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November 2025. November Nudge. Writing Life. Creative Journey.
Story Sparks: Playing with Palindromes. Reviews: The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, Tiny Experiments, Hemlock & Silver, Little Thieves, Most Ardently. |
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October 2025. October Outlaws. Creative Journey. Writing Life (Free Expressions, Odyssey salon).
Behind the Myth: Top 20 Cat Gods & Myths. Story Sparks: Animal Emotions; Leaf Sheep. Reviews: You Better Be Lightning, Priory of the Orange Tree, Ancillary Justice, Stillness is the Key. Poems: All Hallows and On Hallows Eve . . . |
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September 2025. Sere September. Writing Life (Apex class on polishing prose). Creative Journey.
Behind the Myth: Land magic. Reviews: Song of the Huntress, Spear, One-in-a-Million Boy, The Silk Roads. Poem: The Gift |
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August 2025: Lost in August. Creative Journey (vulnerability). In the Works (upcoming projects). Writing Life (classes: Crafting Characters Reader Care About; Elevate Your Story Using the Art of Pacing).
Story Sparks: Research Rabbit Hole. Reviews: The Unspoken Name, The Thousand Eyes, The Dragon's Path, Dispatches from Anarres, Life Admin. |
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July 2025: Flying High in July. Published: Captain Palaio's Twilight Flight. Writing Life: Sarcoidosis. Behind the Myth: Water Gods. Story Sparks: Writing Tips: Drafting Daring Dialogue.
Reviews: The Golden Thread; Paladin's Grace; Swordheart; Babylonia. Poems: Firefly Palindrome; Lament. |
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June 2025: Midsummer Musings. Published: "Battle for the Poet's Seat."
Writing Life (Athans on writing in ecstasy). Story Sparks: Space Sickness. Reviews: Disfigured; Someone You Can Build a Nest In; Greenteeth; Dialogue; The Way of the Wizard. Poem: Midsummer Eve. |
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April 2025: April Imaginings. Writing Life (1764 contest). In the Works (short stories). Creative Journey (Kansas City & Jane Friedman).
Behind the Myth: Imagining Ancient Funerals. Story Sparks: Crafting Subtext. Reviews: Sistersong, The River Has Roots, Thorn. Subscriber Link. |
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March 2025: Spring Forth! Creative Journey (classes). In the Works (Sky God's Warrior).
Behind the Myth: Spring Maiden. Story Sparks: Creatures of the Night. Reviews: Being Seen, The Tainted Cup, Remnant Population. For sharing: Subscriber Link. |
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February 2025: February Fever. Writing Life. Creative Journey (Sea God's Lover). Poetry Package.
In the Works. Story Sparks: Scene Architecture. Reviews: City of Stairs, City of Blades, City of Miracles. For sharing: Subscriber Link. |
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January 2025: Winter Song. Published: "Singularity Storm." Creative Journey (Sea God's Lover). Writing Life. Behind the Myth: The Green Man.
Reviews: The Hidden Life of Trees, The Word for World is Forest, Be More Tree. Subscriber link. Poem: "Winter Song." |
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December 2024: December to Remember. Published: "Fortune and Luck in Ancient Assyria." In the Works (submissions on Duotrope). Story Sparks: Being a Bird. Creative Journey (update on Sky God's Warrior). Reviews: Demon Copperhead, The Witch's Heart, Best New Romantic Fantasy, Mythic Journeys. Writing Life 2024: Publications, Events, Classes, Blog Highlights.
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November 2024: November Render. In the Works (submissions). Behind the Myth: Tricksters Creative Journey and Writing Life (Sky God's Warrior updates). Reviews: Disability Visibility, I Love You but I Hate Your Politics, Say the Right Thing, I am Ashurbanipal.
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October 2024: October Ogre. Author Spotlight: Karen Altergott Roberts. Story Sparks: Embracing Fear. In the Works (short stories), Creative Journey (Sky God's Warrior), Writing Life (Archon 47). Reviews: Klara and the Sun; Fearless Writing; The Horse, the Wheel, and Language; The Courage to Write. Behind the Myth: Victory (goddess).
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September 2024: September Embers. Reprints from Where Rivers Meet: "I Love the Ballpark." "Summer Amusement," and "Arch Magic." Update on Sky God's Warrior.
Fascinations: Human Hunters & Alien Brains. Behind the Myth: Women Leaders. Reviews: The Spear Cuts Through Water; A Sorceress Comes to Call; An Immense World; What makes a Hero? |
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August 2024: August Harvest. In the Works (excerpt from Sky God's Warrior: Harvestfest). Creative Journey (art shapes our world). Writing Life (reimagining Beowulf).
Behind the Myth: Justice. Story Sparks: Serving Plants. Reviews: The Light Eaters, Disability Intimacy. |
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July 2024: July Lullaby. Creative Journey & perfectionism. Website updates.
Story Sparks: Creating Microtension. Updates on Sky God's Warrior. Reviews: Stories are Weapons, Assyria, Empire of Horses, The Fire in Fiction. |
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June 2024: June Jingle. Author Spotlight: Annie Reed. Updates on Sky God's Warrior: 2/3 mark! Behind the Myth: Fire Goddess Tabiti. Story Sparks: Whacky Weeds. Reviews: The Imposter Heiress, Dead Country, Three Weeks with My Brother, Art & Fear. Poem: Garden Seasons.
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May 2024: May Missive. Updates on Sky God's Warrior. Story Sparks: Rewarding Gluttony: Cicadas.
Reviews: Pandora's Jar, Age of Ash, The Magician's Daughter, Supercommunicators. Poem: Garden Fairy. |
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April 2024: April Alignment. Updates on Sky God's Warrior. Aphrodite.
Reviews: A Covenant of Water, The Jasmine Throne, What Moves the Dead, The Scythians. Poem: Solar Eclipse. |
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March 2024: March Merriment. Published: "Inanna Eclipsed." Creative Journey (Sky God's Warrior), In the Works (Captain Palaio's Twilight Flight and Into the Depths), Writing Life (high praise), Nerd out on Dune 2.
Fascinations: Universes within Us. Reviews: A Closed and Common Orbit, The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women, Spellcast, Heartwood. |
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February 2024: February Brouhaha. Publishing updates. Updates on Sky God's Warrior. Reviews: Pump Six; Asian Pulp; Beginning, Middles, & Ends; 1,000 Words. Fire Goddess Brigid.
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January 2024: January Jazz. Updates on Sky God's Warrior.
Writing Tips: Writing with Authority. Reviews: How to keep house while drowning; Memories of Ice; Just Write. |
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December 2023: Writing Life 2023. Publications, Awards, Events, Classes.
Reviews: Queens of Innis Lear; Thornhedge; The Forest Unseen; Underworld. Warrior Goddesses. Update on Sky God's Warrior. |
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November 2023: November Noodles. Reviews: Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet; The Future Second by Second; Characters, Emotion, & Viewpoint; Plot & Structure. Space Trash. Sky God's Warrior update.
Bonus material: Dynamic Setting; Poem: Autumn Song |
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October 2023: October Odysseys.
Reviews: Tracker 220; Annihilation. Genderqueer Gods. Multiple Storylines |
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September 2023: September Sombreros.
Reviews: How to be an Antiracist; Pretty, Pretty Boys; Write Away; Character. Building Inclusive Worlds. |
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August 2023: August Aurochs.
Reviews: The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fischer; Story. Updates on Sky God's Warrior and Sea God's Lover. Nomads. Social Media. |
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July 2023: July Jewels. Published: book review: Pagan Portals - Lugh. Writing Life: Fear and resilience. Ideal Readers.
Reviews: Not a Princess; Writing for Emotional Impact; Rogue Protocol; Exit Strategy. Animism. Extremophiles. |
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June 2023: June Toons. Published: "Dragon Moon." Dragon Moon Origins. Race+Class=Death.
Reviews: Pledging Season; A Paradise Built in Hell; All Systems Red; Artificial Condition. Update on Sea God's Lover. |
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May 2023: May Magic. Published: "Forest Magic."
Reviews: The Bruising of Qilqa; Scourge of the Seas. Crafting Emotional Resonance. What we write creates our world . . . |
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April 2023: April Foolishness. Writing seminar highlights.
Reviews: Girl, Serpent, Thorn; Water Logic; Writing Down the Bones; How to Write Killer Fiction. Grendel's Mother. |
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March 2023: March Mayhem. Rhysling Nomination for "Home from the Wizard Wars."
Reviews: Earth Logic; Techniques of the Selling Writer. Children of Ash and Elm. Poems: Waiting Room, S-O-S, Labyrinth |
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February 2023: February Fun. Annie Reed's Catch Her if You Can. Sibling Rivalry. Parthenogenesis.
Reviews: Fire Logic; A Conspiracy of Truths & A Choir of Lies; The Emotional Craft of Fiction. Poem: Daffodil Fingers |
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January 2023: A Writing Odyssey. Writing Life (new kittens and Odyssey classes). In the Works (Parks Stewardship Forum essay).
Writing Tips: Short Story Writing. Reviews: A Taste of Gold and Iron; You've Got a Book in You. |
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December 2022: Where Rivers Meet. Published in Where Rivers Meet: "I Love the Ballpark," "Summer Amusement," "Arch Magic."
Writing Tips: Of M.I.C.E and Ken: Conflict in SFF and Power of Practice. Reviews: The Witch King; The Paper Menagerie; The Book of Gothel; Refuse to be Done. |
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November 2022: 1 Million & Counting. Creative Journey: Word count 1 million plus.
Behind the Myth: Tiamat versus Marduk and Rumplestiltskin. Reviews: Black Pulp; A Snake Falls to Earth; Zen in the Art of Writing; Writing the Other. Poem: Dear Daddy-O |
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October 2022: Wizard Wars. Published: "Home from the Wizard Wars." Story Sparks: Gender and Sexuality in SFF. Behind the Myth: Lion-Dragon of Mesopotamia. Reviews: The Bone Marrow Thieves; Nettle & Bone; The Art of Character; The Witches are Coming.
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September 2022: September Celebrations! Writing Life (ChiCon 8, Archon 45, online classes).
Reviews: If Nietzche were a Narwhal; Every Father's Daughter; The Best of World SF. |
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August 2022: August Favorites. Behind the Myth: Sirens as Woman Empowered. Story Sparks: Resources for "Arch Magic." Reviews: The Forest for the Trees; Sounds Wild and Broken; Even Greater Mistakes; Mexican Gothic; The Broken Heart of America. Poem: I Love the Ballpark
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July 2022: Sunsets. National Sunset Week: Joy's sunset picture. Flash Story: "Sirens."
Reviews: Cultish; Light from Uncommon Stars. Poem: Independence Day 2022 |
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June 2022: Inside Forest Heart. Published: "Forest Heart" and book review, The Four Profound Weaves.
Reviews: Shit Cassandra Saw; Wordslut; The War of Art; Fevered Star; The Four Profound Weaves. Behind the Myth: #Me Too Medusa. Story Sparks: Cockroach Sex. |