Tag: fantasy
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2025 Award Eligibility
It’s the time of the year where we (writers) let people know about our work eligible for award nominations, and here I am doing it for the first time in my writing career. Below is my work eligible for all the various SFFH awards such as Stokers, Locus, Ignyte, Hugos, Nebulas, etc., in case you…
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Read Avni Patel’s review of A Legacy of Blood and Bone
Huge thanks to Avni from Grimoire Ink Reviews for reading my novel and writing such a great review. Check it out now!
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Half-year check-in (or surviving debut year)
2025 has been a crazy year so far. Great, but crazy considering the number of releases, deals, edits, and events happening. I keep telling myself I will slow down the pace in 2026, but knowing myself, it will probably be the same. I guess I’ll sleep when I’m dead, right? #SmallPitch is stronger than ever…
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Three years, two manuscripts, and three hundred rejections
If you follow me on social media and/or are a subscriber to my newsletter, you probably know that I am now represented by A.J. Van Belle at the Booker Albert Literary Agency, and that I just signed with Row House Publishing for the release of my debut novel A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE this…
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Coming January 2026: The Seventh Sister, a horror fantasy novella
Last week I shared that Anuci Press, the publisher of my debut novella, acquired my latest novella The Seventh Sister after an exclusive submission. It was a difficult story to write, and I don’t really know why. All I know is that once I was done with it, I was very happily surprised with the…
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My favorite reads of 2024
In 2024, I read over 70 books, about half of those being novelettes or novellas—so it’s not as impressive at it sounds. I also DNFed a lot more books than past year (about 15), which I’m happy with as I have a giant to-read pile and too little time for books I don’t enjoy. As…
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A novel, a pitch event, and a book award walk into a bar
Though I don’t have any bar joke to tell (sorry for setting false expectations), I do have a lot to share about what I accomplished so far in 2024 (besides signing two book deals) (yeah, I’ve been busy). I wrote a novel First, I’m happy to share that I wrote a new book, and this…
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Coming early 2025: Daughters of the Blue Moon, a dark fairy tale retelling
Last month, Anuci Press acquired my novella Daughters of the Blue Moon. I had had my eyes on this publisher for a while, and am so happy I had a story that Tony Anuci loved and wanted to publish. The book will be released in early 2025, with the exact date to be confirmed as…
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Looking back at 2023 (and looking forward to 2024)
2023 has been a roller coaster year for me. It started terribly, but amazing things happened to me eventually, for both my personal life and my author journey. • January-June • Cats only have one life 🐱 In January, during a routine vet exam, our vet noticed for the first time that my cat Haiku…
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