Julia’s Writing

Okay, so I thought I’d change things up a bit here and get you – yes – you – the person who’s reading this right now – involved in my stories.  How am I going to do that, you may ask.  Well, I’ll tell you, dear reader.  I want you to leave a comment her [...]

This is a quick poem inpired in part by Neil Gaiman’s “The Day the Saucers Came” and Jake Bible’s “Dead Mech”. It’s rated PG, but does contain death by zombie hoard, kraken and other foul beast. Also, children be warned, your dreams of becoming a princess who is awakened by prince charming are about to [...]

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: My story “Fantasy Cabin” has been rejected from Writer’s of the Future. *SOB* *Sniff, Sniff*
So… I’m looking around for another market which might like it.  I’m also going to go through it and give it a little revamp to see if there’s anything else that [...]

Okay, this is just a quick update since I really should be writing.
I wrote some more on my book last week, but I mostly rewrote a short story called “There’s an Alien in my Bedroom”.  I think it’s pretty awesome, and I kinda wrote it for the Drabblecast, but I need to edit it as [...]

Today we have a special post – two stories for the price of one!  (Namely, that price is free, but hey, who’s counting, right?).
In honor of my wonderful father’s birthday, I am posting two stories. The first is called A Walk in the Park and it is by my dad, Grahame Scott-Douglas.  He wrote this [...]

Nobody has ever asked me where I get my ideas, so this is simply mental masturbation. But, I do think about where I get my ideas from, because sometimes they make me smile and sometimes they just freak me out.
Usually I like to say most of my ideas are inspired by authors I admire, which [...]

Last week I had goals.  Did I make them? Haha, hehe, hoho. Er… short answer? No.
Long answer, here’s where I’m at (for anyone who cares to know):
Word count on my YA novel: 12,307.  I wrote a little over a thousand words on it this weekend.  Ouch.
I did, however, complete editing my picture book (which, I [...]

Here’s a short poem I wrote a while back… it’s not about fantasy or sci fi, it’s just a short piece about things I sometimes have to remind myself.
Presenting… If My Heart Had a Mouth.

I feel better!  Yay and Hallelujah!  I’m gonna get some writing done tonight.  Enjoy the story tomorrow!

I just submitted the story I mentioned in my previous post (Getting Gas) to Tales of World War Z.
I’ve also submitted a story I wrote called “Suicide Note” to Horror Garage.
So, we’ll see how all that goes. I recently lost my first reader.   So, we’ll see if I find another good one soon.
I’ve [...]