Published on Saturday, June 2, 2012 by Harriet Gausman It's hard being a writer. Let's face it, when the dreaded writer's block comes a calling it's like the end of the world. Will I ever write again? Has my muse gone AWOL for good? How will I rebuild momentum? Different writers have different ways of dealing with it. You might just hole up for the duration, cover yourself in a comforter and hibernate. Or maybe you're ...

Published on Sunday, January 17, 2010 by Harriet Gausman My choice of topic this week was developed purely from my own maneuverings into novelhood. Whenever I read great stories, like those written by Albert Camus, or Charles Dickens, for example, I find characters whole; dripping in pathos and determination. They resonate from the page and make me want to love them wholeheartedly or loathe them. There is no half ground. Bu...

Published on Thursday, January 14, 2010 by Harriet Gausman Huckleberry Hax Interview first published in Role Magazine, November 2008 METAVERSIAN FICTION This world we inhabit has a knack of drawing us in, slowly at first until we are living and breathing the very virtual air that envelops us. Some of us become so intrinsically attached to this world that we may even find ourselves becoming one with our virtual se...

Published on Monday, December 28, 2009 by Harriet Gausman On Saturday 10th October, real life YA Writer Chaz Young joined us at Milk Wood Library to attend a brand new event in Second Life® called Virtual Meet and Greet. Chaz read from her newly published book Travels to Fahdamin-Ra and told us a little about how it all began for her. Kghia Gherardi: ...and here is our author, Chaz Young (Fahdama Dawodu in-world) ...