Your Perusing Pleasure: #BEDAug the 1st!
For your perusing pleasure, today I offer a two-fold announcement: my latest writing project and the publication of my latest (sci-fi, “kissing book”) short story!
Category: Courtney / Creativity
Why I Believe I’m Created to Create
What does “created to create” mean, anyway? Why is it important? What does it have to do with writing? Today I’m discussing how the spiritual relationship with words helps define the writing life.
Hypocrisy in Marriage: A Horror Story
A marital horror incident of epic proportions. In mine own living room. Read at your own risk.
I Got Sentenced
On New Year’s Eve, I got together with some nerdy friends. We played a language game and rewrote history. Thomas Jefferson and Marie Antoinette do make a handsome couple….
35 Hours ‘Til the End!
You! Yes, YOU! Diligent, lovely reader of my blog! I have an opportunity for you. Trust me, you don’t wanna miss this.
Whatsit?
It’s a Kickstarter.
What’s a Kickstarter?
You know what to do to find out. ; )
Why #NaNoWriMo? (Of Plot Bunnies and Ninja Zombies)
Hello, my lovelies. In case you hadn’t noticed, I spent November firmly and happily ensconced in this year’s National Novel Writing Month, abbreviated to NaNoWriMo for your convenience. NaNoWriMo is the manic, overcaffeinated, unpaid, underslept, head-desking, face-palming, keyboard-hammering, plot-bunnying, ninja-zombieing, annual November endeavor of hundreds of thousands of writers world-wide, each writing their own 50,000-word …
The One Where I Paint Dragons
If you like fantasy art, and if you like dragons, and if you like the idea of fantasy cover art with dragons painted by me, then this post is definitely for you. ; )
Top 10 Writerly Fears; Also, #NaNoWriMo
Dear inklings, it is National Novel Writing Month! and I have a couple thousand more words to pound out tonight. So, without further ado or adon’t, here is a top ten list to entertain you!
Music To Demon By
My dear inklings, I realized I’ve been remiss in sharing my writing music with you. So, without further ado or adon’t, here are my playlists for the first two novels in the Demons of Saltmarch Series, as well as characters and scenes the music inspired….
Growing Up in Bowel Town: Marauders
I grew up in the German city of Darmstadt, which literally translates to “Bowel City,” which I choose to render as “Bowel Town” because it sounds funnier. My first home in Darmstadt was an apartment building at Roßdörferstraße 55, which loosely translates to “Horse-Village Street” — I swear I am not making this up…