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I made this quiz for my recent blog tour, but like it enough that I thought I’d post it here as well.

In the style of Buzzfeed, answer some personality questions, and I’ll tell you which member of the crew of the Persephone Star you are. As a bonus, you can learn a bit more about the crew.

Find out which member of the Persephone Star Crew you are!

A. Cow

B. Weasel

C. Eagle

D. Bear

E. Lion

F. Peacock

A. Loyal...

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After the sad closing of LT3 in July 2019, my books have found a new home with Riptide Publishing. The first to be reissued isThe Persephone Star, which came out this week!

To celebrate it’s release, I’m doing a blog tour all this week, giving a sneak peek into my writing process, the history of the period in which the novel is set, and some deleted scenes!

Most importantly, this isn’t just a reissue, but a heavily-revised new edition – which is a full 11,000 words longer than the first...

This year I had the opportunity to re-issue two of my first publications with Less Than Three Press: Part of Your World and Beast. Both stories initially appeared in the fifth volume of Fairy Tales Slashed back in 2013. When the editors initially approached me about re-issuing them, I assumed I would do a quick read through for any errors that had slipped through on the first printing and call it a day.

When I read them, however, I was really shocked by what I found.

I wrote both stories at...

In advance of the release of my newest novel, The Heart of the Dragon (available for preorder here), I will be giving away 2 PRINT copies of The Persephone Star!

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A 2016 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention.

As Post Mistress of Fortuna, Penelope Moser knows just about everything about everyone. It’s a job she takes seriously, no matter who comes to pry for gossip, or how unsettling the messages are—but even she is more than a little frightened by rumors that The Persepho...

My new short story,Prom and Other Hazards (10,000 words) has been receiving some lovely reviews! I’m particularly pleased that readers thought the ending satisfied (I’ve blogged about my worries over endings before…). I’m also super stoked to see that people enjoy stories that deliberately avoid the ‘gay panic’ plotline – this isn’t a drama filled story, but people seem to appreciatethat!

Read some reviews below:

THE LESBRARY: “This was a totally approachable piece of contemporary YA f/f with...

My new short storyProm and Other Hazards will be released on June 28th (just eight days from now)! It’s currently available to preorder for the low, low price of $1.35. I’ve just had a look at the final version and fell in love with these characters all over again. I really hope everyone enjoys this one!

The blurb:

Frankly, prom is a ridiculous concept. People at school treat it like its a test run for a wedding, complete with ‘promposals’. That’s not even mentioning the dresses, which look l...

I opened my last quarter’s statement from Less Than Three Press with more than usual excitement. I’m always interested to know how my books are selling, and certainly happy to receive a check, but this time I was excited because the January – March quarter covered the release of The Persephone Star.

In a post from November of 2014, I wrote “I’m more concerned about reviews than sales”, but I’m going to be straight with you: that was in a post in which I was celebrating some pretty great sales...

Those of you who follow me on twitter might remember that back in January I absolutely SWORE that I was going to get a story done for LT3’s Rough Riders collection – in fact, I went so far as to get an extension on the deadline from LT3, because I was TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY SURE that I could get something done with just a few extra days.

Perhaps needless to say, I did not. I wrote about 9,000 words and then realized that what I had was the beginning to a probably 40k story – not something I w...

Whoa, dudes. I see it’s been nearly three months since my last post. I am ashamed. The sad truth is that in the last three months I haven’t been doing a whole lot of anything.

Well, that’s not true. I’ve been being run ragged by my job and buying/renovating/moving into a house, not to mention parenting a five year old. But all that means I haven’t been doing a lot of writing.

However, I’m back with some fun news: I just got sent the cover for my story in the upcoming Peacocks collection for L...

The wait is finally over –The Persephone Star comes out next week, on January 13th!

I’m incredibly excited for this release. The response toThe Only Way was so positive, and I’m hoping that people who loved Hart and Ruby will also love Penelope and Mell.

The historical setting of this novella gave me room to explore some of the issues that women have faced in the past–and continue to face all over the world. More than the story of Mell and Penelope, this is really the story of women finding...