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.

Release Week for the Gates of Fire & Earth!

Release Week for the Gates of Fire & Earth!

The fun thing about having finished writing a book, and editing, and formatting, and even getting it uploaded for pre-order is that THEN I can finally just enjoy the book. Not that I don't enjoy those previous steps. When ideas are bubbling and the writing is flowing,...

Spirit of Life on Audio!?

Spirit of Life on Audio!?

I wouldn't usually announce something that is still very much still in the works, but I'm loving the audio version of Spirit of Life so much that I just have to share! Plus I've been dying to introduce the narrator for the final book of the Rise of the Fifth Order...

The Gates of Fire & Earth is now here!

It has been just over a year since Spark of Defiance, book 1 of the Games of Fire trilogy, was published. A Year! I had BIG plans to finish the entire trilogy in 2016. And I tried. I really did. Often I described writing book 2, the Gates of Fire & Earth, as...

The Anger of a Fire Elemental

As I edit, I collect some of my favorite lines from the book to share later. Some are short enough to use on Twitter and others ... well, they just beg to have a picture added! Despite being the villain of the series, Sinika is actually one of my favorite characters...

Audiobook Epic Fantasy Born of Water Clip from Chapter 12

Audiobook Epic Fantasy Born of Water Clip from Chapter 12

An update on the audiobook production for Rule of Fire and Spirit of Life has me so excited that I had to share another clip from Born of Water! It looks like books 2 and 3 won't be out until after the holidays, but that is okay. There will be a lot of people with...