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Karma (Audiobook) on sale, website updates continue, illness, boo, other stuff!

I am clearly the best at blog post titles. I am currently playing a game of “Food poisoning? COVID? Norovirus? SOMETHING??” that involves a sad amount of upset digestive system, including vomiting.In good news, I’m not Ginger from Ginger Snapped sick at this stage. HOORAY! In bad news, I’m definitely sick.

I’ll be fine. I’m hydrating just fine, I have found the foods that I can keep down without incident, and I’m trucking on. I’m only at my computer right now because I got bored of taking a n...

Some Important News (See: Prince of New York, middle of post, look for bold), Site will be under maintenance this weekend!

Greetings, folks. I hope I’m not bothering you with the frequency of posting, but I’m making some “quality of life” improvements for those of you who use my website. First, I’m starting with a collection of links for audiobooks by vendor. You can find this in the menu by checking out “audiobooks”; right now, Chirp, Audible, and Kobo are complete.

Audiobook news: Yes, Water Witch is coming back to all vendors, I’ve downloaded the files, and I’m crying because I have to fix it on audible, too. ...

Audiobook Update

Greetings!

I am working on updating the website with links to books by vendor. I have started with Chirp Books, as people are constantly telling me books that are on Chirp aren’t on Chirp, and it’s driving me out of my mind. Some books that weren’t on chirp were uploaded tonight. It can take chirp anywhere between 24 hours to 3 weeks to populate their servers with audiobooks, so I will do an update over at chirp in a few weeks. In the meantime, here is your fancy schamancy list of Chirp Audio...

A Few Things…

I’m just going to dive in for “funsies” while also sighing.

1: Book descriptions are often written before I actually start writing the book. Originally, my plan for Booked for Theft was to start with the declaration, but I found a better opener. I am NOT inviting political discourse, so don’t start any in the comments, for I will delete them without fanfare, but I am going to use real life as a pointer on why the description was written like it was originally:

In real politics, politicians...

Booked for Theft is NOT the last book in the series…

This has always been, and always will be, a five book series.

The next book will be entitled “Booked for Arson.”

Thank you.

(And yes, rumors are being spread the series is over… that is not the case in the slightest.)

For those of you who have purchased the book, I hope you love it!

Happy reading.

Booked for Theft has released! (Plus Faith Hunter responded to my latest short story challenge!)

A year after the assassination of Senator Maybelle, President Castillo makes a declaration that shakes the United States of America to its core: the presidential election is to be postponed for a period of three years to investigate the deaths of prominent senators and representatives across the nation.

In the wake of the speech, Janette is invited to meet with Senator Thaddens regarding a donation for the New York Public Library. Aware the senator may be one of the last men fighting for ...

Kobo Version of Booked for Theft available for Preorder!

Look at me, despite the move and chaos, Booked for Theft *IS* releasing on time! You can preorder now at Kobo. Yes, this book will be available on Kobo Plus at release.

For some random shit, I have been doodling and painting (watercolors) lately, and here are some of my fails:

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I have also picked up mosaic as a fun little hobby, and I’m truly enjoying it!

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Booked for Theft releases on Tuesday, and will be available at most major retailers.

New Audiobook and a Short Story Challenge!

Grave Affairs by Lilith Daniels is officially in the Patreon store for purchase. There is a very strange issue with Chapter 24. It works for everyone except ACX, who claims there is an error… but nobody can figure out what the error is, not even ACX. As such, I included the original chapter 24 in the main zip file and a backup chapter 24 just in case.

We are trying to figure out what is “wrong” with the file so, when I get the audiobook cover and a few weeks goes by, it can be uploaded to aud...

Dragon Her Heels preorder is now live at B&N, Iron Unicorn is now available at Audible! (Plus some other Audiobook updates!)

I will keep this short, sweet, and to the point!

Dragon Her Heels can be preordered at Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble. (Kobo will be launched as a preorder the moment the book is finalized, so approximately 10 days prior to its release.)

Iron Unicorn can now be acquired at Kobo (also on Kobo Plus) and Audible. Other vendors will be coming sometime next week. Iron Unicorn is performed by Cameron Hill.

A Guiding Light is on route to Audible and is already available on Kobo and Ko...

Dragon Her Heels is Coming December 23, 2025.

I made a rather notable mistake on the Barnes & Noble upload. Please don’t preorder on B&N yet; the current file will be taken down and deleted. (I got distracted by IRL at a poor time, and didn’t fix the preorder date.) I will correct this tomorrow/the next day, as soon as the system allows me–and I will post here when it’s ready for you to preorder. (Sorry about that.)

However, for the Amazon and Apple readers, here are links you can use to preorder this book.

Read this very carefully, prett...