The Pencil Princess Workshop

Young adult science fiction and fantasy with strange worlds, stranger creatures, bits of romance…

…and princesses, of course.

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The Cover of Songs of Healing, Book 1 in the Dicrandia Chronicles by R. L. S. Hoff. shows a young woman staring at a dragon. IN the background, a city is below and a mountain above.
The cover of Steph and the Unicorn (a short story in the world of the Dicrandia Chronicles) shows a woman in a ballgown facing a lavender unicorn. In the background, there's a mountain above and a modern city below.
The cover of Leaving Hope by R. L. S. Hoff (Book 1 of The Golden Terrace Colony) shows blue crystalline butterflies escaping from a portal.
StarRacer by R. L. S. Hoff (Book 2 in The Golden Terrace Colony) shows a blue crystalline spaceship in front of a blue explosion.
The cover of Hope Gardens (A novel in the Golden Terrace Colony universe) shows flowering branches shaped like lungs set on a backdrop of space.
Cover of Light Catchers by R. L. S. Hoff, showing the title, author, and the phrase "a serial in the Golden Terrace Colony Universe" on a starry background with a purple-ish space ship.
Cover of Dragonpets: The Sacrifice by R.L.S. Hoff, showing the title, author, a stylized dragon, and vining leaves

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Bookshelf

Reviews of mostly Young Adult & Middle Grade books. A few classics and books on writing and publishing.

If you have a young adult or middle grade book (especially in fantasy or science fiction) that you’d like me to review, shoot me a note. I’ll give it a read, and if I like it or love it, I’ll review it here. (On my website, I only review stories that I’d give four or five stars on Goodreads or LibraryThing.)

Scribbles

Writing and writing-related art that's just little bits, mostly for fun and experimentation. Not all of it is by RLS Hoff.

Kid Stuff

Bits about parenting and life in the Hoff household (often, but not always, including stories about our adoption journey)