Short Fiction

Here you will find a list of short stories I’ve written and posted on my blog. If you want to enjoy more stories and exclusive content, be sure to sign up for my newsletter: Sign Me Up! Deliver Me A short tale about dealing with writer’s block. READ THE STORY Sixes The old adage that one can never go home is both the truth and a lie. When the desert no longer protects all a traitor holds dear, can he stop the poison of Shaddar’s corpse from spreading? READ THE STORY Trapped A dream walker hunts a child thief, determined […]

Short Fiction

Here you will find a list of short stories I’ve written and posted on my blog. If you want to enjoy more stories and exclusive content, be sure to sign up for my newsletter: Sign Me Up! Deliver Me A short tale about dealing with writer’s block. READ THE STORY Sixes The old adage that one can never go home is both the truth and a lie. When the desert no longer protects all a traitor holds dear, can he stop the poison of Shaddar’s corpse from spreading? READ THE STORY Trapped A dream walker hunts a child thief, determined […]

Five Good Things: I discovered that the world is full of cool at a really young age. At age eight or so, I'd found heaven—And now our ability to learn wonderful (and sometimes weird) things is limitless: we have the internet! I sometimes stand in severe danger of walking in and never coming out again. The world is full of cool.

Five Good Things #10 (The World is Full of Cool)

I discovered that the world is full of cool at a really young age. At age eight or so, I’d found heaven—And now our ability to learn wonderful (and sometimes weird) things is limitless: we have the internet! I sometimes stand in severe danger of walking in and never coming out again. The world is full of cool.

Wishing You the Happiest of Holidays!

I don’t know about you, but it’s hard for me to believe we’re coming to the close of another year. 2016 has treated me well—and so have you, my awesome readers! I am so grateful for your support and good wishes. I lovelovelove hearing from all of you, so if you’ve been shy about commenting or emailing me before, DEW EET! Here, let me make it easy

New Release: Select, by Patricia Reding

Check this out! My friend and Drift of Quills partner Patricia Reding has recently released the second book in her award-winning Oathtaker series! The adventure continues… A challenge met. A calling sought. A faith required. When Mara, Oathtaker to the ranking twin members of the Select, suffers an injury, her charges—Reigna and Eden—seek to determine their callings, while Dixon suffers over the potential loss of his beloved. As their allies disperse in response to a growing threat to their homeland, and as the forces of evil set out to destroy them, the twins journey across The Tearless. There, in fulfillment of […]

Is It Possible to Self-Edit Your Book?

Welcome back to the Friday Feature of our Fantasy writers group, A Drift of Quills! We Quills get together once a month to chat up aspects of reading and writing—and this time we discuss the exciting prospect of self-editing. Grab yourself some cookies and a notepad for jotting notes!   KRISTIE KIESSLING Author of the short story, Sanguis Dei and a poetry collection, Light and Dark Kristie’s Blog  Is it possible to self-edit your book? YES! In fact, even if you hire an editor, you MUST be able to self-edit your book or you will be wasting money. As Kristen […]