It’s done!! The Lost Legends is completely done on my end. It’s currently being formatted, and I will be able to get the paperback proof in the next week or so. It’s happening!! ARCs have been sent out as well, and the feedback has been phenomenal! It’s blowing me away. Here are just a few pieces: You can read more reviews on Goodreads here! So what happens now? Well, the signed copy form closed a few days ago, and my pre-order swag (a Nihryst card of Loxley, like on the cove

In honor of International Fairy Tale Day, I thought I would surprise you all with the first two chapters of my upcoming debut YA fantasy, The Lost Legends, available March 18! But first, here are what some of the early readers are saying… Chapter 1 His feet slid across the loose gravel as he pulled himself around the corner of a building, nearly dropping the bag hanging from his shoulder. The bay glistened at the bottom of the hill, mere blocks separating him from his escape.

Hello, hello! It has been a crazy couple weeks, my friends. Between editing jobs, running Functionally Fictional, helping run Coffee House Writers, and starting grad school, I feel like I’m constantly busy. Not to mention editing The Lost Legends, writing book 2 of The Nihryst series, and writing my upcoming YA contemporary romance, The Last Summer. Oh… I also did the cover reveal for The Lost Legends and opened the pre-order!! Coming March 18! Pre-order below! Amazon: https:

Hello, hello! See, I told you I’d be back soon. This week has been crazy busy, but it’s also been very exciting. There were a lot of highs and lows. It was a good week overall in the writing world, though. Let’s start with the not so great stuff… I had a really bad couple days of anxiety in the middle of the week that made it difficult to focus on anything. It normally doesn’t get that bad, so it threw me off. That plus being too busy meant not much writing happened. HOWEVER,

Hello, hello! Wow, it has been a really long time. I am so bad at keeping a blog updated, but I am back and determined to do this! Alright, since the last time I wrote, A LOT has happened. I queried a few agents over the summer, but nothing came of it. About a month after I sent the letters, I started really considering self-publishing. So, it did not bother me to receive a couple rejections. I’ve been working a lot more in the indie community this year, and I really just fel