Official Flynn Deadline

I've set myself a deadline, and I'm going to make it as official as I can. (That means posting it on here, on Facebook and on Twitter). Ahem. My third draft of Flynn will be finished and ready to send out to my volunteer editors by the Fourth of July holiday. That means it must be done by the end of the day on July 3. Maybe this will be the kick in the pants I need to finally finish this darn...

Shameless Plugs

For anyone interested in my current projects, here's a post completely dedicated to shameless plugging of my own work. Yay! Flynn--A 16-year-old orphan is asked to take her parents' place and lead the kingdom against a vicious race of Warlocks, but she doubts her abilities and fears that Prince Aramor may just be using her to save his own skin. (YA epic fantasy, ages 13-18, about 430...

Journalism Found Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances

By Rachel Heston Davis with contributions by Michael Shane West Journalism (16th century-2009) was found dead today on the Internet, sparking a wave of controversy over possible causes. Its lifeless body was discovered in a pool of its own wildly speculative articles, most of them from the Internet, and rushed to the presses where it was unable to be revived. Concerns about Journalism’s failing...

Epic Fantasy Outdated?

I recently stumbled across a web site which dismissed the epic fantasy genre as outdated in the young adult literary world. My first instinct? Roll my eyes and dismiss the site without a second thought—this being a common reaction among epic fantasy lovers when someone scorns our beloved genre. But then I realized all this eye-rolling, dismissing, and grouchy withdrawal only adds to the...

Greetings

Welcome to the Rachel Heston Davis blog, home of all my musings on writing and life (life being the experiences of a 25-year-old woman still finding her way in the world). Allow me a quick introduction. I reside in southern Illinois, which is, for my money, the best place on earth to live (but I'm a little biased--I grew up here). I have one awesome husband, two loving families, many...