Occasionally, I have one of those days where it seems I can’t shake a fog. I suffer, quite often, from self doubt. I fight off the feelings that I am not good enough. I fight off feelings that I can’t do anything right. I fight, sometimes unsuccessfully, with feelings that no one cares what I […]
Category: Reading and Writing
Stuff I’ve written about writing and reading in particular.
Halloween Town: Slime River and the Haunted Forest
I love decorating for the holidays. I always have. Every year, I put up several villages atop one of our bookcases. One of those villages is a “Halloween Town” that I started several years ago and add to every single year. This year, while putting out the village, I thought “Why not tell the stories […]
Inspirations
My fiction is my own, but I can’t say that I am not inspired by a number of things I am inspired by the nature around me, As I watch a sunset or a sunrise, I try to think how it can be depicted in words that would convey the same picture that I see. […]
Halloween Town: Witch Hill
I love decorating for the holidays. I always have. Every year, I put up several villages atop one of our bookcases. One of those villages is a “Halloween Town” that I started several years ago and add to every single year. This year, while putting out the village, I thought “Why not tell the stories […]
Dedications
Every word I write is thought about. I try to make my words have meaning, since I try to create art with them. Even my dedications are thought out. My Portals Series books are all dedicated to people who mean a great deal to me. My first book in the saga, The Keeper of the […]
Not typical fantasy
I’ve had four people who have read my first book in the Portals Series (the one called The Keeper of the Key) tell me that while fantasy isn’t their usual genre, they have all liked my brand of fantasy. Three of them have read at least two of the books. I’m encouraging them to write […]
I have always done my best writing outside in the fresh air, whether it be sitting at the picnic table outside my first apartment building or in a canvas folding chair at a campsite or even under the tree in my front yard. I try to always keep some sort of paper and pen on […]
Get the Words out
When I started to write, I was teased. I was told I’d never write “the great American novel.” I was told I was wasting my time. I was told my stories suck. I have been told I am not what people are looking for. I have been told my writing style isn’t meant to be […]
Writing
My writing has always been my release, ever since I was little. I have always had some sort of narrative going on in my head. Even when I was little, I would tell stories. I wrote in crayon and pencil in scribbles. My mother used to tell me she’d ask me to decipher my stories. […]
K. S. Wood Writes 