The Ravenford Diaries:
news, musings, adventures
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October Creative Challenges for Artists, Readers and Writers
Rev up your fall inspo Fall is here, and the creative energy that melted away in the summer heat is back. It’s the perfect season to flex your artistic muscles and try new creative challenges! There’s something special about autumn. Perhaps harvesting the year’s hard work inspires people. Or maybe the Harvest and Hunter’s moon…
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Mothing 101: Mothy Lit List
Mothing 101: Moths in Literature Welcome (or welcome back) to Mothing 101, my series of shallow dives into the rabbit hole of moth-related topics for the moth-curious. In this installment, I’m talking about moths in literature. In previous installments, I covered folklore and moth symbolism, so this is more like a semi-annotated reading list. I…
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Sneak Peek of art for Rivershade Tier members
I’m a little nervous about sharing this sneak peek of art for Rivershade. You know how you want everyone to love your project baby as much as you do? Totally going through that here. As much as I enjoy writing the story of Rivershade, I’m having so much fun discovering another side of story through…
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Rivershade Episode 1
Rivershade episode 1 drops tomorrow! Squee with joy! I’m loving this story because I get to play with lots of tropes that I love: lost heirs, dead end jobs, magical legacy, chosen one, reluctant but sexy mentors, dangerous men with hidden agendas, family secrets, small town secrets, cryptids, folklore. By subscribing to the Rivershade Tier for just $4.99/month,…
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Moths, Myths and Magic: Mothing 101
When it comes to magic, and mythology, moths take on the darker vibes. Both butterflies and moths are associated with rebirth and transformation, but as creatures of the night, moths gain a mystique all their own. Their nocturnal habits and seemingly magical attraction to light have sparked countless myths and superstitions. From symbolizing transformation and…
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Mothing 101: Moths in Japan
Welcome to Mothing 101’s session “Moths in Japan.” So many moths, so little time to put a blog post together. There are whole books written about this topic that making a short blog post is a daunting task. I love listicle-type articles so it seemed easiest to chose some moths you might commonly encounter in…
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Moth Superfamilies: What kind of moths are there anyway?
What kind of moths are there, anyway? After finding out that there were around 160 000 moth species, I didn’t have much hope of getting a useful answer when doing a quick search on this question. But people have obviously asked this question before. A quick search showed that moths can be generally grouped into…
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Moth vs Butterfly: Your VERY Basic Guide
Welcome to part 2 of Mothing 101 post. This post covers basic differences between moths and butterflies. If you want to see an overview of the the posts I’m creating for Mothing 101. I’ve said it before, but it’s a moth’s world. There are 9x more the number of moth species than butterfly species. So…
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Welcome to Mothing 101: A Very Basic Primer for the Moth-Curious
Welcome to Mothing 101 Welcome to Mothing 101: Various moth-topics selected by me, a non-entomologist interested in random stuff, mythology and symbolism and inspired by National Moth Week. Are you fluttering with excitement over this week-long moth-focused event? This year it runs from July 20th to the 28th. The National Moth Week website has some…
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Shiroki Sand Dunes Story Inspiration
My short story, “Shiroki Sand Dunes” is a modern-day magical realism story inspired by an ukiyo-e print made in the Edo period. This woodblock print, New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji, was created by one of the masters of Ukiyo-e, Hiroshige Utagawa, around 1857. The Met Museum website has a great write-up…