Grabbing Your Readers: An Outcast in Another World

If you want someone to enjoy your story (and hopefully buy your book), they have to be intrigued by the opening pages. The Kindle sample of An Outcast in Another World

Worldbuilding: Wretched Hives

No, we’re not talking about Russian honeybees – although those are apparently a thing. We’re talking about cities run by crime.

A Long Road Chapter 8 Up on AO3

Chapter 8 of A Long Road, “The Man Who Asks”, is now up on Archive of Our Own.

A Long Road Chapter 8 Ficbit – Sneaking

Nie Zonghui shook his head, carefully not watching as two dust-covered ghost-path cultivators disappeared into Haven’s throngs.

Earring Tales: Forest Trail

I wanted to do greenery!

A Long Road Chapter 8 Ficbit – Hi There

“Clear the gate!” rang out, from Guards peering down the road out of Haven.

A Long Road Chapter 8 Ficbit – Dangerous Relations

“I never knew you could use ink to paint like that.” Mina’s smile was open, honest, and wistful.

A Long Road Chapter 8 Ficbit – Persistence

Talia cut herself off, sighed; closed her eyes a moment to think, then looked at them all again. “I know good people can fall in love with horribly evil men.

Earring Tales: Wisteria Wishes

And some purples!

Writer’s Group on DeviantArt – Adopt a Plot

There’s a small group on DeviantArt that might be of interest to anyone who uses that site and writes; Adopt a Plot.