THE WOLF QUEEN is now available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. We’re still a little more than a month out from publication day and I’m beyond excited to finally see this novel available for pre-order. ***If you aren’t finding it in the format or with the bookseller of your choice, please have
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Ladies, theydies, gents, et al, it’s almost that magical time. After so many years of you all diligently following me, smiling and nodding patiently while I talked about my book and just how soon you’d get to read it, well… Publication day is Nov. 14, 2023. Just over one month from now! Within the next
Just before midnight on April 22, 1778, an absolute madman decided to take the American Revolution to Britain’s shores. Though he wasn’t particularly successful and his legacy is, shall we say, mixed, John Paul Jones cemented his place in the American story by being one of wildest men in U.S. Navy history, which is saying
By May of 1975, Saigon had fallen and the Khmer Rouge were working quickly to consolidate power in Kampuchea, then known as Cambodia. For the United States, the war in Vietnam was over, but in Southeast Asia political upheaval meant war still raged. Unbeknownst to the 40-person crew of the civilian container ship SS Mayaguez,
Every month I produce a U.S. military history feature article for my base paper (no, I’m not going to link to it). We don’t have the highest readership, but I’ve discovered I adore putting these things together. This makes sense and shouldn’t have come as a surprise to me. Afterall, most of my writing is
I fired my publisher. There, I said it. “Fired” isn’t really the right term, but I did withdraw my contract. Here’s the thing, I’m an untested author sitting on a pile of rejections. I got one (1) full manuscript request that also ended in rejection. So when one of the small presses I submitted to
AUDACITY has been the title of my upcoming release since the plot bunny for it first burst out of the bushes and attacked me like the rabbit from Monty Python. But as with all things in the publishing process, a change had to be made. AUDACITY will be hitting the digital shelves as THE WOLF
I need to preface this with the fact that I am not the person who hates remakes/reboots/sequels out of pocket. In fact, I kind of love them. I love the experience of seeing a new creative team’s fresh take on old material. I love reimaginings of classic stories (think Clueless and 10 Things I Hate
I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me. To properly establish how long it’s been since my last blog post, I have to confess that I have in my drafts a rant about Game of Thrones and story payoff, and that even starts with “I know I’m late to the party in writing
I am a huge fan of horror movies, which aligns closely to my die hard love of ultra-high stakes. Nothing quite showcases a character like tossing them into a boiling cauldron and seeing what happens. I recently watched I Am Not a Serial Killer (based on a novel of the same name by Dan Wells)