Hello Again

Was away from the blog longer than planned 🙂 A few updates:

~I have started revisions on two of my four first drafts. Those are going well!

~I have been writing like crazy in my notebooks on a story that came out of nowhere. I’ll share that it’s a blend of dark fantasy, dark academia, and horror. The strange thing about this story is that it’s writing completely out of order and in scenes, not chapters, so I’m seeing the story through snippets and I’m actually loving the chaos of it! I’ve had one other book write out of order, but that was middle/end/beginning and in full chapters, which is far different than getting the book in scenes. I’m finding this fascinating and I admit that it’s taken up a lot of my writing time and that’s why my revisions are moving slower than normal.

~I’m still trying to find a good balance on my other socials, but what I’ve been doing is slowly raising my follower and view count so I’ll take that as a win 🙂

My plan is still to self-publish three to four books this year, and the new book (that’s writing in the notebooks) will be submitted to a publisher when it’s ready. So stayed tuned for updates!

New Release: Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be

Happy Tuesday!

Hell Ain’t A Bad Place to Be is now available! You can also read this for free on Kobo Plus. Happy reading!

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Blurb:

Having ghosts show up at all hours of the day is nothing new for clairvoyant Vic Hawthorne. She takes both private cases as well as helps local law enforcement. But when the ghost of dear friend comes to her for help, Vic’s shaken to the core.

She hasn’t seen the ghost of Darrell Smoke since the night he was murdered in their senior year of high school—his murderer was caught the same night. Darrell tells her his killer wasn’t working alone, and that the ghost that aided in his death is back in town. Vic is immediately on the case, and it doesn’t take her long to realize that the unfinished business the dark ghost has come back for doesn’t just include Darrell.

Pre-Order: Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be

This Isles and West World novella is now up for pre-order! B&N may not show up immediately, saying “no results”, and if you get that message it should clear up by tomorrow.

Release Date: 12/12/2023

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BLURB:

Having ghosts show up at all hours of the day is nothing new for clairvoyant Vic Hawthorne. She takes both private cases as well as helps local law enforcement. But when the ghost of dear friend comes to her for help, Vic’s shaken to the core.

She hasn’t seen the ghost of Darrell Smoke since the night he was murdered in their senior year of high school—his murderer was caught the same night. Darrell tells her his killer wasn’t working alone, and that the ghost that aided in his death is back in town. Vic is immediately on the case, and it doesn’t take her long to realize that the unfinished business the dark ghost has come back for doesn’t just include Darrell.

First in Series Sale

Happy Monday! Today through December 3rd, The Damned and Over the River are FREE on Kobo and Nook. Amazon won’t let me offer these for free because I don’t sell solely through them~ I am immensely sorry to Kindle readers that I cannot offer these for free ❤

The Damned:

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Over the River:

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Forward Momentum

I made a bunch of notes on the story ideas I got in Ireland, and part of that was also jotting down character names as well writing the opening line/paragraph. As I’ve said in the past- I have so many notebooks scattered around so I never lose an idea again!

I finished first pass revisions on one of my Libby Bishop books, and I printed out Shards and The Scrying House. Both books are now reading for edits/revisions and I’m so excited!

I’m still aiming to publish Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be by the end of the year. I just want to do one more read-through before setting a solid date. The edits, from my editor, were finished before I went to Ireland, so I’m just reading it over to look for any small errors.

I’ve also finished the editing rounds for my fantasy short story- that will be in an anthology- which means I’ll be able to share more on that project soon. Excited for you all to read that one! I was part of the kickstarter for the anthology, and I have no idea why I was pulled to it so strongly, but I’m glad I was. As an author, this story challenged me in the best ways, and I’ve learned so much from writing a 1200 word story than I thought was possible ❤

Rainy Day With Copyedits

I just finished copyedits for my fantasy flash fiction story. That story has now had a name change, and though I loved the original title, the new one fits much better. I’m so excited about the story and the anthology it’s in, and I’ll share more soon.

In other writing news:

~I had this amazing idea for a horror story last night and wrote the first chapter, plus hand wrote the beginning of the second chapter. While writing that opening scene for chapter two, I realized that I’m still so excited about storytelling and writing. I wrote my first story when I was about 5 years old, was first published by Musa Publishing in 2012, and now I’m self-publishing as well as submitting to agents and bigger publishers.

I love the art of storytelling, the process of writing (I actually really love the revision stage- it’s my favorite!), and I don’t think that will ever change ❤

~Tuck 4 had stalled a few weeks ago but after changing the ending of the newest chapter, she’s back on track and lined up for the big fight scene. The words are flowing again so I’m hoping that means the rough draft will be done by the end of November.

~I’m still working on my fantasy novel as well. I think writing that fantasy flash fiction kicked the novel into gear again. The novel is now over 35k, and I’m thinking the rough draft will be around 45k, but with revisions and edits that count will most likely end up around 70k.

~I’ve not printed out Shards or The Scrying House yet. The timing doesn’t feel write so I’m letting them sit for a little while longer.

~I finished the first pass of edits/revisions for Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be, and sent a note to my editor to look over one of the changes I made to make certain it flows well. I’m aiming for a December release and will update you as soon as that’s concrete.

I fell behind on my podcasting because of all of the writing, but I’ve got some Halloween/Samhain plans coming up next week that I’m so excited about. I can’t wait to share that on here as well as the podcast! Expect a new podcast around the first weekend of November 🙂

Another Rough Draft Complete

Much to my delight, The Scrying House decided it wanted to be finished sooner rather than later. This morning I completed the rough draft! I’ll set it aside for anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks and then start revisions.

I have two rough drafts completed and ready for revisions and one book in the last stage of edits, plus two re-releases out now. This autumn has been quite productive!

Rainy Saturday

It’s raining, again, but that’s okay because we had a good week or so without any. The weather was beautiful! I’ve gotten a lot of writing done, and finished the first round of revisions for Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be. I’m aiming to get that book out by the end of the year, and eyeing the end of November/beginning of December.

I hope you are enjoying Salt & Iron! I had the best time writing that book back in 2020, and am happy to have it back in the wild. The Scrying House is coming along nicely- the first draft should be done by the end of the month/beginning of November. I believe I mentioned it here, but I have at least eight books planned for this series. I’ll be rotating narrators, so you can get a fuller view of Eden Hollow and its inhabitants. Besides The Scrying House, I have the opening scenes for two other books in the series written.

Before I forget to mention this: if you have a Kobo Plus subscription, you can get Salt & Iron for free. I’m in the process of setting up all of my books for Kobo Plus as it’s not exclusive, so I can still sell my books on other platforms.

AMAZON ~ NOOK ~ KOBO

And while you are checking out Salt & Iron, don’t forget to give The Arena some love as well!

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New Release: Salt & Iron

Surprise! Salt & Iron is now available for purchase!

Note: the book is FREE on Kobo Plus 🙂

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Blurb:

Hunting monsters is not an easy business, but for Billie Shane it’s the only
career she’s ever wanted. At nineteen, her aunt and uncle give her
something that means more to her than money—her first solo case. But
there’s a catch, and his name is Galileo Beck, a psychic training with the
state to help law enforcement with supernatural cases.

Billie has disliked the popular young man since childhood, but
unfortunately for her the case involves his three best friends. The three
managed to summon a powerful demon, and though locked in the
cemetery, the demon is feeding off them in order to gain the power to free
itself.

With a large festival coming to Eden Hollow, Billie and Galileo must
work together if they want to stop not only the death of his friends, but
also to save their hometown from becoming a feeding ground for a demon.

Cover Reveal: Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be

This is the novella I’ve mentioned over the last few weeks 🙂 The blurb is still a little rough, but it will give you an idea of what the story is about. I’m almost finished with the edits, so I should have a release date soon!

I’m absolutely in love with this cover ❤ I actually got emotional when I saw it the first time.

Blurb:

Having ghosts show up at all hours of the day is nothing new for clairvoyant Vic Hawthorne. She takes both private cases as well as helps local law enforcement. But when the ghost of dear friend comes to her for help, Vic’s shaken to the core.

She hasn’t seen the ghost of Darrell Smoke since the night he was murdered in their senior year of high school—his murderer was caught the same night. Darrell tells her his killer wasn’t working alone, and the ghost that aided in his death was back in town to clean up unfinished business. Vic is immediately on the case, and it doesn’t take her long to realize that the unfinished business the dark ghost has come back for doesn’t just include Darrell.