The premise of The Witching Year is simple: “A skeptic spends a year trying to find spiritual fulfillment by practicing modern Witchcraft.” From there, our author descends into introspection, insecurity, and doubt until finding a well of strength and resilience within her.

Let's write a little horror to gear up for Spooky Season! The inspiration for a horror story can be as simple as the things in our everyday lives if you I let your imagination wander a little out of bounds. Your writing challenge this month is...

What if you died and found you were on a ship to the afterlife with your murderer? This was the idea that brough Evelyn and her story to life. I crafted a dark world of mysterious, sickly water and dense fog hiding a ship of dreams... and nightmares. I’ve always loved a sandbox, and a ship is the perfect place for my characters to run around and get into trouble. I brought monsters out of the deep and stashed secrets away in elegant ballrooms.

Yes, it's been a while. My last post was in 2021 - isn't that wild? Since then, I've had two wonderful kiddos! Now I have a two-toddler household which can get pretty wild... But I've never stopped working, and I've never stopped dreaming.