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.

Creating Through Exhaustion

Creating Through Exhaustion

Let's face it. We live in a BUSY world. Some would proclaim it too busy (and I'm likely to agree). With all this busyness swirling around us, we often find ourselves worn out. Is it possible to continue creating through exhaustion? It is possible—with discipline and...

Beneath the Green Corn Moon

Beneath the Green Corn Moon

I present to you the first of a series of short fiction following some of the Faerie Shepherds and Shepherdesses within my fantasy world. Read below the story for further explanation. Ripples rumpled the moon’s brilliant reflection in the center of Lystan Lake. Two...

Short Story Contest Winner Interview

Short Story Contest Winner Interview

Most recently my writing has focused on literary fiction, but that's not all I've written this year! I also participated in a short story contest earlier. Backstory You may remember that for the past couple of years, I've had an entire fantasy series slowly building...

Book Festivals Unify the Literary Community

Book Festivals Unify the Literary Community

How do I love book festivals? Let me count the ways. 1. Book festivals introduce us to authors and books we may otherwise miss. Since attending my first festival in 2016, I have had the opportunity to meet or at least hear several outstanding writers who I may have...

Can You Fit into a Tagline?

Can You Fit into a Tagline?

Marketing. Branding. Creating an author brand. These are the steps that, quite honestly, take far more time than the actual writing in this crazy business of becoming an author. These are the steps I've been working on a great deal behind the scenes over the past...

What Happens When You Don’t Win Camp NaNo?

What Happens When You Don’t Win Camp NaNo?

This past month, you have met three of my incredible writer friends. All together, we've taken you with us on a camping trip! Okay, we didn't really go camping—or go anywhere, actually. We simply wrote toward our individual writing or editing goals as part of Camp...

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Joy E. Rancatore's books on Goodreads
Any Good Thing Any Good Thing
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ratings: 12 (avg rating 4.83)

The Crux Anthology The Crux Anthology
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