I tried a few different ways of saying this, but I’m going to keep it brief because it’s unpleasant and I just don’t like talking about this on the internet. My health has gotten very bad over the last two months. Not bad like I’m going to die, just bad in that I am not able to function. I am still learning how to navigate my life with unpredictable health,…
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Cover reveal: Life and Death by Selenia Paz
I have a very exciting cover reveal today: I am so delighted to be sharing the cover for my best friend Selenia Paz’s debut novel, Life and Death. Guys, I am so excited for this book. Selenia told me about her idea for this book almost five years ago, and my reaction to it was, quote: OH MY GOD SELENIA WRITE THIS BOOK WRITE IT RIGHT NOW OMG Life and…
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Change of plans
So, as I mentioned in my FAQ post, my schedule is somewhat erratic due to my bevy of health problems. This is why I’m always so nervous about setting publication dates for any of my books, because I’m always concerned that something will happen to throw my schedule off. When I set the date for Cheerleaders From Planet X, I was honestly concerned about it, but I kept telling myself,…
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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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BRACE YOURSELVES.
Okay, everybody! I am finally—finally—ready to share with you all the zany, over-the-top title for my new book… complete with zany, over-the-top cover and synopsis. Are you ready?! I don’t think you are. But here you are anyway! Yes, you read that right. The title of my upcoming f/f sci-fi novel is CHEERLEADERS FROM PLANET X! What the heck kind of title is that? Well, I find that it fits this…
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Announcement: New book, new publisher
Well, it’s technically after midnight on the East Coast now, so I can officially share my big news: My next novel—the infamous, long-hinted-at “Project X”—is releasing this spring from The Kraken Collective! This is a multi-part announcement, so here it is in tidy list format. What is The Kraken Collective? The Kraken Collective is a brand-new, unconventional, team-based publisher of LGBT speculative fiction with an emphasis on positive representation and uplifting…
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How to publish a hardcover on Ingram Spark
As I mentioned previously, now that I am working with Snowy Wings Publishing I’m going to be re-releasing Fourth World with a hardcover edition. In the process of setting that hardcover up, I came across many stumbling blocks and experienced much general confusion due to the fact that IngramSpark’s publishing interface is not intuitive and requires you to do a lot of digging through PDF manuals, sorting through FAQ, and last-ditch…
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Last Seasonal Sweets Sunday: Peppermint Brownies!
Happy New Year, everybody! December may be over, but for Catholics like me, Christmas isn’t over until January 6 😉 So here is one last seasonal recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth! In case you can’t tell, I am a little obsessed with peppermint. For this recipe, to make it easy on you guys, I used a mix for the brownies themselves XD The mix I used was Pillsbury, but you can…