Mystical Lands. Epic Adventure. Enchanting Characters. FIRE & FANTASY will have your imagination soaring as you charge headfirst into this enchanting collection of 20+ brand new and existing fantasy reads packed with daring quests, bewitching legends, and dark magic! Embark on sweeping adventures alongside fiery dragons, mystical mermaids, enchanted faeries, warring witches, demons, elves, and... Continue Reading →
Flash Poetry: “Flow”
I am a person of Planned dates And confirmed appointments "It'll happen when it happens" Does not compute. "Go with the flow" Only works When the flow is predetermined Which I'm pretty sure Isn't how that works.
Book Spotlight – Diamond Marked: The Tale of El’Anret – YA/Fantasy
And a Book Spotlight for Diamond Marked! ❤ Thank you kindly, Library of Erana!
Swift Six Author Interview – Melody Klink
A Swift Six author interview over at the Library of Erana! Thank you for having me on!
Name: Melody Klink
What attracts you to the genre in which you write? Young Adult has a magic about it that always brings me back; the stories and characters aren’t desperately childish and naïve, yet they haven’t been hardened by years and a world of experience. Outlandish things are still possible, and magic still lurks in the small things.
What piece of writing advice do you wish you’d known when you started your writing adventures? Don’t try to make every word perfect in the first go! First draft like crazy, then go back and shine it up. And then do it again. And probably a third time… but any which way, don’t expect perfection in the first go ’round.
If you could have dinner with any famous person or character who would you choose? Wow, this is a tough one! Hmm. I think I’d have dinner with Carl Sagan; he…
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Broken Links: Smashwords and Draft2Digital
Over the next few days, you may encounter some broken links in the WORKS section- I'm working on moving away from some individual presses & Smashwords, to redistributing with Draft2Digital. Quite a few reasons went into making the decision: 1) A lot of those extra distributors that Smashwords has? Sometimes, they never get the book.... Continue Reading →
The Psychology of Hair.
Today's post is going a little off the beaten path: it's not about writing! Instead, it's about being a person, and the identity we attach to various aspects of ourselves. You might be thinking, "Whoaaaa there," in your best McCree voice, "where did this come from?" Lemme explain. Since I was fourteen years old, I... Continue Reading →
King of Diamonds: A Writing Playlist
Per tradition, the time has arrived to share my writing music with y'all! Writing KING OF DIAMONDS was different than usual; I was locked down in Camp NaNoWriMo mode, and I was much more focused than usual. In fact, I knocked out this entire last portion of the story in 18 days! What made this... Continue Reading →
Cover Reveal: DIAMOND MARKED
IT'S SO SPARKLY! Thanks to John Henderson over at HendArt.com for his graphical sorcery! Diamond Marked will be heading your way just after KING OF DIAMONDS. It's the end of an era, y'all.
Young Adult Book Bonanza!
Tomorrow! Don't miss it!
When the Rules aren’t actually rules
So~ I'm working on formatting all of the El'Anret stories into a single paperback for you guys (because you didn't know, right?), and I always like to re-visit the rules for formatting when I take on such a task. Formatting GODEATER was a bit of a nightmare, because I had no clue what I was... Continue Reading →