Laura Stamps - Articles

Laura Stamps is an award-winning cat poet and novelist, as well as a Wiccan and feral cat rescuer. The recipient of a Pulitzer Prize nomination and seven Pushcart Award nominations, she is the author of a popular series of Occult Novels for Women found at http://www.kittyfeatherpress.blogspot.com.

Occult Fiction: Novels For Your Private Collection, Part 1

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... Read

By: Laura Stamps | 21/04/2007 | Art & Entertainment

A Different Way To Write Your First Novel

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... Read

By: Laura Stamps | 22/02/2007 | Writing

How To Write Your First Novel

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... Read

By: Laura Stamps | 22/02/2007 | Writing

How To Magickally Care For Feral Cats

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... Read

By: Laura Stamps | 15/02/2007 | Pets