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  • The Fey Folk (Halloween Poem Challenge, Day 3)

    Wednesday, September 23, 2020

    The Fey Folk How do you lose yourself? Forget your place and all you know? It’s easier than you think Sweet Child Just read the words below. Dress…

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  • Ideas, Demons & Trench Coat-Wearing Potatoes

    Monday, March 23, 2020

    People often ask writers, “Where do you get ideas?” But the truth is, that’s a pretty hard question. Mainly because there are hundreds and hundreds of answers, not just one….

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  • 13 Things I Found While Procrastinating Today: V...

    Monday, March 23, 2020

    Hey guys, As a writer/ artist, I spend a lot of time at my desk. In fact, I go out so little that I’ve become super light sensitive….

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  • How to Write Your 1st Draft (Without Getting Eat...

    Wednesday, February 5, 2020

    Imagine you’re in a forest. A deep, spooky forest in the middle of who-knows where. You’re lost. You’re cold. You’re tired. And worst of all? Your flashlight just…

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  • Bake Your Own Villain

    Thursday, November 7, 2019

    So. You know how Pinterest sometimes recommends more pins based on your search history? The other day it recommended me ‘evil cakes.’ I’m not entirely sure, but I…

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  • 13 Things I Found While Procrastinating Today: V...

    Thursday, October 31, 2019

    So I wrote a scene today. A really terrible, awful scene. And I really should have tried to write it again, like the responsible adult I supposedly am….

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  • Ghostly Reads

    Thursday, October 17, 2019

    There’s just something about fall, isn’t there? Something that makes the world seem a little stranger, something that makes magic suddenly seem real. Growing up, every October I…

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  • NaNoWriMo, Scene Structure & Ritual Sacrifice

    Monday, September 30, 2019

    Hey guys, So it’s my second-ever post, and I’m writing it at exactly 11:59pm. Which means that in one minute we’ll be a month away from NaNoWriMo—otherwise known…

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  • “I’m Going to Write a Book.”

    Monday, September 23, 2019

    …Is what I said four years ago. To my family, friends, random acquaintances and pretty much anyone who’d listen. That’s a sentence that sounds like it should be…

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  • Boggety Beer (Halloween Poem Challenge, Day 2)

    Tuesday, September 22, 2020

    Boggety Beer Dear Aunt Fogget wasn’t much of a cook Nor an advocate of fancy recipe books But if you ever fell ill there’d be much to fear…

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  • The Fog Monsters (Halloween Poem Challenge, Day ...

    Monday, September 21, 2020

    The Fog Monsters Gregory O’Leary, a strapping lad of seventeen Went walkin’ that grayish morn’ Through the maze of fishing shanties Past the higgledy-piggledy docks And onto Briny…

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  • Mood, Prose & Probable Murder

    Thursday, July 2, 2020

    Writing a book is hard. Like, it’s a lot easier to eat waffles or shriek continuously into a well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But neither of those things are very productive,…

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The Fey Folk (Halloween Poem Challenge, Day 3)

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The Fey Folk How do you lose yourself? Forget your place and all you know? It’s easier than you think Sweet Child Just read the words below. Dress…

Ideas, Demons & Trench Coat-Wearing Potatoes

Monday, March 23, 2020

People often ask writers, “Where do you get ideas?” But the truth is, that’s a pretty hard question. Mainly because there are hundreds and hundreds of answers, not just one….

13 Things I Found While Procrastinating Today: Vol. 2

Monday, March 23, 2020

Hey guys, As a writer/ artist, I spend a lot of time at my desk. In fact, I go out so little that I’ve become super light sensitive….

How to Write Your 1st Draft (Without Getting Eaten by Angry Bears)

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Imagine you’re in a forest. A deep, spooky forest in the middle of who-knows where. You’re lost. You’re cold. You’re tired. And worst of all? Your flashlight just…

Bake Your Own Villain

Thursday, November 7, 2019

So. You know how Pinterest sometimes recommends more pins based on your search history? The other day it recommended me ‘evil cakes.’ I’m not entirely sure, but I…

13 Things I Found While Procrastinating Today: Vol. 1

Thursday, October 31, 2019

So I wrote a scene today. A really terrible, awful scene. And I really should have tried to write it again, like the responsible adult I supposedly am….

Ghostly Reads

Thursday, October 17, 2019

There’s just something about fall, isn’t there? Something that makes the world seem a little stranger, something that makes magic suddenly seem real. Growing up, every October I…

NaNoWriMo, Scene Structure & Ritual Sacrifice

Monday, September 30, 2019

Hey guys, So it’s my second-ever post, and I’m writing it at exactly 11:59pm. Which means that in one minute we’ll be a month away from NaNoWriMo—otherwise known…

“I’m Going to Write a Book.”

Monday, September 23, 2019

…Is what I said four years ago. To my family, friends, random acquaintances and pretty much anyone who’d listen. That’s a sentence that sounds like it should be…

Boggety Beer (Halloween Poem Challenge, Day 2)

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Boggety Beer Dear Aunt Fogget wasn’t much of a cook Nor an advocate of fancy recipe books But if you ever fell ill there’d be much to fear…

The Fog Monsters (Halloween Poem Challenge, Day 1)

Monday, September 21, 2020

The Fog Monsters Gregory O’Leary, a strapping lad of seventeen Went walkin’ that grayish morn’ Through the maze of fishing shanties Past the higgledy-piggledy docks And onto Briny…

Mood, Prose & Probable Murder

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Writing a book is hard. Like, it’s a lot easier to eat waffles or shriek continuously into a well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But neither of those things are very productive,…

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Halley D. Roache is a writer, illustrator and freelance graphic designer. This is her blog, where she post about the stories she’s writing, books, art and everything in between. She currently lives in the mystical land of Canada and drinks infinite cups of tea.

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