Understanding Monotropism and “Negative” Thoughts
There’s a belief that “ruts” happen from multiple passes over the same territory, whether they’re from repetitive thinking or from tires and the weight of a vehicle, and I’d argue that rather often, that’s simply not the case....Authors Should Care About The 2023 Hugo Awards
A report was recently released on File770 and the Genre Grapevine that begins to hint at what happened with eligible works being left off the 2023 Hugo Awards ballot. At best it looks like the committee exercised self-censorship so as not to run afoul of China’s...
Dealing with Severe Burnout Part 2
In the second part of this two part series, I discuss how to pick up and put the pieces back together after serious burnout. How do you decide which projects to pick up and which to discard? I also talk about the most important consideration for deciding how to move...
Interview with KC Walker
About The Author KC Walker does her best to avoid meaningful employment. This often conflicts with her desire for the finer things in life, such as food and shelter. Writing novels seemed to be an acceptable compromise, since making up stories can hardly be called...
How to Handle Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
How many types of rejection do you experience as an author? There are bad reviews, rejection letters, harsh critiques, or even the dreaded silence of nope. Dealing with these things is hard enough, but when you also have rejection sensitive dysphoria, something...
The real reason you need an author technologist
Princeton defines technologist as a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. In this way, an author technologist, which is how I describe myself, is someone who uses technology to solve practical problems faced by authors today. But I’m...
Dealing with Severe Burnout Part 1
In the first of this two part series, I talk about burnout as it is commonly discussed and why for neurodivergent authors our burnout can be something more. We often don’t realize we’re in burnout or understand what burnout is or how it works. I push back...
Epona Muse Publishing News for February 2024
Welcome to the EMP News Show for 02/2024. This month we’re talking about what anthologies are still open as well as the state of our submissions inbox. I’m also explaining a bit about our new fiction anthology. Want to see our submission guidelines or sign...