RAIN for Authors
You sit down to write, but your heart is heavy. Maybe something happened and you’re feeling hurt, alone, frustrated, or scared. Maybe something unraveled that you thought would last. Or maybe you’re in a spot where the voices in your head just aren’t...
Radical Acceptance For Each Draft
In her book Radical Compassion, Tara Brach talks about a Buddha statue that sat dull and covered in mud for many decades, if not centuries. Everyone that it was a dull statue. Nothing much to look at. Nothing to see there. And then there was an earthquake. Cracks...
The Connection Between Writer’s Block and Neurodivergent Overwhelm
One of the biggest frustrations that authors have is when the words won’t flow. Call it writer’s block or don’t. The truth is, staring at a screen or a piece of paper and not being able to write anything sucks. There are online arguments probably...
New Deadline for Gouda & Cozy
While I’ve received some excellent submissions, I know this summer has been difficult for a lot of people. Therefore, I am extending the deadline for Gouda & Cozy until 9/30/26. That’s a full month extra to get your stories written and submitted. Need...
August 2026 Epona Muse Publishing News
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Let’s Talk About A Sample Edit
When you’re going to work with an editor you haven’t worked with before, it’s always a good idea to get a sample edit. What’s a sample edit? Usually it is the first 1000 words of the story (not the copyright page, acknowledgements or any other...
You Say “Writer’s Block”; I Say “Health Issue”.
The way my writing day is structured I get two, sometimes three, opportunities to drop 1000 words on various projects. I like writing different projects every day. It makes my brain purr. I feel like I’m accomplishing a lot and even though the progress on each...
Hey Authors, It’s Okay To Not Be Okay. Okay?
There’s a lot going on in the world right now. There’s the nonstop political shenanigans that give shenanigans a bad name, because those are supposed to be fun, right? There’s exploding diarrhea because who doesn’t want that in the heat of...