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five fall favorites // last day + favorites of 2025

I can’t believe it’s the last day! Thanks so much to Rebekah for coming back to host with me! Here we are. It’s the last day of the party and a whole year until another one. *cries* *looks at my poor TBR* Nevermind, it’s for the best. 😉 It’s time to say goodbye to your […]

five fall favorites // re-reads

Last day to enter the giveaway! 😉 How are you doing? Are you feeling the fall vibes? Are you buried under a pile of recommendations? *sighs dramatically and happily* Re-reading can bring out the best in a book, especially when it’s years later and you’re a different person so you see new things in your […]

five fall favorites // outside my genre

We’re over halfway through, and I’m not ready for this to end! 😉 Five Fall Favorites is always a highlight for me. I love how much community has sprung up around it, and how many books are recommended, of course. 😉 I’ll be sad when this year’s party is over, but I hope to see […]

five fall favorites // non-fiction favorites

Day three, eeeee! I’m so happy to be celebrating with you! How are you and your TBR? Are you already overwhelmed by how many amazing books there are to check out? I know I am, but happily so. 😉 Non-fiction is one of those genres where you either love it or you hate it. I […]

five fall favorites // indie books

DAY TWO! I hope you’re enjoying the party so far! Have you had a chance to check out the giveaway? Grab your favorite snack or tea and get ready to read through our recommendations for today! Today’s prompt is all about indie books (aka self-published, independently published, etc.). Indie authors make the world go around, […]

five fall favorites // welcome + books i’ve recommended

Ahhhhhh. It’s the first day of Five Fall Favorites! Can you believe it? Every year this party sneaks up on me in the best possible way. 🧡 (For our TENTH party, Rebekah Morris is back to help host! You can find all things giveaway related on her blog, and all things linking-to-the-other-blogs here on my […]

get ready!

The Five Fall Favorites party is next week!  🧡🧡 All the links you need to find our fabulous bloggers will be provided, and I can’t wait to share my book recs with you!

seven short stories

It’s been almost a year since I’ve had a full length project to draft. Something all-consuming, outlined, that I wake up each day knowing I can pick up and work on. I’ve felt a sense of loss–loss of purpose, loss of characters to live with, loss of knowing that at the end I’ll have something […]

Catholic, but not actually

There’s this thing in fantasy, especially if it’s of the medieval persuasion, where made up cultures and their religions take on the vestiges of Catholicism. Priests, prayers, holy books, and traditions are worked into the story. There might be the odd friar or nun, the idea of a knight seeking sanctuary in a church, uses […]

my next book is not the one I expected

Sometimes I make writing plans, even going to the trouble of writing them out, and then mere days later they change. This often happens if I have multiple projects going or I’ve been stuck in a rut and suddenly find inspiration. Last spring, I had beta-readers take a look at my story “Letters for Victory”, […]