by thirzah | May 10, 2023 | About Thirzah, Inspired Posts
Saying Yes: The Snake Saga Monday evening I got a text from my roommate that there was a dead snake in the road near our apartment. Seeing as we live in the middle of the downtown area, and not out in the country—or at least the suburbs—it sounded pretty weird (which...
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 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 | 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...
