I first created this website in 2006, and in the fourteen years between then and when I’m writing this now it just kept getting slower and slower. Even moving to dedicated hosting didn’t help very much. So, in April 2020 I blew it all up to start over. As part of that process I’ve begun doing most of my blogging over at Patreon. Thus, you can find all of that right here –> Rhonda Parrish’s Patreon.
Not only can you read many of the posts there without being a paid patron (including all the Calls for Submissions and important updates) if you click the ‘follow’ button on that page it will email you whenever I post a public update as well.
Also, even though I blew up the old blog that was here I wasn’t willing to lose fourteen years worth of work.
Luckily for me, my friend BD Wilson knows a thing or two about this kind of stuff and was willing to help me out. BD archived the old blog for me, so if you’re looking for something that was posted pre-April 2020 your best bet is going to be to check here –> RhondaParrish.com Blog Archive
Really important updates like book releases will also be blogged here as ‘Important announcements’.
Important Announcements
Award Eligibility – 2025 Edition
Each year I write and share a list of my work from the previous year that is award eligible. It’s an interesting exercise in pride and also humility. It always feels odd to say, “Here are the things I created last year — do you think they are exceptional? Worthy of...
Advent Ghosts 2025 — Red Green Red
Every year I participate in ‘Advent Ghosts’ which is an event where people tell spooky stories around Christmas time to honour the Victorian tradition of doing so. I enjoy the challenge of writing something dark or haunting with the season in mind, as well as reading...
Free Edits in 2026
In case you aren't aware I abhor "Generative AI". I won't get into a big, long rant here, but the short version is that when I first encountered it in the form of Midjourney I thought it was a super fun toy. But once I came to understand how these algorithms are...
$1,675 Raised for the Edmonton Food Bank
Look what we did you guys. Together we raised $1,677 for the Edmonton Food Bank! The Food Bank will work their magic and translate that $1,675 into 5,025 meals. Over five. Thousand. Meals. for families who need a little extra help this season. I am so incredibly blown...
Why Giftmas?
There's one question that I have been asked a few times during this Giftmas week that I wasn't sure how to answer, and that was -- How did this all begin? Why do it? The reason why I didn't know how to answer wasn't some deeply philosophical reason, nor a deeply...
Giftmas 2025
Every year some of my friends and I organise a fundraiser to help support the Edmonton Food Bank and we use our blogs to try and signal boost it. This is that 🙂 This year we are trying to raise $1,500 for the Edmonton Food Bank. Because of their community connections...
Helpful Links – WiR Remix
...maybe it's not fair to title this post 'WiR Remix' when I haven't done a non-WiR version, but I liked how it sounded in my head LOL WiR stands for Writer in Residence. This year I have been lucky enough to fulfill that role for the Edmonton Public Library which has...
Giftmas 2025 Sign-Ups
Every year some of my friends and I work together to support our favourite charities. As it has been most years, this year's fundraiser is going to benefit the Edmonton Food Bank. Many of us have a personal connection to the food bank and all of us have an interest in...
Silversong Release
It's Silversong's release day! It's a bit of an odd release day because I ran a Kickstarter for this book and in some ways that felt like its release -- I definitely put all my promo eggs/spoons into that basket, and people who supported the Kickstarter got the book a...
Freedom to Read is Also Freedom to Write
This was originally written for the EPL to share during their Freedom to Read week event, this feels just as appropriate to share this week as it is Banned Books Week. I struggled with how to approach this subject. I wasn’t sure how to talk about intellectual freedom...
