Running Down the Moon


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Jack in the Green


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    Creating Great Characters…

    No matter what genre you write in, or the length of fiction you adhere to, be it flash or short story fiction or novella and novel length works, your characters are the most important part of the story. It doesn’t matter if you’re writing an apocalyptic tome about the last literal man on earth, that [...]

    It’s Everywhere! It’s Everywhere!

    Inspiration, I mean. It’s in the kitchen sink, under the bridge, at the top of that high rise, on the side of the road. I blogged last week about why I write horror, sharing some of my favorite prompts for horrific inspiration, but the question for inspiration goes beyond horror writing and applies to everyone [...]

    Goblin Market Episode Five

    In which I introduce one of my all-time personal favorite characters, Him of the Green. I have always had an affinity with forest gods, and so he is modeled quite closely to the wild hunter ideal I cooked up in my head years and years ago. Humorous, witty, romantic, a little naive, yet incredibly strong. [...]

    Trapping a Duchess

    Lady Bekemeyer draws her listeners into this time effortlessly, capturing the era like a pro. [...]