A Heep of Words: Books by Alexandra Heep, Helena Parx, Lexa Drane

Tag: life

  • National Escape Day

    Today, January 30, is National Escape Day, which sounds at first like a novelty holiday invented by someone who wanted permission to take a long lunch and quietly disappear. But the longer I sit with it, the more I realize this day explains everything about why I write books, build worlds, and occasionally invent entire…

  • Happy New Year

    Did you know that New Year’s Resolution Week is actually a thing and takes place each year from January 1 until January 7? The first week of January is when optimism does cardio. Gyms are full. Planners are untouched. Everyone is definitely becoming a better person this time. And then statistics do what they always…

  • Happy Small Business Saturday

    Support Actually Small Indie Authors — Because Apparently 499 Employees Still Counts as “Small” I woke up this morning to a parade of “Support Small Business!” ads… only to realize half of them were from companies with enough square footage to qualify as their own weather systems. I mean — 300+ employees?Corporate parking lots?A “brand…

  • Happy “I Love to Write” Day

    Some people collect stamps. Some people collect cats. I collect… pen names. If you’ve ever tried to keep track of Alexandra Heep, Helena Parx, and Lexa Drane, let me assure you: I can’t always keep track of them either. It’s like hosting a small, eccentric literary committee inside one brain—each with opinions, deadlines, and wildly…

  • The Scent of a New Chapter

    “There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.”  Robert Jordan In my introduction post I explained how I was born with the spark to write. So, why did it almost take 60 years to get to author stage? “A Beginning” happened to me early 2025 when…