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SFINCS2 Review: Space Ants: Never Say Die by Eric Kay
Jump to review “The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize,...

j patricia anderson
Dec 20, 20244 min read


SFINCS2 Review: The View from Here by Leon Stevens
Jump to review “The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize,...

j patricia anderson
Dec 20, 20244 min read


I am a SFINCS2 judge!
SFINCS (affectionately referred to as BABYBO) is the Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship! It is modelled after SPFBO (Self...

j patricia anderson
Oct 25, 20242 min read


2023 year end update
Okay so once again the only way I'm going to actually write this blog post is to lower my expectations of perfection and just DO it haha!...

j patricia anderson
Dec 31, 202315 min read


October update
I thought I'd write a blog post in part to... write a blog at all since I haven't been :S, and in part to organise my writing thoughts...

j patricia anderson
Oct 28, 20237 min read


Your Blood and Bones comes out on August 27th!
Many of you will have seen the cover reveal posts circulating by now, but if not, here is a look at the final cover for YOUR BLOOD AND...

j patricia anderson
Aug 8, 20233 min read


Blog update
I haven't updated this in a loooong time so I'm just going to do a quick one right now to get something down. Let's see. I wanted to do...

j patricia anderson
Jun 22, 20232 min read


DoT's release date is tomorrow...
I meant to write a big post today about this, but I'm a bit sick, very tired, and ended up busier than I expected! Isn't that always the...

j patricia anderson
Apr 30, 20231 min read


DoT maps
I was supposed to write this blog post a while ago...but I had too many other things to do. So it's a bit late, but it's here now! I...

j patricia anderson
Apr 16, 20234 min read


DoT cover reveal
The cover for DAUGHTERS OF TITH is here... Or, it's technically been here the whole time in various states of development because I did...

j patricia anderson
Mar 1, 20234 min read


My writing/editing process in 2023, as it pertains to 3T
Squeezing this blog post in today because it was on my "things to finish before going back to work" list and...I go back to work...

j patricia anderson
Feb 12, 20239 min read


Finished the 1st draft of TTN
Oops. I forgot to update about this. I finally finished the 1st draft of my NaNoWriMo 2022 project TTN (The Twin Novel). Total word count...

j patricia anderson
Feb 12, 20231 min read


Fun with DoT ARCs
DoT is DAUGHTERS OF TITH--my debut high fantasy novel that comes out on May 1st, 2023--and "ARCs" are Advance Readers' Copies/Editions....

j patricia anderson
Jan 12, 20235 min read


2022 writing year review
I tracked all my words on the NaNoWriMo website last year, so this should be relatively simple! I think I'll leave the self-publishing...

j patricia anderson
Jan 7, 20235 min read


I've been ignoring the blog
And it's mostly for the reason I planned to cover in my next blog post, which remains a draft... I'm going back to work in February and...

j patricia anderson
Dec 27, 20222 min read


TTN after NaNoWriMo
November is over and after approx. a week of doing almost nothing, I'm starting to take stock of where I'm at with TTN. TTN is THE TWIN...

j patricia anderson
Dec 6, 20222 min read


Chapter 2 preview of DoT is live! Along with something very special...
I've decided to release a chapter of DoT on the 1st of every month until release day. That means you got Chapter 1 on Nov 1, you're...

j patricia anderson
Dec 1, 20222 min read


NaNoWriMo 2022: I did it!
2nd win ever. 2nd year in a row. I thought I could write more about it right now but I'm too tired hahahahaha. The temporarily titled THE...

j patricia anderson
Dec 1, 20221 min read


NaNoWriMo 2022: The final stretch
Last two days of NaNo!!! This one was a struggle. Nearly gave up when I had too many personal commitments and sick kids and sick self etc...

j patricia anderson
Nov 29, 20221 min read


2nd week NaNoWriMo update: The hangover week
Short-ish post because NaNo is killing me, but I wanted to get some numbers and thoughts down in the 2nd week. I've only won NaNo once...

j patricia anderson
Nov 9, 20222 min read
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