The third novel in The Adventures of Sam Hain releases today on Amazon (wider release coming within two months). It Hungers brings the series into a darker place as our heroine races to find and save missing children as well as her client's partner, a gorgon sculptor accused to kidnapping the children and turning them … Continue reading Release Day: It Hungers
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Liam’s Doom: Free on Kindle!
This is a general weekend update to let everyone know that my debut novel, Liam's Doom, is free on Kindle through 5 April! For those who came to the series with Carmilla's Ghost, this is where everything started. Fans of Irish folklore, sarcasm, bad puns, dark themes, and paranormal mysteries will all find something in … Continue reading Liam’s Doom: Free on Kindle!
Trope Talk: Uncomfortable Dinner Conversations
So, as I work on The Unnamed Romance Novel Project, I realized that as a writer, I have tropes that are always going to show up in my books, regardless of genre. And one of those tropes, probably the one I use most consistently, is the "Uncomfortable Dinner Conversation." We all have some image already … Continue reading Trope Talk: Uncomfortable Dinner Conversations
It Hungers, Excerpt #4
So, as The Cheesy Romance Novel reaches the Adhesion beat, which contains all the tropes I roll my eyes at in romance novels, I thought now would be a good time to provide one final excerpt from my upcoming urban fantasy/southern gothic thriller, It Hungers, where we continue with the adventures of Samantha Hain. And … Continue reading It Hungers, Excerpt #4
A Brief Word about Content Warnings
So, I spend a lot of my free time on the AuthorTok side of TikTok, and there's been a huge discussion lately on whether authors are ethically obligated (some would say morally obligated) to provide content warnings for their books. The back and forth seems to be pretty heated, and I first agreed with the … Continue reading A Brief Word about Content Warnings