The Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
July 8, 2017

In March 2017, I was given the wonderful opportunity to stay a weekend as a writer-in-residence at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This visit was free, in exchange for sharing about my trip on social media, and blogging about it. Therefore, this could be considered a sponsored post. All opinions…

The Door - Flash Fiction by Rebekah Loper | RebekahLoper.com
June 9, 2017

This was originally posted on blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on September 9, 2011. This was written for one of the rounds of (sadly now defunct) Writer’s Platform Building Campaign. There were challenges issued throughout the campaign, and the prompts for this particular one were to begin the story with “The door swung open” and to end with “The…

May 24, 2017

This post first appeared at blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on December 4, 2012. Back in October [2012], I attended the Ozark Creative Writers Conference.  Daniela Rapp, an editor with St. Martin’s Press, spoke there.  While she represents mostly genres that I don’t even think about writing, she gave a very good workshop on the basics of publishing –…

image by Laura Hughes
May 10, 2017

Rebekah Loper gives a brief overview to help get beginners started on their anime and manga journey. Source: An Introduction to Anime and Manga | Fantasy-Faction And while you’re here, will you please answer this quick poll? (And if you want to get updates about The A-Zs of Worldbuilding workbook, please sign up for my…

camp nanowrimo, rebekah loper, camp nano, writing
May 6, 2017

April is over, somehow. I did not meet my Camp NaNo goal, ending the month with only 25 of the 75 hours I was aiming for. But that’s still 25 more hours than I had on April 1st, and so I’m pleased with that, even if a bit disappointed that I couldn’t just get my…

camp nanowrimo, rebekah loper, camp nano, writing
April 6, 2017

… is that it tends to sneak up on you. Somehow, it’s April. I sat down mid-March, just before my visit to The Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow (more posts coming about that in the near future!), and realized that my co-ML and I needed to figure out some write-ins for Camp NaNoWriMo. (We did, though…

March 17, 2017

It’s been a while since I last blogged, and I’m sooo sorry, guys! Other than sharing things from the Rabid Rainbow Ferret Society, I think my last actual post here was back at the end of NaNo. Oops. I just haven’t had the mental energy to do so, and the one time I did (sometime…

NaNoWriMo 2016 Winner
December 1, 2016

Life took over this year, but I managed to write most days anyway. Winnie has had her back right leg amputated, and is doing great now. The kitten has been named Tiberius. (As in James Tiberius Kirk.) Oh, and I won a Goodreads giveaway for a book that I really wanted but didn’t know how…

About Rebekah

Rebekah Loper writes character-driven epic fantasy featuring resilient women in trying and impossible circumstances who just want to save themselves but usually end up saving the world, often while falling in love.
She lives in Tulsa, OK with her husband, dog, two formerly feral cats, a small flock of feathered dragons (...chickens. They're chickens), and an extensive tea collection. When she's not writing, she battles the Oklahoma elements in an effort to create a productive, permaculture urban homestead.