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I’m going to have to take Hybrid off pre-order. I had hoped that pushing the publication date back a month would give me the space to finish it, but my mojo is just lacking right now, with the quarantine, pandemic, and the ridiculous tree stuff. I’m so upset and disappointed, but I have to recognize that I’m completely stressing myself out over this. The stress is having at least two results: It’s causing all the things stress often causes: trouble sleeping, trouble focusing, higher levels of an...

Summer’s almost over, though you wouldn’t know it in Atlanta. Our temperatures are still in the mid-90s! I’ve got one more convention and then con season is over for the year. Dragon Con just finished up and now I’m marching toward MultiverseCon! Dragon Con I did a Con in Review post over at Speculative Chic last week about Dragon Con, so I won’t rehash a bunch of that. But, in that post, I didn’t talk much about the writing things that happened at con. Nothing super huge, but some fun and in...

Whew! It’s been a minute. I thought I’d take a moment and update folks on what’s going on with me. Surgery Stuff In February, I had rotator cuff surgery. I’d love to say that I got hurt doing something exciting or sexy, but no. It was a couch potato injury. The MRI showed a tear (there ended up being 2 tears, they discovered when they were in there), which can really only be fixed with surgery. So in I went. I don’t recommend tearing your rotator cuff. The recovery time is forever. It is now...

I’ve decided to republish the series of posts about conventions and convention life that were originally published over at Speculative Chic. This particular post, about consent — a super important topic in con life — was published on August 10, 2017. You can find the original here! Maybe you’ve heard the term “Cosplay is not Consent.” It’s a movement within the fan convention community to educate people on how to act — or rather, how not to act. And it all revolves around Consent. Why talk ab...

Quick Edits is a short feature where I give quick editing advice on how to handle common problems in fiction writing. I haven’t done a QE in a long time! I’m excited to bring it back

Time for another State of the Book! The first draft of Soul Cavern 2 is almost done (I know, I’ve been saying that for weeks!). It’s so close to being done, I’ve already started revising the first part and sending it out to beta readers. I’m still hoping to get it out in April. I’m also getting ready to commission the cover art for SC2 and SC3 before the end of the month, so should have something to show for that in the coming weeks, as well! My overall production schedule is going to slow do...

I’ve decided to republish the series of posts about conventions and convention life that were originally published over at Speculative Chic. This particular post was published on May 11, 2017. You can find the original here! Convention Life I’ve talked a lot about Conventions this past year and I’ve got one more set of important topics to touch on. You might hear some of these terms from seasoned con-goers: Con Prep Con Crud Con Drop The last two, especially, are things you’ll hear regular co...

It’s here! It’s here! Blue-Edged Soul is here! Look at that cover! Isn’t it gorgeous? My cover artist is Sylvia Frost at The Book Brander. And she is amazing! If you’re in the market for a fantastic cover, definitely give her a look! I was just going to make this a cover reveal, but Amazon published Blue-Edged Soul faster than I expected, so I decided just to go ahead and announce it a day early! Blue-Edged Soul is a short-story follow up to Jivaja. There are a couple cool reveals in it. One...

  Yes, yes, I know we’re already a week in, but that’s okay! It’s still pretty new and sparkly! If you read my last post, you already know what’s going on and what my goals are for this year, as far as publishing. I wanted to drop a quick line and let you know about my goals for content for 2019, as well. Early last year, in February, actually, I made the announcement that I was going to be making a change to my posting schedule for this blog. Instead of weekly posting, I would be posting eve...

Happy Boxing Day! I hope you had a lovely holiday yesterday, if you celebrate. If you don’t, then Happy Random Day Off Work Day!