It’s been a while since I last posted here! I have a loooot of news to catch up on, so brace for a long post. Some of this won’t be news depending on if you follow me on social media or subscribe to my newsletter, but I wanted to collect it all here anyway. 🙂 Fourth World is a Library Journal SELF-e Selection The biggest news of the last month…
the iamos trilogy
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The New World Cover is Finally Here!
Exciting news today! I finally FINALLY FIIIINAAAAALLLLLYYYYYYY am able to share the cover for New World, Book Two of the Iamos Trilogy, with you all! As with Fourth World, this cover was designed by Najla Qamber Designs using custom photos by Mosaic Stock. Are you ready to see it? I know you are! Isn’t it beautiful? I love it even more than the cover of Fourth World! I hope you…
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Status Update
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, so I wanted to give you all an update on what’s new with me. In April, I met with my endocrinologist and we made some changes to my medication that have helped a lot with controlling my seizures and minimizing the accompanying brain fog. This helped me get out of the slump I’d been stuck in since February—I’ve had a much…
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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? Most of my covers are created by the ever-awesome Qamber Designs. The exceptions are Magic at Midnight, which was designed…
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Exciting news: The Iamos Trilogy has a new home!
I’ve been sitting on this secret for quite a while now, waiting until we were able to officially make an announcement. And the time is finally here: I am working with a publisher! *confetti* I’ve mentioned before the reasons why I didn’t want to work with a traditional publisher for this series. But I’ve always been really interested in the co-op model of publishing, which combines the best of the…
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Release day: Different Worlds
Different Worlds is finally here! This tie-in novella (that, at 45,000 words, is practically a novel in itself…) is the sort-of-second-but-not-actually book in the Iamos Trilogy, and takes place during the events of Fourth World, telling the story of what happened to Henry, Tamara, Scylla, and the others left behind after Isaak disappeared. I’m so excited that this book, which is so close to my heart, is finally out in the world!…
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Knowing your limits
I’ve always been the sort of person who likes to have a lot of different things to do. Working on just one thing tends to make me stagnate, so I like to juggle multiple projects, to keep everything fresh and me invigorated. I always thrived under these conditions when I was in school and through my twenties, so I guess I figured I’d always be able to keep it up.…