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Heretic - The Death of the Syndhat Dar: Read my latest story in this year's Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers anthology.

Legacy - Sword of Songs: Read my first published story in the 2022 Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers anthology.
Inspiration Introspection Milestones

The Constant Uphill

Earlier this week I hit another milestone – I sent four people digital copies of my novel. On Monday, I will have printed copies for the three people who preferred a physical copy to mark up. A bit later than the November […]

ErinDecember 4, 2022
Community Inspiration Introspection patience

Letting Go

At the end of October, I told you all that I was done dithering, and committed to getting my novel in front of my selected alpha readers by the end of November. It’s now November 27, and it’s time I got moving. […]

ErinNovember 27, 2022
Introspection Milestones Publishing

Another Milestone: Rejection

About a month ago, I submitted a story for consideration in an anthology a friend is editing and publishing. The collection is called “The Science Fiction Tarot”. Stories weren’t supposed to be about the tarot, but the authors were to come up […]

ErinNovember 14, 2022
Community Gratitude Inspiration Publishing

Community

Yesterday was the official launch party for Legacy, the one-shot anthology I mentioned in this post a few weeks ago. It was a small affair held at our usual Saturday morning meeting place. The attendees consisted mostly of those who had contributed […]

ErinNovember 6, 2022
Introspection Practice Publishing

Dithering, And Other Things I Don’t Like

A little less than a year ago, I finished writing my first novel. I then spent several months editing it, including completely re-writing the ending. I was, and am, very proud of this book, but what it really needs right now is […]

ErinOctober 30, 2022
Gratitude Introspection Publishing

Gratitude, Love and Support

The launch of Legacy, containing my first published story, has been a humbling thing. My story is only 6 pages in the entire book, and it’s not something I had to go through a submission and selection process for, so I certainly […]

ErinOctober 16, 2022
Inspiration Introspection

Solitude Is Not The Same As Being Alone

              *I’ll be posting some websites here. These are not paid promotions, just things that have helped me in my writing and I offer them freely because I love them.              Writing is a unique kind of solitude. I sit by myself […]

ErinOctober 2, 2022

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