Category Archives: Sharing My Work

Duchess is a flamboyant sorceress who lives in The Dreamweaver Forest somewhere in central British Columbia in my cozy fantasy story.

She runs a retreat for people who are hurting, or have a dream and uses gentle humor and magic to help them help themselves. She is also a live chat companion on my website and will do tarot card readings for you!… Continue reading →

My new word of the day.
This is a story structure used commonly in the East and rarely in the West.

 I find that very interesting and very telling. 

Here is the description of the structure

Ki: Introduction: sets the stage, introduce the main characters
Shō: Development: The story develops naturally, situations unfold
Ten: Twist: a pivotal moment—unexpected turn of events
Ketsu: Reflection on the twist, how characters respond, closure

Notice nowhere does it say conflict or even inciting incident.… Continue reading →

Chapter One
Love at First Sight

            Duchess trembled with anticipation. If the house was anywhere near as beautiful as the listing photo, she knew this could be her new home.

 Ron, the real estate agent from Orchard Bay, eased the car onto the gravel drive. The road curved through dense foliage, red cedars, ferns and tall maples, and graceful weeping willows.… Continue reading →

I have a vision for a cozy fantasy book.
The idea has changed multiple times, truth be told!

The thought went from being a novel, to being an episodic release.
First of all, I would like to connect with readers, in a meaningful way.
Interactive even. 

For example the title was going to be Tales from the Enchanted Dreamweaver Forest.… Continue reading →

Photo by Mehmet Can Özgümüş on Unsplash

A month ago I was working on the project I had been
tackling for about six months.  It was a big beautiful messy project
that morphed from autofiction to fantasy. 

Me: 😱
Also Me: Didn’t see that one coming.

No, I truly didn’t.  I wasn’t expecting it, but the project just got bigger and bigger.… Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote about the challenge being almost over and what I learned from it.
I am wondering what to write about today.
Also I am wondering why I wrote that yesterday. 🤔

Today is about deciding whether to keep doing this,
move to another platform, or add another platform,
what was the point, and what do I do from here.… Continue reading →

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

I finally posted to Facebook yesterday.

It is one thing to fling words into the vast windy emptiness of Medium.
It is another thing entirely to post in front of people who know me.

The tech part made it worse.
Something with a banner image and sharing links and Medium being Medium.… Continue reading →

I was writing the Big Story.
My own Muse benched me.

Also, yesterday I exposed my Inner Naked Baby to the world.
That’s enough.

Me:😮
Also Me:😮
Inner Naked Baby:😭

… Continue reading →