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Guide to rep in my books
A lot of my books have LGBT rep in them, but not all of them do. So I thought it would be helpful to make a quick guide to all my books and short stories so that you have an idea of what to look for based on your interests! The Iamos Trilogy + Tie-Ins Fourth World, New World, One World: demisexual main character, asexual main character | m/f ace/demi…
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Everything you wanted to know about Lyssa but were afraid to ask
After procrastinating on it for quite some time, I’ve decided to post a little bit of an FAQ about myself so that if you see me mentioning something on social media you won’t be like, “WTF is she talking about?” Writing & Book Stuff Q: Who designs your book covers? The original/standard edition covers for the Iamos Trilogy, as well as the first anthology I edited, Perchance to Dream, were…
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The Jim Theis thread
Back in November 2023, I fell down a rabbit hole and wound up doing a ton of research about Jim Theis, author of The Eye of Argon. I collected all that research in a 42-post Mastodon thread. Earlier today, I started thinking about this, and in a moment of clarity, I said, “What is wrong with you?? You did all that research and you put it on social media? What happens…
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Ending the social media adventure
As you may recall, back in 2023 I dipped my toes back into social media after several years away. You can read all my thoughts about the first ten months of that experiment here. We’re now out 18 months from that last post, and things have continued to evolve. While I still love Mastodon every bit as much as I did when I made that post, and while I really…
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Cover Reveal: The Iamos Trilogy 10th Anniversary Edition!
December 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of my debut novel, Fourth World! It’s incredible to believe that it’s been out in the world for a whole decade already! To commemorate the occasion, today I’m revealing all-new covers for the entire series. While I still love the original covers—especially since the custom photography allowed readers to really see Isaak and Nadin as real people!—after ten years, it’s time…
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Experimenting with Kindle Unlimited again
For the majority of my author career, my books have been published widely. This means that my ebooks are available at many (most?) online retailers, including Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Google Play, Smashwords, etc., etc., and of course Amazon. The alternative to books being wide is having them enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, which requires that your titles be exclusive to Amazon. Up to this point, that’s not a…
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Announcing: A new project!
After spending a lot of time working on this, I’m so excited to finally be announcing a new project! This is a book that I started on back in 2017, have shelved multiple times, yet has continued to niggle away at my brain, refusing to let me abandon it completely. After finishing One World and taking a bit of a writing sabbatical, when I finally felt ready to start writing again, this…
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Why I use italics in the Iamos Trilogy
There’s been some discourse on social media about the use of italics for non-English words when writing fiction. If you’ve read the Iamos Trilogy, you’ll know that I use italics for non-English words and phrases, primarily words in the Iamoi language. So I wanted to address the subject in a bit longer form than what social media allows for. The primary argument against italicizing non-English words is that italicizing centers…
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Adventures in Social Media
You may recall that several years ago I nuked most of my social media accounts. With the exception of Facebook, which my lovely assistant updates for me, and Instagram, I was Officially Offline. But last April, in anticipation of the release of One World in Fall 2023, I decided to dip my toe back into social media. Now that we’re about 10 months out, I thought I’d share the results…
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I’m selling direct now!
Just a quick note today to let you all know that I am now selling direct. What does that mean? It means if you’re interested in getting your ebooks OR print books directly from me and cutting out the middle man, you’re in luck! eBooks I’ve partnered with Lemon Squeezy to bring you all my ebooks DRM-free. Supporting your favorite authors by buying direct means the authors get the largest…