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It’s #AuthorLifeMonth!

Posted on February 5, 2016 by ksedinger

There’s quite a wonderful thing going on in the Instagram world this month! It’s one of those daily photo challenges, but this one — hashtagged #AuthorLifeMonth — is geared specifically to writers, as a way of showing off a little … Continue reading →

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I Am No Writer

Posted on January 31, 2016 by ksedinger

I posted this image last week to Instagram, and someone asked about it:   What do I mean by this? Why would I claim to not be a writer, but rather a storyteller? What I mean is simply this: I … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Writer

Posted on January 22, 2016 by ksedinger

So I saw this little quiz-thing on another writer’s blog (Julia Grantham‘s, to be precise), and though I haven’t been tagged with it, I’m not going to wait. So here’s a bit about me as a writer, for anyone who … Continue reading →

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Updates and a Quick Stroll Around the Writing Neighborhood!

Posted on January 12, 2016 by ksedinger

Hey all! I hope that 2016 is starting to settle into some good of good groove for you all, now that the bustle of the Holiday season is over. I’m always bummed out, a little, when the Holidays end; for … Continue reading →

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“Shiny in the Black”: A FIREFLY Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2015 by ksedinger

I wrote this story, a rare foray into fan-fiction, a few years ago and I’ve been reposting it on Byzantium’s Shores every year since. This year, I thought I’d bring it over here. This is what I imagine a Very … Continue reading →

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When the Muse Taunts Me

Posted on December 15, 2015 by ksedinger

(The following is a repost of something I originally posted to Byzantium’s Shores a few years ago. It remains a relatively accurate portrayal of my relationship with The Muse.) The Muse is a fairly capricious being. When we think of … Continue reading →

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Your First Draft is NOT Crap!!!

Posted on December 9, 2015 by ksedinger

There seems to be a common school of thought among writers, at least so far as I’ve seen, that holds that your first draft of anything – story, novel, poem, whatever – is always bad. But I gotta be honest here, … Continue reading →

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A Brief Trip Around Writing Blogistan

Posted on December 5, 2015 by ksedinger

Here are some things that I’ve seen around the neighborhood of the Blogistan Writing Community: Briana Morgan released her first book, Blood and Water, a month or two back (I read several chapters of it in draft, and if the final … Continue reading →

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Stuff!!!

Posted on December 5, 2015 by ksedinger

No updates in a few weeks! But it’s been a really busy month. Here are some notes on recent antics in my world: Remember, THE WISDOMFOLD PATH is out! I haven’t finished the Nook formatting yet, but I hope to have … Continue reading →

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On Fanfic, and on Writing as Play

Posted on October 29, 2015 by ksedinger

So there was a thing the other day on Twitter in which a lot of writers were suddenly defending the idea of writing fan fiction. I didn’t understand why at first, but as far as I can tell, someone wrote … Continue reading →

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