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July 26, 2025

New Embedded Page Edge Editions (6×9 Paperback), General News

Greetings, folks!

I’m going to get straight to the chase. I am working on the embedded page edge editions (Which will be found via Barnes & Noble and Bookshop) and have an update for you.

Playing with Fire and Hoofin’ It are done and ready for purchase at Bookshop. Note: I receive a percentage of sales from Bookshop as an affiliate.

I do not know how long it will take for these books to reach Barnes & Noble, but that will be another vendor these will be available at.

Here are some p...

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Published on July 26, 2025 13:00

July 18, 2025

General Update

I have been holding back the audiobook release of Experimental Voyage due to Patreon announcing a UI change. Why is this changing delaying the audiobook release?

All of the products in my store will need to be unpublished and republished into the new system. They opted against merging it. As such, until I have access to the new UI, which started rolling out on July 15, I don’t want to do any product launches from Patreon.

(People WILL get confused, buy the same product twice, etc, etc, etc...

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Published on July 18, 2025 09:30

July 3, 2025

Bonds (Susan Copperfield) is on sale for $0.99.

Bookbub offered a featured deal (international) for Bonds, so if you have missed it, you can get it for $0.99 at most retailers. I put the promotion up for US vendors as well because why not? The deal runs on July 10, 2025. (Some retailers may not have the deal quite yet, as it was set up yesterday.)

As a reminder, No Kitten Around is also being featured as a Bookbub featured deal on July 8, 2025 (US and International) and is also available for $0.99 at most retailers.

Currently, the only ...

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Published on July 03, 2025 08:36

July 1, 2025

A Light in the Dark (Audrey Greene) is on Audible, No Kitten Around Sale begins, Smashwords Sale!

Short, sweet, and to the point today. (I have a lot to do.)

A Light in the Dark can now be listened to at audible.

Most Titles by the following authors are 50% off at the Smashwords Sale until July 31, 2025. This sale is valid at Smashwords only:

R.J. BlainLilith DanielsSusan CopperfieldG.P. Robbins

No Kitten Around will be a Bookbub Featured Deal on July 8. As such, it is going to be on sale starting in the next day or two until July 20 for $0.99. Note: price change be...

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Published on July 01, 2025 09:12

#150Daysto100k – Assignment #11 – Character Development

Today’s assignment is actually an entire week’s worth of assignments rolled into one with a focal point that forms the actual assignment.

Every day this week (Tuesday through Sunday), your goal is to aim to write 1,000 words a day. If you can only manage 1, 1 is always better than 0.

Sit down and at least try. Writing a book is hard, it requires a lot of discipline, and it won’t get done unless you sit down and finish it.

You can edit a bad book later, but if you never get around to fin...

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Published on July 01, 2025 08:53

June 27, 2025

#150Daysto100k – Assignment #10: Make Your Starting Arc More Robust

A strong introductory arc is a critical part in writing a book. As mentioned in previous assignments, your beginning not only needs to be as close to the ending of the book as possible, it needs to be a critical event or decision that directly results in the lead character(s) heading for the story’s final destination.

I’ve completely scrapped what I started with, and I’ve made the decision to completely revamp how I’m going to open Rise of the Rift King. Boo hoo, oh well. This is a part of th...

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Published on June 27, 2025 09:19

June 25, 2025

The Prince of New York is now available in paperback on Amazon! Plus Audiobook News!

You can purchase a copy here.

So, moving forward, the Amazon editions (which will be linked to as such on this website) will be blank edges. When the fancy edge versions are done, they’ll be available through bookshop and Barnes & Noble, and I’ll have a page on the website linking to them.

If you purchase through used book markets, what you get is what you get, as I cannot control the used book market. If you want fancy edges, I highly recommend you wait for when I provide links by series....

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Published on June 25, 2025 17:17

June 21, 2025

Four New Paperbacks on Amazon (Plus other Print Updates)

Steel Heart, Dawn of Dae, Unawakened, and Blood Diamond are now available for purchase over at Amazon in paperback format.

Please note that I will be doing fancy fun edges on the more expensive IngramSpark books, but this will be an ongoing work in progress. (Read: this is something I’m doing for the hardback editions, and the IngramSpark paperbacks, which are like $5+ more expensive than the Amazon editions, will be the tests for look, feel, appearance, etc.)

Edges are the flat bit of the...

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Published on June 21, 2025 08:18

June 19, 2025

Booked for Theft and Grave Affairs Paperbacks, Grave Affairs, A Light in the Dark Audiobook Editions

Booked for Theft and Grave Affairs are available in Paperback format over at Amazon. In case you missed it, Grave Affairs is available at all major retailers in audiobook edition. (Some did, so it bears mentioning again.)

A Light in the Dark (Audrey Greene) is currently processing at the audiobook distributors. This process can take 1-5 weeks depending on the mood of the server squirrels. You can currently acquire A Light in the Dark over at Kobo. The other vendors are pending.

As a remin...

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Published on June 19, 2025 09:06

June 15, 2025

It has come to my attention… Re: Reviews

Greetings, folks.

It has come to my attention there is something I need to address (as I don’t check reviews because they aren’t for me, they’re for other customers…) regarding some content within some reviews.

I strongly dislike anything political in my writing platform, but I need to address this.

Dear people who are claiming I am showcasing Democrats OR Republicans in the Vigilante Magical Librarians Series:

You are all wrong.

All of you. The fact you are trying to associate me, as the...

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Published on June 15, 2025 20:02