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dust jacket or no dust jacket?

I was thrift shopping with my sisters and I noticed that a lot of hardbacks had been donated without their dust jackets. My sisters were in favor of removing them, and I was not. Until today when I was looking at a Christmas book I got (with a damaged and rather ugly/outdated dust jacket) and...Continue reading »

i was surprised by The School for Whatnots

No matter what anyone tells you, I’m real. That’s what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. He knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He’d know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote it–and what it means–remains a mystery. Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable....Continue reading »

release. day. ahhhhhh.

Happy release day to my book baby! I’m still in shock it’s here. 🖤 Thank you for all your support and excitement for If the Stars Awaken. I appreciate you all! Now to collapse and savor this moment. 😉

meet the characters from If the Stars Awaken

In no particular order, I’d love you to meet… Harbor King Harbor is the young sovereign over all known lands in the world. He resides at the castle near the ocean with his wife Marinne, and leads the country with grace and wisdom. Recent events have him studying the stars for a clue to the...Continue reading »

my projects and all the updates on them

Let’s knock the obvious one off the list first… JUST FIVE DAYS UNTIL If the Stars Awaken RELEASES!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! *runs in circles* *celebrates in this is my second novel* Don’t forget to pre-order your (discounted) copy. 😉 Next up, we have Lore in Love (which I’ve already introduced you to a little bit). After much...Continue reading »

If the Stars Awaken releases in a week!

And I can barely believe it! I’ve spent months and years and rewrites and edits on this book, and to see it out in the world is a dream come true and an answer to prayers. 🖤 I’ll be sharing a little more about the book as we go into next week, but for now…...Continue reading »

3 Ways to Collaborate as an Author (guest post by Kellyn Roth)

Hello folks! My name is Kellyn Roth, and early this year, I launched my small indie press, Wild Blue Wonder Press, and in July, our first anthology, Springtime in Surrey, was published. With eight authors in the collection, I learned a lot about collaboration! But the message I took most of the heart? Collaboration is...Continue reading »

so you’ve read Kiera…

…will you enjoy If the Stars Awaken too? I made a little graphic comparing my two novels. In other ways (genre and setting are big ones) they’re very different, but my values and messages hold true throughout both. So if you’ve read one, you might like the other!

psst! new Christmas book alert!

There’s a new Christmas anthology out, and I know or am a fan of a few of the authors… 😉 Another Homewood Christmas! Doesn’t it look so cozy?! About the Book Come back home to a small-town Christmas through the ages… From its founding to the present day, Homewood, Minnesota’s open arms always offer a...Continue reading »

my first copies came!!!

Guys, I got mail earlier this week, and it was author copies of If the Stars Awaken, ahhhhhhhh!! Aren’t they beautiful?! These were the first copies I’ve seen (ARCs and my proof copy) so I was kinda over the moon. So was J, and we took a picture with the book together, as per tradition....Continue reading »