My Books
Can you spot the symbols on the cover for Tales of Dreams?
With Tales of Dreams: A Short Story Collection of Hope, Resilience, Humanity, & Magic releasing tomorrow (August 6, 2026), I wanted to break down the symbols and motifs represented on the cover that might be familiar to readers đ When Marcella of Thaler Designs and I were talking through the design for the cover, I…
Read MoreIntroducing the World of Tenebris: Hugony
The shortest calendar season of the year, Hugony lasts only eighty-six days. This is a time of first harvests and new beginnings as business and industry heads look toward the formation of new relationships. Ports are at their most active during Hugony and Harvum, as people know these last two seasons are the most important…
Read MoreIntroducing the World of Tenebris: Agergy
Lasting a total of eighty-nine days according to the Tenebrese calendar, Agergy is a time of growth. After the long Serenmae, Agergy sees the bloom of plant life that had either died due to frosts or had gone dormant to sustain itself in order to bloom again in the warm weather. In the arable Godberd…
Read MoreHell’s Eyes
The Prisoner
Included in Tales of Dreams: A Short Story Collection of Hope, Resilience, Humanity, & Hope
Read MoreCreature of Unknown Origin
Included in Tales of Dreams: A Short Story Collection of Hope, Resilience, Humanity, & Magic
Read MoreThe Light Keepers
Included in Tales of Dreams: A Short Story Collection of Hope, Resilience, Humanity, & Magic
Read MoreSummers Always Make Me Think Of The Prisoner
I talk a lot about the inspiration behind my writing and the process, but Iâve never really talked about the first time I shared my writing publicly. Before the snippets shared to Tumblr or my Heirs of Tenebris trilogy and To Sway a Flame, there was The Prisoner. And yes, you guessed it, I started…
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The Inspiration Behind My Standalone Cozy Romantasy Novel, To Sway a Flame
If youâve been around a while, youâll have probably heard me talk about my struggle to write romance despite enjoying romance subgenres as reader. Like me when I first set out to write my standalone cozy romantasy novel To Sway a Flame, youâve probably wondered âhow did this happen?â Well, itâs a sort of funny, coincidental story.
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