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Falling Kingdoms Has Sucked Me IN!

You know those books. The ones that grow fingers that weave their way into your chest while you read without knowing it, and clutch your heart so hard there's no chance they'll let you go. It's magic when this happens. Plain and simple, magic.

These become our favorite books, the ones we can't stop talking about. The ones that make it hard to be around real people because all we want to do is talk about what our heroes did in the last chapter. The ones we throw across the room when things don'...

Her Moon and Other Updates

I decided very last-minute to publish a favorite story of mine. I told you before about the short story I wrote for an anthology of stories based on the works of Shakespeare, which I'm sad to see isn't getting very good reviews or much interest, because I LOVE MY STORY and the other stories are wonderful! I want to share it with people and let them read it and love it too!

So I decided to publish mine separately.

I found this beautiful premade cover thanks to Najla Qamber Designs (she's truly b...

The First Five Chapters of PHOBIC Are On Wattpad!

Need I say more? Go read read read for FREE!!!

Conversations with Mother Goddess Book Blitz

Natalie Kawai is a Spiritual Teacher and Guide. Born on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, she now lives in Hawaii. Clairaudient from birth, she has always been haunted by the mysteries of life, why we are here, and our role in the universe.
Moved by her intense desire always to go deeper in understanding the whys of the whys, she found the voice of the Great Mother of Creation twelve years ago. Since then, she has studied relentlessly with the Supreme Being in a constant and intense dial...

Teaching Writing to Middle Graders

I've had an awesome opportunity, twice now. My mom's cousin's granddaughter LOVES to write. She is twelve years old and is really talented, actually. For her birthday, her grandma asked me to give her several one-on-one writing lessons, and I have to say, it's been a BLAST!

(Isn't that a great birthday gift?)

I wasn't sure how to go about it. Where should I start? I knew I wanted to do some free-writing with her, using prompts. I knew I wanted to cover the basics of characterization, descriptio...

Such a Clever Deception, Stolen Tears, Book 2

I'm pleased-happy-jazzed to present the cover to a prequel novella for my Stolen Tears series. Such a Secret Place is getting some raving reviews, and I loved being able to write Talon's story before he meets Ambry. So without the blab, here's the goods:



*knocks on the screen*

Excuse me? Hey, I'm down here!

I know, I get distracted by it too. Sometimes I just sit there and stare at him...I mean it. Ha! Kudos to Najla Qamber and her brilliance at creating cover masterpieces!

Here's the blurb:
Talon...

A Gateway to Hope Book Blitz

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Phobic is Now On Wattpad!

I've heard so much about Wattpad and decided to try it out. So if you've been interested in Phobic but haven't wanted to take the "plunge" into the story (for whatever reason), go check it out for FREE on Wattpad and leave me your thoughts!


New chapters will be posted on Mondays!

Never Be Younger Release and The MOTHER of All Giveaways!!

I LOVE SHAKESPEARE. He's nothing short of a genius. His stories are fun and touching and just plain brilliant and so when I heard about this YA anthology, to take his works and write short stories with our own take on them, I jumped on the chance!



I had so much fun writing To Undreamed Shores, my short story retelling of The Winter's Tale. It's one of his lesser-known plays, and actually, I didn't know that much about it when I picked it, but that's one reason I did! So I could learn more of w...

The Year of Lightning Cover Reveal!

This is a happy day! I'm so pleased and stoked to present the sizzling cover (pun intended!!) of my friend Ryan Dalton's YA sci fi, THE YEAR OF THE LIGHTNING. It's the first book in the Time Shift Trilogy, coming December 8, 2015, through Jolly Fish Press.

I've read this book, you guys. Ryan is incredibly talented at characterization--I LOVE the characters in this story! They're so intelligent and their dialogue is quick-witted. (Which is no wonder because Ryan is brilliant. Follow him on soci...