New Cover for As the Crow Flies!

New Cover for As the Crow Flies!

I’m so excited to finally be able to show you the new cover for As the Crow Flies! The artist, TwinArtDesign, did a wonderful job blending the real with the symbolic, turning my ideas into a picture that conveys a sense of magic and adventure.

A Drift of Quills: Picture This (#3)

A Drift of Quills: Picture This (#3)

A Drift of Quills is bringing you their worlds—in brilliant technicolor! “Picture This” this is a recurring subject with the Quills. Why? Because it’s so darned fun! We love sharing our worlds with you, giving you a peek behind the scenes. Take a look at some of our favorites… Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in this post are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of […]

Another Update—In Case You’re Wondering!

Hello, wonderful readers! I just wanted to make a drive-by post to let you know I’m still breathing. I’m deep into edits of Book One of The Mage’s Gift: Blood and Shadow, and I just want to say ohmygoshhowcaneditingbesoslow?! Yeah. Like that. I would like to give a percentage of progress. Something concrete, like I’m 62% finished. But silly things like “consistency” have me going back and forth in the manuscript until I’m dizzy. But… I’ve got two little snippets to share with you. First, a picture of the timeline: Yes, it’s small. Yes, some of the words look kind of blurry. […]

Writing Marathon and a Sneak Peak

What’s almost as good as a crate full of chocolate? Well… nothing, but the news that I’m zeroing in on the end of Book Two of the slower-than-cold-tar Mage’s Gift series is almost as good, right? You may (or may not!) have noticed a lack of blog posts the last few weeks. They will continue to be sparse as I turn my newly adjusted razor focus on finishing the bleepity-bleep books. RAWR. I’ve had a particularly good week—I won’t jinx myself by quoting numbers, but suffice it to say I’m breaking all kinds of personal records. NaNoWriMo, eat my dust! In the […]

Five Good Things #6

This time FIVE GOOD THINGS begins with my procrastination via “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood, and visits chocolate and maps. Not in that order.

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday: Aerisia: Land Beyond the Sunset

Aerisia begins in the real world and gets interesting with a stump. No, really! From the corner of the main character’s eye, this stump might be a bear, a wolf, a stray dog, a monk in flowing robes… Love the departure from the norm with that last item, and the setup for magic.