Hello! Welcome to my website and blog! I’m Haley – a writer, a crafter of words, an avid reader. I am technically a published author, though that lofty title derives from my other worldly pursuit of science. If you would like to read about the effects of tillage treatments and silage tarps on soil and yield parameters, go read my papers in HortScience. If, however, you would like to read about fantasy, elves, and all things pertaining that crazy lifelong pursuit we call writing – stick around and browse my blog!
My goal for this blog is to pass on the infinite knowledge and wisdom I have gained from my writing endeavors – ha! But really. I think any person who writes is a writer, and any person who writes for others is an author, published or not, and possesses meaningful insight from his or her experience.
I have read my fair share of writing blogs, articles, advice, and everything in between, and thought at first that no one needed any more of them, but I gained something unique from each site I visited, and learned from every post I read. I firmly believe that anything worth saying is worth saying twice – or ten or twenty times, and from numerous perspectives. I hope what I have learned from others and from personal experience can be of use to other authors out there.
I have been writing fantasy fiction seriously for a couple of years now, but I have been writing stories in my head my whole life. I thought I was a little crazy, in fact – that no one else re-wrote their favorite stories with themselves inserted in the action, or narrated things in their head with elaborate vocabulary and description. It took a while for me to figure out how to get those stories from my head to paper, but now that I have, it’s the most amazing and frustrating and wonderful thing I’ve ever done!
I am a fantasy author, and I am also a Christian, and it is my goal to write inspiring stories set in other worlds that reflect our own world in ways that can only be achieved through the magic and power of words. My greatest aspiration is to write a story that moves people of all backgrounds and beliefs, and delves into the important issues and philosophies of life.
In addition to being a writer, I am also an aspiring martial artist, an aerialist, a cook, a dog-lover, and a musician. I live in Colorado with my husband and my dork of a mutty dog.
