I always hated the question: "What's the one thing you'd bring to a deserted island?" First of all, I refuse to pick one thing. I also...

Consider adding 4 more things to your Preptober list to help set yourself up for success.

Short stories are basically the perfect literary snack, leaving you full and with only the faintest itch in your teeth for more.

When you have too many ideas and just don't know where to start -- here's how you can narrow it down. When you have a lot of unfinished...

I've created a writing system that supports my daily writing habit so I'm always making the most of my writing time. Building a writing...

There’s nothing like the smell of a new notebook and planner that gets me to listing all the things I want to do and projects I want to...

Tropes exist in pretty much everything we read, watch, and so on. I'm not saying these tropes are only found in urban fantasy, they are...

Being a writer means characters live rent-free in my head on a regular basis and they always have a lot to say. For me, I love a...

I love books that I can continuously reference as reminders and learning points regardless of where I am in my writing process or where I am

We've come such a long way. From the bed to a 55" desk, ya'herd. Though I've shown bits and pieces of my set up on my Instagram over the...

What inspired my current project and some spooky season inspired prompts for you. Journey to the throne is the main story project that I...

Plotter or pantser, story structure is essential to storytelling. I know today's #Preptober2020 prompt is technically sharing the...

In an ideal world, I’d never need music while I’m writing because I’d live in silence 85% of the time. But the world is not ideal so, I...

Though it should come as no surprise if you’ve been paying attention ... Hi, I'm Samantha and I write adult urban fantasy. For me it’s...

Plotting. Pantsing. Architect. Gardener. Planner. Wild child. To be honest, it wasn't until I started checking in on the online writing...

Poised with my fingers above the keys in just the right places, the blinking cursor against the expanse of white taunts me. It dares me...