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Introducing One of My Secret Projects...

 

images are from Pinterest, all the credit goes to their original creators

A while back, I mentioned that I was working on a handful of as of yet unannounced projects. I said that I was planning on announcing them only when I was a good deal farther into them. However, despite how new and shiny my other secret projects are, this one in particular is a WIP that I have just been having such a hard time keeping a secret. So, I've decided what the hey, I'm just going to announce it to you now (this i...

Cover Reveal: Summer Again by Jes Drew

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Today is the official cover reveal for The Summers of Yesteryear, Book Three: Summer Again.

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Book One: 

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He comes to stand in front of me, his hands gesturing wildly. “And I love you with all the love I had as a child, all the care I have for you as your partner, and with all my heart as I will continue to do so forever, as your best friend.”

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Book Two:

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And over the din in the room is still that voice. Only, it’s not speaking.

It’s singing.

Singing over...

I Have Two Big Announcements to Make Today...

The time has come folks. Harbinger of the End my upcoming release about the love between Loki and Sigyn is now up for Pre-Order!!! It releases on August 21st, but you can claim your copy now. Not to mention the incentives.

Everyone who pre-orders the ebook (which is currently $2.99 but will go up to $4.99 when it is released so you definitely don't want to miss getting it at the discounted price!) will be entered into a giveaway for a signed print copy as well as three character art cards that we...

Writing Multiple Series in a World: Part Three

Today we are doing the third and final part of my series on writing multiple series in a world.

Why Do I Write Multiple Series in One World? (March)

What Does Writing Multiple Series in One World Look Like? (April)

How Do I Write Multiple Series in One World? (May)

Today's question I'm answering is, how do I write multiple series in one world?

Now, again I'll remind you, this is definitely not blanket advice that fits every scenario. Everybody writes differently and as such don't be afraid to take an...

Honestea Tag

Okay, so Sky tagged me to do Nie's Honestea Tag. So you have them to thank (or blame) for the fact that I'm going to have to be brutally honest in this post.

THE RULES

no lies allowed. if an answer is too shameful to expose you may substitute the answer with a gif/image of someone drinking tea.
e. g. → 

(via Pinterest)

there are optional bonus additions to questions but these are not for the faint of heart. if you complete the tag having answered every question + the bonus additions (no gifs used), y...

A Matter of Curiosity Release Party

So excited to finally announce that the second and final Return to Amar book, A Matter of Curiosity, is now available.

An Alice Through the Looking-Glass inspired tale set in a deadly and strange faerie circus, this book is chock full of danger, romance, and a monkey named Chandler. It wraps up the story of Alicia, her two cousins, her imaginary friend Dante, Eugene the illusionist, and Jane as they fight for a second chance after everything that went wrong in book one.

These outcasts came togethe...

Camp NaNo Update: How it has been going

Ah, in case the fact that I didn't post anything last week wasn't enough of an indicator; April sort of chewed me up and spat me back out.

Not necessarily in a bad way, I've just been extraordinarily busy.

April 1st rolled around, and I opened up my laptop ready to write the heck out of Harbinger, only to find an email in my inbox telling me that my editor was done with SoS. I set to work immediately on incorporating her edits then after that, I had only to finish reading it and I would be done. S...

A Season of Subterfuge, Courtiers, and Wars Councils Release Party

 No, you did not read that title wrong. Your eyes are not deceiving you. I did indeed finish SoS, and yup, yeah, it's published!!!!

I'm still essentially in shock over this. Pretty sure I'm probably dreaming becuase I thought so many times that there was no way I was ever going to actually finish this.

I published the first version of Time of Trepidation in 2016. Now bear in mind that I did republish both Week of Werewolves and Time of Trepidation, (WoW in 2017 and ToT in 2019), so I spent a lot o...

Writing Multiple Series in a World: Part Two

 All right, it's time for the second part of my series on writing multiple series in a world.

Why Do I Write Multiple Series in One World? (March)

What Does Writing Multiple Series in One World Look Like? (April)

How Do I Write Multiple Series in One World? (May)

Today's question I'm answering is, what does writing multiple series in one world look like?

Well, for one it looks like this:

A drawing of all my Ruskhazar main characters as drawn by myself
And this: The Amar covers I have to date

But in all s...

So it's Camp NaNo in less than a week, I suppose it's time I share what I will be working on

 

Well, summer is right around the corner, and it's high time that I get around to wrapping up my Norse story about Loki and Sigyn Harbinger of the End. So I've decided that is what I shall be working on.

I'll admit, I had hoped to be farther along in this story by now, but alas alack finishing SoS took longer than I thought it would. Fortunately, here we are, on the cusp of the April Camp NaNo so allow me to dust off my keyboard, and let's get writing.

My goal is to write 60,000 words in Harbinger...