• publication,  writing

    2017 Publications!

    January 3, 2018 / No Comments

    2017 was a pretty big year around these parts. I saw the publication of two novellas and two short stories — all of which I hold quite dear. First, there came Wothwood, a heroic fantasy novella (yes, you read that right… it’s short and it’s fantasy) about the “wood where the world is broken.” While there’s a good deal of action…

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    Frost & Filigree is Born!

    June 7, 2017 / No Comments

    I’m so happy to announce that Frost & Filigree is officially available. This little labor of love came together this winter, and is quite appropriately named. If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a woman of contrasts. I love a knock down, drag out fight as much as I love the detail on Edwardian costumes. Appropriately, this book features both.…

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    Frost & Filigree is available for pre-order!

    May 26, 2017 / No Comments

    Holy cow, y’all. It’s been a busy few months over here. New house, new job, and traveling have kept me from updating the blog. But, just in time for my birthday, I’m happy to announce that Frost & Filigree is hitting Kindles worldwide. Like Wothwood, Frost & Filigree is a novella, but that’s about where the similarities end. For me, this story is a love…

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    Wothwood is Available for Pre-Order!

    February 13, 2017 / No Comments

    That’s right. If you head over to Amazon, you’ll see that WOTHWOOD is ready for pre-orders. As it’s digital first, that means for a mere $2.99 (can you even get a cup of coffee for that price?) you get 50,000 words of heroic fantasy with a Weird twist. Sure, technically it’s a novel. But, given the genre, 50K is practically a prologue.…

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  • writing

    Announcing The Frost & Filigree Quartet

    January 23, 2017 / No Comments

    I love making happy announcements, especially in these times, and today I’ve got a really good one. I’m thrilled to announce that I just inked an upcoming quartet of novellas from Falstaff Press, building on John Hartness’s already established Harker series. His pitch included words like “League of Extraordinary gentlemen” and “dark fantasy” and “heroes” and “whenever you want” and…

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  • fantasy,  fiction,  publication,  weird,  writing

    The Wothwood Book Trailer is Here

    January 10, 2017 / No Comments

    I’m very excited to share the book trailer for Wothwood. It’s definitely a challenge to boil down the book in a short story, but I’m hoping to at least pique a little bit of interest. What to expect? Heroes, battles, revenge, strange lands and strange people. What might be unexpected? The monsters are beyond your garden variety fantasy. I joke, but…

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  • fiction,  publication,  weird,  writing

    Falling in love with the novella, and thoughts on story structure

    January 8, 2017 / 2 Comments

    Ever since I first put pen to paper, I’ve thought in novels. I never set out to write short stories. No, from the get-go, I wanted to produce mighty, expansive, world-sweeping novels. And for the majority of the last ten years, what you might consider my professional publishing career, novels have made up the bulk of my work, at least in term…

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  • poetry

    All I have is a voice

    November 9, 2016 / No Comments

    All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The romantic lie in the brain Of the sensual man-in-the-street And the lie of Authority Whose buildings grope the sky: There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or…

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