The blog migration has begun. I realize that we’re just one week away from the official start of winter and two weeks shy of Christmas. So, if I were a southbound Canada Goose (or Santa Claus),
Author: Stasia
2020 has brought with it an unusual dilemma for contemporary fiction writers. What are the odds of selling a novel set in the pandemic? The timeline for a manuscript to travel from final draft to bookstore
If you haven’t read King’s ON WRITING, treat yourself to a copy this year. Even if your TBR pile is already too high, I give you this useful nugget of King-ly wisdom.
Zadie Smith is one smart lady. Read some of her thoughts on fighting the algorithm and (short) storytelling. Better, still, take a minute to trick yourself into getting some of your own words on the page
Who doesn’t love wordy celebration? We began January with inspiration from author Barbara Dee. Now, as we hit the midpoint of the month, I’m celebrating the joy of ANTICIPATION. Here’s a list of soon-to-be-released titles (and
When it comes to creative writing, metaphors can make magic. Even though I know and use metaphors with regularity, sometimes it helps me ground myself with a nice refresher definition and some sweet examples, like the
This isn’t my best foray into Canva quote designs but I love the sentiment and I hope you do, too. You made it to Friday. Maybe it wasn’t pretty. Maybe you didn’t log 1,000 words a
The great, compelling and prolific speculative fiction writer Lois McMaster Bujold penned these choice words. And, as we go back to work, school or whatever reality awaits us today, let’s hold on to this truth and
For the first installment of this month’s promised “Wordy Celebrations,” may I point you to the wonderful writings of Barbara Dee. Barbara stopped by my blog way back in 2016 to celebrate the publication of
We’vearrived. Yes, it’s 2020, where everything should be perfectly clear. Our newdecade looks likely to begin with a year of bad 20/20 vision puns. We’re “outwith the old” which, in 2020, means post-holiday clearance sales