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Merry Yuletide Holidays

Every year I decide to release a book at Christmas. Every year I forget that if it’s not done by mid-October, I won’t have time to finish it. Still, it’s never finished in time and I’m scrambling to pull everything together. It works out, but just once I’d like to grow as a person 😉Continue reading "Merry Yuletide Holidays"

Dune 2021

The release of the movie Dune is a big deal for me (yeah, yeah- it doesn’t take much). My absolute most favorite story of all time, my absolute favorite character of all time, brought to the big screen with integrity paid to the themes of the book, is an exciting treat. But the only wayContinue reading "Dune 2021"

Review: From Blood and Ash

This book has a solid 4.5 star rating with over 24K reviews on Amazon and I was so, so excited to finally pick it up. I’ve seen so many great things, ‘best love story’ even, that I was sure I’d found a new favorite book… From page one, I was let down. I just couldn’t.Continue reading "Review: From Blood and Ash"

Get Your Books Here!

Maybe you don’t know, I’ve been working on rebranding my Fool’s Path series into the RISHI’S WISH series. Book 1: KILLING GAME came out a few weeks ago, with book 2: We Are Forever scheduled to release September 17th. But now I’m thinking-why not just release them all, right now?! What do you think? FirstContinue reading "Get Your Books Here!"

Sharing: How To Reduce Decision Fatigue

It’s crazy how long things might sit before I get to it. This email sat in my inbox for almost a year before I actually clicked on it. I guess this was the time I needed to read this article. Maybe it will help you as well 🙂 Click the link, or read the fullContinue reading "Sharing: How To Reduce Decision Fatigue"

That’s right- it’s our favorite day!

No, not Friday (though I know many of us are excited about that), it’s RELEASE DAY!! That’s right, there is a new book for you to cozy up with around the pool or at the beach or in your favorite, quiet corner. Killing Game All she wants to do is live. But she finds livingContinue reading "That’s right- it’s our favorite day!"

Books and Why We Love Them

I am the annoying friend who asks why. Especially why you might like, or not like something. And never say something is weird because I will dig deep to understand that word’s use. My lifemate really is not a fan of my confusion surrounding humans’ basic quick-to-judge reactions. He often thinks I’m being rude, especiallyContinue reading "Books and Why We Love Them"

Quoteable

The mind of the believer grows stagnate. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe. -Heretics of Dune, by Frank Herbert Here is one of my absolute most favorite quotes. It’s suggestive of how we should never ‘settle’ with thinking we know things, that we should always be learning and growing and evolving.Continue reading "Quoteable"

Two of Forty-Eight Hundred (a rough guesstimate)

What’s your second edit look like? For some reason, I was thinking I’d been all brilliant with this latest project, that my editing would go faster and smoother than the last book because I’d nailed it the first time through. Yeah, well, let’s just say I overestimated my brilliance by just a micrometer. A micrometerContinue reading "Two of Forty-Eight Hundred (a rough guesstimate)"

Quotable

We’re tethered. Bound beyond reason. And because of that bond, we owe each other an enormous debt of care and kindness. Whatever one of us chooses becomes the other’s reality. -Kingdom of Shadow and Light, by Karen Marie Moning This quote always hots me hard. I wish more of us would realize how much ourContinue reading "Quotable"