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I'm so excited to welcome Emma G. McKee to Be the Blaze! This is the third guest post I've done and the first of 2026! Emma is a young author who has had her piece, The White Stag, published in Illuminate the Dark, a collection of stories and poems. On her blog, she posts writing skills, writing fantasy, reading, author interviews, and more. Enjoy her post, The Art of Sub-Creation. By Emma G. McKee The creak of the freshly-bound spine, the smell of paper, and the stark black

I started "The Eliza Rose Trilogy" last year, finishing the 15 page story in November of 2024. I want to share the first book, Accept,  in a four part story, here on Be the Blaze. Hope you enjoy! Excerpt Eliza Genesis is eleven, and life is full of routines she loves—playing made-up games on the trampoline with her siblings, sneaking cookie dough from the kitchen, and hanging out with close friends. But change is in the air. Her older brother Robin is drifting away, more inte

Hello, everyone, welcome to Be the Blaze! This is the first post under this blog name, and I'm so excited! This year is going to be amazing and I can't wait to share it with you! To begin with, I have a new writing schedule for 2026. Writing Schedule for 2026 Instead of posting once a week (four to five times a month) like I did most of 2025, I'm going to be posting three times a month. These posts will include two normal posts (Real Stories, Devotions, or Fictional Tales) an