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A Halloween Poem

Post author:Kristen
Post published:September 25, 2019
Post category:Writing

Halloween is coming up, and I'm ramping up the spooky in my writing. There is a special surprise coming out around Halloween that you'll hear about more soon. For today,…

Writing Wednesday: Something Witchy This Way Comes

Post author:Kristen
Post published:September 18, 2019
Post category:Blog Writing

I've said for years now that Rosa's story is done. Fae of Calaveras was always planned as a trilogy, and while there have been a few extra short stories, it's…

Let’s Talk About Sex

Post author:Kristen
Post published:September 16, 2019
Post category:About me Blog Writing

I got a great reader question this past week about sex in my stories. You may have seen that many of my stories are listed with notices like, “Contains LGBTQ+…

Writing Wednesday: Quilla’s Two Faces

Post author:Kristen
Post published:September 11, 2019
Post category:Blog Writing

Back to book 3 this week. I'm still writing fast to get this finished in time to publish it next month. I know I'm going to cut it close, but…

Writing Wednesday: Vilqa’s Identity

Post author:Kristen
Post published:September 4, 2019
Post category:Blog Writing

Since I've been talking about gender identity and pronouns this week, I wanted to go back and share a scene about Vilqa when they first appeared in Riwenne & the…

They/Them/Theirs is a Singular Pronoun

Post author:Kristen
Post published:September 3, 2019
Post category:Blog Writing

As a default, I will use they/them/theirs as a gender-neutral singular pronoun. Despite what one of my English teachers tried to tell me in college, this is not incorrect grammar.…

Writing Wednesday: The Fish Boat

Post author:Kristen
Post published:August 28, 2019
Post category:Blog Writing

Today's excerpt was inspired by my move. The fun part about renting a Uhaul truck is finding out what image is on the side. Some have local photos on them,…

Writing Wednesday: Too Upset to Eat

Post author:Kristen
Post published:August 14, 2019
Post category:Writing

Today we have another excerpt from Riwenne & the Airship Gambit. I don't think it's too spoiler-y this time, so long as you know that there's an ongoing theme about…

Writing Advice & a Grain of Salt

Post author:Kristen
Post published:August 12, 2019
Post category:Blog Writing

I’m still in the middle of moving chaos, so writing time has been hard to find. But today I wanted to share some thoughts of mine on writing advice. I've…

Writing Wednesday: Amena’s Past Catches Up

Post author:Kristen
Post published:August 7, 2019
Post category:Writing

If you've read the prequel to the Divine Warriors series, Amena's Rise to Stardom!, then you know that Amena has a few regrets and dark secrets in her past. In…