Welcome to The Tearoom

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    Tale: The Faery’s Last Flicker

    Tale: The Faery’s Last Flicker

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    What the World Needs Now

    What the World Needs Now

    Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    Poem: Old Words

    old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

    Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

    Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

    In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

    The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

    Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • What the World Needs Now

      What the World Needs Now

      Have you ever gotten an urge to write something from the bottom of your heart—only to be intimidated by some unnameable force insisting that you smooth the edges until it no longer sounds like…

    • Poem: Old Words

      old words on crisp paper, new words in my racing mind… ideas vanishing like vapor, foreign colors – make me blind… love is written with four letters symbols – stare until they’re vague; humans…

    • Giveaway Story #3: Tears of a Daemon

      Read the other stories–In the Silence and The Sailor’s Son! Learn more about the giveaway here! This is my personal favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Tyson had always preferred going places on foot,…

    • Giveaway Story #2: The Sailor’s Son

      Here is the second story for the Dissonance giveaway! (If you just found out about this and want to know details about how to win, click here!) Reads for the first story and responses…

    • Review: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

      In The Earl of Brass we enter a well-imagined, satisfyingly dark Steampunk London where airships and corsets exist simultaneously. We follow two complex characters as their eyes are opened to the possibility of a…

    • Giveaway Story #1: In the Silence

      The giveaway game starts today, and will last until the 26! Here is the first story, and at the end of this post is a question to answer; if you answer correctly, I will put…

    • “my blood is a mix of coffee & tea”

      Recently I spoke to a friend about writing, specifically poetry. A couple of verses I wrote came to mind, verses I feel define me: my blood is a mix of coffee & tea and words from…

    • Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

      NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…

    Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

    NOTE: There may be some spoilers in this review, especially  if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone. Siege and Storm, book two of the Grisha trilogy, made up for the slow pace which sometimes kept…