Ah, December, the month when both diets and budgets regularly get blown. I might not be done with all my Christmas shopping yet, but I've got all my decorations up, at least. Last year, I didn't decorate at all because we were in the middle of selling one house in order to buy another, and I was very stressed because (1) if House A's sale fell ( Read more... )

As the subject line says, THE BRIGHTEST EMBERS, the third and final novel in the Broken Destiny series, is now here!


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As I mentioned in my last post, I'll be doing a special chat on Halloween (October 31st) to celebrate the 10 year publication anniversary of my very first novel, Halfway to the Grave. I now have a time for this chat. It will be from 3pm - 4pm EST. During this chat, I'll be giving away some books, some gift cards, AND posting some lines from the ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! First, thanks for all the Ian pic recommendations. I've sent my favorites to my editor. I'll admit: she and I both agreed that combing through many, many, MANY pics of hot guys both from my website blog and the 400+ comments on my Facebook page was a lot more fun than our normal "work ( Read more... )

Hello again! Long blog silence, I know. To sum it up, every time I thought I had a moment to blog, something else came up that claimed my attention. But, now I'm back, and I have both Ian book news and a request ( Read more... )

I just read author Delilah Dawson’s recent Twitter thread about why she doesn’t read reviews anymore and found myself nodding in agreement to a lot of it. Like her, with my first few books, I had Goggle alerts set on my name so I wouldn’t miss a single review. I did this because (1) seeing people actually talking about my books was the coolest ( Read more... )

Wow, it's been a while since I posted! Sorry for the delay. As you'll soon see, I've been busy.

First up, I finished writing The Brightest Embers, the third and final book in the Broken Destiny series. It never ceases to feel like a miracle whenever I finish a book. From age twelve until thirty, I was great at starting stories, but I could never ( Read more... )

It's finally here! The Sweetest Burn, book two in the Broken Destiny series, is now available. Once again, here is the back cover copy:


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