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STEPHANIE ESCOBAR
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Aug 6, 20231 min read
Introducing: Milk & Marrow
Milk & Marrow is the name of my new newsletter. There, you are invited to follow me as I indulge the day-to-day wonders which inspire me...
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Mar 7, 20232 min read
Available Now: The Wistful Wild
Sometimes writers are called to projects that are just that...projects. A means for publication. It is a rare thing when a writer's...
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Sep 20, 20222 min read
Fairytales, Poetry, and...Another Anthology?
Stephanie Escobar is going to be part of a fairytale poetry collection, due to release December 2022.
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Sep 7, 20222 min read
Review for "Gallant" by V.E. Schwab
Honestly, what more could I ask for? From the first page, GALLANT swept me off my sofa and dropped me into a grim-gray Dickensian...
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Jun 9, 20221 min read
Introducing My New Horror Short: Where Grow the Roots
If you read my last post, you'll know that I was invited by Pyke Publishing House to write a horror short story for their upcoming...
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Jun 1, 20222 min read
A New Horror Short Coming Soon!
Author discusses her new horror short story, soon to be published in an anthology alongside many notable horror writers
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Feb 14, 20221 min read
The "Forbidden Delights" anthology is now available! And so is my short story, A Drink for the Bride
Today, the Forbidden Delights anthology, with my story A Drink for the Bride, is available in paperback, e-book, and even hardcover!
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Feb 4, 20222 min read
A Story Behind the Author Photo
Stephanie Escobar expresses the melancholic yet inspiring feeling of having her author photo taken
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Jan 31, 20222 min read
Review for 'Songs of the Wicked'
An author's review of the new dark-fantasy book, SONGS OF THE WICKED
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Jan 26, 20222 min read
What's Coming in 2022 (Yes, More Books!)
Author Stephanie Escobar announces her new stories which will be published this year
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
'Going Gothic': My Article on Agora
Stephanie shares her article "Going Gothic", a story of her journey through the Gothic genre, for the acclaimed writing website 'Agora'
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Jun 10, 20211 min read
Thank You, Readers!
(it's a slideshow! click through to see the gorgeous photos readers have shared!) Thank you to everyone who has read and shared a photo...
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Apr 30, 20212 min read
Review for 'The Boleyn Inheritance' by Philippa Gregory
One is innocent, one is deranged, and the other is simply a child. Who of them will survive the dangerous court of a tyrant? Who will die?
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Apr 8, 20212 min read
Review for V.E. Schwab's 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue'
I will begin by saying that I binged this book. Though I was the one holding it, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue certainly had me in...
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Feb 27, 20213 min read
What I'm Working on Now
It’s not a matter of not having any ideas, it’s actually the opposite. I have too many ideas and no certainty of which to follow. I’m not ev
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Feb 8, 20213 min read
Why Publish a Book So Short?
55 pages; 13,000 words. Why would I turn such a short tale into a book? The most common critique I’ve faced so far since publishing A...
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Jan 5, 20217 min read
Review for "The Wars of the Roses" Series by Philippa Gregory
Books included: The Lady of the Rivers, The White Queen, The Red Queen, The Kingmaker’s Daughter, and The White Princess by Philippa...
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Dec 4, 20201 min read
Acclaim for "A Song Beyond Walls"
More than a month has passed since the initial release of "A Song Beyond Walls" and my, what a month it's been! For someone who has,...
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Dec 1, 20201 min read
The Print Version Is Here!
Better late than never, right? For the past few months, I have been losing sleep over the print version of "A Song Beyond Walls" not...
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Oct 27, 20202 min read
It's Release Day!
It was around 9pm (here, in the Pacific time zone, still the 26th, the day before my e-book launch) that I started getting notifications tha
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