by joangrey | Aug 3, 2026
I like to tell stories. (This should not be a surprise to anyone who’s met me in any way.) One of the things this means is that I have a lot of stories sitting around. Some are finished and short – flash fiction is a hell of a lot of fun and I think more people...
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 | Jul 28, 2025
40 hours of audio narration! I’m super proud. In an effort to learn how to make my own audiobooks – I can’t afford a professional narrator, so I thought I’d learn to be a professional narrator – I started making audiobooks of fanfiction, which is called...
by joangrey | Jun 2, 2024
Okay, so. I write against tropes, a lot of the time. I’m finishing up a paranormal women’s fiction series in which there’s: no sex, no romance, lots of laundry and grocery shopping, a MC who’s An Actual Adult (she doesn’t jump to conclusions, she pays attention to...
by joangrey | Jan 23, 2024
Well, the cats have the right idea. It’s cold out, so we should bundle up under as many blankets as we can. Peaches was wondering why I bothered to get out of bed at all, though her brother wanted me to go downstairs and give them the day’s serving of...
