five confessions of an aspiring author, writer, writing, writing problems, Rebekah Loper, life
July 1, 2016

Originally published at blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on September 30, 2011. I’ve had one of those weeks – one where I set out to be super productive and ended up accomplishing very little.  I meant to have a short story edited and sent to my (new and many!) critique partners.  Didn’t happen.  There’s still tomorrow, right? Except for…

heart, keep your heart, diligence
June 19, 2016

This post first appeared blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on January 15, 2012. Keep your heart with all diligence For out of it spring the issues of life. ~ Proverbs 4:23 NKJV What does it mean to “keep your heart with all diligence?” Perhaps first we need to know what it means that “out of it spring the issues…

January 4, 2016

Wow, somehow it is 2016. There’s been… stuff. I’m working on a rant post about the drama of layoffs and unemployment bureaucracy that will probably go up this weekend. Mr. Loper’s feeling a bit depressed and frustrated about not working, and I’m trying not to be panicked about the lack of money that is imminent,…

December 14, 2015

Contributed by December Blogger of the Month, Rebekah Loper Words have power – all sorts of power. I fell in love with their potential at an early age, if the things my mother collected and stored … Source: Harnessing the Magic of Words

November 7, 2015

I… really didn’t mean to disappear on the blog when the last week of October hit, but OH WELL. I mean, my only real excuse was last-minute NaNoWriMo preparations… and then NaNo itself. 

October 17, 2015

Since NaNo is imminent and I haven’t done nearly as many garden things as I should have in the past month, the next Down on the (Sub)Urban Farm installment will be in November. It’s been a couple of years since I did a NaNoWriMo Tools post. I think 2014 rolled around, and I figured since I’d…

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.