Category: Fantasy

Why Books Are Like Cake

Wow, you guys have blown me away with your emails, Facebook comments, and other messages! It’s easy to get so lost in the details of creation, and all your comments on the cover and your excitement for Hidden in Sealskin made my day yesterday. Thank you. :) Last Time In case you missed the last post, these are the three words that sum up what Hidden in Sealskin is all about: fun, mysterious, magical (in the “I don’t know if this is

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Aish of a Grey Lion: A Storm-Dance Short Story (part 1 of 2)

The sharp scent of pine a stab through her nostrils, Niobe kept her eyes on her target as she wound her way through the trees. Uneven ground lent itself poor to graceful movement, but Niobe had the uncanny knack of keeping her shoulders level even as her feet crept across the fallen logs and moss-covered rocks beneath the underbrush. There, only twenty paces ahead and to the right was the soticheij, the monster that once was a man. Back to her,

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The Offbeat Dialogues 2015: Folklore and the Modern Day

This Year’s Authors and Their Featured Work In order of the pictures above, from left to right: Katharina Gerlach, author of the Treasures Retold series. Elizabeth McCleary, author of New Skin. Krista D. Ball, author of the Spirit Caller series. Rabia Gale, author of Shattered and other books of broken fairy tales. Where and When to Join in The Offbeat Dialogues: Folklore and the Modern Day will be taking place on Sept 11th, 2105 at 10:30am MDT. If you’re not sure when

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Are You Sure It’s That Way? (part of the Storytime Blog Hop)

They were lost, and it was Nadin’s fault. It had to be Nadin’s fault; Adren didn’t get lost. Not in the woods. He must be using his magic somehow. That and he kept accusing her of changing direction when she wasn’t. “Just because I walk around a tree so I don’t hit it doesn’t mean we’re suddenly going west,” she told him. He gave the sky a nervous glance, but didn’t reply. This is what happens when you grow up

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It *Is* Possible to Overthink Stairs (and 17 Other One-Sentence Stories)

Invented Stories Pain rips through your abdomen, but you press through it to strike the Dark Lord’s heart, reminding yourself as he finally disintegrates that, next quest, you have really got to remember tampons. The wind howls, the sky black with clouds; a light interrupts and the ship veers to avoid the rocks. An alien smacked its mandibles together, commenting that humans were the most delicious things in the galaxy, to which its friend nodded sadly, replying: “Too bad they were

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Erica's Story (WIP title) | The Books of Bílo (WIP title) #1
First draft 29%
Hunter and Prey | White Changeling #3
First draft 100%

Grow Your Library

Hidden in Sealskin
The Illuminated Heart
Dreaming of Her and Other Stories
The Kitten Psychologist Tries to Be Patient Through Email
The Tree Remembers
Like Mist Over the Eyes
The Kitten Psychologist Broaches the Topic of Economics
The Kitten Psychologist
Plunged Ashore
The Kitten Psychologist Versus The Kitten's Owners