Category: General

  • Do you want downloadable writing worksheets?

    I created the Storyteller’s Workbook and the Worldbuilding Workbook because these are resources I’d made for myself and wanted to share them. They are structured in a way that makes sense for me, at least, to use them to keep track of notes as I’m writing.

    But that might not be how other people use them! I worry that there might be too many worksheets in one section and not enough in another and, well, that it’s just not flexible enough for individual writers and their projects.

    So I wanted pro propose a question to you. Would you want the worksheets in a downloadable PDF so that you could make as many as you needed for each of your projects? Printable in the standard letter and A5? Editable in something like GoodNotes?

    Do you want this? And what would work best for you?

    Write Your Story: Unlock Your Creative Potential

    Are you ready to embark on a journey into the world of storytelling? Look no further! Introducing Write Your Story, a comprehensive resource designed to fuel your imagination, enhance your storytelling skills, and bring your characters to life. Whether you’re an aspiring writer, a seasoned author, or simply someone who loves crafting stories, this workbook is your ultimate companion.

    This Workbook Contains:

    • Story planning spreads
    • Setting and location spreads
    • Character spreads
    • Writing session tracker

  • The Remy collection on Redbubble

    I’m sure you’re all familiar with my cat, Remy.

    Well, I’ve drawn her face and put it on a bunch of items on Redbubble!

    Go take a look!

  • I guess I’m on Redbubble now

    So. I started on another site.

    As some of you may already be aware, my life is very chaotic and I’ve been doing some hard thinking about whether or not I really intend on reopening the shop when I get back home and get access to my stock again. I think the answer is no. If I’m being honest, the shop was a lot more effort than the sales made it worth.

    So if you want any of the art things, I’m now on Redbubble! I am still very much planning on designing more things for the Writing Advice line, and I have a few more cat-related designs coming very shortly.

    I’m also still on Art of Where for those who are interested in the old designs, and I do fully intend on doing the more intentionally designed for the product types of things there, but Redbubble is a new fun thing where I can just put art that doesn’t necessarily have that very intentional purpose and I’m kind of excited for it.

  • Jewelry: My newest hobby

    I don’t know if this is unusual, but I seem to pick up hobbies pretty easily. Like, easier than it feels like most people I know. Many of my friends only seem to have one or two that they’ve stuck with for years and, well…

    To be fair, this one was an accident. It’s really an extension of the bottle charms if you think about it. After making a few of those (And I still make them, don’t get me wrong) I just had a lot of charms left over. As well as those really cute beads.

    I do find it very relaxing to create, and they are much quicker to finish than the bottles. But now I have all of the jewelry I’ve made and… well, I’m not going to wear all of this. I feel like this keeps happening.

    Please take all this jewelry from me. I am running out of space.

  • Making bottle charms

    The story behind me starting to make bottle charms was an accident. I got the bottles to put paper stars into. The problem was that they are too small for the stars to fit inside.

    I saw something online. Somewhere. I think it was an idea posted to a wedding group as something to put on tables for the guests to take at the end of the night. Some kind of decoration. Hopefully they weren’t making enough of these for everyone to take home, or that they had a very small wedding, because these are not as easy to make as I’d hope for a wedding.

    On the other hand, they’re very relaxing to make. And they’re pretty cute.

    Unfortunately for me, I have no idea what I’m going to do with them all. Please take them from me.

  • Projects I’m considering during my break

    I may be on a publishing break, but I’m naturally going to fill this next year with other projects that I have been putting off! Now that I’m not concerned about publication, I can take some time to work on some of the other things, right?

    Games

    • Dawn game
      There’s a day in the Twisted Eden books that I’ve been wanting to make a game out of. A choose your own adventure where you can see all the outcomes of that chaos if things had been slightly different.
    • City Without Heroes game
      There is mention during the duology of something that happened with Damien. I’ve been toying with some ideas for games relating to that.
    • Looking Glass Saga game
      There is a month where Alice is in Wonderland and I don’t elaborate on it. I think this might make for a fun mini game.
    • Twisted Eden game
      There’s a lot of referenced to The End during the series. I have been playing with an idea for a game about what happens after that happens.
    • Shift the card game
      I already started working on this, so maybe I’ll get a bit further in the process of this!

    Writing projects

    • Portal fantasy trilogy and prequel
      This might be a book trilogy that comes out eventually, might not. It’s a whole bunch of story ideas that I couldn’t make work individually pushed together, so we’ll see!
    • Wipe
      I think I’ve mentioned this project before, but it’s a multiverse series of novellas. And I have no idea how I’m going to put this out if I do like it. It doesn’t feel like a thing that fits publication…
    • White Noise prequel
      There’s a lot of casual background talk about what happened in the labs initially, well before the series started. I have notes. I could write it.
    • Cloned Evil shorts
      Originally, Cloned Evil was going to be an ongoing serialized story. As it is, I have a lot of notes for middles of possible stories that never got beginnings or ends, so I might explore doing some of those!

    Other projects

  • You may have noticed…

    It’s my birthday! And for my birthday the past several years, I’ve announced a book that I would be writing for NaNoWriMo this year. It’s a tradition to have the poll run, for me to be pushing the poll, and to reveal the results on the 25th, one week before writing starts.

    But I’m taking a break this year. I’m still debating whether or not I’ll write at all, and I may, but it’s going to be something just for me this year. And it will be mostly because I want an IngramSpark coupon.

    But if you wanted to help me still celebrate my birthday this year, you can always get one of my books or, if you’re doing NaNoWriMo, check out the Storyteller’s Workbook! Happy writing, everyone!

  • 8 spooky books for Halloween

    It’s spooky season at last! With halloween less than a month away, here are some books to help get you in the mood for the holiday!

    House of Hollow

    This follows three sisters that have always been a little strange, though they didn’t think anything of it. At least, not until the oldest of them disappears and the younger two must find ut both what happened to her and what happened to them all when they were children.

    House of Hollow review

    Vampires Never Get Old

    This anthology series has a little bit of something for everyone, provided that you also like vampires. There’s a range of stories from the deeply unsettling to ones that are just a lot of fun.

    Vampires Never Get Old review

    Witches of Ash and Ruin

    Of course we needed a witch book! This one follows younger witches as an ancient evil is coming back into the world via a string of sacrifices of other witches.

    Witches of Ash and Ruin review

    Roses and Rot

    This isn’t technically a horror as far as I’m aware, but it does follow several artists that are determined to achieve greatness in a school setting that turns out to be much more than it appears to be. Also, it’s another book about sisters.

    Roses and Rot review

    Strange Practice

    This one is not actually that scary, but it is a lot of fun! This one follows a medical professional that specializes in the supernatural and the vampires and other supernatural creatures that come to her for help.

    Strange Practice Review

    Sawkill Girls

    This is a lovely horror novel about a small town with old families and one that has been subject to a demon’s whims for generations. Along with him comes a pattern of sacrifice that must occur in order to secure a family’s legacy, whether they want it to happen or not.

    Sawkill Girls review

    I’ll be Gone in the Dark

    This is non-fiction, but true crime feels appropriate for this time of the year. The tale of the Golden State killer, the focus on the stories of those who have been left behind after the atrocities, and the unfortunate shift at the end will leave you unnerved.

    I’ll be Gone in the Dark review

    Tales from the Twisted Eden Sector

    Most of my books have at least a little something spooky in them, but my very first published series was the closest to intentional horror. The series is a series of short stories that take place in an alternate universe Vancouver where magic exists but is kept hidden by the Syndicate by any means possible.

  • Worldbuilding Workbook

    I’ve been needing something to help me out with creating the worlds in some of my new stories. The Storyteller’s Workbook has been great to figure out the basics of the story and how it will unfold, but I have some more complicated universe building I need to do, so naturally, I needed to make a new workbook for them!

    The Worldbuilding Workbook is a journal designed to help you to create your fictional worlds with simple worksheets for the world, the people, and other elements like technology and creatures. However you create your universes, this workbook has spreads that will work for you.

    This Journal Contains:

    • A table of contents that you can fill out for easy reference
    • World planning spreads
    • Area and location spreads
    • Subcultures spreads
    • Technology and creature spreads
    • Printed on high-quality White Paper
    • Perfectly sized at 5.5″ x 8.5″