KELLY J MASSEY

Last week I took a much-needed vacation with my family to see the Red Rocks and Grand Canyon of Arizona. What stuck out to me as being...

Saint Patrick's Day is a just a little under a week away here in the United States, but already the stores are flooded with shamrocks,...

March is often shown with rainbows, rain, green grass, and prancing leprechauns. So, in spite of the two plus feet of snow outside, I'm...

"We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories." -...

Last night I had the opportunity to see the new award-winning documentary, The Ancient Woods, shot over four-years by biologist turned...

I attended my first opera this last Friday night. I have always felt skeptical of a performance that I wasn't sure I would entirely...

This month's mythical creature of the month is the Siren. Now, this might seem like a stretch for some of you, but think of it...

In Elemental Bloodlines, (currently planned to be the third book), a mythical animal known as the Snowy Griffin appears. This is a hybrid...

And no, the Disney-fied version is not correct. Are you surprised? It's Montana, and we're in the middle of another snowstorm. It...

January is known as Wulf-Monath, according to the Saxons. Why? Well, people were more likely to be devoured by wolves in the month of...

The most fundamental part of writing is the ability of introspection. This can be a writer's best friend or worst enemy depending on...

My seven-year-old took a three hour nap on Tuesday and didn't get up until 6:00 in the evening. So what was I to do? We went to late...

My fourth grade year was a difficult one for me, but the one bright light through it all was the novel A Wrinkle in Time. I identified...

Limerence is a psychological attempt to understand romantic attraction. Take the definition for example: the state of being infatuated or...

Iceland has some wonderful (and frankly terrifying) traditions. What are they, you ask? The first tradition is wonderful, especially for...

You may or may not know, but I've had two stories published in the last month. The first, "Red: Mercenary for Hire," is a twisted fairy...

An author friend of mine drew my attention to an anthology's call for twisted fairy tales. In other words, we take the creative liberty...

In the back of my mind I've always known that we interact with the elements daily, but with the continuous grind of life and even just...

Many texts that discuss Gaia delve almost immediately into how many children she bore with Uranus, including, but definitely not limited...

The world of Flidais is rather similar to the our planet earth in several respects other than it has two moons. The name Flidais comes...