Category Archives: Fiction Writing

Week 1: Well, We did it!

It’s been a week since my first novella has been available in the public for people to buy and read. Considering my marketing is largely me shouting on social media and interacting with other broke indie authors, it’s honestly gone a little bit better than I even though it might! I wanted to be asContinue reading “Week 1: Well, We did it!”

Baby’s First Shipwreck

Or: Where Mace Briefly talks about finishing their masters. And then you get a story. WE ARE DONE THANK THE GODS That’s right. Earlier this month, I officially finished my last term of my MA in creative writing. There is a whole lot I could say, and there is an equal amount of what IContinue reading “Baby’s First Shipwreck”

Blurb and Preview of My Novella!

Coming Hopefully by End of March! Since I’m a few weeks into the process with my lovely cover artist, here we go: Announcement time! I’m self publishing my first novella within the next few months and I couldn’t be more excited. Especially with the state of the…Everything here as an openly queer author who tellsContinue reading “Blurb and Preview of My Novella!”

New Year, Same Ol’ Me

Have I ever kept to a New Years Resolution? Look, we’re at about a 60% rate of most things I wanted to accomplish in the last calendar year. Grad school in 2024 meant I certainly did a fair amount of reading and writing, even if most of the reading was more theory and craft andContinue reading “New Year, Same Ol’ Me”

Self Publishing Diaries: Getting Started

Three weeks ago, I got downsized out of my day job. Sorrows. Prayers. Six weeks of severance pay before panic sets in. Since then, I’ve started taking more seriously the idea of self-publishing a series of novellas that I’ve been working on for the better part of the last 18+ months. I’ve taken a classContinue reading “Self Publishing Diaries: Getting Started”

Inaccessable Academia

Look, I’m not trying to get published in an acedmic journal with most of my work, so I think I am allowed to say this: Analytical writing is absolutely one of the most difficult things and most of the time I hate it. Yeah I’ll joke as a writer about the fact that sometimes theContinue reading “Inaccessable Academia”

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and Being an Artist

So writers block, ain’t that a bitch? And don’t I REALLY wish that’s all that was affecting me. I spent 10 weeks in intensive outpatient therapy this year, thanks to my reason for staying in the corporate hellscape that is my job (we love insurance and a livable wage yo). While it was great forContinue reading “Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and Being an Artist”

Flash Fiction February 2024 – With Prompt List

What the Heck is Flash Fiction February? Every year I make the same new year’s resolution: Make writing a habit. Or just write more. Or share more. Or some chimera of all three. And every year I mean well and then thanks to a lifetime of ADHD, the real world being a mess, and personalContinue reading “Flash Fiction February 2024 – With Prompt List”

January Wrap-Up!

Is it February 4th as I’m typing this? Maybe. Accountability makes a hell of a difference in productivity. I know, it seems sort of obvious, but it’s also pretty easy to forget when you’re also incredibly used to going at everything on your own. January was easily my most “productive” creative month in a longContinue reading “January Wrap-Up!”