Note: In honor of ❤ Valentine’s Day ❤ (I’m a little late, what else is new?), I thought I’d share an instructional post on writing romance that I put together. Basically, romance has a unique narrative structure centered on character,…
Read MoreWe followed the class Non-Western Science Fiction and Fantasy with LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy. My friend chose the book list this time, so I didn’t see all the choices, but here’s what we read! My favorite three are at…
Read MoreThis semester I made a reading based class for myself and a few friends called Non-Western Science Fiction and Fantasy. The initial title was Diversity in Science Fiction and Fantasy, but we had to narrow the subject a bit to…
Read MoreHello, again! I’ve mentioned before that I attended the Alpha SF/F/H Workshop. I owe a lot of my development as a writer to that community. Even long after attending, we’ve kept in touch and continue to support and critique each other’s…
Read MoreI woke up one morning and found monarch caterpillars crawling all over my milkweed. Here is a glamour shot of the butterfly babies. I couldn’t get all of them into a photo, but there were fifteen altogether. I’d say I earned a new…
Read MoreHello, again! I’ve written two short stories that I’m really proud of, but I’ve been hugging them to my chest and polishing them for over a year. This is a silly thing for me to do because I hope to…
Read MoreHello! I’m an aspiring writer. This is my life blog for writing developments and life happenings. I have a novel or two in the works and some short fantasy too. I’m in the submissions process now. I attended the Alpha Sci-Fi, Fantasy,…
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