How a Critique at Starbucks Helped Publish a Book #scifi #reference
In late 2013, I joined a local writer’s group. I was looking for a critique group, but figured any writer’s group would lead me to one. At the time, it was a weekly meeting and…
So You Want to Date a Gay Immortal #LGBT #MFRWauthor #Humor
If you want to date a gay immortal, what should you consider? Here are ten tips. Go out with your gay immortal guy because you like him as a person, rather than to find The…
What’s a Story Molecule? Trailing Kaiwulf by Kayelle Allen #MFRWauthor #Scifi @MelissaSnark
Like me, my friend Melissa Snark likes the TV Tropes website. What are tropes? They’re devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members’ minds and expectations.…
How to Create an Immortal Hero: The Writing Process Tour #amwriting
This blog tour is different from most. A writer is tagged for the position, and she or he then tags three others to take part as well. Each shares some aspect of the writing process.…
Character Insights: Meet Pietas | the immortal bad guy you love to hate #scifi
For Women Only is Erotic Science Fiction Romance, and Multicultural. Khyff is a master of pleasure with a tortured soul. Mehfawni falls for Khyff, and wants to redeem the man her people destroyed. The problem…
An Alien’s View of #Christmas #scifi
A few years ago I saw a comment about the oddness of Christmas that has stuck with me. It said, “At what other time of year do you sit in front of a dead tree…
Tribute to William C Hinkle by David M Beske #RIP
Today’s post is in honor of my late brother-in-law, William “Bill” Hinkle. Bill passed away on June 6, 2013 Poem by David M Beske (read as part of Bill’s eulogy) To my friend William Clyde…
Did You Know There’s an #EarthDay Anthem? #EcoChallenges
The beauty of our world Earth Day began in 1970 and was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It is an international holiday to promote conservation and concern for the environment. The “Earth…
2013 Goals: Beginning a New Cycle
I’m reblogging this post, which I shared with Dariel Raye on her blog, Musings of an Independent Artist. — Dariel asked me, “On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, how would you rate…
Today My Husband Won’t #poetry
My husband and me, 2011. Today My Husband Won’t By Kayelle Allen Today, my husband won’t leave his socks on the floor, or miss the hamper. He won’t pull out a towel and mess up…