All Ivetta wants is a steady paycheck and consistent hours. Her mother's health is failing fast, and she has to earn enough money to keep paying the mounting doctor's bills. But a dubious background means finding safe employment is hard. Getting a job as a palace maid seems like the answer she needs, even if she has a...
Cold, cruel, calculating. These are the words that best describe Chevalier Michel, the second prince of Rhodolite. A genius and a master swordsman, he has well and truly earned the monikers the Brutal Beast and the Bloody Tiger, and he's worked his whole life toward the singular goal of claiming the throne. Now, th...
What was supposed to be a simple fanfiction has taken on a life of its own, and I've had to create a reference document to keep all the details straight. This book will contain that information in a (hopefully) reader-friendly format. For those who've enjoyed "A Dove's Tale" and "A Beast's Tale," I offer you this to p...
Here I go with another writing experiment. I joined The Fabulous Spec-Fic Smack Down by LayethTheSmackDown, which required me to write Speculative Fiction flash fiction, short stories, drabbles, and poetry inspired by prompts. If you're as unfamiliar with Speculative Fiction as I was when I started this, check out @Re...
Iris is an orphan, leading what she considers a normal life. As the oldest in Father John's care, she works hard to help bring in the money needed to feed and clothe the younger children, and she does it without complaint. Everybody in town knows her and loves her. Someday, she'll get married and start her own family...
This is a collection of short stories I've written, from elementary school to present. I hope this will give me the incentive I need to tackle editing, rewriting, updating, and whatever else. In the meantime, read at your own risk. Cover is a template in Canva tweaked by me.
This is an assortment of poetry I've written. Poetry is definitely not my strong suit, but I think these are fairly decent.
Participating in story pitch challenges has been a really fun exercise to think up new story ideas and strengthen my story description writing skills (although pitches tend to be too long and too detailed for a standard blurb). So...here they are. If anybody cares. Some pitches are for existing stories, and some are f...