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Hey guys! I was supposed to post this Monday, but . . . life happened XD. I'm eager to present you all with our SECOND place winner, though!! *cues drumroll* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. K. ELLIOTT! G. K. crafted a gorgeous story full of lovely descriptions, an intruiging character, and a creative use of the prompt! I found it hard to put down, and it kept me hooked till the end! I almost felt like I could step into th

Hey readers! It's time to announce the 2025 Short Story Contest 1st place winner! Now, before you jump to the story itself, I want you all to know what a lovely time I had reading all your stories! Each one was written with so much creativity and followed the prompt so well. Thank you all for participating! I will be posting the 2nd place winner next Monday, with the 3rd place winner the following Monday after that. But until then, I give you our 1st place winner! . . . . . .

*Bursts into room breathlessly* Annnd, I'm back! This time, with Part Two of the Know the Novel blog linkup. I'm excited for this one because I wrote it a few days ago, and reading through it just to make sure everything's in line has given me a healthy dose of motivation XD. That said, I hope you enjoy it, and let's dive into the questions! How's the writing going overall? It's going alright! There have definitely been days when I've neglected to write in this WIP, but it's

Hey guys! It's that time of year again! Where work in progresses are revealed and the news about it is spread. Also known as, Know the Novel! Know the Novel is a three-part writers tag hosted by the one and only Christine Smith. Christine started this blog tag a few years ago and now it's become a yearly tradition, and quite a fun one I must say! Which makes it even more exciting to announce that this year, I will be showcasing my top secret WIP... tLH! (Because yes, the titl

You know, with as much as I love reading short stories, I really should start hosting more short story contests. Which got me thinking, why not do a yearly one? (Yes, I've only hosted one so far, and that was a year ago lol). Which also means, it's about due time I host another one! *much excitement* And the best part? This year, it has a theme! That said, to enter, your short story must be based off this prompt: Your character is following a strange, handwritten recipe found

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Hey readers! I apologize for the late post — life has gotten kinda crazy lately. Speaking of which, I got to go to the 2025 Young Writers...

Hey, friends! I recently got nominated to do a blog tag! A big shoutout to Julie from The Moonlight Wanderer for nominating me. Thank...

Creating character arcs can be tough. Especially if you're a beginning writer and there are hundreds (if not thousands) of articles,...

Does anyone here struggle with making their characters realistic? Or does your character just seem to fall flat on the page? Well, today...

Have you been wanting to write more but are in a rut? Do you just need a burst of motivation to get you going? Well, friends, I have just...

With Christmas rolling around, I thought it'd be a fun idea to do a post featuring gift ideas for readers and writers. Who knows, maybe...

Wow, I hadn’t been planning on doing a double cover reveal today, but since the cover for my anthology is finished, I thought, why not?...

Hey everyone! A while back I saw some other young author bloggers doing this, and I thought I would give it a try! (I've been looking...

Hey readers! I'm excited to announce that Kara Swanson's novel Ignite was released today! Kara Swanson is the author of Dust and Shadow,...

I'm gonna be honest--I didn't know what I was going to post today. I had lots of ideas, but none of them seemed... right. So finally, I...