Articles
I write articles on a number of different topics including articles on fiction, on professional skills for creatives, metaphysical, spiritual, and personal growth topics, Paganism, leadership, facilitation, and more.
Here are some places I regularly blog:
- Fiction Blog: http://shaunaknightauthorartist.wordpress.com
- Nonfiction/Metaphysical Blog: http://shaunaaura.wordpress.com
- Seeking the Grail (on Patheos’s Agora blog)
- Pagan Leadership (on the Witches & Pagans PaganSquare)
- I’m also a regular blogger on Pagan Activist
Below are articles published other places.
Nonfiction: Professional Skills for Writers, Artists, and Facilitators
BiblioSmiles: Public Speaking and Building a Platform (Article is also included in the anthology Muse Camp Inspired)
Author Entrepreneur: Charisma and Authenticity: Leadership, Public Speaking, and Building an Author Platform
Author Entrepreneur: Tracking Submissions and Other Writing Deadlines
Erotica Readers and Writers Association: Language, Sound, and Word Choice in Your Fiction
Savvy Authors: Graphic Design Series
- Part 1: Understanding the Basic Costs
- Part 2: Basic Marketing Strategy
- Part 3: What Makes a Good Cover
- Part 4: Creating and Sizing Images
- Part 5: Advanced Concerns in Visual Design
- Part 6: Visual Branding and Series Branding
- Part 7: Designing Marketing Collateral Materials
- Part 8: Collateral Design Strategy
- Part 9: Calls To Action and Tracking Results
- Part 10: Designing Online Banners
- Part 11: Process of Designing a Book Cover
Anthologies (Pagan and Metaphysical)
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Mantle of Stars – My Path to the Lady in the Blue Light
- Goddess Ink: Stepping Into Ourselves – Chanting that Works and Raising the Sacred Fire
- Asphodel Press: Calling to our Ancestors – Ancestors and Descendants: Building Connections
- Immanion Press: Bringing Race to the Table – Facilitating Inclusive Rituals and Events
Articles (Pagan and Metaphysical)
Between the Worlds Magazine
- The Endless Cup: What Have I Given My Heart To? July 2006
- Desire and Yearning July 2007
Heartland Spirit
- Leadership Excellence Oct. 2009
- Art of Ritual January & February 2010
- Confidence in Facilitation: Using the Magical Feather Issue 102
- Mysteries of the Grail: The Knight, the Priestess, and the King Issue 104, Fall 2009
- Healing the Earth Issue 116
Circle Magazine: Ritual Articles
- Raising the Sacred Fire: How to Build and Move Energy in Ritual Issue 105 Winter 2009
- Urban Ecstatic Ritual Issue 112
- Ritual Design & Facilitation: The Shaman as Ritualist Issue 113
- Authenticity in Ritual Issue 113
- Authenticity in Ritual: Going Deeper Issue 114
- Ritual Design & Facilitation: Ritual Bling and Magical Mood-Setting Issue 114
- Ritual Design & Facilitation: Chanting that Works Issue 115
- Ritual Design & Facilitation: Managing Complicated Logistics Issue 117
- Ritual Design & Facilitation: Coping with Ritual Disasters Issue 118
- Ritual Design & Facilitation: Accessibility, Learning Modalities, and Logistics Issue 119
Sacred Hoop Embodiment and Ecstasis Issue 85 Sept 2014
Global Goddess Oracle
- In the Forge Fires: Transformative Ritual
- Desire: Reaching for the Rose
- The Longest Night:Taking up the Sword
- The Longest Night: An Arthurian Ritual and Vigil
- Persephone: The Mysteries of the Deep Earth
Temet Nosce
- Overcoming the Old Wound: The Hero’s Final Test
- Your Hate Has Made You Powerful
- The Sleeper Must Awaken
Edge Magazine
Other Magazines
- The Beltane Papers – Seeds of Community Ostara 2010 Issue 48
- Isis Seshat – Thoughts on Sovereignty and Personal Responsibility Issue #22, Vol. 6 No. 2, P. 31
- Crow Calls Newsletter – Safety and Ethics in Rituals and Groups
- Pantheon Magazine – Art, Ritual, Performance, and Transformation August 2013
- Chicago Reclaiming Newsletter: – Deepening Relationship with Deity Through Painting 2005
- Wildstar Forest: Deepening our Magic January 2014
- Spirit One Webzine: Conflict Resolution (reprint)
- No Unsacred Place: I Don’t Believe in Purification
- Attune Magazine: Present Moment and Divine Connection, April 2014
- Dolmen Grove: Cracking Open My Heart, July 2014
- Rending the Veil: Facing Our Shadows: The Devil, the Tower, and the Star
- New Age News: Attending Your First Retreat
Articles About Writing Romance
- Lisa Chalmers Blog: What makes Paranormal/magic fiction interesting
- The Romance Studio Blue: http://trsblue.blogspot.com/2014/01/what-genre-is-that-why-do-you-write.html (They have a new blog so this link is no longer active)
- The Romance Studio: http://theromancestudio.blogspot.com/2014/01/determining-heat-levels-in-romance.html (They have a new blog so this link is no longer active)
- BlisseKiss: Why I Write Smut
- Smutmas: Smut, But Isn’t That Embarrassing?
- Writers Cramp: Between The Genres
- Blak Rayne: Why Women Like Gay Porn
