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The Author Speaks: All My Original Writing Content

For your convenience, a masterpost of all (or most) of my original posts so far. It will obviously be updated as I create and add more!

Enjoy, and thank you for reading! <3

The Basics: Plotting, Descriptions, and More

The Dos and Don’ts of Beginning a Novel (9/27/2017)

How to Write Good Dialogue (7/27/2017)

Notes on Chapters (7/5/2020)

My Top Tips for Sticking to That Damn WIP (8/13/2020)

How to Avoid Purple Prose (7/14/2017)

The Objective Correlative (4/10/2019)

Tips for Visual Thinkers (6/29/2017)

5 Ways to Name Your Novel (8/11/2018)

Romance

How to Write a Kiss Scene (9/17/2017)

How to Write a (Healthy) Romance (6/17/2017)

Mythology

Irish Mythology Resources (4/4/2019)

Academia

Masterpost for Writing Academic Essays (9/25/2020)

Horror

My #1 Tip For Writing Horror (5/17/2019)

Monster of the Week

Werewolves (10/19/2020)

Vampires (10/7/2020)

The Undead (10/23/2020)

Characterization

How to Get to Know Your Characters (6/17/2017)

Male Protagonists to Avoid in Your Writing (5/28/2017)

Female Protagonists to Avoid in Your Writing (6/7/2017)

More Female Protagonists to Avoid in Your Writing (6/5/2019)

The Importance of Antiheroes (6/22/2020)

How to Write Strong Female Characters (3/24/2018)

The Many Faces of the Strong Female Character (7/10/2019)

The Traits of a Likable Hero (7/19/2017)

The Secret to a Relatable Villain (3/11/2018)

Types of Unreliable Narrators (7/1/2019)

How to Write (or Avoid) Abusive Parents (8/2/2017)

The Dos and Don’ts of Writing Smart Characters (1/20/2020)

My Published Fiction:

Gentlefolk - A timid woman faces her deepest fears in order to try and reclaim her stolen child from charismatic local Nature Gods. Only to discover that everything she’s been taught about them might be wrong. Published August 10, 2020.

The New Gods - Society is populated by gods, new and old. Some are more frightening than others. Published February 11, 2020.

Gunpowder Sigil - In a windblown Western town, a young girl conducts a summoning ritual for a spectral gunslinger. Magical realism meets the Western. Published August 4, 2019.

The Undertaker’s Apprentice - A lovesick undertaker in training goes on a disastrous first date, with a corpse as a third wheel. Published December 6, 2018.

The Young Immortal - A relatively youthful member of the immortal community reflects on his first century of life and his relationship with his oft-reincarnated soulmate. Published December 21, 2018.

The Bear - An anxiety-ridden young man with a talent for avoiding his problems decides not to acknowledge the grizzly bear trapped in his bedroom during a busy a day. Published October 1, 2018.

Stitches - Featured in Volume Blue of the anthology series Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging. A son comes finds purpose outside of his father’s legacy. Published December 28, 2021.

Nemesis - The third story featured in the anthology, Things Improbable. A lovesick supervillain is confronted by what they will do for their beloved superhero. Publishing February 28, 2023.

Strange New Worlds Anthology - A compilation of my short fiction, including previously published and previously unseen works. Release date to be determined.