Logos & Mythos Blog

Welcome to the LOGOS & MYTHOS Blog! This is my virtual home for thoughts on reading, writing and all things literary. Get cozy, prop your feet up and sip some hot tea with me as I share my Indie Author journey. Subscribe below to receive each weekly post right in your inbox and check out this post for the story behind my unusual blog—and Press—name.

Embrace the Seasons of Writing

Embrace the Seasons of Writing

"It's just that season of life." Man, if I had a nickel for every time I've said or heard that phrase! As a mom, this is often a conversation starter. Each age of our children brings a new season for moms—the infant season, the terrible twos ... and threes ... and...

Grotto in the Gulf

Grotto in the Gulf

The following is a story from a series of short fiction exploring some of the Faerie Shepherds and Shepherdesses within my fantasy world. Read below the story for further explanation and head over to my first tale in this series if you’d like to read more! Marin's...

What Camping Can Teach About Writing

What Camping Can Teach About Writing

This weekend, I got to do one of my favorite things. Camp. I got to thinking how similar camping and writing are, and what camping can teach about writing. My guess is, camping may just have some lessons for other endeavors you may pursue as well. Read on through and...

How to Embrace Revisions

How to Embrace Revisions

I'm currently on Round 4 (I think) of revisions on my literary fiction novel. Let me tell you, friend, revisions are TOUGH! When I faced Round 3, I didn't want to continue. I was tired and discouraged and overwhelmed and so many more feels. At that point my manuscript...

Blazing the Mountain

Blazing the Mountain

The following is a story from a series of short fiction exploring some of the Faerie Shepherds and Shepherdesses within my fantasy world. Read below the story for further explanation and head over to my first tale in this series if you'd like to read more! Montana...

My Literary Dream

My Literary Dream

I recently had the opportunity to focus in on my literary dream and purpose and sum them up in less than two minutes. Today I decided to share that with you! Chip and Joanna Gaines, co-hosts of Fixer Upper, have become far more to me than TV celebrities. They have...

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Joy E. Rancatore's books on Goodreads
Any Good Thing Any Good Thing
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The Crux Anthology The Crux Anthology
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