I'm a little too used to trauma ripping my world apart. But sometimes, things are too close for comfort and there's little that can be done. Let me tell you about the last week and a half of my life. 12:25 p.m., Monday, August 10th. The day is… a Monday. Normal. Quiet. Just waking, content [...]
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[Ad-Vices] Love in a Fantasy
Here's part two of my Valentine's Day special saga! Romance is a sub-genre that was always a bit tricky to me in my fantasy novels. I almost never decided to have "ships" in my books, because I felt as though characters should be embraced for more than just a pairing that occurs. I had been [...]
[A Week of] Prepping for Break
This week, much like any others, feels long when you work a full-time job, but just a bit of a mini-update for today's blog again. Next week, starting on the 28th, I'll be finally taking a real vacation. Which means no writing work, no nothing except for sitting on my buns and playing Kingdom Hearts [...]
[Ad-Vices] The Four-Star Writer
Anyone that writes or creates knows that putting yourself out there as one such creator knows that the price to pay is criticism. As an author, I'm certainly no exception to that virtue, and in the two years that I've been published, I have to say, some days, the toll is pretty heavy. So heavy [...]
Shakyra Dunn 