O'Gaea the Writer

12/29/2025

made a silly mistake. Thought I could complete a project between Yule and New Year's. Nope. I have made some advances with it, but no, I won't have a complete draft by New Year's. Bother.

12/25/2025

wishes everyone who celebrates a merry Christmas, or at least a not-terrifying Christmas.

12/24/2025

12/23/2025

is starting to work again on a novel she started so long ago there are still two spaces at the end of every sentence. Correcting that is the easy part. Right now it's not quite a third as long as it needs to be.

12/23/2025

Offers this writing info/prompt, found elsewhere on Facebook:

12/21/2025

Below you'll see the first paragraph of an email I got this morning. It came through my website, which tells me the mail forwarding system works - yay! "The Castle Ghosts" is one of my books, and I like to believe that everything this paragraph says is true. However, when I copied and pasted the "from" line, I got pretty much nothing, and googling the name at the end (Clara J. Sinclair) didn't show me any legit promotion site.

It seems obvious to me that this was written by AI, and even before I tried to check it out, I was sure it was a scam. This is the sort of email most of us get. When we get them, we know two things. One, our SEO is working - we're attracting attention. Two, there are more scams out there than real offers.

I don't find that discouraging. I know I'm doing *something* right, and that's good. If scammers' search engines are finding my stuff, so will real people's search engines, and from that, I might get a few sales. So - if you get emails (or calls) like this, you should feel good that your work is out there, and you should almost certainly not respond, especially if checking it out brings up nothing. If it's a call, ask them straight out how much it'll cost you - that usually gets them stammering. Then say "No, thanks," and hang up.

Here's that first paragraph:
I recently came across The Castle Ghosts, and what immediately stood out was its warm, imaginative blend of gentle humor, quiet mystery, and heartfelt supernatural charm. Seelie Ames is the kind of character readers love to follow grounded, curious, and relatable while the premise of a full-time RVer discovering her fifth-wheel is haunted offers a fresh, cozy twist on the ghost-story tradition. Lady Cecelya deHulle’s uncertain afterlife, Father Michael’s spiritual presence, the serendipitous thrift-shop connection, and even Alice the cat all contribute to a story world that feels intimate, comforting, and quietly enchanting.

12/20/2025

wishes all who celebrate in the Northern Hemisphere a good Yule. This is the illustration from "Summer's Magic." I wish everyone in the Southern Hemisphere a very fine Summer Solstice, too - so here's the "Summer's Magic" illustration for Litha.

12/20/2025

got help from Son-man this afternoon to slightly rearrange my desk. :-)

12/16/2025

Plenty of women enjoy Sweary History, as 70% of the followers of this page are women. Regardless of gender, ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY S**T WENT DOWN makes a great gift, and 'tis the fu**in' season, so get both volumes at JamesFell.com/books.

12/16/2025

in my announcement about my spiffy new website, I forgot the UR:!

Ashleen O’GaeaAuthor ofThe Doom of Moy MocruiméLearn MoreAshleen O’GaeaAuthor ofThe Doom of Moy MocruiméLearn MoreFeatured BooksRead MoreRead MoreRead MoreRead MoreMore BooksReader ReviewsIn the 39 years my husband and I have been married he’s read two of my books, of which this is one, and ...

12/16/2025

is pleased to announce that her spiffy new website is up and running, along with a button you can push to subscribe to my newsletter and get a free story in return!

12/15/2025

Not that I'm encouraging anyone to buy things on Amazon, but I know some of us do, so I'll just put this here for y'all:

How to Post a Review Without an Amazon Purchase
Amazon allows verified account holders to leave reviews for almost any product in their catalog, regardless of where the item was actually bought. The key is simply having an account that has spent at least $50 total on any product(s) using a valid credit or debit card within the last 12 months

This is what came up when I googled.