Laura Gilfillan

I'd like to share a poem I wrote recently: The children are noisy, the husband complained Yes they are, the wife agreed with a smile In...

Here’s an interesting question: If you could travel to any fictional world, where would you go, and what would you do there? I think I’d...

As a writer I’m sometimes asked where I get my ideas from. That’s a difficult question to answer, and I haven’t really come up with a...

It has been quite a summer, and now we’re well into fall, and here I am, finally ready to start posting again. The big event was our move...

Being a Pisces myself, I especially appreciate this drawing with pencil and colored pencil my daughter Amanda recently did. #fantasyart

Some views from the last big snowstorm #photo #nature

One surprising thing about writing a story, which I’ve heard other writers talk about too, is the way some characters insist on having...

Today I set fire to a house, left the family who lived there destitute, and then separated the boy from his mother. Now I’ve got to deal...

I just hit the 200 page mark on the rough draft of my latest project--a fantasy novel tentatively titled: Out of the Bottle. Yay!...

Imagine a powerful magic dragon with furious smoke pouring from its nostrils. Now imagine this dragon glaring down at you. Not a good...

Imagine a powerful magic dragon with furious smoke pouring from its nostrils. Now imagine this dragon glaring down at you. Not a good...

I read an article in the paper the other day about blue diamonds, which are very rare. They’ve discovered that they are formed deeper in...

Magic Guardians, sequel to Magic Thieves is now available in paperback and ebook. Rita is back home from her adventures in Terra, a land...

Well, that took longer than I expected. But isn’t that the way it is most of the time? I was hoping to have Magic Guardians released...

Almost Ready! Like spring, my new book, Magic Guardians, will be here soon. It is the long-awaited sequel to Magic Thieves (sorry I took...

I got sad news in an email from Goodreads yesterday that said that they will start charging a fee to authors for having a giveaway. Not...

Goodreads giveaway for Magic Thieves Just a few days left to enter the Goodreads giveaway for Magic Thieves. The winner will be chosen on...

We all know we need self-control, but how can we manage to get it? Without it our health and well-being suffer. A new study explored the...

Goodreads giveaway for Magic Thieves All set and ready to go! My giveaway for Magic Thieves will run until November 20. One entrant will...