Author of The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & Wraith and the Revolution
Typos, Glitches, and Postal Fails: The Unexpected Quirks of Publishing a Book At this point in my authoring career, I’ve published 10 full-length novels, 1 novella, 1 short story, and now, an anthology. While I’ve ironed out most of the issues I ran into early on, there are still so many things that can go […]
Together is a Distant Star: An Anthology of Belonging is now available! Tuesday marked the official release day for Together is a Distant Star. I’ve mentioned this before, but it was such an incredible project to be a part of, and involved one of the most wonderful groups of people I’ve ever worked with. Kris […]
Font Choices and The Fontayne Company This isn’t something many people know about me, but I spend an inordinate amount of time choosing fonts for my writing projects. I can be very picky about fonts when it comes to book covers and chapter headings. The fonts used on the majority of my published books weren’t […]
Enter the “Wraith-verse” I was recently talking books with one of my author friends, and she coined a term that I hadn’t considered myself until then. She knows that I have several short stories publishing this year all related to my novel, Wraith and the Revolution, and since that book is a standalone, there’s no […]
Survivor (A Wraith and the Revolution prequel story) In the summer of 2024, while I was still on medical leave after my surgery, I had a lot of time to write. And because I wasn’t terribly active during that recovery period (doctor’s orders), I had even more time than usual. And write I did. The […]
Together is a Distant Star: A short story anthology coming soon! How the anthology came about A couple of years ago, there was some discourse in the writing community regarding the struggles some groups face in the publishing industry. One of the notable threads (and a subsequent blog post) was written by E.L. Lyons, and […]
An update and things coming in April Things have been, for the most part, pretty good for me since the first of the year. I believe my last writing update post was around the end of December, so I feel like it’s time for another one. I have a number of projects in the works […]
Experimenting as I write With every book/series project I’ve worked on, I’ve done something different. I mix things up partly because I like the challenge, and partly because it prevents me from getting bored. And trust me, no one wants that. The Relics of War With the Relics of War series, I wrote multiple viewpoints […]
“You’re so wordy!” That’s one of my husband’s favorite sayings when we’re talking about my writing, and he’s not wrong. I’ve written and published a lot of words. And this is something that comes up in interviews I’ve done frequently, usually in one of two forms. The first is the question, “When did you decide […]
The Worldbuilder Diaries: The First 30% For most fantasy and science fiction books, a lot of worldbuilding is required. And by the 30% mark, my goal is for the reader to be fully immersed in that fictional world. But I also don’t like to share too much information too quickly. It can be overwhelming for […]
