S.M. Hillman

How is your July 2021 going? Healthy and happy? I should be starting a new day job this month. I am excited about it as it will be...

It is another Monday. So far mine is going well, with the caveat that I have a lot on my mind about the business and life in general. I...

Writing goes in cycles. At least my writing does. My tastes are often seasonal. For some reason spring and summer are my science fiction...

June is one of those transitional months. Right now it is raining outside of my window and we may get more rain in the first week of June...

Talking about war and death, together or separately, can be difficult if you have not experienced it first hand. I never served in...

In a group discussion I had earlier today, the subject of names came up. Pen names were mentioned briefly and I thought about my own pen...

I won't make you wait. My short novella (or novelette if you prefer), The Hungry Rain, has been accepted into an anthology. All the...

Have you heard of Kindle Vella? Amazon describes it as a storytelling option, which it is. It is also a way for them to make money,...

I asked a question in my writing group today about how history affected the writing of my fellow authors. Almost all replied that history...

I hope your 3rd of May, 2021 is going well. April Update April was a tough month, I lost my mother who passed away in the middle of the...