by Thirzah | Mar 22, 2023 | About Thirzah
The Worst Saturday I woke up early on Saturday morning and opened my laptop as I’d done hundreds of times in the past. As usual, when I pressed the “on” button, there was an electronic click. Only this time, the screen flashed white before going dark again—not turning...
by Thirzah | Mar 15, 2023 | About Thirzah
Why I Despised Drafting My trouble with drafting began back in middle school when one of my teachers told my class to hand in the first draft of our essays the following week. I wrote the essay, edited it, and handed it in—but at the end of class, the teacher asked us...
by Thirzah | Mar 8, 2023 | Inspired Posts
What’s Better? I write and read short stories and novels—and I like both for different reasons. I find short stories easier to write, but I enjoy writing novels and novellas a lot more. I also love reading novels, but in recent months my reading time has...
by Thirzah | Feb 22, 2023 | About Thirzah
My Biggest Fear As A Writer I’ve been writing for a long time, but if I’m going to be completely honest, publication terrifies me. Why publish my work when I can spend the rest of my life rewriting and editing the stories over and over again? After all, I don’t want...
by Thirzah | Feb 8, 2023 | About Thirzah, Inspired Posts
The Start of A Story The writing process has always been a rollercoaster of a ride for me. I really enjoy the first part of the process—choosing a concept for a story—because that’s the easiest part (at least for me). I’ve never been short on ideas for stories....
by Thirzah | Feb 5, 2023 | Worldbuilding
Today’s blog is the last installment of my series on creating fictional governments. Predictable Plots A lot of books, shows, and movies feature tyrannical rulers (kings, queens, emperors, etc.) that are very cruel, childish, or just very unlikable. These...
by Thirzah | Jan 11, 2023 | Inspired Posts
Release Day! Today is the official release day for Every Bush Afire, a book by Kyle Peters. I actually had the honor of copy editing and designing the inside layout of the book, so to celebrate the release of Every Bush Afire—and my first experience with being a part...
by Thirzah | Dec 22, 2022 | Inspired Posts
Lessons Learned Last week, I talked about how I “failed” as an author, and mentioned four lessons that I learned from my failure. This week, I want to go a little deeper into how failing or making mistakes affects us and our writing. Note: if you were wondering, my...
by Thirzah | Dec 14, 2022 | Inspired Posts
Lessons Learned Last week, I failed as a writer. Or at least, that’s how it felt. I’ve spent six months planning, worldbuilding, and writing a novel that just wouldn’t work. Nearly 40,000 words were wasted on my failure of a story—and I didn’t even get halfway...
by Thirzah | Dec 7, 2022 | Worldbuilding
The Point Of Government Last week, we discussed possible reasons why people living in a society might allow a governing system to rule over them. This week, we’ll be answering two very important questions. Question #1 What’s the point of a government/political...
