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The End of the Beginning Part 1 // Faylinn #12

Post published:October 11, 2021
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It is (finally) time for me to present the next "Faylinn" short story! I promise I did not plan to take so many months to write the next installment! A big editing project, a hiatus, and LIFE happened and...yeah. I've gotten so bad at writing these consistently. BUT I was absolutely determined to finish this story arc I've had going since *checks* January 2020??? (good grief) before the year is out. With NaNo (meep) and holidays (more meep) coming I knew I needed to get it done, otherwise it would not happen before next year. *nervous laughter* BUT I HAVE…

Know the Novel – Part One: Introduction // A Writer’s Linkup

Post published:October 4, 2021
Post category:Writing
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Happy, happy October! We have officially reached NaNoWriMo prepping month which means it is time to bring back the annual writer's linkup: Know the Novel! Um. Okay. But. How is National Novel Writing Month ONE MONTH AWAY??? PURE INSANITY. Not gonna lie though, I've sort of been counting down the days since the end of last NaNo. (Yes, I am that crazy.) NaNo 2020 may have been my favorite NaNo of all time and I truly cannot wait to dive into yet another year of late nights, too much coffee, and, most importantly, mad writing! I know so many of…

Burning Thorns // The Story of My Heart

Post published:June 28, 2021
Post category:Writing
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If you missed it, June has been Beauty and the Beast month over at Fairy Tale Central! And, being as how this is my ultimate, ultimate favorite fairy tale, I have been soaking. it. up. It also made me realize how woefully long it’s been since I’ve talked about my own B&B retelling: Burning Thorns. And that, dear friends, is what I’ve come to do today. Burning Thorns has been a work-in-progress for many, many years, and is easily the story of my heart. But I realize a lot of you may not even know what it is, being as…

Friends, Foes, & Fairy Wars // A Faylinn Short Story – #11

Post published:April 19, 2021
Post category:Prompts Writing
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The time has at last come in which I bring you the next installment of my ongoing fairy tale serial story, fondly called the "Faylinn" stories! So it's, um, been a while since I've given you a new Faylinn story. And by "a while" I mean SEPTEMBER. *hides in shame for eternity* Worse still, I left the last story on a prettyyy bad cliffhanger. I'M SO SORRY. NaNo prep, and then NaNo, and then holidays happened, and I had planned to get this story written for late February or early March but those months positively exploded on me. So...here are…

One Sentence Journals

Post published:March 8, 2021
Post category:Writing
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a writer in possession of a good collection of notebooks must be in want of a way to use them. I couldn’t help myself. NOTEBOOKS. I have them, you have them, we all have them. And, thankfully, in this day and age of creativity and Bullet Journaling, there really is an endless way of using these little aesthetically pleasing binded books of blank paper. When I was little I quite enjoyed journaling. Words have been a special thing to me all my life, and there really is something magical about permanently capturing memories…

Know the Novel Part 3: Dusk’s Broken Shadows

Post published:December 7, 2020
Post category:Writing
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HERE WE ARE. It is at last time for me to share alllll my thoughts on writing and finishing Dusk’s Broken Shadows. I hope December is treating everyone well so far! I can’t believe we’re already a week in! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been listening to Christmas music pretty much nonstop. #noshame SO. Being as how NaNo is fully finished, today I’m going to be answering the questions of my Know the Novel linkup! Annnd probably going to blabber way too much about my NaNo novel. (Hopefully you guys aren’t sick of hearing about it yet. This…

Through Eyes of Green – A Flash Fiction Piece @ GoHavok.com

Post published:December 4, 2020
Post category:Writing
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I interrupt our regularly scheduled program to share some happy newssss! I have another flash fiction piece available at GoHavok.com today! Last year I had two pieces published at Havok, At Your Service and Backward, and I have been meaning to submit something again ever since but, well, other projects and Life™ have distracted me a teeny tiny bit. BUT a few months ago I got inspired to write another piece of flash fiction and submit it, and I’m so honored it was accepted! This little piece, titled Through Eyes of Green, is heavily inspired by The Snow Queen (because…

Know the Novel – Part Three: It Is Written {A Writers Linkup}

Post published:December 1, 2020
Post category:Writing
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WE MADE IT. NaNoWriMo is behind us and December has ARRIVED! And with it comes the 3rd and final part of this year’s Know the Novel! Are you alive? Am I alive??? Are our characters alive? (Probably not all of them…) NaNoWriMo is always such a wild ride full of exhausting days and existential crisis days and euphoric days. But, for me, it is always, always worth it for that sense of accomplishment, for knowing I took the time for my stories and made WORDS. But not just words, I grew, I learned, I lived an incredible journey. NaNoWriMo is…

NaNoWriMo 2020: Week Four

Post published:November 30, 2020
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And *poof* just like that it’s THE LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER!!! FINAL DAY OF NANO. DECEMBER IS TOMORROW. WHAT IS TIME??? This feels like one of the fastest NaNoWriMos to ever exist. Is that just me? I mean, it often goes fast, but it can also seem so slooooow and December looks like a far off dream. But THIS TIME. I blinked and next thing I know here we are. (Or did I even blink? Have I blinked any this month? I’ve just been staring at my screen like a mindless zombie octopus flapping around typing words endlessly. Idon’tevenknowguys.) SO.…

Know the Novel: Writing Dusk’s Broken Shadows {NaNo 2020}

Post published:November 23, 2020
Post category:Writing
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ONE. WEEK. LEFT. OF. NANOWRIMO!!! Can you believe it, guys? We are 3 weeks down and 1 to go! My gracious goodness, this NaNo is flying by at record speeds! But WHAT a NaNo it has been! Today instead of doing my day-by-day weekly update, I’m changing things up and answering the questions to my Know the Novel linkup. (Of which you can find the details HERE. The linkup part is open for one more week and I’d be thrilled if you joined!) ALRIGHTY. I know you people have lives to live and novels to write, so let’s just jump…