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I launched a new project called The Quill & Kettle Podcast: A Writing & Creative Reclamation, as part of Kickstarter’s Witchstarter. IT'S LIVE! ACK! It’s a podcast for misfit authors and rebel creatives who are ready to bring the magic back to the creative process — blending craft, psychology, and intuition. But I haven't forgotten about readers in the process! Imagine if you got to sit down with your favourite author and hear the fascinating BTS of how your six-star readers were...

Have you looked through my website yet and scratched your head, wondering what the hell I’m doing with my writing and why you’re even here?

You wouldn’t be alone, I assure you. If I had a quarter for every time I heard the advice to ‘niche down’ and choose a genre, I probably wouldn’t have to write.

I could live off the income of other writers telling me I’m doing it wrong.

The truth is that this has made my life harder. I don't disagree with these experts in the slightest. I believe the...

Every book I’ve ever written has started with a question.

What would happen if…Why do people…Is it bad when…Where do people turn to when…Who deserves…When is it okay to…How can someone…

When I began writing Wildfire, it was a women’s fiction. It was solely a story about a woman who would go to any lengths to protect her daughter, including the girl’s father. It was a story about a woman so closed off and afraid that she became the thing that she was scared of.

Throughout Wildfire, Briggs is...