Onward I march….
Didn’t finish the book this weekend, so onward I march. Ever upward. Kind of like Sisyphus. I should buy stock in Starbucks at this point… Via:: Tumblr to WordPress