Author of Hunted, The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & The Mage War Chronicles
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 […]
Book Review: The God of Forgotten Things by T.M. Kohl Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction Content warning: There are mild combat/fight scenes. Once again, this book picked up right where the last one left off. This time, there’s a bit more explained about the travel between worlds and the book has started to give a slightly […]
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. […]
Book Review: The Master of Night by T.M. Kohl Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Content warning: There are mild combat/fight scenes. Picking up where The Lost King left off, Lauren continues her Junta training but requires the guidance of a Master whose specialty is in the same discipline as her own. The queen of Bhrea denies her […]
Book Review: The Lost King by T.M. Kohl Genre(s): Epic fantasy Content warning: There are a few combat scenes (but nothing terribly gory/bloody). Lauren was on track to become a nurse, her life seemingly ordinary. On the date of her college graduation ceremony, her life took an unexpected turn when an attack on her city […]
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 […]
Book Review: Kiss Me Deadly by Jessie Thomas Genre(s): Paranormal fantasy, Urban fantasy Content warning: There are a number of violent/fight scenes in this book and some adult language. Seraphina is the only practicing necromancer in a city plagued by vampires and ghosts that refuse to depart to the afterlife on their own, and her […]
The Battle is Over: An Update to the Infinity Publishing Situation Two weeks ago, I published a post regarding my experience with Infinity Publishing and how difficult it had become to have them take my books off their sales platform. You can read the post here: A Cautionary Tale About a Vanity Press. Since that […]
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 […]
