Writing
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Writing Prompt: Living with Fairies
A series of writing prompts from my personal snippets archives. If something strikes your fancy, let me know! I would love to see what you create! Check out the previous prompt here. A woman inherits her parents’ lake cottage after their untimely deaths, not knowing that they made a deal with fairies to keep it Continue reading
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World Building: Maps
As a reader, one of the best ways to get me immediately engaging with a world is to present me with a map. I love the feel of a good fictional landscape – I like to scope out cities as they are mentioned, try to find the mountains or rivers that an author throws in, Continue reading
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Writing Prompt: Witch’s Familiar
A series of writing prompts from my personal snippets archives. If something strikes your fancy, let me know! I would love to see what you create! Check out the previous prompt here. Shadow, a black cat familiar, is tasked by her witch with retrieving a rare herb that she needs for her next potion, and Continue reading
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Works in Progress
I always have a project on my mind—whether that be writing, home decor/improvement, or crochet. Most of the time this is a good thing, but it can become overwhelming. I thought I would outline some of the goals I have for the next few months to give you a snapshot of what I’ve been up Continue reading
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Journaling
Throughout my life I have practiced writing in a variety of forms. Through school, essays are of course the most common exercise. I got very good at this, if I do say so myself, and after a while the only writing I consistently did was academic. This was true throughout high school and college, which Continue reading
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Writing Prompt: The Dragon Sitter
A new series of writing prompts from my personal snippets archives. If something strikes your fancy, let me know! I would love to see what you create! Check out the previous prompt here. Continue reading
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Using Inspo Responsibly
Artists and authors talk a lot about cultivating inspiration — hell, it was the subject of my own blog not two days ago. Creating art (writing included) is all about gathering information from our lives and the world around us and putting it through the ringer — what comes out on the other end is Continue reading
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What inspires me?
I love to write—always have! Throughout my life I’ve found inspiration in a variety of sources, and I thought it might be fun to share a few of those now. (1) Sunshine by Robin McKinley — this is a really wonderful novel about a young woman, a baker her friends and family call Sunshine, who Continue reading
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