writing, poetry, & art
Hello readers! Today is the birthday of my fifth published book, Time Passers. I have been working on my fantasy series Instruments of Sacrifice since 2010. I published Spirit Followers in 2016 and Keepers of the Crown two years later. While Spirit Followers and Keepers of the Crown are published as books 1 and 2…
Have you ever heard a published author asked what advice they would give to aspiring writers? The answers are usually the same and may include things like "read all you can," "finish your manuscript," "do NaNoWriMo," etc. Being an aspiring writer is not the same thing as being an aspiring publisher of your own work.…
Continue reading ➞ what no one tells you about being an indie author
mango street. The pink-tiled bathrooms and velvet robes have been traded in for patched-up aprons and flour-dusted hands. Where names were once stitched into lilac silk, the phases of the moon are inked across collar-bones. The wives drink wine from mason jars, prune their ferns and poplars. The children sing to the sidewalk songs…
How to support indie authors--if buying their book online is too stressful for you or you just hate reading. Yes, I'm kidding. Kind of. But here's the thing: most people I know who want to support me also don't feel like going on Amazon and buying my book, waiting for it to ship to them,…
Before, Now, and After “I had brothers once,” I say. My voice is an echo of the ancients. A mourn. A scoff. “But...I betrayed them.” I shift inward when the darkness folds itself around me. The darkness I’ve summoned for myself. “My brothers...their wings were more...magnificent. The first brother’s were fashioned of gold, but the weight was nothing…
