by Kaia | Jul 30, 2018 | Musings, Writing |
Virtue, vice, and everything nice in the form of a nearly done draft. We’re not there yet, but I’ve stopped scrapping whole scenes. I’ve stopped doubting my trajectory and feeling like I’m wasting time. More days than not I smile because maybe...
by Kaia | May 22, 2018 | Musings |
If you’ve been around indie publishing as a reader or an author for longer than a minute, you’ve seen the phrase “drama llama” with accompanying picture of a poor, defenseless animal who didn’t ask to be drawn into our human nonsense, okay? Ahem. To me,...
by Kaia | Apr 1, 2018 | Musings |
First, the reflections: I’m not a religious person in the strictest sense. I believe in God. I’ve gone to church several times in my life. I pray when times are hard and thank God when times are good. I’m the cliché, the agnostic “spiritual” one. As I’ve gotten older...
by Kaia | Jan 14, 2018 | Excerpts, Musings, Writing |
When I was a little girl, I visited my grandparents in Virginia every summer. I loved those months of quiet and endless green, of stories about the past. I loved making my grandparents laugh and seeing my parents reunited with them. It was a whole other part of...
by Kaia | Jul 9, 2017 | Musings |
I wanted to share the origins of the quote “I wanna be a female monster,” and what it had me thinking of as I buckle down to draft several new stories. I watched I Love Dick this past week on a whim. When I saw commercials a few months back, I guffawed...
by Kaia | Jun 25, 2017 | Musings |
This week there were several discussions about dark romance and erotica. Again. It’s also known as transgressive fiction. Or rape fiction. Or more derisively “rape as romance” as it’s called in the romance community. Some of these discussions concerned the...
