creativity
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Bonus Content for Muse’s One Year Birthday!
a little insight on certain main characters, and others who never really get their day on the page. Read more
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Speculative Fiction Showcase Interview
“People tend to think of creativity and art as a beautiful, light pursuit, but art is often pain and trauma channeled, and there are so many things that can go wrong with that pursuit. We all love Starry Night and marvel of the brilliance of showing air turbulence in art but the cost of that… Read more
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And the Novella is…
I am so excited to introduce you to side of the art world you’ve never seen, and the men who inspired some of the greatest masterpieces the world has ever seen and the greatest masters to have ever descended into despair. Read more
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“Cellar Door” now available to read for free
The Bucks County Short Fiction Contest has posted my short story, “Cellar Door,” to download. Read more
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The end of the worst year
Most of 2023 has been an uphill battle for me, and if you are looking for the author who can glaze over the darkness, then maybe we should part ways. As an author, and a person, I stare into the abyss and I learn how to exist in dark spaces. Read more
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Lots of News on the Way
They say when it rains it pours but my goodness. Read more
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The Fifth Collection of Utter Speculation is Live today
Happy Anniversary Collections of Utter Spec! Five years ago Susan, River and I were in a small workshop with two other authors and we had an idea to put out an anthology together. We had so much fun (and a few fights) doing that first book and when it was all over we knew we Read more
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February Finally Ends After Four Years
‘ve never been a fan of this second month of the year, but I’ve tried to find ways to mitigate it. I’ve leaned in, leaned out, hunkered down and gotten out of town. . .But March is forthcoming, at last, and with it some fun news. Read more
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Spread thin but still around
I have always loved this blog, but am aware that I have updated less and less. The reason is good, I have a lot of work. Between Speculation Pub, the series I’m putting out on Vella (which I did have to take a summer break from), a recent dream trip to the Greek Isles and Read more
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Fostering a creative spirit
I was very lucky as a child. My mother was an art teacher and while she taught technique and medium, one of her greatest assets as a teacher was helping develop the confidence of young artists. Kids who were paralyzed to try, kids who’d been ridiculed by friends, parents, teachers, on purpose or accidentally. When Read more
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