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Continue reading →: Lighting the Fuse for 2026: New Worlds, New Lovers, New Magic
After making a promise to myself that I wouldn’t start the next book until after the first of the year… I started a new first draft. Goddess: Moonborn is the last book of the Vanguardian series. Though technically, not the last book I’ll be writing in the series. That honor…
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Continue reading →: Book Release Day
Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate is officially LIVE! Today feels surreal in the best way—because Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate is out in the world, ready to meet readers, break hearts, and light a few emotional fires. This book has been living inside me in little fragments: a soldier with no past, a girl…
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Continue reading →: Why My Characters Needed Conflict—And So Did I
When I first started writing, I wanted to know everything about my characters. Who were they? What drove them? What had hurt them in the past, and what did they need now? By the time I finished mapping them out, my heart was already sore. I couldn’t bring myself to…
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Continue reading →: Wrung Out and Wired: The First Draft High
Finishing a first draft feels like being wrung out—an old washrag, used and exhausted—but also strangely exhilarated. I scroll back through the chapters knowing what I’ve just written is a rough stone, full of sharp edges and mismatched pieces. Some scenes hit hard, some soar with emotion. Others? They’ll need…
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Continue reading →: Writing in my Sleep (Literally)
Back from vacation–and that page is blank. Every book has that moment—the reset. I went back to page one this week, rereading what I’d written, reacquainting myself with the cast in my head. Who are we again? Where were we going? What’s the conflict? As usual, the reread turned into…
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Continue reading →: Iceland, Inspiration, and Ink
Humpbacks and Hero: A Writer’s Journey I didn’t mean to start the next manuscript yet. Truly. The plan was to take two weeks off—because, let’s be honest, writing while juggling planes, ships, buses, trains, and walking tours is no easy feat. But when the characters start talking, I can’t exactly…
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