Hey friends! I did a lot of reading in this past month, and I have great recommendations! Beware the Wild, Natalie C. Parker   I read this for book club the day before book club. I’m not the only one who does this, right? Well, no matter when I started this book, I would’ve read it like I did, in

A character in one of my works-in-progress right now is an English knight from the early 1400s. Because of that, I’ve been doing a lot of research about England in the late Middle Ages, just so I can understand what he does and doesn’t understand about the modern world. I know lots of writers of sword-and-sorcery fantasy study of medieval England,

  If you’re looking for scary story prompts or horror writing ideas, you’ve come to the right place! These are great Halloween writing prompts, and some of these could also be used as suspense story prompts or dark fantasy story ideas. These are all from my book 5,000 Writing Prompts: A Master List of Plot Ideas, Creative Exercises, and More.

Hey, it’s time for WIP Wednesday, when I share a little from a work in progress, and you do the same if you want to! Don’t critique anyone’s stuff, because that’s not what this is for — it’s just for inspiration and fun. But if you want to leave someone an encouraging comment, that’s great (and good writer karma!) First, I

I am super proud that my Southern gothic romance novella Wicked Garden released last week. If you’ve liked my author page on Facebook or you get my newsletter you already know that, though!   It’s part of a boxed set of ten novellas called Under Your Spell: Masked Balls, Haunted Gardens, Magic, and More . For now, it’s exclusive to