Now you are old, but may your heart get purer, burning only for one person or one thing until it turns to ashes. ~ #HaJin, "Old" #poetry #poem #booksky

So excited to show the cover of my debut fantasy novel A Debt to the Dead, designed by the amazing Alison Buck! Available October 24th through @elsewhen.press. #Booksky #CoverReveal #DebttotheDead #Fantasy #Debut Learn more about it and maybe even preorder it here: us.amazon.com/Debt-Dead-Mi...

It's aalways an amazing experience writing something for @s2fjournal.bsky.social - definitely somewhere I recommend looking into. #poetry #litjournal #collaboration

Dark clouds over the Han River. #photography #smallmoments #hanriver #korea #storm #clouds #river

Heron along a rice field. #photography #smallmoments #landscape #heron #Korea #ricefield

Fuzzy morning friend. #smallmoments #photography #caterpillar #fuzzy

The swirling leaves can make one sad, but you are used to the late autumn scene. The trees will sprout green next spring. There’s no need to feel so blue now. ~ #HaJin, "Missing Home" #poetry #poem #writing

Korean magpie chilling on the power lines above the train tracks. #photography #smallmoments #magpie #korea

Dark clouds moving in. #photography #smallmoments #skyscape #clouds

No matter how hard life is there, you must continue to live. As long as you are alive there will be miracles. ~ #HaJin, "A 58-Year-Old Painter Leaving for America" #poetry #inspirational #poem

Cicada molt on the mossy sidewalk. #photography #smallmoments #cicada #molt

Had my first video interview thanks to Travis Bruce of the #HorrorRealm. Had a lovely discussion about the #AbandonedAltars anthology, as well as reflecting on writing and horror in general. youtu.be/9YUwTZ2hbUQ?... #Podcast #Interview #Horror #Writing #Anthology #Books

In fact, what I needed most was longing, which you seem to have achieved in stasis, but which I have found in change, in departure. ~ #LouiseGlück, "The Traveler #poetry #poem #longing

Cheongna Lake Park #photography #smallmoments #landscape #lake #reflections #청라 #청라공원

Reflections on the water at sunset. #photography #smallmoments #cityscape #sunset #reflections

Sunnset over the highway. #photography #smallmoments #sunset #skyscape

Sunset over the city. #smallmoments #photography #sunset #skyscape

Sunset behind a pylon. #smallmoments #photography #sunset #pylon #skyscape

Sunset on the canal. #photography #smallmoments #water #sunset

Beautiful sky over the rice fields. Such stunning blue and green. #photography #smallmoments #landscape #ricefield

Birds on a wire. #photography #smallmoments #birds #clearskies

I'm completely in love with "Little Sapling" - Karina Lin Jones took a small reflection of mine and transformed it into something wonderful, powerful, and pertinent.

Cloudy sky at the end of the street. #photography #sky #clouds #street #smallmoments

I'm excited to be included in @gravesidepress.bsky.social's latest anthology, Kosmos Obscura - a cosmic horror anthology. My story about spooky chickens is alongside 28 other #horror stories. It's a wonderful collection with tons to enjoy! geni.us/kosmos #writing #booksky #anthology #chickens

I'm so grateful to @s2fjournal.bsky.social for including my poem in their newest issue ~ I'm also indebted to @savfvofragments.bsky.social for providing the foundation upon which this poem is built. Never would have tried to write about mushrooms otherwise, I think. #poetry #mushrooms #writing

Spark to Flame has just released Issue 5 - hope everyone can take a moment to give it a read. They put together a mighty fine magazine each time. #poetry #writing #booksky #writingcommunity

Reflection of the powerlines in evening. #photography #smallmoments #landscape

Rice field with evening mist. #photography #smallmoments #ricefield #nature #landscape

Why do I suffer? Why am I ignorant? Cells in a great darkness. Some machine made us; it is your turn to address it, to go back asking what am I for? What am I for? ~ #LouiseGlück, "Mother and Child" #poetry #booksky

Chairs waiting on top of a mountain. #photography #smallmoments #mountain #hiking #takearest

The wheat gathered and stored, the last fruit dried: time That is hoarded, that is never used, does it also end? - #LouiseGlück, "The Seven Ages" #poetry

I have yet to come to a problem in a story that a long walk in the woods or a lonely train ride can't fix. How do you work through your blocks? #amwriting #writingadvice #writerslife

Well, it only took 33,000 words, but I found my character's emotional core. #amwriting #writing #novel #progress

A study in bark. #photography #smallmoments #trees #bark #abstract #abstractphotography

Korean magpie in a tree on a clear day. #photography #smallmoments #spring #magpie

Japanese maple looking good next to a clear blue sky. #photography #smallmoments #spring #japanesemaple #bluesky

A dual-colored tulip. #photography #smallmoments #spring #flowers #tulip

Authors launch inaugural Indie Press Day on May the First to promote independently published books. #IndiePressDay to be used on social media along with the slogan ‘May the First port of call be an indie’

New publisher Signus Magnolia has released its debut #horror anthology - 9 stories asking what happens when we walk away from long held beliefs? My story "Seasons of Metal" explores a king giving into greed over natures's balance. #writing #books Available all over - signusmagnolia.com

Lake view #photography #spring #lake #reflections

New spring growth. #photography #smallmoments #spring

Birds in the cherry blossoms. #photography #smallmoments #spring #cherryblossoms #birds

Cherry blossoms starting to look good. #cherryblossoms #spring #nature #smallmoments #photography

Spring flowers coming in. #photography #smallmoments #spring #flowers

"What sort of a world is this, where killing and pain are the norm? What on earth is wrong with us?" #OlgaTokarczuk, "Drive Your Plows Over the Bones of the Dead" #amreading #booksky

Geese coming back. #photography #smallmoments #geese #spring

Smog rolling in - pretty thick this morning. Feels like walking through a horror movie. #photography #smog #horrorinspiration

Lost feather #photography #smallmoments #feather

Morning frost on a fence - hopefully winter's last gasp. #photography #frost #smallmoments

Early morning street. #photography #smallmoments #sunrise #earlymornings