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The day is finally here! Our Wild Magic is now available for purchase here.

Hope you like my new story ♡ The word prompt was “Vanish”

A twig snapped beneath her shoe, the ivory kid-leather boots already scuffed with dirt. The luminescence of the tiny mother-of-pearl buttons dotted up her ankles was mirrored in her dangling opal earrings, in the almost colorless-blond of her hair, the slight sheen of sweat on her furrowed brow. Despite the chill outside, her skin burned.

“I…I thought this time…” She took another step, dropping her skirts from her hands, uncaring...

Hi there! I’m participating in a fun flash fiction challenge on Instagram, and I wrote up this 499-word story this morning, inspired by the prompt “Wicked”. Let me know what you think!

Yay! The first advanced review of Our Wild Magic is up, and is fabulous! Please visit this site to read Jessica’s review.

As for an update, I’m still tweaking the manuscript but I hope to get it set this week, then formatted, and finally proofed! It feels sooo slow but I’m really taking my time because I want it to be amazing.

Thanks for your patience as I’ve spent hardly any time blogging this year so far. I promise to get back soon with some book reviews ♡

Wahoo! My short story, which the editors called “weird and wonderful” is up today at The Ginger Collect. Please go give Goldfish Wish a read and a like ♡

Thanks!

I picked this up for the gorgeous cover, and was interested in the premiss. Kit, goblin liason, is stuck stealing for the tricky creatures. When he misses a payment, they tend to get into mischief, stealing people to turn them into goblins…or killing them. As long as you stay off their magical paths and don’t eat their tainted fruits, you’ll be safe. Too bad a young woman named Skye wanders into the forest and gets put under a spell. Part of the enchantment renders her unable to smile, or ev...

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My fellow book besties and I wanted to give back and do something fun for Valentine’s Day, so we’ve picked a few of our favorite love stories, and treats, for you to treat YOURSELF. Included in this giveaway is:

-These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer

-Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

-A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 

-Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst  (this was my pick! It’s an #OWNVOICES f/f fantasy)

-Déja You: Stories of Second Chances by the 5 of us besties- me, Jami...

The fantasy anthology I’m involved in is up for pre-order now. 

Check out this gorgeous photo by Instagram @januaryrabbit whose story Little Red kicks off the anthology. 

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More about the book, which will be released in paperback too, March 1st:

Eu-2 Publishing is proud to present Fireflies & Fairy Dust: A Fantasy Anthology, with content from over twenty fiction authors, poets, and artists, both established and emerging. This collection features twists on classic nursery rhymes, retellings of...

Or otherwise known as an R&R. 

What is this? And why am I blogging about it?

First, if you’ve been following you know I’ve been working on my Weightless revision for awhile. I finished about two weeks ago, and began sending out my first batch of queries to literary agents (of this YA version. If you recall, I queried way back in 2016 but that was an entirely different Middle-grade manuscript, basically, and I’ve carefully revised since). I got a quick request for the FULL manuscript from an a...

Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popović

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I got Wicked Like A Wildfire this summer, and sadly, it sat on my bookshelf unread, for months. The premise sounded intriguing though, and I finally picked it up a couple weeks ago.

Twin sisters, Iris and Milena, both have what their mother calls a “gleam”—a unique magical gift. Iris can see flowers in fractals, and translates what she sees into blown glass. Milena uses her voice to interpret emotion. Their mother, the sharp-tongu...