TIED TOGETHER: A SHORT F/F ROMANCE
Written in a moment of longing, or a true account preserved by those who knew the crew of the Night Wind? Either way, it remains the most enduring romances in Concordian lore...
No, We Won’t Go Gentle Into the Night
Still, the world keeps turning and we don’t go gentle into the night. We rage, my friend. We rage and riot against the dying light.
WELCOME ABOARD! SPOOKFEST24 IS HERE
Hejsan, Tjena, HallÃ¥, and Happy Monday, Messmate! Welcome to #Spookfest24 aboard the Resilience! This year, we’re keeping things short and sweet with daily doses of treats, tricks, and tales, so you’ll want to check in each day. If you read yesterday’s heads-up bottle post , you already know we’re about…
LET THE SPOOKFEST BEGIN!
Hej, Messmate! Welcome to The Resilience where we’re about to embrace the darker days and longer nights of the season with enough spookalicious tales, trivia, and activities to make a night on a ghost ship seem like a pleasure cruise in comparison! Last year, we stretched our Spookfest all the…
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS: NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS VALID
Hej Writer, do you know that not all feedback is valid? I can’t stress this enough, so I’ll say it again: Not all feedback is valid! We’re often told that feedback is the key to growth, but what happens when it pulls us in all directions? Criticism can feel overwhelming,…
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS: WHEN TO PAY ATTENTION
Hej Writer, It’s time for our third talk about critique and reviews, and today I’m going to start with a question: Do you know when you need to pay attention to negative feedback? And, by extension, when you should just ignore it? As writers, we tend to pour ourselves into…
NEIGHBORLY GESTURES: SHANNON MIDDLETON
Shannon Middleton is one of the main characters in the Neighborly Gestures series. She is Adam‘s next-door neighbor and ex-sister-in-law who never thought he was the right man for her sister, Susan. There’s been no love lost between the former in-laws since Adam and Suzy got their divorce. Shannon takes…
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS: DON’T BE A DICK!
Hej Writer, It’s time for our second talk about critique and reviews, and today I want to address an issue that, sadly, keeps getting worse: How we treat each other when our tastes and opinions differ. Once upon a time I used to love reading the reviews in The Sunday…
NEIGHBORLY GESTURES: ADAM
Adam is the point of view (POV) character in the Neighborly Gestures series. He is a bitter man who lives alone in the childhood home he once shared with his ex-wife, Susan. Since the divorce, he has also had frosty relations with her sister, Shannon, who lives in the house next door with her…
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS: DOs AND DON’Ts FOR CRITICS
Hej Writer, have ever you been a critique partner? Maybe a member of a writing group? Or, my personal nightmare, had friends and/or family ask you to give them feedback on something they wrote? I’ve written a series of articles on dealing with criticism, but it was a long time…