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March 20, 2015
Cover Reveal – Elemental Flame!
The newsletter subscribers got a look at the cover last week, as well as a free copy of Dragon Fire.
Pretty sure Crwys’s raceisn’t in question anymore. 
Back cover copy to come…
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March 5, 2015
Elemental Moon is available!
w00t!
I’ve found Elemental Moonavailable on Kindle, Kobo and iTunes, but not yet on Nook. Sitting back and trying to relax for the night because tomorrow it’s right back at it. Well, after I clean up my desk. I usually start a project out with a clean desk, everything in its proper place, pencils full of lead, notebooks open and ready and my Scrivener file prompted and open.
By the end I’m lucky if I can FIND my computer, much less anything else. So I need to spend time organizing / sorting all...
March 2, 2015
Updates for Elemental Arcane!
They are approved! Below is a snippet of the email I received from Amazon:
We’ve completed our review of your book changes.
We’ve sent an e-mail to customers who own the book to notify them of the update and improvements made. These customers are able to choose to opt in to receive the update through the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com.
Isn’t Amazon great? This is terrific news! So those of you who bought the first book (and there were a lot, lemme tell you!), you should receive an email f...
February 27, 2015
It’s Like Saying Goodbye To Family…
This morning Leonard Nimoy passed away. I can’t even begin to express the emptiness I feel, or how surprised I am by it. My sisters and I grew up in rural, South Georgia, and there are three things I remember most about those years. The sound of cicadas on Summer mornings, Sunday afternoon drives when my dad would pile us into the Station Wagon to look for rainbows (and to give mom a break), and Star Trek. We watched it Mon-Fri at 4:00 on WTBS. I couldn’t wait to get home from school to watch...
February 25, 2015
Getting It Right
Random Cute Cat Pic. This is my Chi Chi. And that legal pad under her is my idea pad…which she finds oddly comforting. For some reason. o.O
…and so…Elemental Arcane update is complete and published. This means the editor of Shadows and Moon took a long hard look at it and, taking in consideration for writing style and voice, made an incredible number of changes (not story changes). We also added in the first chapter for Elemental Shadows and links back to their prospective place of purchase.
I...
February 23, 2015
Excerpt: First Chapter Elemental Moon
ELEMENTAL MOON – BOOK THREE
EXCERPT
CHAPTER ONE
“You’re kidding, right?” I gave my best friend and business partner my well done this-is-ridiculous face, given our current situation. “Werewolves are myths.”
Kyle Kendrick gave me his best version of the same face, which was visible in the flickering light of our waning fire. It was the beginning of January, just a few days past the new year, and the moon overhead was full, which might account for the fact I could clearly see him as well as our ot...
February 19, 2015
Buyer (Me) Beware
Yes, I’ve learned my lesson the hard way this time. And I shan’t do it again. (Ooh! I got to use shan’t!)
In my haste to get the first book ready in the Eldritch Files, Ipicked the first editor I could afford and hired them. They did a one day turnaround, I accepted changes and then it went from there. I take responsibility for not double checking.
And since then, I have had a fewreaders complain to me about the editing errors. Please know the book is beingsent to the editor of Elemental Shadow...
February 9, 2015
February 6, 2015
Free Fiction: Switchback
Uncollected Anthology – Heartspells
Switchback will be posted here for free until February 20th, 2015. Enjoy!
Blue magic sparkled and swirled inside the tear-drop shaped crystal vial as the witch held it between us. I was unable to pull my gaze from it, not just because of the potential inside, but because of what accepting it could mean for my future.
“Have you been listening to a thing I’ve said?”
The witch’s sarcastic tone brought me out of my adoration of the potion. I shifted my gaze from th...
February 2, 2015
Glitches Ahoy!
I wanted to address the questions about the print version of Elemental Arcane (and now Elemental Shadows). First—there was a glitch. Actually there were two.
The first one was the cover. When I received my proof in the mail, I was excited. Jumping for joy from the mailbox to door I tore into the package. After pulling the book out—I wasn’t sure if I had the light on in the house. I checked, it was mid-day as it should be. And there were plenty of lights. So…
Why was the cover so dark?
There were...
