Author of Hunted, The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & The Mage War Chronicles
The Ballad of Alchemy and Steel: Coming April 30! Note: If you’re having difficulty viewing images, please click on the blog title at the top of your email to view it in a web browser. There is a recent issue preventing some mobile users to view imbedded images from my posts. I began this novella […]
An Overdue Check-in Life has been busy. Work life. Writing life. Personal life. Well, maybe not so much on the third one, as the first two have taken up most of my time. I realize it’s been a while since my last “check-in” post. With all of the book-related content I have planned, I think […]
An Excerpt from The Ballad of Alchemy and Steel The Ballad of Alchemy and Steel is scheduled to release April 30 (free to newsletter subscribers: subscribe here) It’s only 16 days away, so it’s about time I share a little from that novella. This piece comes from early in the story and sets the tone […]
Cover Reveal: War of the Nameless As those of you who follow me on social media probably know, I officially finished the rewrite on War of the Nameless a couple weeks ago. I made a promise to myself – and several fans – that I’d reveal the cover on social media April 5 if I […]
Reader Question: When you write, do your characters physically “talk” in your head? To begin with, I posed a question to my private Facebook group earlier in the month: I was expecting responses about characters, upcoming plot lines for the trilogy I’m releasing, and the like. I was not expecting the first question I received. […]
The Emotional Complexity in my Writing As many of you who follow me know, I applied for a Kirkus review back in December for The Moon’s Eye. This was one of the scarier things I’ve done as an author to date – Kirkus is the book review site and what they say about a book […]
St. Patrick’s Day in Seattle (2009) and Research for Hunted When I originally conceived the idea for Hunted, I decided to set much of the story in Seattle. One of my best friends had moved there a few years before my first trip there, and she’d explained to me a number of times that the […]
An Excerpt from The Talisman of Delucha This comes from the very first chapter in The Talisman of Delucha, book 2 of The Relics of War. Hope you enjoy! Tavesin narrowed his eyes in concentration as Aziarah launched several magical attacks in his direction. The invisible shield of energy he’d erected withstood the Drakkon mage’s […]
A Cautionary Tale about a Vanity Press I’ve been struggling with this issue for a long time, and last week, it came to a breaking point. I need to write my story for a couple of reasons. Writing is therapeutic for me Other writers need to know about this so they can avoid it (Note: […]
The Talisman of Delucha is now available for Preorder! I have officially set a release date for The Talisman of Delucha: July 19, 2022. The Talisman of Delucha is book 2 in The Relics of War series (To learn more about book 1, The Moon’s Eye, click here.) Preorders are currently set up for ebooks […]
