by Kit Caelsto | Jun 10, 2026 | Author Life
I won’t start the next serial story for Muse Happens until August and so right now I’m doing double the monthly amount (about 6K) and I think, I should have the story finished in about five months. Which is, to be honest, a lot shorter a period of time...
by Kit Caelsto | Jun 3, 2026 | Author Life, Writing Fantasy
One of the greatest joys, and yes, greatest sources of “pain”, for me is having a story unfold as it goes and realizing something that completely changes the world that I’ve built or will at the very least impact it greatly. I say pain with air...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 29, 2026 | Author Life
https://audio.musecharmer.network/podcasts/museon/042926_InBetweenProjects.mp3I’m in a strange spot right now writing because both of the serialized novels I’ve been writing for the Muse Happens Community are finished! I mean hooray. It’s exciting as...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 8, 2026 | Author Life, Book News, Book Thoughts, Writing Fantasy
This week I got some news I’d been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don’t want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stories featuring Elvis. Yes, that...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 20, 2026 | Author Life, Horse Talk
We moved into the year of the fire horse just a few days ago, and my social media feed has been filled with posts about charging ahead, being impulsive, not being stagnant. And I can see that with the yang aspect of fire combined with the horse. I’m reminded of...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 11, 2026 | Author Life, Book Thoughts
I hate the term “loss leader” because to me, telling a story and getting it out to the reading public is never a loss. When marketing people use the term “loss leader” it reminds me of just how much books have been widgetized over the last...