ShylynnWrites

Aspiring Writer

  • Becoming a Published Author-Day 3

    I am hopeful.                   We are at midweek (happy hump day y’all). It’s the first week of July. And I know I will hit 50k by Sunday.                   To say I’m a bit floored is an understatement.                   For a… Continue reading

  • Becoming a Published Author-Day Two

                      It’s official. I have officially written the most I ever have on one project. I have officially written more in my epic fantasy then I need to write to actually finish it.                   And man does that feel good.… Continue reading

  • Becoming a Published Author-Day One

    I have a goal. This goal isn’t all that unique and a great deal of people have or have had this goal well before I even existed. And yet, I’m still going to write about it. I’m going to pretend… Continue reading

  • Creature Feature: The Basilisk

    I am currently working on my (hopefully) debut novel. It’s an epic fantasy with beautiful world building. I’m doing so by pulling from a range of mythologies to create what I hope will be a diverse and unique landscape. With… Continue reading

  • The Second Post

    Something I’ve realized about myself is that I am really really bad at sticking with one project. I like to dip my toes in a bunch of buckets and see what happens. The plus side to this is how useful… Continue reading

  • The Very Important Letter to The King and The Man Who Gets to Read It

    This is a short story I wrote for NYC Midnights flash fiction contest early this year. I had 250 words. The prompt was a action and adventure story where someone was delivering something and I had to use the word… Continue reading

  • The First Post

                Welcome friends, enemies, acquaintances, maybe that one person from high school who has kept weird tabs ever since. This is the first blog post…obviously. I went for really straight forward on the title. Not because I couldn’t come up… Continue reading