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June 7, 2025
The Queen of the Road – Release Retrospective
Happy June, everyone! It’s been a little over a month since the launch of The Queen of the Road, and that means it’s time for the usual release retrospective.
As long-time readers know, this is where I look back at how the book performed, throw big numbers around in a bid to appear knowledgeable, and reflect on what I can do better in the future.
Fair warning: this post will be data heavy, so if that’s not your thing, skip to the tl;dr near the end!
We’ll start with our usual game. Looking at ...
May 1, 2025
The Queen of the Road is now available!
The Queen of the Road is finally here. Everyone’s favorite ageless mercenary navigates the ever-changing political landscape of the Badlands while seeking the one thing she’s never truly had: closure.
The Queen of the Road
Hey everyone! After a very long April, it’s time to welcome May with a fresh new release! The Queen of the Road, book two in The Storm Who Rides, is now available!
Per usual, I’m going to share the content warnings for this book below1. But before that, I wanted to talk ...
April 30, 2025
The Queen of the Road: Chapter 4
The Queen of the Road releases tomorrow, bringing more post-apocalyptic mayhem! I’ve been counting down to the release by releasing sample chapters, and this is our last: chapter 4.
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April 29, 2025
The Queen of the Road: Chapter 3
I know the Kickstarter campaign just finished, but things never slow down in the publishing world… The Queen of the Road releases this week! As we count down to Thursday, I’ll be sharing some sample chapters.
Here’s Chapter 3.
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April 28, 2025
The Queen of the Road: Chapter 2
I know the Kickstarter campaign just finished, but things never slow down in the publishing world… The Queen of the Road releases this week! As we count down to Thursday, I’ll be sharing some sample chapters.
Here’s Chapter 2.
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April 27, 2025
The Queen of the Road: Chapter 1
I know the Kickstarter campaign just finished, but things never slow down in the publishing world… The Queen of the Road releases this week! As we count down to Thursday, I’ll be sharing some sample chapters.
Today, we start where most stories do: at the beginning.
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April 24, 2025
34 Hours to go in the See These Bones Kickstarter Campaign!
Hi, everyone!
We’re ONE WEEK away from the glorious release of The Queen of the Road. I’ll be back next week with sample chapters and updates as we count down to May 1st, but first, we have other business to tackle.
Big business. See These Bones business. Kickstarter business.
Because we are less than 34 hours away from the end of the Kickstarter campaign for the See These Bones 5th Anniversary Collector’s Edition hardcover!
The Campaign is Almost Over…
It’s been quite the month! Running a ...
March 25, 2025
The Collector’s Edition Hardcover of See These Bones is Here
We. Are. Live!
(And not in a Frankenstein’s Monster kind of way. Although my heart is racing like I was just electrocuted, so… maybe?
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The newsletter announcement has gone out, so I can officially share that the oft-mentioned Kickstarter campaign for the 5th Anniversary Collector’s Ediition Hardcover of See These Bones is now live! And we already have some backers (You all know who you are, and you’re amazing — )
The campaign will run for one month, but early bird prici...
March 21, 2025
5th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of See These Bones
Hey everyone!
As you might have seen in my last blog entry or my many, many, many social media posts over the past few weeks, we will soon be launching a Kickstarter for the 5th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Hardcover of See These Bones.
Barring any last minute catastrophes, the campaign is scheduled to kick off next week, but if you want to be first in line for any early bird specials, you can sign up now to be notified the moment the campaign begins. Just go to the pre-launch campaign page...
March 7, 2025
March Update – A Plethora of News
A Plethora of NewsHey everyone! It’s been a while since the last update, but I wanted to wait until there was something to actually announce. And now, somehow, there are three such things!
As we close out winter, I’m launching a Kickstarter for a special Collector’s Edition hardcover of See These Bones. I also have a promo sale for STB’s digital version, and (finally) a pre-order and release date for The Queen of the Road, the second book in my post-Break World spinoff series, The Storm Who ...


