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Blog postI was having a conversation last week, or it could have been the last month-who remembers what even time is anymore, right? What were we talking about? I mean, of course, it was writing.
I was telling her the last line of my WIP is the main character telling the love of his life that they would never have to come back to the place they just escaped. But then the first line in the next book would be “Look, I know what I said, but…”
Worst Boyfriend Ever, I said.
And she -
Blog postThis is a little bit on my novel in progress, "The Night Was Not." The first bit is just a little context:
Kerry Hazard thought he had escaped the city of Margrave as a child. He stowed away on an airship and thought he was free. Yet, years later, as Captain of his own ship, unfinished business drags him back.
Jace Seabring, a man Kerry could have loved, turns up dead in one of the filthy canals in the old city, under mysterious circumstances. Driven by thoughts of w -
Blog postThis morning, early, I had the best dream. I was at my mom’s house, and she was there too. She had a bunch of stuff for me to take home with me that she’d found packed away that I’d left behind. It was all laid out on her dining room table. Everything in the house was just the way it used to be. Her dining room with all its burgundy and pink, the stained-glass birds that dad made stuck up in the picture window, which looked out on the side garden. She let the purple coneflower take over and
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Blog postI have spent the last few weeks helping to make masks. My roommate has produced hundreds. I just sewed what she told me to. I was hesitant to sit down at a machine---I inherited three from my mother, all when she was alive. She never could turn down a fancier one. And I got all the cast-offs. I used to sew every day, dolls, bags, a few clothes here and there.
But it turns out, I miss that. Not the showing of part, but the other part, no matter what weird thing it was, she was proud of -
Blog postI know, I know. I promised the sequel to Speak My Name at the beginning of this month. I mean, I wasn't worried. It was half written, right? So I was pretty sure I could do it in two months.
Okay, so someday I'll be able to be that person that can look at things logically while I'm writing them. But today is not that day. I needed help, to find the holes in my story, to find places to put context in. So this post is really about how important it is to me to have readers, listeners, ed -
Blog postWhen the Devil comes knocking, a choice must be made. Ravyn Crescent stopped by to talk about her new novella. Hi Rayven, we can't wait to hear about your story!.
Hi!
I am honored to have been given this chance to speak to you all about my new novella, Answer It.
First, I’d love to introduce myself. I primarily write horror, supernatural fantasy, and ghost or demon related stories. I’m a member of the Horror Writers Association and former speaker as a survivor for Str -
Blog postI've released a lot of stuff in the last few months. My short story collection, Psychic Surgery, came out at the beginning of summer, and more recently, a pair of novellas. The first, Speak My Name, is the beginning of a short series of stories about a demon bartender, Frank who falls in love with a very special human, Mica who can see everything that he is and still love him. The sequel, Breaking Heaven, will be out in November.
The second is called Your Cruel Fingers Will Close My E -
Blog postI met Catherine Lundoff long ago at my first Wiscon. Actually the thing I remember most about that con was attending her reading. The short story she read that night was so compelling that I went home with that volume of sort stories. I can't wait to get my hands on Unfinished Business this week! Here's Catherine below, with all the details, and an excerpt. Enjoy!
My latest short story collection, Unfinished Business: Tales of the Dark Fantastic, is out today and I want to start by th -
Blog postYep, that's right, Witchtober Fest is almost here, compliments of The Witches Tea Flint. Come and celebrate with us at Goodbeans Cafe! There will be local authors reading, starting at 11AM, plus lots of other vendors to help you with all things Witchy. (just look at that list above!)
I will be there, reading from my new collection of modern fairy tales, Psychic Surgery. And will have copies of it, plus my newest novella, Speak My Name, there for purchase. Flint Area Writers will have -
Blog postBefore time began, Frank was an Angel who followed his beloved Lucifer into battle. They were defeated, Frank lost his wings and was cast downward. He’s been falling ever since. Now he’s the sole tender of Darks, a bar at the edge of reality that is owned by hell. He longs for the company of his brother demons, the scorch of Lucifer’s heat. Instead he spends his nights serving drinks, tempting souls. Every night that passes is the same night. Each human that stumbles in is the same. Lost. Desp
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Blog postA fluke job at a Renaissance Festival changes Keisha’s life and alters the course of the future for herself and her child. The first two volumes of this charming series are free from April 30 to May 2. This is great news for anybody who hasn't started it it. Hit the link below, you won't be disappointed. Do it quick, before you miss the chance!
https://tinyurl.com/yccwso8f
#fantasy #renfest #magic #romance #kindleunlimited
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Blog postI just wrote a blog about selling books for the Flint Area Writers blog. Really, it was about selling my own books, and how uncomfortable that can be. (Read that blog here). But also, it was about Impostor Syndrome. Yes. I said it.
I have that. A lot.
So much so that I don't feel qualified to even write about it, but here we are.
For example, I have two friends that are also writers, that I inadvertently and constantly measure myself by. They are both full time writers -
Blog postThis is a collection of stories about being lost, and being found. They are myths retold through the lens of a new century. Here you’ll find a koi-girl and her grandfather, living in a stream in the mountains of Tennessee, waiting to become more. There are a pair of bickering celestials in a dive bar that exists in any city in the world, at any given time. A guardian of the moon, out of a job, and trying to care for his daughter the best he can on the streets of Flint Michigan. Angels, fairies,
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Blog postWhen people asked me, in my former life, to recommend a book, I had two lists in my head. The first were the sure sales, the easy ones. Neil Gaiman, if the customer showed even a slight inclination toward magic, Stephen King. You get the idea. The second list was for people that came back to see me. It was my list of authors that changed my life.
Top of that list was Charles de Lint. I came to him in the late 1980’s, with his collection first collection of short stories, Dreams Underf -
Blog post,Wednesday, January 13, 2016,,,, I'm not sorry that David Bowie is dead. I mean, I've seen enough people suffer to the end of their lives. I don't wish it on anyone. Certainly not on a man that I owe so much to. I do feel for his children. I just lost a father, and I didn't even want to be the one to call the family. I can't imagine how hard it was for his son to tell the world. Now, this is the place where I tell you that I'm not crazy. I didn't know the man. ,,Yet, I got the news at thre
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Blog postYesterday was the very first day that I felt October. I mean really felt it tapping on my shoulder. I know it's almost November, but I've only just put my shorts and sundresses away. Two weeks ago it was 88 degrees here.
Yesterday. The wind blustered and the sky roiled with heavy black clouds. The sun was brief but brilliant, and most of the day was full of big fat raindrops and golden leaves that spiraled straight down the street.
It was exactly like walking down a street in -
Blog postTigger warning: rape and rape denial
Why did I never tell?
I’m sick of that question. Why didn’t I tell that I was raped? Twice? Because it was twenty years before I could say that word out loud without throwing up.
Because the first time, I had no idea what was happening. I was 12 years old, and it was the seventies. My parents—all the parents trusted and liked this man, who enjoyed the company of little girls. But I was sick when I got home from “playing,” and began -
Blog postYes. October will be busy for this writer! On Friday October 12th I will be with the Flint Area Writers at the Flint Art Walk. Stop into the Lunch Studio to browse our books, and hear new short fiction from our members. We'll be there 6-9.
On October 27th we will also be busy. From noon to 9 you can find us at the Flint Fright Film Fest with our books. Stop by the table and say hi. We will also be at the Flint Literary Festival at the Flint Public Library. We will be talking about Fin -
Blog post“They were in the wrong place at the wrong time, so naturally they became heroes.” Leia Organa, Senator of Alderaan Last week something unexpected happened. I got to go to the Detroit Institute of Art’s exhibit of Star Wars costumes. It wasn’t unexpected that I went, but the circumstances were.
For the first time in more years than I can count, my original friends, the people who got Star Wars (at thirteen) as much as I did, were all together. In the last forty years, we have changed -
Blog postHave I mentioned that I'm working on a prequel to Black Light? It's true. It's for anyone who ever wondered where Albrecht Christian came from.
In Black Light we meet him as a man who appears to be in his forties, haunted by his past. He chooses Trace to fill the void he feels.
When I began Black Light I was Trace's age. Albrecht Christian was the oldest person I could imagine. I thought he was the villain of the book.
Albrecht politely, but firmly, declined.&nbs
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