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FINALLY!

After weeks of grappling with all the online distributors, we have FINALLY got the entire trilogy up on all major retailers in all formats! All that remains is to upload Shenyeh to BookShare and to get Operation Audiobook back on track--soon! Please visit the Books tab for more information, and stay tuned for future updates regarding the trilogy as well as other projects I am planning.

Guess who's back, back again!

(Image: Shenyeh book cover) Caera's back, tell a friend!

And Bennie's back too! Well, sort of. After THREE MISPRINTED GALLEYS we finally got one that looked right and I said, "Punch it, H.U.E.!" and got the book in the pipeline. You can already grab it at my storefront in print, and the paperbacks will hit the mainstream sellers like Amazon and Barnes&Noble August 18th. I hope. I've had a few issues where it hasn't dropped and I've had to call in, but at this moment it looks like All Sys...

Hey there! :)

Anyone out there? I know, I need to get better at this whole blogging and marketing thing. I'm trying!

Just popping in to say I'm still alive (though if you follow me on Instagram you're aware--that's kind of where I live on the internet), and that progress toward releasing Shenyeh is ongoing. I'm finishing up the chapter illustrations and then comes formatting, and then...print!

I am also working on audiobook versions but they've taken a back burner to getting Shenyeh out, so more on that to c...

Happy long weekend and release day!

Image: Phoenix book cover: Bennie transforming into a phoenix. Hope everyone's enjoying their long weekend so far. I'm celebrating the holiday AND the relaunch of Phoenix! It could be a little while before it shows up on Amazon and Barnes&Noble but you can buy it now via my storefront and it's also already on the iBookstore.

Don't forget, Shadowchild is now FREE in all eBook formats and on Wattpad. Head over to the Books page for links!

"Phoenix" Release Date and FREE EBOOK!

I'm happy to announce that Phoenix will be available to order THIS Labor Day weekend! Hopefully we'll have the electronic versions up and running by then as well but there was a snag that had to wait for me to return from vacation (today) to be dealt with, so at the very least there will be print copies available to order through my storefront and showing up across all major retail platforms within the following week. In the event the ebook is NOT ready by this weekend I'll will let y'a...

I LIIIIIVEEE!

Hello! Hello! I hear nothing but an echo. 

But that's ok. This place was a ghost town from the start, and it's been quiet for months now. But I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide...wait, no, that's The Lord of the Rings...

I came back to say updates are coming. Updates, in the form of a long overdue Book Two, and, promotions. And perhaps even some music!

But more on that later. For now, keep checking back, for soon I will have news...

Final Chapter. So it begins, at the end.

(Image: Chapter Twenty-Seven, The Mark of Shenyeh) Here we have it; the last chapter of Shadowchild is now online. I'd say something sentimental like "I hope you've enjoyed taking this journey with me," but that'd be too cheesy, and also, there's nobody here! Echo! Echo!!!

Anyway, if you DO stumble upon this at some point I'm glad you're here, and here's your bit of trivia for the day: The title of this last chapter is a reference and a tribute to my all-time favorite TV show, Babylon 5....

Chapter Twenty-Six, Mothers, and BookShare!

[image error] (Image: Chapter 26, Sandra comforts Bennie.) Chapter Twenty-Six is now up and running. Bennie and Sandra finally have a bonding moment.

I think I mentioned before a lot of Bennie and Sandra's mother-daughter dynamic stemmed from the strained relationship my own mum and I had, which, about that age, gave way to our now very strong relationship. Reaching this chapter was, and is, a point where I can breathe a sigh of relief. Bennie, like all girls her age, needs a good, strong woman in her...

Chapter Twenty-Five, Brainwaves

(Image: Chapter Twenty-Five, Phoenix) Chapter Twenty-Five is up and running! We finally get some answers, from a "ghost" unfortunately. 

I have to laugh a little at this posthumous-conversation setup I employed, as I used it in my fanfiction back in the day, and this book first came out the same year as the last Harry Potter book, which coincidentally also employed this method. Seems we had the same brainwave. The same occurred regarding my concept of Rends and Lisa Shearin's Gates if yo...

Chapter Twenty-Four, and Sexy Devils

(Image: Chapter Twenty-Four, Reyortsed, looking sinister.) Here we go, the BIG chapter. Time for the first showdown. 

I had a lot of fun creating Reyortsed and I loved writing more of his backstory later in the series, but the creation of the character was the best, if you'll forgive his absurdly corny name (it made me smile; and no one tried to convince me to change it, so it stayed).

At the point that I created Reyortsed I hadn't come across stories with a sexy villain. They existed for...