Today's blog topic is why self-publishing may or may not be for you. I personally chose to self-publish because the most important thing to me is getting my books into the hands of readers. I want to write and share my stories with the world. For me, being an author isn’t about the prestige of... Continue Reading →
Today Writer’s Chapter met for our weekly meeting. Writer’s Chapter is just a small group of local writers who get together once a week to talk about writing, the writing business, and to work on our writing in a social environment. It gets us out and helps us to emerge from our dark, lonely writing... Continue Reading →
I’ve been MIA for a while now. Blogging always seems to get pushed aside and pushed to the bottom of my to-do list. Wouldn’t it be nice if things just took care of themselves once in a while? Ya know… like day jobs and bill payments? But more than anything it has been my health... Continue Reading →
Gothic Literature is a sub-genre of romanticism consisting of novels and short stories, which emerged between 1800 and 1850. Gothic Literature focuses on the grotesque, desolate, and mysterious usually including supernatural or horror motifs to show the evil inside of humans. Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Joyce Carol Oates use settings, events, and characters... Continue Reading →
Michelle C. Hillstrom - Author 