Introduction: On the Holiday Hallmark Movie Two disclaimers: I received this novella as an ARC, requested specifically because I like Suzy, we’re in anthologies together, and I wanted to provide her with a review. Second disclaimer being that I don’t like holiday Hallmark movies. I know. You’re shocked. What, the girl who writes merc stories, radioactive murders on space cruises, and long weird romances in cyborg loony bins hates Hallmark romances?! Le shock. I can’t write a

The cover for Star Groomsman, created by me by layering and altering assets in the stock library on Canva, and the Starship Valkyrie logo. Release day is here! Mercs and Mayhem with my story "Power Play" released last week, and hit No. 1 in SFF anthologies on Amazon. You can get it here for some real merc action: Amazon.com : Mercs and Mayhem (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 64) eBook : Nethery, Nick, Burke, Spearman, Stone, Dean, Malory, Lizzi, Ken, Hathaway, Ross, Gibson,

Introduction Seldom has my life been so different between one year and the next. A few standouts come to mind: the stark difference between October of my seventeenth year and October of my eighteenth were particularly different, given the total upheaval to my life and family in that time. 2019 and 2020 were so very different for so many of us that it barely bears repeating. In September of 2022 I was pregnant and a PhD candidate; by September of 2023, I had my PhD and my firs

Hello folks! Woof, last week was a lot, in case you were wondering where my typical blog post went. I was copyediting and reading through the MS for the anthology Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe from Tender and Tempting Tales, where I work as Social Media and Marketing Manager, as well as doing various other whatever-needs-to-get-done tasks (alongside Jenna and the editors). There are some great pieces I very much enjoy, in addition to my own entry ("Crimson Bride"), which

Normally on Mondays, I post a new chapter of my serialized novel, What Remains . (You can find the most recent chapter, posted last week,...

Phew! What a week… and what a month! For those of you who don’t know, I’m a co-leader for my writing group here in South Bay/Long Beach (a region of Los Angeles), which used to be a municipal group in the NaNoWriMo organization. We left the org at the tailend of 2023, when things were just popping off, and began running our own programming and writing camps. My job is largely the programming end—making worksheets, calendars, prompts, freewrites—and running writing sprints. A

This is in the walkthrough, but my basic advice for posting on Instagram is....

I've been doing research forever, it feels like, to find and decide on where I wanted to start serializing What Remains . From sending...

In my mind, it’s like telling me you’ve written a Cozy Horror, or a Cozy Slasher fic, or a Cozy BDSM Bodice Ripper. It’s not that I don’t believe you, or that I’m not intrigued. It just sounds like an oxymoron to me… so I picked up the book, and I read it.

Introduction It was Author Takeover Day for the release of Moonlight and Margaritas , and I was absolutely drenched in flop sweat. I had...

(For a second time, many thanks to guest researcher Erin for her help on this---especially for her cornering me on her stoop and trying...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about publishing serially. I’m currently sitting on over a million words in the What Remains  miniseries...

Hi everyone! I have a delicious little preview for you of my new short story, “Crimson Wake,” available now in the Moonlight and...

The publication of Moonlight and Margaritas is coming up at the end of this month! I’m really jazzed, actually. There’s going to be a...

Hi folks! "Crimson Wake" has been accepted, and we're off to the races!I have read over and had both Rob and Adam (our dear friend who is...

Inaugural post! At Rob's suggestion (and my own inclinations), I have elected to make my first post about "Crimson Wake"! Current cover...