http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Laura+Stamps Short Stories Laura Stamps Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=159672&ca=Short+Stories Here in the Southeast, once again she enters the rainy season, a time when the sky remains bright and cornflower blue, yet November leaves rain from the trees in fiery shades and hues. That evening the temperature dips below freezing, the trees slowly unraveling, the night cloaked in a shawl of sile... Short Stories Laura Stamps Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=159674&ca=Short+Stories Sunday morning, and Savannah runs to the window with the kitten, the clicking of several thousand beaks scratching the air. Yankee starlings migrating South for the winter blacken the street, yards, and trees, conjuring a whirlwind of clamor. Horus and Thoth wiggle with excitement, while Re squeak... Entertainment Laura Stamps Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=143846&ca=Entertainment For years I’ve heard complaints about a lack of Occult fiction portraying Witches realistically in a contemporary setting. And it’s true. As a Wiccan and novelist writing Occult fiction, I’m just as much a fan of the genre as any reader. However, I have found if you search carefully, there are dazzl... Writing Laura Stamps Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=127816&ca=Writing I began my writing career as a poet, and I’m still a poet. So my journey into fiction was never a planned career move. In fact, my first short story arrived as a complete shock. No kidding. Because I have written and published poetry in books and magazines for years, I’ve developed a writing schedul... Writing Laura Stamps Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=128073&ca=Writing If you’ve always wanted to write a novel, but found the traditional structured process too frightening or overwhelming, maybe your imagination works in a more organic fashion like mine. In that case, start with your main character and the idea the character gives you for the plot. Then close your ey... Arts and Crafts Laura Stamps Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=126150&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Let’s talk for a moment about one of my favorite subjects: spellcasting. You can design every spell you cast to work the first time. Impossible, right? No, not really. All you need to use is the key to effective spellcasting, which also happens to control manifestation. This may sound difficult, but... Pets Laura Stamps Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=126356&ca=Pets Monday morning, the fourth week of September, and my youngest cat toddles from his breakfast bowl to the living room, suddenly joggled by the convulsions of a hairball. I dash in and whisk him across the dining room’s carpeted sea to the vinyl shores of the kitchen. Almost there, I trip over the lac...