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.
The Magic of Fantasy
If you could have any type of magic power, what would it be? Magic in fantasy covers a wide range of powers and potentials. Which would you choose?
Audiobook Epic Fantasy Born of Water Clip from Chapter 7
Danger and adventure await in epic fantasy audiobook Born of Water, especially when novice magic fails. Listen to an exciting clip and join the story!
Fire & Water in Balance: Celebrate the Solstice with Epic Fantasy!
Did you know my epic fantasy novel of elemental magic, Born of Water, begins today? It’s true AND it is on sale from now until the end of the month.
Stories from the War – dystopian romance now as an audiobook!
Listen to an audio clip of the newly released audiobook to dystopian romance Stories from the War, book 1 in the series Friends of my Enemy.
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!?
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...
Excerpt from upcoming epic fantasy novel the Gates of Fire and Earth
I'm working on my final edits for the next book I will release, the Gates of Fire and Earth. I'm so excited as this book is behind schedule ... because it just has refused to behave. Even the edits were the MOST challenging that I've ever undertaken. Thank goodness...
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...