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World Building - How I Created the Wizard Hall Chronicles
It started in 2008. Well, it really started in 1975 when I decided I wanted to be an author when I grew up. I didn't come up with the idea until I finished the Harry Potter series, after I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed multiple times. The idea grew slowly. It grew loudly. It grew fully. I daydreamed for two years, creating the characters and developing the world in which they live. It started with the magic. How would it work? Do they use wands, their hands, t

Sheryl Steines
Mar 222 min read


My Fantasy Crime Novel - My Take
I've loved the mystery since I picked up my first Nancy Drew Mystery. You start with the problem, the theft, the murder, the wrongdoing, and dig away at the problem until you find the killer, the thief, the wrongdoer.

Sheryl Steines
Mar 152 min read


Hello Again. My Writing Journey
I can't believe it's been so long since I last published a blog. It's been an incredible year of change and growth and lots of writing.

Sheryl Steines
Apr 2, 20251 min read


Best Thing I Ever Said...
Screw it...though that's not what I actually said.
Why now?
One, I turned fifty-five, two I spent COVID reassessing my life, my choices,

Sheryl Steines
Sep 4, 20232 min read


Are You There Judy Blume? It's Me Sheryl.
Are you there God Its me Margaret.

Sheryl Steines
May 15, 20232 min read


Book Two/Act Two: Too Much Pressure
#writerslife #writing #writersofinstagram My urban fantasy dreams take a back seat as I try to reinvent my writing career. To do it, I...

Sheryl Steines
Apr 10, 20232 min read


Words: The Pieces and Parts of Writing
Words are everything. And with them you can say so much.

Sheryl Steines
Feb 20, 20232 min read
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