Welcome to the New Year. What are you looking forward to? What is good in your life right now? I've decided to plow ahead with goals and dreams in spite of fears of disappointment. I'm not going to list all my goals (mostly important only to me anyway), but I thought I'd comment on one …
Optimism is not my fuel. Numbers and Optimism don't appear to be friends. Do they? Sometimes they might hangout together, but forever hitched they are not. I look at the numbers of agents and publishers and people trying to become authors and I'm not optimistic those numbers are going to work in my favor. But …
How do you travel from one year to the next? I shall not dwell in the mistakes and failures, though I hope I'll find the lessons in the year's wreckage to pack them up and carry with me into the new year. I shall not make resolutions which end up being pitfalls and snares. I …
I'm sitting down to rewrite my sci-fi fairytale. It's be a lie to say I know I'm doing. The story may be more than I have the skills to handle. But what's the point of it if I'm not learning and challenging myself? It will be amazing if I can pull it off! That is, …
National Novel Writing Month ends soon. I reached 50k the day before Thanksgiving, but I've continued to write every day. I worked on the universe I created a few years ago during another NaNoWriMo. Much of these details and backstory will never appear in the novel, but these things should help the world feel real …
The witches gather together to prepare. Try to stop them if you dare. They cast their spells far and wide. They call for the spirits of those who've died. "Who among you stood up for the weak? We offer this moment for you to speak. Tell us you comforted, you encouraged, the small, you opened …
On the inside flap of my friend's magical tale, you'll find this quote from the National Post. "One cannot help but want to spend more time in the company of these witches." Well, yes. Please. Though to be honest, more than being in their company, I'd like to be part of their company. But I …
A proper welcome is in order. So. Greetings new and returning readers. Thank you for visiting. Thank you for staying. Glad you're here for this Halloween season and all our haunted days. Yesterday, I wrote about wanting to create my own tarot deck. I've got a stack of books to read for research. The world …
Happy Haunted Season! The wind sometimes whispers. The wind sometimes screams. There are monsters at my window. There are monsters in my dreams. The spirits are curious. The spirits are mean. What, dear reader, is it? It is our dear Halloween. Last year, I could make these short and free videos, but I've downgraded my …
I'm late with my October celebrations. In part because Story-a-Day September tired me out. It takes a while to recover. It's also because I've been too distracted by the news, reading article after article about events that matter to me. But October it is! My favorite month. And I'd be sad if I didn't honor …
Marta Bacon 