Book Review: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Time for another "Book of the Week!" post. I know, it's been a while since I've done one of these, but here it is. Enjoy! This one's review is also…
A Crossroads
Last weekend, I attended the Colorado Gold Writers’ Conference hosted by The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers group. In addition to amazing workshops, engaging panels, inspiring keynote speakers and great introductions…
The Next Stage….
I’m going to my very first writer’s conference today and I’m nervous AF. This is not a nerd-con like Mile Hi Con or WhimsyCon that I go to for fun…
Cloudbreaker Teaser
Cloudbreaker Teaser * * * * * Consciousness drifted back to Ayda like the waves of a darkened ocean, gently lapping at the shores of her mind. Unknown time passed…
Storms Bring Change – Cloudbreaker Excerpt
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. - Leonardo da Vinci The storm roared in like Dafeng,…
Steampunk Novella Pending Publication
Hi there! Remember when I wrote my ranty response blog about Steampunk Outside of Colonialism? Yeah well, that spurred me onto a whole side project when I was annoyed at…
22 Things to Manifest for 2022
Idea stolen from a friend on Facebook. Thought I'd post it here so I can find it easily to see how I'm doing. About 10 years ago, I made a…
What is the Point? Is there a Point?
Hi Everyone, I'm going to be real here for a moment so if you're not interested in emotions (mine or your own), you may want to skip over this post.…
Steampunk Beyond Colonialism
This weekend, I had the pleasure of being part of several panels for WhimsyCon 2021, the local Denver Steampunk convention. The topics I got to contribute to were both writing…
Flash Fiction Friday: The Misadventures of Little Bo Peep
Okay, so I haven't posted on my blog in a while since I was hunkered down working on finishing up the rough edit of Anamnesis. Now that that's done, I…