The Charm City Darkness series takes place in Baltimore, and currently spans four novels and two short stories:

Novels:
Stoned in Charm City
A Favor for a Fiend
A Blue Collar Proposition, and,
In the Eye of the Beholder

Short Stories:
"Giving Hand," published in Hides the Dark Tower, and,
"Light, From Pure Digestion Bred," published in Occult Detective Quarterly, London, July 2017.

Two more novels, and several short stories, are planned.

The series follows Assumpta Mary-Margaret O'Connor--a young woman with a gift: the ability to find lost things. In the first book, Assumpta agrees to help a local archeologist find something he lost. And as the saying goes:  no good deed goes unpunished. Things take a downturn from there.

When the opportunity presented itself to brainstorm and co-edit a collection of stories, I jumped at the chance.  Three years later, three collections are published, and two more are planned for 2018.

Editing consisted of reading hundreds of stories for each collection and winnowing them down to a select few--then editing the best. 

Editing is almost like teaching, in a sense.  You present the author with some suggested changes based on a style sheet, or grammar rules (made to be broken!) or theme, and have a discussion about the whys and wherefores before any changes are made.

But it's also a learning process for the editor. You read hundreds of stories and begin to see what subjects work together thematically, how story works more clearly, what plot devices you can employ to tell a story better.  Without a doubt, working as an editor has made me a better writer.

Many authors have helped me on my writing journey.

I try to pay this forward by writing essays about the craft, volunteering to teach workshops at conventions, and answering letters and email with as much detail as possible.  Sometimes, I get the opportunity to guest post on other people's blogs.

For several years, I posted weekly writing prompts on my personal blog which inspired a young teacher in a far away state to ask me to critique the work of her elementary-aged students who wrote poems and stories about my Moon prompt. (Here's the prompt: http://kellyaharmon.com/writing-prompt-in-honor-of-the-moon/

My favorite essays to write are those about author "mind set."  I believe too many of us limit our creativity by unknowingly placing boundaries or constraints upon ourselves.

I plan to gather all these essays and blog posts and teaching plans and sew them together into a cohesive manuscript aimed at young writers.