A Little Writer-Girl’s Adventures in Researching for Writing Fantasy

I’ve been writing pretty much my whole life. When your mom teaches reading recovery and “Handwriting without Tears” you don’t really get to escape the chapter books and lined paper and miniature pencils that go along with it. For me, though, this was never an annoyance. Even as a child, I found a way to …

what i read in april, may, june, and july: the 52 books of 2021

journal. Wow. The year is halfway over, and I’ve fallen nearly miserably behind on my reading documentation. Needlessly said, I had big plans for Book Faeries this summer, but after a huge project of helping coordinate youth summer camp and a super major life change I’m excited to write about soon, I truly didn’t have …

sugarplum – a Christmas novelette

short stories. Merry Christmas, you! Hope your holidays are shaping up to be warm (but seasonally chilly out), bright (one can never have too many Christmas lights), and spilling over with joy for the birth of our perfect Saviour. Don’t forget the reason we celebrate this gift-giving holiday -for the one who gave to us …

the darkening of ophelia richter – part five

Part Five: She is Unbound Reader, you’re probably wondering. So what of him? Yes, Lukas, what of Lukas? To pick up from the last, Ophelia had trudged back to her apartment after the encounter, ultimately dejected, but ready, at last, to move on with her own soul on her side.  The note on the door …

the darkening of ophelia richter – part four

vignettes from the door between worlds. ah, Reader! Life is beyond chaotic, and this is (not going to lie) a pre recorded and written message. If your October has been anything like mine so far, it’s been chaotically eventful, filled with new ideas, and swimming in God’s lessons and love. I’m excited as we get …

the darkening of ophelia richter – part three

Part Three: She is Bound She slammed the bloodied sack down onto his desk and crossed her arms. “Don’t ever make me do that again.”  Lukas lifted only his eyes to look up at Ophelia. She was dressed in the leathers she normally wore whenever she was forced to go on her seasonal errands for …