Guest Article from Sarah Sax! One of my pet peeves is when people say, “I always—” followed by something like, “I always read a book before bed.” There was a time when you didn’t read before bed. At first, you were too little. Then you were old enough to have people read to you. And do you literally read a book every single night? I didn’t think so. It’s technically untrue. But I’m going to drive myself crazy here, because in this case, the ‘I always’ seems totally true. I’v

Well, I was going to write an amazing article about how being in the Appalachian mountains inspires me a lot when it comes to writing, but it turns out I got nothing done on this trip, so forget that. Instead, I’m gonna talk about coffee. Yes, coffee. Black think juice. Caffeinated bean water. Magical brown elixir of knowledge. Coffee. I’m the kind of person who feels proud when they drink coffee. It makes me feel so scholarly to sit down to do school with a nice steaming c

So...It turns out that I cannot publish my poetry collection yet because Amazon will remove it if I don't get enough reviews or if people don't buy it. Or something like that. Point is, I cannot publish yet, which is disappointing. BUT, I will use this time to advertize the book more before publication, in the hopes to get some people lined up to buy the book, or at least be willing to leave a review. I am, however, determined to get this book published. Not to be dramatic, b

That one moment when you know exactly what you want to write, you know where the story is headed, you know your exact playlist and have the songs memorized and sing them to yourself while you plan... Buuuut you have no idea how to get from Point A to Point B. Point A laughs at you while Point B just stares at you sadly. Why aren't you over here? it seems to ask. Oh, the anger and despair! Why, oh Muses, must you torment me so?! Why?! No amount of fast-paced cinimatic fantasy

Guest Article from Sarah Sax! So, it’s happened. You read a book, watched a movie, or had a random thought, and now you know what to do with your life: write a story about a singing octopus. You’ve thought about this day and night. You know your characters better than you know yourself. You can picture all the scenes they’ll include in the movie trailer someday. . . “Well,” you say, rubbing your hands together, “let’s get to it!” You pull out your laptop. Open a document. C

Well, I'm working on prepping my poetry book for publishing through Amazon KDP! I've got the entire manuscript done and am just working through a few technical issues, so hopefully it'll actually be released soon! That's the goal, at least. It turns out publishing is a rather complcated process that requires a lot of patience and caffeine. Copious amouts of both. Who knew? But I will get there, and I will be a published author! To Drown in a Sea of Stars features 53 poems ab

Goals are wonderful things. Dreams are too. But one day, you're gonna wake up and realize: “Oh crud! I’m almost done with high school and have no idea what to do with my life!” And then you scramble around like a madperson, getting your grades in order and scampering off to college in the hopes that SOMETHING will pique your interest and you won’t end up living in a van by the side of a river eating government cheese! (Matt Foley had some very good points) Or, you might be

To Publish, or Not to Publish? That is the question. I’ve always struggled with thoughts that my writing is not good enough. That if I shared it with the world it would just get trashed, or mocked, or just buried under a mountain of unpleasant criticism. But over time I’ve come to the realization that I will never know what people think of my writing unless I put it out there. So that is what I am going to do. I’m starting small, publishing short stories, poems, and books ch

I...have been writing for a while. I started to write for real when I was about...eight, and it was a story about mermaid sisters who took their merdog to a dog show. They also ate sea cucumber sandwiches. How was I supposed to know that a sea cucumber was an animal!?!? (I was eight, alright? Marine Biology nerds, please don't kill me. I have learned since then) After that i decided to embark on an epic fantasy series with my best friend. (Spoiler: we did not finish. We did n

Man, I've been wanting to do this for a long time, haha. This website is meant to showcase my writing as I edit and hopefully near publishing, just to go ahead and get people interested in what I'm doing here. I'm a fantasy and historical fiction writer who justs wants to make her way in the world (and also have an entire shelf filled with JUST stuff I've written. Bold? Yes. Doable? Maaaaaaaybe. In addition to my writings, I will also post about my ramblings, ideas, pets, fav