Cultivating Marigold is here!

where it all began Hi everybody, I’m very excited and proud of this book. Yes, it is different. It’s not adult, it’s Young Adult. It’s not steamy. And it’s not fantasy. What it is, though, is a coming of age story that includes poetry and plane crash. I once described it as Hatchet meets I[…]

Surprise! A new story for you!

surprise! Hi Everybody! It’s next week! … Okay, so I know that probably doesn’t make any sense. Let me try this again, Cultivating Marigold is coming next week! *bends over, braces hands on knees, tries to catch my breath but is mostly hyperventilating* Who said life is a marathon, not a sprint? Serious question, because[…]

Surprise! I have a lot to tell you

Patience First of all, I am going to make this letter today a little corner of joy and fully embrace the escapism because I know I need it and I’m assuming after the last two weeks so do a lot of you. SO, what’s this nonsense about being patient? Well, we all know I… do[…]

Book 2 news, a title reveal, and a sneaky peeky!

Can we skip to the good part? Hi Everybody, YA’LL…As most of my local people know, I have been carrying the energy of “Lowkey Eff 2020” with me through this last year because it’s been a lot like a hangover after a particularly disastrous party. But, I am calling it now, I have decided that[…]

NaNo, Funk, and Floods, Oh My!

I’m Okay! Hi Everybody! If you’ve seen the news, my neck of the woods, Northwest Washington state, has been hammered by a thoroughly pissed off Mother Nature.Washington and British Columbia got hit by the same weather phenomenon that dumped months worth of water on already saturated ground.If that sounds like a recipe for disaster, it[…]

Heart of cinders!

The start of a new series Heart of cinders Her world was turned to ashes and soot, now she’s out to return the favor. One knife to the heart at a time. War destroyed her lands and killed her parents. In the seven years since, Cinder forged herself into a killer at the behest of[…]

Retreat, bonuses, and chapter 27 of the voice in the forest

Retreat Hi Everybody! So… I think I lost my marbles! This weekend, I’m doing a virtual writing retreat, which isn’t the bananas part, it’s fantastic and I’m super excited. The bananas part is that Heart of Cinders comes out next week! And the amount of things I’m doing simultaneously right now when NaNo is right[…]