Submission Call: Gouda & Cozy
Anthology: Gouda & Cozy (estimated publication date November 2026) What’s cozier than a dish with warm, gooey cheese except maybe cozy fantasy where cheese is the center. Perhaps your gnome chef is trying to make the perfect grilled cheese. Or maybe your fearless...
Instead of Work/Life Balance Focus on Dharma
In my last blog I talked about how the mind-body divide, or in today’s terms, the focus on work-life balance seems to have broken career balance. And as soon as I hit publish on that blog, I could hear the questions coming. If I’m not supposed to focus on...
How the Mind/Body Divide Broke Life/Career Balance
The common way we think about work-life or life-career balance is that there is a time for “life” and a time for your career. And like that odd mixture of cranberry sauce and gravy at an (American) Thanksgiving plate, the two really shouldn’t meet....
The Most Common Error I See In Author Life Balance
I follow a lot of self-proclaimed author gurus and I’m noticing that a lot of them are pivoting away from faster writing and shorter times between releases and more toward trying to sell authors on creating a sustainable career and finding the elusive author...
May 2026 Epona Muse Publishing News
Happy May Day! Happy Beltane! The Epona Muse Publishing show is back! This month I’m letting you know about the new fantasy anthology we just published, Horses Are Magic, in honor of the Year of the Horse. Grab a copy in print and ebook from your favorite...
The Ways Grief Impacts Writer’s Block
I did an interview last week and was asked about writer’s block. Real solid, beat your head against the desk writer’s block. And the answer I gave during the interview has stuck with me. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. You see, I don’t...
We Write When We Are Safe
While I don’t advise everyone to track their daily word count, for me it has been enlightening. With the exception of the times when I take a deliberate break from writing, such as what I’m doing the rest of this month to catch up on to do list things, it...
Why You Can’t “Work Through” ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, etc.
A couple of weeks ago I received a newsletter from a BNA (Big Name Author), you know the kind who sells courses for $497 (or more!) who promise to tell you all the secrets to being a successful author(TM). And usually those secrets come with a good, solid kick of...