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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...

Novel in Progress Query Draft

All Abraham has ever wanted is connection: connection to his family, connection to his Jewish faith and community, and connection to an audience with whom he can share his love for the violin. But almost two hundred years ago, his musical patron turned him into a...

Novel Update

Quick Aside: Locus briefly mentioned our reading at WisCon. So! Novel update! According to Scrivener, it’s 99,000+ words; according to Word it’s over 100,000 words. NICE! Where I am: So, I now have three POV characters, and the consistent feedback...

AI Art for my Novel in Progress

The other night, my sister and I were goofing around on Zoom, like one does, and she showed me an AI art generator. Here are some of the characters: Of course, since they’re AI art, the hands are cursed, but… <3 (If you crave more character images, you...

I’ll be reading in Wisconsin in May

Are you going to WisCon? Hopefully I’ll see you there! Meet me in May! I plan to bring chocolate! Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading Conference 2 • Readings • Sat 4:00 PM –5:15 PM Meet the Broads of Broad Universe! The authors of Broad Universe will drop you into...

Woe is me!

My neighbor’s tree decided to play an April Fools joke on me… and my roof. I was sitting in my living room minding my own business when BOOM!!!!!! followed by cats racing around like lunatics, because, as you know, Bob, cats dislike loud noises and are...

Tongue in Cheek Novel Comps

I’m just joking… unless it makes you want to read my book. In that case, I’m DEATHLY SERIOUS. 😉 Interview with the Vampire as written by Faye Kellerman A Discovery of Witches for feminist Jews Only Lovers Left Alive but with a mortal wife and pets...

Novel update

So, based on feedback, it’s basically not possible to withhold information from my first person main character narrator and tell the reader. I mean, I feel like it should be! but no matter how sledgehammery I think I’m being, people just don’t get...

KILLER APPS for writers!

1. Scrivener. We all know Scrivener is cool, right? View your text as either an individual scene, a giant block, or a corkboard or outline. Reorder scenes and chapters with ease. Export to various formats, but I really only use Word/RTF. Seriously, moving your...

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