Announcing Sins for Sale
Merry Christmas from Ishethra, your new mob boss, here to announce Sins for Sale: a Bane War Prelude. As I got into Called to Serve and its backstory and flashbacks, I realized there was an entire story that needed to …
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Announcing Called to Serve, Bane War Vol. II
It’s my pleasure to announce the second book in the Bane War Series: Called to Serve. Inspired by Avengers, Ukraine, and the Witcher, you’ll follow Ishethra’s and Tariq’s courtship, their daughter Saffa Nightwind (she’s on the cover) and her Institute …
🍀Trickster Trysting Published🍀
When I first started the Bane War series, I knew Alonka and Dragan had to have their own story. With the help of Allison, my editor, along with Hannah and Natalia, my beta readers, the book is ready for prime …
Happy Fourth of July Book Updates!
With Trickster Trysting, Bane War Vol. II in beta reading stage, I wanted to share updates. First, Fury Feeding got great feedback from a Netgalley promotion I did a few months ago. Readers liked the concept overall, but shared three …
Automating Drop Caps in Microsoft Word (and Other Fun Scripts)
Have you ever gone through, chapter by chapter, and painstakingly added drop caps to your novel? Well, that ends today. I’m originally a software engineer by trade, turned dark fantasy writer, so here’s a little script I made to create …
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Amazon’s Exorbitant Kindle Delivery Fees
Amazon charges a whopping 0.15 USD per megabyte delivered (converted from British pounds in Amazon’s example). When I first read this, I thought it meant gigabyte, but no … it’s megabyte. Imagine having to pay 15 cents everytime you downloaded …
Writing Class
I’m taking a writing class! I’ve learned a ton, and realize some of my patterns, structure, and prose need fixing, along with plot design. I’m pleased to report I’m 2/3 through the book reworking plot and characters to be more …
Why am I Writing?
I’ve written software since age 7. Now I’m in my 40s and I’m trying my hand at writing dark romantasy. Insane? Probably. A worthy quest? I hope so. Today I wanted to share my inspiration for the Nightwind series of …