Fun with Expletives

WARNING: Content may be explicit, sexual or offensive. Read the below at your own risk, and only if you are over 18. For my final blog entry for vocabulary month, I’m going to discuss one of my favourite topics – expletives. Swear words, curse words – I love them....

Writing Rituals (or Tales of C**ks and Balls)

I have several writing rituals that help me stay focused, or stimulate my creativity, or write better — at least, I hope I’m continuing to improve! Sunlight is absolutely disastrous to my creativity. Not for the reason you’d think, though. I find I can...

How I Became a Writer

I was recently asked if I took courses to become a writer. I had to answer no. Sure, I’ve taken courses to learn different things. I fully expect to take more courses throughout my life to do what I can to hone my skill, such as it is 🙂 But a course to become a...

The death of a character (idea)

As a writer, I can find story or plot or character ideas just about anywhere. Books, television, movies, newspaper articles, dreams… these all twig my creativity. I also find myself inspecting the occasional stranger who has a look that might work for a character....

I have cover art!

Squeeee! I have cover art! Everything about this first release of mine has been a joy. My editor is a pleasure to work with, and clearly my cover artist, Croco Designs, is awesome. All in all, it’s been a total high from the day Loose Id said they wanted to see...