Lazette Gifford: 70 books

Blame it on the dog - the age-old excuse. Sixteen writers took on the prompt with a collection of short stories across a variety of genres including fantasy, science fiction, contemporary, poetry, superhero, historical, humor, and more. The Forward Motion for Writer's Anthology is...

Lord Micalus Raventower is a genius at creating clockwork creatures and tinkering with steampunk engines, but that doesn’t explain why Atiran assassins are suddenly intent on killing him. Lt. Merriweather is assigned to protect Lord Raventower, a role she initially resents since it takes her away...

Start your novel off right with this set of five classes to help expand on your initial idea and begin creating story goals. Included are clases on genres, goals, setting and more. This is the first of nine sets covering 104 weeks.

This short work includes 4 classes on the basics of short story writing, editing and publication.

The second set of the 2YN classes takes you through the work of creating characters who will best represent what you want in your story. Included in this group is Creating Characters Who Work with You, Archetypes, Personality, Narrators and more.

Book Six of the 2YN series covers continuing the writing process with tips to help you keep going to The End.

This is the final book of the Two Year Novel Course covering weeks 78 through 104. The final sections cover both traditional and indie material when it comes to publication with many additions from the original versions over a decade ago. Although originally listed as 9 books, the last two have been combined to make a reasonable length release.

In this bittersweet tale of love, loss, and immortality, the death of an old friend brings two people together in a small village where they must deal with the loss . . . and the future neither of them wants to face. Previously published in Jackhammer Ezine

The fifth book in the 2YN series is designed to help you start writing your first draft. It covers setting up goals, working through openings and how to deal with a number of 'small things' that might create problems for the writer.

One brother will be king and another a powerful mage, but it is a simple spell that will truly change their lives. Magic always comes at a price, but who will pay it?

After a daring robbery, Lauren, a professional thief and sometimes mage, finds himself on the run from the monstrous Devildins as he tries to warn others about the invasion. Unfortunately, the one person he has to convince happens to be the person he just robbed. This story is one of many in the Tales from Another Place (TFAP) story universe.

In this fun little story, Caravan Master Nuri gets more than he bargained for when he asks a fortune teller to do a reading for him! (Originally published in Fables Ezine)

What happens when a young boy is accidentally turned into a mouse? He has the adventure of a lifetime!Joey always wanted an adventure it looked as though working at Wizard Eldorn's Keep was going to be fun -- right until things went a bit wrong!Interior black and whilte illustrations were created with DAZ Studio, Carrara Pro, Poser, Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop.

This is the story of what happens when a character begins to talk back to the author . . . not a good plan in the long run! (Watch out for those Woodle Pooves!) Authors often say their characters make the decisions in the stories. However, in the end, we all know who's really in charge, right?