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Hello, lovely readers! I’m Emily—the quiet presence behind the curtain, the author. Thanks for peeking in; I can’t wait to share my...

"Once Upon a Midnight Erie" consists of twenty-six chapters. The editing process, a meticulous endeavor where every word and detail is crucial, and each scene must be effective, has been underway for nearly nine months. As I wrap up the edits for Chapter Twenty, I'm delighted to start editing Chapter Twenty-One before the new year. At twenty-one, my book is metaphorically old enough to celebrate the new year. Cheers!

The story writes itself? It's not as if the book writes itself. Yet it does, in a way. It's hazy at first and I fervently write down the images and scenes that are forming in my mind. Next comes the fine tuning. After that, editing, adding, subtracting, clarifying. And every once in a while, the universe arrives to add something. That "something" today was while refining my very short chapter twelve. It's the Latin phrase, Memento mori. I had never heard that phrase before a

What if OUME could come to life? What would it look like?

What if OUME could come to life? What would it look like?

Good morning Eerietons, The Haserot Angel After all of the initial excitement, the first draft completed, the hope of a publishing...

The famous shower scene from Psycho has survived multiple decades. It's been redone countless times. It makes perfect sense. It's because there's almost no other place or time when one feels more vulnerable. My showers tend to be pretty utilitarian, usually because I'm running late. Unfortunately, it’s a constant theme in my life. I do my best to multitask to minimize this less than desirable trait. For instance, while showering I usually run through random checklists in my h

Evil has a way of slowly creeping in, undetected. It comes without words, hype or trumpets blaring. Instead, it hides quietly in the background, slowly changing, stealthily altering ideas, facts, basic elements until before we know it, there's a change we never even realize happened. It's something we don't question. Something that seems as if it "always was" But the fact is, it always "wasn't". I did a lot of research when it came to The Franklin Castle. It was a proposed ch