I have exciting news!

Last year, H.L. Burke opened up her superhero universe for other authors to write stories in, and I had the great privilege of getting my story Play Date accepted into that anthology.

My story revolved around a mom named Emilia trying to fit into a new town and make new friends, all while navigating the ins and outs of being married to a superhero and having children with emerging superpowers.

It was a fun story to write. I enjoyed getting to spend some time in the modern world with my writing, while also staying solidly in fantasy territory.

So when Heidi opened up a second round of submissions, I jumped at the chance to write another story in this world. It’s a bit of a sequel to my first story, but follows Emilia’s brother-in-law.

And it was accepted!

Publishing, Short StoriesJenelle SchmidtJanuary 29, 2025 Comments

A Fond Farewell

I don’t remember exactly when we started watching Top Gear. It was somewhere between 2008 and 2011, I know that much. I also know that our dear friends, Meg and Jason, were the ones who first brought it to our attention. When they asked us if we watched the show, my first thought was, “A show about cars? Boring!”

But we like our friends rather a lot, and we knew they liked a lot of the same things as we did, and so we decided to watch an episode, if only so we could say we had given it a shot.

I did not expect to enjoy it.

I definitely never expected to fall in love.

Reviews, Television Shows, PersonalJenelle SchmidtJanuary 27, 2025 Comments

Dreaming forward 2025

“Things that were, things that are, and some things... that have not yet come to pass.”

Well, we’re a week into the New Year…

And that means it’s time for my annual “Looking Back/Looking Forward” post, in which we look back at last year’s dreams and look forward to continuing or new dreams for this year!

Adventures and Episodes, Ishness, Personal, Publishing, WritingJenelle SchmidtJanuary 13, 2025 Comments

Fifteen Favorite Fantasy Reads 2024

It’s time to reveal my fifteen favorite fantasy reads of the past year!

This is always one of my favorite blog posts of the year… even though it’s usually the toughest one to write.

How does one really “rank” favorite reads? So many of these books were my all-time favorite as I was reading them. And that’s such a wonderful feeling. Like that moment when you realize you’ve just met a kindred spirit. Or when you quote a movie and someone replies with the next line from that same movie.

That’s what reading a new favorite book is.

And that’s what each of these books was like for me.

Reviews, Book ReviewsJenelle SchmidtDecember 31, 2024 Comments

Discussing Faith, Family, and Fantasy with CJ Milacci

This past summer I got invited onto CJ Milacci’s “Read Clean YA With CJ” podcast. We had a really fantastic discussion about the importance of family to me personally and in my writing journey and career, as well as how family themes make it into pretty much everything I write.

PodcastJenelle SchmidtNovember 8, 2024 Comment

Most Mischievous Imp Winner

I stand back and admire the last few finishing touches on the cake I just finished decorating. Ahhh, perfect.

In real life, I’m not great at cake decorating, or any kind of visual art really. But here in the InterFictionVerse, I am brilliant at it. The imps are going to love it. And besides, who cares if they didn’t get the most votes when there’s amazing cake for everyone that is both delicious AND beautiful?

But if I don’t hurry I’m going to be late to my own hostessing gig

Silmarillion AwardsJenelle SchmidtSeptember 27, 2024 Comments

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I have exciting news!

Well, we’re a week into the New Year…

It’s time to reveal my fifteen favorite fantasy reads of the past year!