On my first night in the guest room, I couldn’t sleep. Floorboards creaking, pipes knocking, windows rattling with the wind—all of it would have been more than enough. But the problem was the closet door.
#WebSerial #ParanormalFantasy #YAFantasy #Podcast #Wattpad #SerialFiction
The demon fell.
And so did I.
Exhausted. Floating. Free from the weight I’d been carrying my whole life.
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This is why you are a wonderful human being
I love love LOVE the differences in scale. It feels both whimsical, and it makes me think of the size variations of sea life 🦈
I *love* Ladyhawke. my bestie @rachelballa.bsky.social introduced me to it when we were teens and it was one of those, "Oh, are we best friends now?" kind of experiences
You can also read the thing for free at PaxwoodTales.com
Or buy the ebook all together: stephweavestales.etsy.com/listing/4329...
Or listen in your favorite podcast app!
Paxwood Book 1: The Haunting of Paxwood House exists as a whole complete thing. Inside, you will find:
🌟 Chosen Ones
✒️ A narrator on the hunt for a good story
🪄 A nonbinary wizard who teaches shop
🗡 A demon slayer who outlived her destiny
👻 Ghosts
🐱 A Glass Cat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN3U...
Now that Paxwood Book 1 is complete, I'm putting together an epub and whole audiobook. It's unedited from the podcast, so it has all the rough around the edges charm. I'll probably only sell these on etsy and ko-fi.
Some day, I'd love to do a dev edit, line edit, get it a pretty print edition, tho.
Amazing how some stories just stay with us!
Happy gotcha day, Lilly! Will you give Lilly a belly rub for her gotcha day?
After I adopted her from the rescue, it quickly became clear that she makes space for herself because she came from an unsafe situation, but all she wants is to put more love into the world.
Love my chaos gremlin girl 🐾
Maybe my best dragon yet
Ready for #ImaginariumBookFestival and the Tomi Adeyemi Lit Talk
Pride on 4TheWords is one of my favorite annual 4TW events, and this year, it's *punk.*
I will write surrounded by rainbows. I will write remembering the first Pride was a riot. I will write inclusively because all my LGBTQIA+ friends deserve a world that embraces and uplifts their existence.
Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Be gay do crow stuff
#pridemonth #pridecrows
Could really just use a nice nap right now. Like, almost tempted by a Rip Van Winkle sized nap, as long as the world on the other side of the twenty year nap isn't a dumpster fire.
Outline. Put outline into Aeon Timeline. Sync Aeon Timeline with Scrivener. As I write things out, I add more details to the timeline and adjust what needs adjusting.
I also have Obsidian as a digital notebook. It has fun wiki-esque linking features. Love it.
the first two crocheted rainbow wing panels
I'm working on a reimagining of my first crochet dragon, a rainbow dragon named Pryde. I tried a few gradient rainbow yarns but decided to color change by hand. Straight lines felt too unnatural, so I added some staggered stitches. Honoring the original heart panel wings, I'm emphasizing the heart.
I am on the starfish book in my animorphs reread.
IYKYK
Yes, please and thank you!
Walked into the grocery store, and the smell of peaches hit me so hard and so beautifully. Oh, you know spring is curving toward summer when the peaches arrive.
Twisted Cryptids arrived with this cute "Nostalgic Wilderness" board and, aaaaa, the nostalgia. It is strong.
If you see this, post your green dragon art 🐲 #artshare #dragonart #greendragon
If you enjoyed A Ring of Secrets and you're wondering about the sequel, the first draft of book 2 is officially at 25% complete. Which means very little in terms of a release schedule. But, have an out of context line:
"It's not a taxidermized Janides III squirrel-bee, is it?" #YASciFi #IndieAuthor
I'll do you one worse: My right leg goes numb when I lay in bed and gets better when I walk on it??? What is this weirdness, and if I go to the doctor will they just take one cursory glance and tell me to lose weight???
Book cover image with the silhouettes of two girls holding hands in a green-tinted forest. The text in the image reads: Paxwood Stephanie Gildart The Haunting of Paxwood House follows storyteller Kerry as she discovers that magic is real. Where will the *next* Paxwood tale take us?
With Episode 36 of Paxwood up, that means three more episodes and the epilogue remain in Book 1.
Are you curious about Book 2 yet? Any guesses whose story Kerry will tell next?
Oh my redwall heart
A new pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. His identity will be revealed shortly. Follow live updates.
I love that you just have this list on hand. Delightful!
