Monica has been a contributor to FlamesRising.com for several years. She has written a variety of news articles, essays, convention reports, licensed fiction and plenty of reviews. Some highlights of her fiction reviews are: Small Favor by Jim Butcher Ironside by Holly Black Season of the Witch by Natasha Motert Name on the Wind by […]
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Musings and Opinions
Winter Got you Down? Things to do in Madison to Cheer You Up!
Well, the snow has been really intense this year and as several of my friends have pointed out — it’s been a long winter. Yes, we probably were due for one and with all this cold and wintry weather, the upside is that it has to be great for the farmers. I’m very much looking […]
The Trouble with Over-Editing
One of the things that has afflicted my fiction writing lately, is that I’ve been editing while I write. I have a series of urban fantasy novels I’m plotting out; the novel series is dubbed, “The Violet War.” The first book, entitled “Traitor’s Masque,” is about the events leading up to a full-scale war between […]
Blog Updates and Links
I’m going to be updating my blogroll over the next couple of weeks in order to provide useful areas on the web for writers, readers, and Madisonians to visit. Feel free to email me or post a link in the comments if you have something to share. Also, I’m accessible on Facebook and LiveJournal. Feel […]
My Flash Fiction on a Horror Podcast Site
For the first time my fiction was turned into something you can listen to and not just something you read. Prey on Pseudopod.org This was a great experience for me; the editors were very kind, prompt and professional. This particular piece, as I had mentioned just the other day, was a very successful work of […]