Our world is a diverse place. So many different types of people – can this be covered in books? Or do you end up with pages and pages of description that doesn’t move the story along but bogs it down
World Building: A place to call home
A blog on world building and housing
The Organized Author
Let the Organized Author help you get back your precious writing time.
World Building: Forests
Can’t see the forest for the trees – or the trees in the forest?
World Building: Air
The air we breathe is not something we think a lot about until something goes wrong. Gas, dust, particulates, and the balance of gases all affect both our breathing – or lack thereof! – and also play a big factor
Merry Christmas Fiction
A short flash fiction for everyone too full of fruitcake to think! (That’s me, right about now.) Thanks for reading my blogs throughout the year. Have a safe and happy holiday season. The Second Rudolph. It’s not commonly known, even
Free Reads
A special bonus blog to let everyone know about some free reads coming up – snap them up in time for Christmas, and go mad gifting all your friends! 5 Minute Vacations is free the 18th – 20th of December.
World building: Scale
The scale of a world is an interesting facet to explore. Is the world of the book the normal everyday or does it delve into a microcosm, or travel across the universe? Variations on scale can create and define a
Horror Anthology: Haunted
I am pleased to be in a new anthology – this time a horror collection. My story ‘Waiting for Wednesdays’ is a short one, and a twist on the ghost whisperer story. A not too scary story I wrote a
World building: Deserts
Humans continually modify much of the environment in order to make it more comfortable to live. Yet many places still exist on Earth and our Solar system that are dangerous and uninhabitable by humans, at least for the long term.