Because I’m trying to downsize my stress…
Here’s a blog post I did over the weekend. Read this if you need my literary musings. I have a chapter to finish.
Reawakening
It happened slowly, and then all at once. One day I was lamenting relearning to slow my prose, and the next I had a list of fifteen names for background characters that I knew I would maybe use two of during the actual writing. It sounds ridiculous, but everybody who writes an epic has those […]
The thing about wolves…
While very few people have read my first novel (I pulled it down for editing… Kate is not an editor, as my long time readers know very, very well), most people who read this blog are at least passingly familiar with my shorts, novellas, and webcomic. I have a few themes that all unite […]
Hey Monday
Spent the weekend being beachy. As in, I went to the beach. Unfortunately, my super-sensitive baby skin is my undoing. I’m having a nasty reaction to the sand lice bites. My feet are swollen, red, and itchy. And I don’t handle anti-histamines well. So, I’m going to finish writing the next Chelsea Childling story, […]
Mondays mean webcomics!
Chapter one is starting it’s wrap up. But you can still get in on the action!
In an effort to destress…
I’ve been cutting back on my writing obligations. Just because I can bust out thousands of words a day, doesn’t mean that I should. So here’s a blog I wrote for some friends. I’m going to bake some bread.
Fear and writers
One of the hardest things for any writer to do (at least the ones that I’ve associated with) is to let someone read a rough draft. Roughs are always full of repeated words (Forcing herself not to slam the door, she instead carefully eased the door on its hinges.), poor dialogue, and badly constructed sentences. This […]
Chelsea Childling: Newbie Monster Hunter
I haven’t talked about this project for awhile, but yes, I am still writing my free stories for my newsletter. Chelsea is frankly one of my favorite characters: a totally normal thoroughly non-magical human monster hunter. And writing her has been just a ton of fun. And her supporting cast, Amber and Jackson Hawk, should […]
Best advice for the arts
Where in, Kate relates theater to writing a book. Again.
Friday Review: Star Force: Prologue (SF0) (Star Force Origin Series)
I was fairly excited for this book. Finally, a series tie in that didn’t pretend to be a story. It was even called a prologue! And who doesn’t love a little hard sci-fi? Ultimately, my enthusiasm felt misplaced. Hard sci-fi is a delicate balancing act between the present day and the future. Star Force didn’t have that. […]
