by Joan Grey | Aug 1, 2026
It’s A Bargain Joan Grey *** I wasn’t going to make it. Which was bad enough for just-me (who wants to die in the middle of winter in the Sedli forest? Not me.), but it would be catastrophic for Tiktaw Village. I gritted my teeth and leaned around the side of...
by Joan Grey | Jul 9, 2026
How is it JULY? Like, I know how time works. I’m not entirely naive. But seriously, wasn’t it March just last week? How did we get here so fast? Ugh.I have worked out some plans for the back half of the year, but I’ll have to really push hard to keep them going. I...
by Joan Grey | Feb 4, 2026
Is Speech Action? Something I’ve noticed, in fiction (and in real life, but I’m far less willing to comment on how people arrange their actual in-person relationships), is that things seem unbalanced. How often have you read a story – usually a romance –...
by Joan Grey | Oct 31, 2025
Cozy is all over, right now. Everything is cozy. (I’m not complaining, but it’s interesting to see.) Cozy is often called a genre, or a sub-genre, though it’s one which seems hard to define. There are a few common ideas: small scale conflict (or no conflicts at all)...
by Joan Grey | Aug 3, 2025
Aug 1, 2025 Loyalty Obat wished it hadn’t been his brother who’d betrayed everyone. He wished his brother hadn’t been so fucking wilfully blind… but that didn’t matter. His brother had chosen to believe the slick and selfish lies of someone who wanted power and didn’t...
