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What the Actual @#%&?

Part three of my series on (relatively) recent gaming disappointments. Part one covered Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Part two covered Outer Worlds. There’s a board game I love that no one else in the family ever wants to play. It’s called Iron Dragon, and whenever I suggest a round, everyone groans. Part of it is […]

LGTBQ+ Representation in Romance

This past Saturday, I participated in a panel on LGTBQ+ representation in romance with eight other authors. Join me, Jenn Burke, Nathan Burgoine, Sheri Lyn, Kristine Cayne, Adriana Herrera, J. Leigh Bailey, GB Gordon, and Keira Andrews as we discuss why we write queer romance, what we’d like to see more of in terms of […]

Kelly’s Keepers

Two years late is better than never, right? I finally have a reader group and I’m inviting you to join the fun! Kelly’s Keepers Kelly’s Keepers is a private group on Facebook, meaning while the group is visible to the public, the content is not. We can talk about anything in there. Well, almost anything. […]

Writing Short

I love short things. My favourite aunt is a tiny and compact ball of energy. She’s like a rogue asteroid that actually makes everything she bumps into better. My co-writer, Jenn, is short. I always forget how short she is until we meet up. I need a longer word to do her justice, though. Jenn […]

What I’ve Been Reading

The #WritersRead theme for April was banned books. I chose to read Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan. Itd been on my Kindle for a while, so this was a good opportunity to check it out. Id imagine the reason this book appears on so many banned lists is right there in the title. Two []

8th Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Book Fundraiser

For the month of May, Jenn and I will be donating the proceeds from all sales of the Chaos Station series to the 8th Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Book Fundraiser, benefiting the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I chose to participate in this fundraiser, in part, for Felix, []

A Day Ending in Y

I started writing this post with the intention of sharing all the interesting things Id been doing over the past month. Ive cooked, read over twenty books, watched lots of TV, several movies, played games, started on my spring gardening routine, extended my walking route through the neighborhood, written some words (about half a novella), []

Where’s the Rest of It?

Part two of my series on (relatively) recent gaming disappointments. Part one covered Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The title of this blog post gives away my biggest disappointment regarding the otherwise fantastically entertaining game, Outer Worlds. But before I get into the ugly, lets talk about the good and not-so-good. (No real spoilers follow []

What I’ve Been Reading

The #WritersRead theme for March was childrens and middle-grade novels. I chose to read one of my daughters most beloved books, Holes by Louis Sachar. I have around 3000 books sorted onto shelves around my home. The books Ive read are housed in a room we call the library (read: The Library Project). Upstairs, my []

Matter Over Mind

My author bio says, If aliens ever do land on Earth, Kelly will not be prepared No truer words, my friends. No truer words. Except, the aliens arent here yet and Im already falling apart. Honestly, I havent spent a lot of time thinking about how Id cope with something as world-altering and life-changing as []