Collaboration in all things!
I wear every hat I can: I’m a writer, a process wrangler, a musician and songwriter, a champion of story, and a creative cheerleader.
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Who is August?
“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” – Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Ask anyone who knows me, I don’t really do labels. I make a little bit of everything. I dabble in all sorts of genres when I write fiction. I’d like to try every kind of creating at least once, if I can. I’m not an expert in much.
But I can weave a good story. I can craft a solid cast of characters (especially if it’s ensemble) with strong motivations and bounce them off one another and a few plot devices. I love to unspool plots that circle back on themselves, to world-build casually but well, to march deliberately through my first through fourth drafts in a few short months.
I also love to collaborate. I’ve especially enjoyed joining forces with visual artists and other writers to build shared worlds. I enjoy helping others take their stories from vague ideas to “characters, motivation, and plot” with a solid outline.
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The Realm of Reason, my science fiction universe, is pulpy, melodramatic, and character-focused. If you like books by authors like John Scalzi, Timothy Zahn, and Clare Bell, chase down your own copy of Daugment, Kinfolk, or Seeker, or jump into my ongoing serial story Seeker and the Serpents.
Dive into Grace of Gods and a world inspired by the ancient Mediterranean, where a trio of young alien-headed shapeshifters fall in love and try to escape as their island home falls into the sea. Claim your copy of Boiling Point and get swept along on this romantic adventure!
I have written many speculative short pieces over the years, and I’ve collected the best of them in The Library Attic Collection Presents series. Pick a collection and dive in to the many worlds inside my brain!
I’m not the best writer, but I do like to cement what I’ve learned about my craft by telling others about it. If you ever enjoyed the Writer’s Digest catalog and its prompt books and instructional craft texts, you’ll like my Write Now Workshop series! Grab Promptly, Short Story Boot Camp, Robotics for Writers, and And, Scene! and start writing now!
These days, cooking at home is almost unavoidable. But it can also be a journey of confidence, deliciousness, fun, savings, and creativity that you can totally enjoy on your own terms! Grab this handbook I wrote with my husband and teach yourself how to cook today.