• It’s been so long since I’ve participated in RoW80 that I can’t even remember the last time I did. What I do remember was that it gave me a sense of drive, purpose, and, most importantly, community that really made me feel connected to the pulse of the indie author world. For a variety of…

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  • It’s a brand new month, which means a brand new featured story from the 2015 World Unknown Review. This month, I bring you a quirky little bit of speculative fiction from the wonderful Luther M. Siler called “Nanos Khund and the Traveler.” I’ll hopefully have an interview with Luther cropping up here on the blog…

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  • The other day was my birthday, and I didn’t post anything about it, partly because I had that Hunger Games post I had been sitting on for a while, and partly because there isn’t a whole lot to say regarding birthdays after a certain point. I didn’t really do anything; the boyfriend and I are…

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  • The…MOVIE was better?

    In the world of films based on books, I’ve always been the type to prefer to read the book first, but life doesn’t always give me the chance, especially when there are so many books out there that I’m trying to read. For the most part, though, I’m able to at least pick up the…

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  • One of the best things about editing the World Unknown Review is meeting great new authors that might not have otherwise entered my radar, although they really should be there. S.L. Dixon is one of those authors, and I’m not just saying that because we share pen name initials. He brought us our featured story…

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  • Filler Up!

    I am an extremely lucky person: the only time I ever really experience writer’s block is with this blog. More often than not, I just don’t have enough interesting ideas to share on a general scale. Oh, there’s plenty of story ideas in my head. Far too many, as a matter of fact. But those…

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  • We’re heading into my favorite month (because it’s my birthday month!), which means we have a new Featured Story from the 2015 World Unknown Review. This time, we step into the aftermath of an apocalypse with the rather humble and fantastic S.L. Dixon in his story “The Grind.” The aftermath of massive, world-destroying events is…

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  • PSA: If the first chapter of your book includes a moment where your heroine complains about the burden of being so damned attractive that it makes it hard for people to take her seriously, I am not going to like your main character. The same goes if you have your character spend a significant amount…

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  • Back in Business.

    While there is still a bit more to do in the moving process, I am happy to report that the majority of the heavy-duty stuff is finished, and we’re pretty much nestled into our new place. All the main furniture is in place, the general layout is shaping up nicely, and the proportion of stuff…

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  • || PAUSE ||

    I have always been the type of person to embrace change, but I have never been very good with transitions. I like routine; I like setting arbitrary goals for me to accomplish, but a change naturally upsets the balance of my enforced little rules. As you may recall, my boyfriend and I have finally secured…

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