Happy Holidays to all who celebrate, and for whatever you celebrate! I hope that those who received gifts got something they enjoyed, and that you were able to spend time with those you care for.

Most of December has been quiet in my world. Work was a bit more hectic during the holiday season, and I’m greatly looking forward to the new year. With that being said, I have some announcements!

Null book 2 is still in edits, as I’ve received feedback from some beta readers and have a bit of reworking to do. Fingers crossed that I figure out a good schedule and can have it in your patient hands by the summer.

But! I’ve not been doing nothing during this interim! I have started a series called Songs from the Wildlands. The first part of this story will feature Queen Lynx before she became the queen we know and love (and fear, just a little). I’ll give more details as I get closer to releasing the first part. For now, enjoy this little niblet~

This world was not meant to survive her. Or, more aptly, she was not meant to survive in this world. Like a delicate flower planted in the wrong soil, she was expected to fail. Her chances of flourishing were limited. No one expected her to thrive. But like a weed, she broke through the soil, set her roots, and dug in deep.
Siobhan would not be strangled by the earth. She refused to die when she was told it was better that she did. She clung to this life with both hands, burrowing in her fingers so hard that the loose soil was forced together and tethered to her.
She refused to live up to the expectation of her own demise.
It was a hard thing to do as a child, but Siobhan was never known to be a weak girl.
But, sometimes on nights like these, where she sat in her garden during a light rain, eyes shut and face to the sky, she could remember what she used to be.
She used to be soft.
She used to be sweet.
She used to be someone else.
Amongst these verdant greens and blossoming flowers, she could shut her eyes and let her mind drift. The war had ended some years ago, and her life was new now. It was not bad, but it was not what she would have expected nor wanted for herself.
As insects buzzed by her ears and the leaves shook with the breeze, she could remember who she was before she had to fight the world.
Before she had to break this City and make it something she could survive in.

Songs from the WIldlands, Siobhan

Unbroken Glass & Metal Scraps was released in October! This is a short novella taking place between books 1 and 2 of Null. It’s free to read on Kindle Unlimited. Grab your copy and start reading now!

Thank you for sticking with me, and for anyone in cold climes please stay warm during the winter! Happy New Year in advance. I hope 2023 is good to all of us.