When I published my first novel, The Prophecy, back in 2014, many of my family and friends too the time to read it. One of those early readers was Philip Strickland, a long-time friend of my father’s. Dad and Philip met through work. Before their retirement, each one managed a county office for the Georgia…Continue reading The passing of a good man
What I’m working on now
My goal for 2025 is to focus on stories I enjoy writing, to help my creativity recover from years spent spiraling into burnout. One of the things I used to do to keep my creative spark fed was to respect the ideas. Not just writing them down, but also developing them as the ideas bud…Continue reading What I’m working on now
Getting out of my own way
Last year after finishing the final two books in my Celia Roman pen name’s main series, I had a tough decision to make: which direction should my writing take? I fully intended to write “serious” Science Fiction and Fantasy, and had even discussed some of those story worlds with readers. The problem? When it came…Continue reading Getting out of my own way
January’s FREE Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance Books!
This month, fill your ereader with deliciously fun SciFi, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romances…for free! Let’s start with two of my own books. Thief of Hearts is a captive bride SciFi Romance and a prequel to the Pruxnae Series. I wrote this story for fans of my first SciFi Romance novel, The Choosing, which takes place…Continue reading January’s FREE Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance Books!
Cover Reveal for a Brand New Series!
You know how I keep saying how much I love Anne McCaffrey’s stories? Well, when I closed out the two major series under my Celia Roman pen name, I thought, why not write some good, old-fashioned McCaffrey-style Science Fiction, but with some smexy times thrown in? I liked the idea so much, that I tweaked…Continue reading Cover Reveal for a Brand New Series!
Preorder Sweet Surrender
Sweet Surrender, the follow up to my first Science Fiction Romance novel The Choosing, is now available for preorder [Amazon affiliate link]. Tyelu’s story has been a long, long time in the making. I started writing it in December 2017, got sidetracked by a whole nother pen name, and finally turned my attention back to…Continue reading Preorder Sweet Surrender
Sunshine Walkingstick Series
As you probably already know, I write Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Mystery under the name Celia Roman. This year, I closed out my two major series written under that name, the Vanessa Kinley, Witch PI Series and the Sunshine Walkingstick Series [Amazon affiliate links]. While the Vanessa Kinley novels have been part of Amazon’s Kindle…Continue reading Sunshine Walkingstick Series
News Roundup
The blog posts hosted on my old Weebly site have now been completely moved to this one. Some irrelevant ones were deleted, a few carried over without their accompanying pictures, and I tried to update what URLs I could, to aid with navigation and SEO. Other than that, they were (largely) moved wholesale without any…Continue reading News Roundup
The Q Mercenaries
Note: Originally published in my newsletter on 18 May 2024. *** Tyelu af Alna’s story, the sequel to my first SciFi Romance The Choosing, is well underway. Her story picks up at the end of Ryn and Ziri’s story, when a dal of Q-mercs (Q mercenaries) led by Jos Q’Mhel transports into the Yarinska’s cargo bay to help deal…Continue reading The Q Mercenaries
The Right Cover at Last?
The Choosing (The Pruxnae, Book 1) has undergone so many cover changes, I’m almost afraid to introduce another one. Yet here we are with what I hope will be the right cover for this awesome Space Opera Romance. I know, I know. I said the last cover, a “man chest” cover created by Open World…Continue reading The Right Cover at Last?