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Writing Process Stuff
Disclaimer: Any writing process that results in finished writing that you're proud of is a valid process! It's also normal that you'll have to experiment with different processes to see what fits. So, when I was at Dragoncon this year, there was a discussion where I...
When can a grrl call herself a bestseller? 😀
So, uh... I intended to have a giveaway on Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and Apple books... but Amazon price-matched me. Hey, I'm cool with that! As a freebie, my book is pretty popular. Like, #4 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store) and #10 in Fantasy Anthologies...
What is Mastodon and why should I use it?
I'm so glad you asked! 😀 So, of all the Twitter clones--let's not get into Twitter, shall we?--the current top three are Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. I don't have a Threads account so I can't speak to whether it's any good or not. Moving right along. Bluesky: I'm...
SALE! Love Stories only 99 cents!
Do you want a copy of my short story collection for a very low price? Love Stories will be on sale until the end of the month. Grab it while it's cheap!
Yet Another Novel Update
Hilariously, there is a part of my author brain that insists that my book is AMAZEBALLS and will be deeply beloved by anyone who reads it. It is clearly untrue that my book is for everyone and this is okay. (So far, my book seems to be for people over 30 who love cats...
So. Why vampires?
Vampires are interesting! They're the most "human" monster, and they usually represent what society fears. Look at the OG: Dracula. (He's not the first vampire in English literature--Polidori's The Vampyre, our lesbian queen Carmilla, and the serial Varney the Vampire...
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.