Greetings! Being here in the cave, it's been hard to keep track of the time. But there has been a lot of bustle outside, so I took a peek and lo and behold! 2024 is due to dawn in jut a few hours! This year could be best summarized in a lot of little steps. I backed off a little on the platform building (which,...

 Well, this is an awkward way to introduce a new story. For indeed, I am creating a new story, as I hinted at in my last post. And also as hinted, it will be a sequel to Shattered Chandelier. Upon deliberation, I decided to go ahead with the title Supposing Erroneously, with the musical inspiration being Singin' in the Rain. (And if you don't know...

 Greetings from the cave! Let me get the bad news out of the way first. The White Rose is on hold again.... temporarily. Those of you who follow me on Discord and Instagram know that I have finished the line edits that I received from my editor. It took me three years to get to this point. The parts I was able to salvage are...

 Greetings from the cave!I've been thinking a lot about how when writing - or just creating for that matter - it can be very hard not to get caught up in the glitz and glamor, the praise, the engagement and the accolades. They seem so worthwhile, but are they really worth pursuing after? (Spoilers ahead, be warned!)I came across Wonder Woman 1984 on Prime,...

 "It feels so good to breathe again," I say to myself as I admire the fields of horses stretching to the mountains in the distance. Being in a cave with 165 heroines was both an exhilarating and...a somewhat claustrophobic experience. Not to mention, quite stuffy. Edoras is a welcome change of air to say the least. In the shade of the large wooden gate,...

My dear readers, A courier from Rohan just came riding hard with a very important message from our Silmarill Awards Council. Please see below! ---------IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!As you may or may not know, the Silmaril Awards website went down yesterday. Hard. For 15 hours.That meant that no one could vote yesterday. But it gets worse!When the site came back online, 75% of the votes were gone!!!That...

 A chorus of feminine voices came echoing down the corridor. "Catherine! There's someone at the door for you!" Inwardly, I groaned as I attempted to stack yet another plate full of scones. Behind me, I had three more pots of water on the stove about to boil. Why do callers come at such inconvenient moments?  Taking the tray of scones with me, I made my way...

 "Are you sure we're not lost?" A blond-haired rider pulled on the reins of his horse."Lord Eomer did say that this cave was hard to find...", a second rider retrieved a map from his saddlebag. "It should be off to the right." "You mean, where that dust cloud is coming from?" The rider's chain mail rattled as he pointed his finger. "Could be. Let's go...

Hello all! I'm sorry I haven't been doing a great job of updating you all here on the blog about what's going on with my writing journey. I frankly have been doing a better job of doing that on my newsletter, so if you would like to keep up, please sign up in the sidebar! Now, to give you an update... Things have been a bit...

Greetings from the cave! I was given this lovely Springtime Asks Tag several months back  LAST YEAR by a relatively new blogging acquaintance. Her name is Miss Winifred Banks (a lovely name if I do say so myself) who runs the blog Letters from Avonlea (again, such a lovely name!) Thank you, Miss W, for such a lovely spring tag! If you'd like, you can...