The time has come, lovelies! The Imaginators by M.K. Valley (yes, yours truly) will come out any day now, to our horror. This short sci-fi novella is a labor of love. The Imaginators: The Origins of a Story It used to be a rejected submission of, what, five years ago. When I finally went back […]
Short Story: Absence of Light by M. K. Valley
*Photo by Lucas Pezeta from Pexels Silent and numb, I stare through the tinted window in the backseat of the taxi. The night outside suffocates the city in its tight nebulous embrace. I barely register the tentative touch of the man next to me. He’s idly chatting with our driver. My preoccupation worries him, and it slithers in […]
NaNoWriMo: Attending Camp NaNoWriMo April 2020
NaNoWriMo has been a real boost for my writing in the last couple of years. Simply because of the fact that I’m participating in a challenge, there’s a deadline, and I want to win, I’ve been able to complete it successfully 2 years in a row. I’ve been working on the same project in these […]
Unsolicited Submissions – Horror or Hope for Writers?
*Photo by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels Two years ago, I took a chance and sent a submission to a publisher who had opened its unsolicited submissions program. As you know, if you read my blog, I have a little dream. I was really excited, it is a well-known publisher with awesome books in its portfolio. And that gives […]
Valthura: The Not-So-Humble Goals of a Dreamer
Alright, now that we got out of the way who I am, let’s figure out what I do. My life revolves around writing. I write, both professionally and for pleasure. Writing as in Copywriting [Updated 2022] I’ve been a professional copywriter for 6 years now, and there doesn’t seem to be an end to things […]