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
Category: Ramblings
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
Banana Split Landscapes?
I was rereading The Choosing the other day and ran across an interesting typo: near-dessert. My first thought was, “What kind? Banana splits? Brownies? Raspberry swirl cheesecake?” That would make for quite the alien landscape, eh? But, of course, what I meant was near-desert. The funniest thing about this isn’t the imagery of people living…Continue reading Banana Split Landscapes?
Thank Anne McCaffrey
For the past few years, and especially for the past two, I’ve been contemplating the direction I want to take with my writing. When I started writing my first (finished) novel, The Prophecy, back in 2013, I was writing for the love of it. Words spewed out of me like lava from an erupting volcano.…Continue reading Thank Anne McCaffrey
Ten Years Later…
Ten years ago this month, on 10 February 2014, my first novel was published. The Prophecy kicked off my first ever series, a Contemporary Fantasy Romance set primarily in my home state, featuring the descendants of seven immortal sisters. My 113th story and 24th novel, A Witch Called Justice, written under another pen name, will…Continue reading Ten Years Later…
Book Cover Makeover
I decided to rebrand The Pruxnae Series ahead of the release of Sweet Surrender, the second novel in the main story line, either later this year or in early 2024. The rebrand entails everything from revisiting the blurbs to deciding what to do with the audiobooks to possibly re-editing the prequel novella, Thief of Hearts.…Continue reading Book Cover Makeover
Discontinuing the Cullowhee Witches Series
It is with great regret that I announce the end of the Cullowhee Witches Series. Only two books were published out of a planned four, A Higher Purpose and A Wicked Love. Alas! Neither did as well as I had hoped. I’ve withdrawn both books from publication, though copies of the few paperbacks sold will likely…Continue reading Discontinuing the Cullowhee Witches Series
What Sunshine Walkingstick and the Cullowhee Witches Have in Common
Last week, I wrote a blog post discussing the story world shared between the Cullowhee Witches Series and the Sunshine Walkingstick Series, which was written under one of my other pen names, Celia Roman. You can read the full post at Dreaming If, my blog. It’s an interesting read, if you’re at all a fan…Continue reading What Sunshine Walkingstick and the Cullowhee Witches Have in Common
News Roundup
Reviews are slowly starting to trickle in for The Gathering Storm (Daughters of the People, Book 6). Deidre at Night Owl Romance gave it five stars, making it a NOR Top Pick, not an easy accomplishment, saying “I have been waiting anxiously for this next installment in the series and was not disappointed.” Marisa at…Continue reading News Roundup