***Spoiler Alert*** This blog post contains story spoilers. Read the full version of “Waiting for Alice” in the first issue … Continue reading Can You Hear Me Now? When Characters Speak through Revision, Part One (In which Mima Tipper’s writerly epiphany begins)

Today henandinkblots welcomes guest blogger Mercy Pilkington, a young adult author and a staff writer for GoodEReader covering ebooks and … Continue reading A Time of Change for Authors and Readers (guest blog)

Fellow Hen&ink chick, Mima Tipper, interviewed Hannah Goodman about Sucker Literary Magazine, her on-line publication dedicated to edgy YA.  After reading … Continue reading Making Her Vision a Reality – Her Way: Hannah Goodman Launches Edgy YA Sucker Literary Magazine

New Year’s day. My life is in tatters and what remains is grey and full of rain. I’m looking for … Continue reading Of Bards and Black Hens: Ringing in the New Year

We’ve all heard that when you try to analyze humor, it dies in the process.  But we writers and storytellers … Continue reading HUMOR’S FUEL AND DESTINATION

I wake up to a rare New Orleans day without heat or humidity. The bougainvillea blooms bright orange in my … Continue reading Meditative Moments