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.

My 2020 Word of the Year

My 2020 Word of the Year

After a lot of mind sifting, I’ve come up with my 2020 word of the year: WISDOM.  As I reflect on the words I’ve chosen the past four years, I realize how powerful and central they’ve been in my forward movement as an Indie Author.  2017—FOCUS  In 2016, I finally...

Best Books of the Decade for Learning

Best Books of the Decade for Learning

I'm sharing my best books of the decade for learning in today's post and joining in with some special book bloggers to do so. I got the idea from Allison at Mind Joggle who partnered with her book blogging buddy, Rachel at Never Enough Novels, to link together a bunch...

All I Want for Christmas Are BOOKS

All I Want for Christmas Are BOOKS

Want to give the best gifts you can this holiday season? Then I’ve got the books for you! I believe the best gifts you can give anyone are the gifts of story. Words transport and transform; words inspire and inform. Words are powerful and lasting. When you give the...

Indie Authors and the Case of Events

Indie Authors and the Case of Events

For Indie Authors, any opportunity to sell our books is cause for excitement. That is, after all, why we went through the grueling process to publish them. How else are they going to get to readers?  The thing is, though, events are tricky and they won’t always—or...

No Girl’s Land

No Girl’s Land

This story begins a new series of short fiction. Unlike my Tales of the Faerie Shepherds series, I would urge caution for parents of potential younger readers. In these stories, I will explore more explicitly dark themes but will provide trigger warnings when...

A Day in the Life of an Indie Author: The Homeschooling Author Mom

A Day in the Life of an Indie Author: The Homeschooling Author Mom

Welcome to another “Day in the Life of an Indie Author” post. Curious why I chose the Indie path? Check out my introduction to this series.  Now that my fall schedule is back in full swing, I decided to share how a typical weekday works for me. As a homeschooling...

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Joy E. Rancatore's books on Goodreads
Any Good Thing Any Good Thing
reviews: 10
ratings: 12 (avg rating 4.83)

The Crux Anthology The Crux Anthology
reviews: 8
ratings: 11 (avg rating 4.09)