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New titles!
I’ve got some new titles available! YAY! For those interested in my holiday works without reading stories by others, we’ve released Ol’ St. Nick and The Ringers as standalone books, both eBook and paperback. We’ve also released Peace Be with You, Read More…
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Christmas in July!
Been a while since my last post. Life has been…chaotic. All three cats almost died. I’ll make a post about it later, I promise. For now, Joy to the Worlds: Mysterious Speculative Fiction for the Holidays has been included in Read More…
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Published on the Moon!
When did it happen?
Our love was something to make the heavens sing, yet I turned around to find myself alone.
The darkness of your absence eclipsed any joy that filled me with light.
When did I stop being beautiful?
When did you stop desiring me?
Love is eternal, or so the poets say, yet somewhere across the years, we fell out of step. Like the gear shifts of a machine, our parts thrown out of sync in a moment.
Was it desperation that drove you into another’s arms, or was it something I did? Perhaps something I didn’t do?
< No. >
Too faint, I ignore the voice in the distance. Its fierceness reminds me of you, you know. Read More…
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Hidden Magic
It’s Caturday!! Besides being a great day for cats, I have a story in a new anthology called Hidden Magic that came out this week! My story in it, “Amaskan,” features Ida from Amaskan’s Blood. Since it’s Caturday, Malleycat (my Read More…
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Another Award
Amaskan’s Blood‘s won another award, the Readers’ Favorites Award for YA Epic Fantasy. I’m happy that the first in the series is still getting so much love. <3 The title was also reviewed and said, “This is a novel for Read More…
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Last Cities of Earth
If you remember, last year I was part of a potential anthology entitled The Last Cities of Earth. While an amazing project based on the art and concepts by Jeff Sturgeon, its Kickstarter didn’t make last year. This year, the Read More…
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Award Season Reminder
This is just a reminder about award nomination/voting times and eligibility… Consider it your Award Season Reminder! Last year in 2018, I released two books: Amaskan’s War (Book II of the Boahim Trilogy), which is fantasy From the Worlds of Read More…
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Award-winning series
Amaskan’s Blood won the 2017 Ozma Fantasy Award and was an EPIC Awards’ Finalist, so imagine my surprise to learn that Amaskan’s War, Book II in the Boahim Trilogy, is a finalist in the UK’s Wishing Shelf YA Book Award! I guess that means I have an award-winning series on my hands. It was read and nominated by Read More…
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Swords, Sorcery, & Self-Rescuing Damsels
I’m really excited to finally announce the inclusion of my short story “Alive” in the awesome Swords, Sorcery, & Self-Rescuing Damsels anthology from Clockwork Dragon. This anthology, available for Pre-Order NOW, has stories from Jody Lynn Nye, Robyn Bennis, Dawn Vogel, and quite a Read More…
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Awards’ Eligibility
Every author has to make the post about Awards’ Eligibility so here goes: Last year in 2018, I released two books: Amaskan’s War (Book II of the Boahim Trilogy), which is fantasy From the Worlds of Raven Oak: A Coloring Read More…
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