Carysa Locke's Blog

Jorian Tal has lived through every age of man, training great heroes and watching those he loved age and die, or worse, fall to darkness in countless wars. Disillusioned and out of faith in humanity, the last thing he needs is another student to train.

Daughter of an ancient noble house, Sarannya Tatara’s path is already decided, and yet she dreams of forbidden things: swords, dragons, and a life she can never have—until the day she holds one of the General’s blades in her hand. 

As demon...

I just found a whole bunch of comments held in the “spam” section of my blog that I never saw. Some date as recently as last month, others, a few months back. I am SO sorry I didn’t see them sooner. All of them asked basically the same question: Where is Pirate War?

Short answer: it is still coming. I am not going to name a specific release date until I know exactly when it will launch, but it IS coming later this year, and since I essentially have two books that I are happening together, t...

Mercy stared at the plate of reconstituted eggs and something that smelled a bit like bacon, and a bit like the burnt metal of a ship hangar. She nudged the misshapen piece of mystery meat with a finger. 

Since joining the pirates, she’d enjoyed their ever-changing and varied menu of freshly cooked meals, something rarely experienced aboard ship unless you were wealthy enough to travel on a luxury liner. Honestly, she’d considered the food one of the biggest perks.

This was more like the s...

I know you guys have been waiting a LONG TIME for this. You’ve been so patient, and it’s meant so much. Pirate War is officially available for preorder. A real book, with a real blurb, and a new cover that showcases Mercy.

This book has been the most difficult so far. Part of that is my fault. I went into this series with a definite idea of how I expected it to go. I had a basic outline for the series, a number of books in mind, an overall arc and individual arcs. With each book, I start with...

This is Savannah. She is one of our two dogs, a Shepard/Pitt + we think Ridgeback mix. The other is pure Pittie. They are both adorable, awesome dogs. But Sophia, the pitbull, thinks naps are the epitome of any day, with the occasional need to go out into her yard and bark, so every dog within a three mile radius understands this is HER yard. Savannah, on the other hand, is full of constant energy. Our daughter takes her on a seven mile run, and she comes back still running laps and energized. S...

I feel like I don’t talk much about my personal life, and that’s probably because I am at heart an introvert and a private person, so baring my soul online doesn’t really come naturally to me. I know I shared with you all some of my health issues that popped up in 2020. I ended up having gall bladder surgery in November.

However, that wasn’t all. In the process of that whole thing, I switched to a new doctor. Because I was a brand new patient to them, they did a full once-over of my medical ...

Note: I shared this in the very popular 20Booksto50k author group back in 2019, and a lot of authors found it useful. I’m also sharing it here because these same issues keep coming up when I talk to authors or potential clients who have had bad editing experiences, and finding a post to point them to that is two years old in a very popular FB group is getting cumbersome. So, some of you may have read this before, but I it’s worth a review, and it’s good information to have.

Real talk: editin...

Fancy dinner – I am on the far right in the very colorful dress! Also pictured from left are: Lucy Tempest, Jasmine Walt, and Lucy Smoke.A haunted cathedralAn absinthe bar in pirate alleyA haunted building where a wife chained up her husband’s mistress and starved her to deathFried alligator…really does taste like chicken!beignetsCrawfish boil!Paddle steamerFancy drinkVampire Cafe, lol.Oysters Rockefeller – eaten and delicious!

I’ve been on a writer’s retreat in NOLA for a week! On the one ha...

Hi everyone! It’s been some time since I’ve done a blog post. Readers who frequent Facebook probably know that I post quite a bit more to my page there than to my website blog, but I’m going to be changing that. I know it might feel to some of you as though I’ve disappeared, and I’ve answered quite a few emails and private messages about this, but I figured it was time to do a big update here on the blog/website that might be easier for people to find.

The BIG question I get asked: Am I stil...

(Note: this is a bonus scene for Pirate Festival. While it is included in the newly releasing Swag Stories boxed set compiling all of the current Swag Stories into one volume, I am also making it available here for free so readers who already own them individually do not need to buy the set. Look for Nayla’s story to continue in Healer Heart, releasing in 2021.)

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The last Festival of Life Nayla attended was on Ardon, one of the pirate colonies. It was a huge, jubilant affair filled with...