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Apr 17, 20191 min read

WRITING GUILTY PLEASURES | HOUSE BLOG

Sometimes I write things that I have no intention of ever showing anyone. Ever. There are random scenes, ideas, and sometimes even...

Apr 5, 20192 min read

CARRYING A TORCH | KIT SORA'S STORYTIME

The past week has been incredibly busy, leaving no time to plot a prop/concept for this week. When life finally slowed down for Sunday, I...

Mar 19, 20193 min read

LIVIN’ ON THE EDGE: ENGEN’S DYSTOPIA FROM THE ROCK

“There’s somethin’ wrong with the world today/ I don’t know what it is” crooned Steven Tyler of Aerosmith in the band’s seminal 90’s hit...

Mar 17, 20193 min read

“SO, WHAT'S YOUR BOOK ABOUT?” | HOUSE BLOG

I went to a party a few weeks ago. It was a surprise party for someone’s birthday, but it was three weeks after their actual birthday,...

Mar 6, 20192 min read

HEARTSTRINGS | KIT SORA'S STORYTIME

STORYTIME!! This particular shoot I actually managed to plan this one in advance! We were inside of Montana's having a lovely feed with...

Feb 19, 20192 min read

'DYSTOPIA FROM THE ROCK' BECOMES AMAZON BESTSELLER IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES!

Dystopia from the Rock, the fourth volume in the modern From the Rock series, hit #1 Bestseller on February 21, 2019 at 8:22 AM...

Feb 19, 20193 min read

WHAT IF? DO THE MASH, DO THE GENRE MASH

Listen, okay, writing isn’t easy. Right now, I’m sitting in an uncomfortable chair, balancing a laptop and generous sized tea all the...

Feb 18, 20192 min read

THE STORIES THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT | HOUSE BLOG

Whenever a submission call crosses my path, I usually end up with multiple story ideas. This is a good thing, because while some of these...

Feb 6, 20191 min read

WAYFARING | KIT SORA'S STORYTIME

Found a magical staff in my travels and decided to use it, but didn’t know what I was aiming for! While digging through my wigs to figure...

Jan 19, 20193 min read

SCARY STORIES FOR WRITERS | HOUSE BLOG

Gather round, writers both young and old, for I am about to tell a tale that will chill you to your very bones… Once upon a time there...

Jan 8, 20191 min read

GENTLE | KIT SORA'S STORYTIME

Lately there is a 9/10 chance that when I set out to shoot a 52, I have next to no idea what I'm doing. This particular week was an out...

Jan 1, 20192 min read

List of 2018 Kit Sora Flash Fiction Contest winners!

March 2018: Winner -- Peter J Foote. Story: "Sea Monkeys." Judges: Matthew LeDrew, Kit Sora. April 2018: Winner -- Jeff Slade. Story:...

Dec 31, 20184 min read

2018 | YEAR IN REVIEW

First of all, thank you everyone for an amazing year. I know it's not quite over yet, but we just surpassed a milestone: we doubled our...

Dec 20, 20183 min read

THANK YOU ALL FOR A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH! | STORYTIME WITH KIT SORA

Holy Honey Hams! I don't even know where to start with any of this! About a year ago, an amazing local publishing company called Engen...

Dec 18, 20182 min read

4 WAYS TO BEAT THE WINTER WRITING BLAHS | HOUSE BLOG

I don't know if it's the darker days or the colder weather, but there's something about winter that makes me want to crawl under a pile...

Dec 8, 20182 min read

DORMANCY| KIT SORA'S STORYTIME

STORYTIME! Yes, that is snow, yes I am naked from the hips up, and yes, it was just as cold as you would think! That said, I did have...

Nov 18, 20182 min read

WORLDBUILDING STEP #1: DESTROY THE WORLD!

It was early in the year 2000, and I was standing in my aunt's kitchen, trying to destroy the world. No, I wasn't having a premonition...

Nov 18, 20183 min read

NANO LESSONS 2018 (SO FAR) | HOUSE BLOG

1. Writing every day is good. I’ve been doing a lot of editing lately, so I felt a bit rusty jumping back into novel writing. Pushing...

Nov 6, 20182 min read

ELIXER | KIT SORA'S STORY

May as well make this an annual thing, just wishing I had started it earlier! I literally had -no- idea what this week's photo was going...

Oct 17, 20182 min read

NANOPREPWEEK | HOUSE BLOG

The stars have aligned, Mercury is in retrograde*, and I’m prepping for NaNoWriMo! I say that because this will be the first year I’ve...