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  • Editing short stories: my process

    I’m writing more shorts now and it’s helping me get a handle on what works for me in terms of my editing process. First draft: I try to just write freely for my first draft, trying to immerse myself in the story as much as possible, and taking Terry Pratchett’s advice to Neil Gaiman – Read more

  • Upcoming anthology publication

    Upcoming anthology publication

    Super excited to be featured in the upcoming anthology, “Aries” by Aussie Speculative Fiction with my piece “Aries Witches” Here’s a little teaser for my piece: “The villagers say I’m cursed. At 16 I will be exiled into the black forest to rely on the mercy of an evil witch. But I have plans to Read more

  • There be dragons

    There be dragons

    Drago stirred awake, air jetting from his nostrils like a steam-train. He blinked huge yellow eyes, vaguely aware of the bipedal creatures watching him. They seemed excited, running around, but they always did. Last time they were brown and holding sticks that bounced off his scales. This time they were varied colours of flesh, wrapped Read more

  • Found poetry from anticancer

    Aristotle speaks of “entelechy” ————————-it starts with—————————————-the seedand comes to full fruition in————————————–the tree. Jung describes an “individuation,” ————————————-transforming the person ————–into ——————-different from all others, full of his or her —————-unique potential. The spiritual traditions encourage —————–awakeningdeveloping the sacred———————————-in the self. It is very important that we define our most authentic values and put Read more

  • The children of Zeus

    The children burst in through the doorSlamming the gate against the wallThey roll into the small cracks and spread out across the floor My first husband hides beneathThe shaking wooden boardsWhere he has hidden since the day Zeus came I was a maiden then with the sun on my thighsMy long hair blindly reflected the Read more