Book Blog
A place for story notes, worldbuilding discoveries, writing updates, and glimpses behind the curtain of my fantasy worlds—along with the occasional reader quiz or bit of fun.
Born of Water hits 200 reviews!
Milestones are meant to be celebrated! Born of Water was the FIRST ebook I published waaaay back in 2012. Oh, I know the current listing on Amazon says May 2015, but that is part of a long story involving a very brief episode with a publisher that made me realize I...
Surprise Epic Fantasy Release!
It's true! I snuck in an unnanounced release as a surprise for the fans of my elemental magic series as a Valentine's surprise. This isn't how you are supposed to do book releases, but I didn't want to wait for this short story collection set in the world of Myrrah....
Return to the World of Myrrah with a peek at life after Spirit of Life!
Return to the world of Myrrah as Ria journey’s homeward after halting a war and discovering the truth about herself – and her family!
Epic Fantasy Audiobook Giveaway for Games of Fire!
It seems all I'm doing is announcing things around here! That isn't such a bad thing, but I haven't had a chance to update you in a while about my writing. Because I AM writing. And I even have some great and exciting news to share with you about that. But not this...
New Audiobook Giveaway!
I'm a fantasy author at heart, I know, but one of my favorite things I've written has no magic in it. In fact, it isn't even fantasy. More post-apocalyptic sci-fi with a hefty dose of romance. To me, it all comes down to characters and some of my favorite are in...
A New Goddess Release, Games of Fire Book Tour, and a Paperback Giveaway!
This is THE WEEK! A New Goddess is officially released on Amazon Wednesday, January 17. But I've already released it early here on my site along with the Games of Fire trilogy bundle. Both are on sale this week to celebrate the completion of the second trilogy set in...
Gates of Fire & Earth takes Best Worldbuilding of 2017!
Fantasia Reviews announced the winner of the 2017 Book of the Year ... or maybe I should say winners, because they handed out a few awards. I was simply thrilled to have Gates of Fire & Earth nominated. It was a wonderful surprise and a great way to enter the...
Gates of Fire & Earth – a nominee for Book of the Year?!
What were the best fanasy books in 2017? Five amazing novels made the cut and Gates of Fire & Earth is on the short list from Fantasia Reviews! See why and what they had to say…
A New Goddess is HERE!
It is finally time! Late on Thursday, I finally finished my BIG editing round. I finally conquored that problematic chapter that had me stuck for a couple of weeks. It was a chapter that I hated. Set was right at the end of the big climax. Everything, five books worth...