Writing by R.L.S. Hoff - The Pencil Princess Workshop

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

And princesses, of course

A Christian mother of teens and YA stories, R.L.S. Hoff writes young adult fantasy and science fiction. Her novels are adventurous and magical, the plot intriguing and the characters fascinating. She loves reading, gardening, baking, and occasionally making dolls. Her favorite thing to grow is rhubarb, and her favorite thing to bake is kringle. Read full interview…

Writing by R.L.S. Hoff--Leaving Hope on a tablet and Songs of Healing on a cell phone

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Current Writing by R.L.S. Hoff

Writing by R.L.S. Hoff--Golden Terrace Colony Tales
Serial Stories in a New World

Title and description are printed over a picture of a planet in a sea of stars.

At first glance, the Golden Terrace Colony Series might not seem to have any princesses, but both Anya in Leaving Hope and Eleanor in Hope Gardens are the daughters of influential ship leaders (Anya’s dad owns practically everything, and Eleanor’s father is the captain.) Both struggle to find their place in the world. And both are finding people to love.

Leaving Hope is available on Kindle or paperback at the link above. (Contact me for signed paperbacks.)

Hope Gardens is coming out in serial form both in the R.L.S. Hoff newsletter and on Channillo.com.

Writing by R.L.S. Hoff--Songs of Healing (The Dicrandia Chronicles Book 1)
This book cover shows a young woman and man standing behind a dragon and before a modern city

Songs of Healing is the first book in The Dicrandia Chronicles, and it quite literally has a princess–Sarah Tressarian, the Peace Princess of Dicrandia. In this modern constitutional monarchy, Sarah has all sorts of political duties that come with her title, but she’s also a regular teen (if any teen can ever be called regular) who would just as soon not be a freak.

Check out some of the strange creatures from Songs of Healing in this excerpt: The Aersyla Tree

Upcoming Writing by R.L.S. Hoff

Writing by R.L.S. Hoff--StarRacer (Golden Terrace Colony Series Book 2)

This cover shows a blue crystalline spaceship moving toward a burst of blue light--on a background of black.

StarRacer, Book 2 in the Golden Terrace Colony Series, is due to come out in 2021. This book tells the story of Anya adjusting to the colony team and making the trip (on StarRacer) to Shindashir, where the Golden Terrace Colony is located.

It also tells Borsk’s continued struggles to make sense of his life and also to hold Anya’s father accountable for his actions. Fun fact–Borsk gets a girlfriend.

Writing by R.L.S. Hoff--in the Scribbles section of the website.
This picture shows old fashioned, leather-bound books on a wooden table, topped by a crown that is disintegrating into a golden mist.

From time to time, there are also fun bits of things in the Scribbles section of this website.