Author of The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & Wraith and the Revolution
Book Review: Silver & Salt by Mark Jonathan Runte Genre(s): Fantasy / Mythological Fantasy Book Synopsis: Aran has always had his secrets, things he didn’t feel like sharing until his younger brother finally got up the nerve to ask about the past he never mentioned. At least until mid a few days in mid September […]
Book Review: Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: When Fate offers seven heroes a chance to bring peace to the peninsula, she finds out none of them are interested. Sold for the price of a pig, trained into the most expensive male escort in the peninsula, Hasheem, the Silver Sparrow of […]
The Cover Art Process: The Caein Legacy I originally shared some of this with my newsletter a few months ago, but I’ve decided to share it here too. I think it’s especially important to share this now, given some of the artwork issues that have been cropping up in the publishing industry. I hired a […]
Book Review: Path of the Warrior by Melissa Stone Genre(s): Epic Fantasy / Portal Fantasy Book Synopsis: Ashrinn Chimekin is a Fugitive Recovery Agent tasked with helping the crew of the Shrike in their pursuit of the rogue Cult of Atraxia. When something goes horribly wrong during an infiltration attempt on the cult’s compound, Ashrinn […]
Book Review: Sea of Souls by N.C. Scrimgeour Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis: Dark be the water, and darker still the creatures that lurk within… Free-spirited Isla Blackwood has never accepted the shackles of her family’s nobility. Instead, she sails the open waters, searching for belonging on the waves. But when tragedy calls Isla home, she […]
Book Review: Uprooted by Naomi Novik Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis: Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as […]
Empathy and my Writing Process Let me preface this post with a story. The company I currently work for is very big on culture and has taken a number of steps to help promote the well-being of employees. I have never worked anywhere with a culture quite like it, and it’s 90% of the reason […]
Fun Stats About my Books I wrote a post a few months ago about “darkness” and included some stats at the end for my books. (See: I Write Darkness.) That post was prompted by my revisions of Serpentus, which was the most emotionally-difficult book I’ve written to date. If you’ve read The Relics of War, […]
Book Review: Enlightenment of the Rogue Emperor by Jana Klánová Genre(s): Fantasy / YA Book Synopsis: Eugenie is a certified, double-vetted, regular, ordinary high-school girl living her best life someone more competent planned for her, in a perfectly normal world, where strange things don’t happen because that is simply impossible. Or so she thought. Right […]
The Source of the ANTs (for Exile) A few months ago, I posted about ANTs (automatic negative thoughts), in part to help myself work through some pre-publication fears, but also because I thought some people might find the information helpful. As those who follow my blog or social media regularly are aware, the publication in […]
