by Kathleen | Jul 2, 2022 | Contests & Opportunities, Short Stories
The chandelier blazes like a summer sun. The clink of a hundred glasses shatters the room and a hundred different voices trample over the shards. A song weaves through the background, every so often slicing through the conversation.It’s too much....
by Kathleen | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Villains. Dark. Menacing. Mysterious.Or maybe a better description would be forgettable, cliché, and laughable.If we're being completely honest, the latter description is probably a more accurate depiction of most villains we see most of the time.But I’m not sure...
by Kathleen | May 7, 2021 | Contests & Opportunities, Short Stories
Hello KeePers!As you may or may not know, Kingdom Pen regularly holds monthly picture prompt short story contests. Each month, we send out a picture prompt through our newsletter, and we receive wonderful short story submissions inspired by each writer's own take...
by Kathleen | Aug 18, 2020 | Encouragement, Platform & Career, Time Management
Agatha Christie. Stephen King. Ray Bradbury. How in the world do they do it?You can barely finish one novel, and all these authors have books flying out of their fingers like magic!Again, how do they do it!?What does their daily routine look like?Do they...
by Kathleen | Aug 3, 2020 | Encouragement
It’s been a week. It’s been a month. It’s been a year and you still have not written that first chapter.You have a ton of story ideas, but you fall off the bandwagon when it is time to actually turn those ideas into stories. You want to make all your story...
