Author: Morgan Hazelwood

Morgan Hazelwood (she/her) is a fantasy novelist who blogs and vlogs writing tips and writerly musings. She likes taking pictures of the sky, reading a good book, and ambiverting from her living room. She's also a voice for the fairy-tale audio drama: Anansi Storytime and its sister podcast: Legendsmith. She's been known to procrasti-clean her whole house and alphabetize other people's bookshelves.

Balticon? Balticon!

It was noon, this past Wednesday, and I’d nearly recovered from Steampunk World’s Faire. When I suddenly remembered that Balticon was nearly here. I’d been contemplating day-tripping for the Writers Track panels, so I opened the schedule back up to look.

By 1 pm, I knew I couldn’t pick just one day. I cancelled my weekend, found crash space with a 3-line email and 10 minutes, and started to get ready. I had 50 hours until go time.

Why We Read

Stories capture our imaginations in many ways. We all are drawn to stories for different things. Some people are character … More

Q/A: What’s a Query

Q/A Wednesday: What’s a Query? While awaiting final feedback (and not trimming the rest of my novel), I’ve been fine-tuning … More

Second Draft

In my novel, Demon Marked, I’ve known key points of where I was going for a long time. The only … More