A Note on Passive Voice
Thought I would share this post I wrote during one of my copyediting courses because I've been thinking about passive voice in stories recently. (I know, I know... you wish…
Review: The Sins on Their Bones by Laura Samotin
The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. SamotinMy rating: 4 of 5 stars"Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing…
Review: Finn Fancy Necromancy by Randy Henderson
I met Randy Henderson at a Denver Comic Con a long time ago (pre-pandemic, like 2017!) and was very inspired to buy his first book, Finn Fancy Necromancy. However, then…
Something Unexpected During a Rainstorm
The other cool thing I've done lately was meet a Writer in Residence in my local area via the Friend of Coal Creek. I was able to attend a spring-themed writing…
Gen Codex Teaser
Woohoo! I am proud to say that I have finished not only the manuscript, but also the readthrough of Gen Codex: book 2 of my Savant Uprising series. Now, I…
Four Outlining Methods That Could Work For You
Last week, I wrote about a bunch of story structure ideas for prepping a story. Now, I’d like to talk a little bit about outlining (which, I know, is everyone’s…
Seven Story Structures in One Place (OMG!)
At the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference last fall, I attended a ton of great panels. One of the favorite things I did was an intensive workshop on…
BotW – Denver Moon: The Minds of Mars
In February, I went to Las Vegas for a relaxing vacation. Plane flights always = reading books, so here is the 1st of 2 reviews of the books I finished…
Book of the Week: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
While I was working at the election center for the 2022 mid-term elections, I had a lot of downtime during early voting, so I read 4 full and 3 half…
Book of the Week: Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore
While I was working at the election center for the 2022 mid-term elections, I had a lot of downtime during early voting, so I read 4 full and 3 half…