• About Writing,  Creation

    AUTHOR AVENGERS; March Round Up

    The prompt for this month was chosen by Josh Edmunds – it was his birthday month this time around! – and it was admittedly another one I struggled with. I had some immediate thoughts when I saw it, but none that really clicked with me. Until I actually started writing, that is. The first draft and I were at odds, but draft two? That one clicked, and I found myself having fun with it. (And had some friends read it over which was really encouraging!) Everyone’s got such different approaches to the prompts, but we all adore sharing our work, so do check out all the prompts and leave some…

  • About Writing,  Creation

    AUTHOR AVENGERS; February Round Up

    This month’s prompt was chosen by the ever so encouraging and wonderful Morris Wayts – it’s his birthday month! – and my first thought when I saw it was oh no. It seemed very out of my comfort zone, and I struggled with coming up with an idea for it. I was almost ready to throw in the towel before I had an idea that I wound up writing. So far, everybody has approached this in a different way, which I think is the fun of this exercise. Be sure to check out everybody’s pages and leave them a comment and some love! INDEX:Lou Yardley – Mortvell’s NeedleMorris Wayts – Pillar of…

  • About Writing,  Creation

    AUTHOR AVENGERS; January Round Up

    It seems apt that the first prompt of 2024 is one with such positive and hopeful undertones. Of course it doesn’t necessarily mean that every story to come out from it will have those same shades, but as a prompt, as a beginning, it has been very promising. I personally wound up enjoying this prompt – though it took me until the week leading up to my upload to write it. I revisited an earlier location, and I think it is safe to say now that I can confirm all these prompt fills of mine are from the same universe. So if and when I ever compile them into an…

  • About Writing,  Creation

    AUTHOR AVENGERS; December Round Up

    I completely switched up when what blog post was supposed to go up. This was supposed to be the first blog post of the month! Oops! But anyway – it’s the middle of January 2024. Can you believe last year is over? Where has time gone? Between the holidays and family and all other things, I almost did not write December’s prompt – and am only just finishing up this month’s – but then I think that was also the push some of us needed to write the prompt. It was an interesting one, for sure, and we’ve all got different takes on it. This has been a very fun initiative we…

  • About Writing,  Creation,  Discussion Post,  Life Update

    What’s New, 2024?

    It is 2024, and I am equal parts excited and anxious for what the new year is going to bring. I had actually written – a while back! – a post about what I was hoping to bring to my page in the next year, but if you’ve been following this page, you might have seen me mention that those plans have been shelved indefinitely. Personal and health reasons mean that I do have to put those on hold. Fingers crossed for either the mid-year or 2025! That does not mean that 2024 will not see some new plans and projects and aims to reach! No, no, much like the…

  • Discussion Post,  Media

    ‘Tis The Season For Hallmark

    It is Hallmark movie season! And it has been for a while, but I’ve only just got back into it now that I am in medical isolation for about three to four months. Already, I’ve ticked off a number of this year’s Countdown To Christmas offerings (small rec list going up on YouTube next week) and am excited to watch the rest, and some older offerings as well. In the past few years, Hallmark has been taking a turn away from the same stories of the past they are still remembered for. The same white, heterosexual romances where someone gives up their success for someone else, or a Grinch has…

  • About Writing,  Creation

    AUTHOR AVENGERS; November Round Up

    November was such a busy month for everyone. After all, there are so many deadlines and events as we come to the end of the year. I took part in a few events myself – which were a lot of fun, and I talked about them more in my last YouTube video – and they helped me get words down on the page AND finish up other work. It was tiring but fun. Still, we had a prompt, and those of us that could set about trying to fill it! (As of right now, that is just me but a few of the others in our group are still working…

  • Discussion Post,  Media,  Recommendations

    More Literary Adaptations And Why I Love Them

    It may no longer be the season – or trend – for vlog-style retellings of classic novels anymore (though some of my favourites still hold up), but it doesn’t mean webseries adaptations have stopped. Instead, they’ve turned into mini-TV shows in their own rights, and I cannot say I’m displeased by this. This year, two adaptations have come to a close, the story coming to their natural ends, and I’m still in awe at the levels of production they have both put forth. Never let it be said that webseries are not professional forms of media in their own rights. I have read neither of the classics they are based…

  • About Writing,  Creation

    AUTHOR AVENGERS; October Round Up

    It’s my birthday tomorrow, and if you read my last round up, you know I chose the prompt for this month. I was very excited when everyone in the Discord seemed to be enthused to write to it, and I am very excited now to share what has been written!* * This round up post is going up on here before it goes up on Ko-fi (or LinkedIn later next week), and there might be edits made to it if more stories go up before the end of the month. It’s been a Month, what with this year’s treatment starting a couple of weeks ago. Week two will be in…

  • About Writing,  Creation

    AUTHOR AVENGERS; September Round Up

    It is the second month of the Author Avengers approaching the same prompt with our own spins. Life, of course, means not all of us got to the prompt – but those of us that did all had different stories to tell. And man, once again was it interesting to see how we took the same prompt and churned out very different stories. There were less fills this month. Real life seemed to get in the way, but this initiative is very much a no pressure kind of thing which is why we’ve been having so much fun! If you’re a writer and it’s something you think you’ll be interested…