by M.S. Kaminsky | Sep 29, 2026 | Fantasy Deep Dives, Shifter Fantasy
Say “werewolf” and most of us picture the same thing: a big ole full moon, a painful transformation, and maybe a silver bullet waiting in somebody’s pocket. But werewolf mythology is much older, stranger and more varied than that. Long before...
by msk | Nov 24, 2025 | Shifter Fantasy, Tropes & Worldbuilding
Readers ask me this from time-to-time: “Be honest. Did you write Moonshifter Academy (that’s my series about a young wolf shifter who is the last of her kind, trying to save a shifter academy) as a romantasy?” And every time, I give the same thoughtful,...
by msk | Jul 8, 2025 | Shifter Fantasy
Let’s talk about werewolves, shall we? Or shifters, if you prefer the broader umbrella. Whether it’s wolf packs howling at the moon or panther clans hiding in plain sight, most YA fantasy treats these groups like magical biker gangs. You’ve got the Alpha leading...
by msk | Jun 22, 2025 | Shifter Fantasy
People love to talk about alpha males in shifter fiction like it’s all ripped torsos and growly dominance, but if you’ve ever actually written one, you know it’s not that simple. Or at least, it shouldn’t be. In Moonshifter Academy, I didn’t want to just slap a label...
by msk | Nov 28, 2024 | Shifter Fantasy
NaNoWriMo—aka National Novel Writing Month—is a crazy, exhilarating, caffeine-fueled sprint where writers worldwide attempt to churn out 50,000 words of a novel in just 30 days. This is my fourth (or maybe fifth?) time participating, and let me tell you, every single...
by msk | Nov 28, 2023 | Shifter Fantasy
In YA fiction, love often transcends the ordinary, venturing into realms where the heart finds its match in the most unexpected places. These stories of love between humans and their non-human counterparts not only captivate our imaginations but also challenge our...
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