Hello everyone, welcome to 2023. I haven't been very active on my blog lately, but there is still a lot happening behind the scenes that I think you might find interesting. First let's talk about 2022. I published two stories this year for the weekly Reedsy Writing Prompts contest, Paula's Refuge in October and A …
Category: My Stories
Exciting Changes to this Website
Long time followers of this blog may have noticed that I didn't write anything about the Hugos this year. And that I haven't posted anything for a couple of months. This year, I've been feeling as if I've turned a hobby I love into a tedious job. Don't get me wrong, the reading challenges are …
Should I do NaNoWrMo This Year?
No. I should not. I will probably die if I push myself to write that much. Besides, I finally got back to my long neglected story about telepathic tree fungi and am ready to write about the fight with the dragon. I don't want to shelve that for a month to do NaNoWrMo. On the …
Reedsy Weekly Writing Prompts
A few weeks ago I joined an online writing community called Reedsy. My goal was to participate in the site's weekly prompt contest. I've never considered myself good at short stories. I struggle with coming up with good ideas that don't require tons of worldbuilding, I struggle with deadlines, and I often lack the confidence …
Jayde Holmes 