Dear Friend,Spring is here in the hill country. This week, weâve watched bright neon green break out across the neighborhood and around town; just a little bit now but growing more every day. The grass is darkening, too. Dandelions are popping up all...
Dear Friend,Does anyone else feel a little burned out by the pressure to get books read? Not to read. To get books read. So you can rate and review them. So you can post about them online. So you can get the invisible merit badge of âactual bookwormâ...
Dear Friend,I have a confession to make. I am a terrible reader. Shocking, since I write so much and since I love stories so much. But itâs true. I donât read particularly slowly. I AM known, however, for going long stretches without picki...
Dear Friend,The holidays are over. 2026 has arrived. And I donât know about you, but my TBR stack is about to get cracked wide open! 2025 was a good year for reading. Iâll be sharing my Top 3 Clean YA Fantasy reads in an upcoming email. There will al...
Dear Friend,I have lots to say in this newsletter. But Iâm sharing the good news first. Are you ready? I FINISHED BOOK 2 OF THE SWAN SONG SERIES!!! Can you believe it? The second book in Elizaâs journey to save her brothers from their curs...
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER NEWS! As sone of you may remember, Swan Song was originally supposed to be one book. Then I decided to divide it up into a series. Which meansâŚI need new titles! Swan Song is still the name of the series. But thatâs four mor...
Why still read young adult fantasy, and even middle grade, when youâre an adult? C. S. Lewis has a famous quote about writing childrenâs books. He stated, âI am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a childrenâs story which is enjoyed only by...
Dear Friends This week, I finally did it. I finished the self-edits of Book 1 of Swan Song AND sent the manuscript off to my developmental editor. Yes! Not quite party time yet. Thereâs still LOTS of work to do. But it is a huge step toward clic...
Dear Friends,This last weekend, I did something I promised myself I wouldnât do when it came to my writing⌠I almost gave up. Not writing itself. The business side. The posting reels and prepping drafts and worrying about budgets and findin...
Dear Friends, Have you ever had a month that was a complete whirlwindâŚand yet when you try to recap it, you feel like you actually didnât do that much? That was July for me. :P I DID get to finally enjoy a few weeks of not doing much f...