Author of Hunted, The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & The Mage War Chronicles
Book Review: The Kheld King by L.L. Stephens Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: The King is dead.Long live the Kheld King The Triempery lies crippled, its godborn princes slaughtered by treachery, its ruling houses desperate to maintain their monopoly of the god-machine Entities. In the aftermath of the slaughter, Stefan Stauberg-Randolph inherits his grandfather’s throne. […]
This Writer’s Birthday Plans I’m getting older next week, and to celebrate, I have a couple things planned. First (and the timing was a total coincidence), is a book tour for The Talisman of Delucha, book 2 in The Relics of War series. As I did with the first book, Talisman’s tour is hosted by […]
I wrote this little piece one morning after my cat, Magic, woke me up for the third morning in a row yowling at the full moon. Consider it the first of Magic’s Cat Tales. I may write more stories later as inspiration strikes. Moonlight Serenade As moonlight spills across her path, she pauses to peer […]
The Caein Legacy’s Long History On May 24, 2019, I started writing something “new.” It was a story that had been brewing in my head for years, one that I’d started and stopped countless times, often with different characters featured as the main, but nothing felt right. Not until that date, anyway. There were several […]
Book Review: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis: When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, […]
Book Review: Sordaneon by L. L. Stephens Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: Dorilian is blood bound to the Rill, a quasi-living artifact that spans continents and empowers a privileged few to reap the riches of an entire civilization. The problem is, decades after seizing control of the remaining god-machines, those privileged few aren’t willing to […]
Facing Ones Fears I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog that I write for various reasons. Sometimes it’s because a story is rattling around inside my brain and I can’t seem to dislodge it until it takes shape on the page, and sometimes it’s a mechanism to help me cope with life/stress. But there’s […]
Book Review: Pretty/Ugly by Jennifer Anne Gordon Genre(s): Dystopian Fiction Book Synopsis: Omelia fills the empty place in her heart with Instagram clicks, likes, and subscribes, hiding the scars of grief under a mask of makeup, cloaked in an online personality. She yearns to be someone new: a girl in a magazine, a character in […]
Short Stories Aren’t Easy (for me) I rarely write short stories, but I’m currently trying to write a few. And it’s hard. Some people excel at writing short stories and do so beautifully. I’m a novelist. Always have been. Short pieces are a struggle—my ideas are always too expansive, too intricate for a short story […]
