Announcement | An Elegy for Hope Release Date

Well, here I am, at the moment I’ve been dreading. I have to delay the release for An Elegy for Hope. Let me tell you why, and when you can expect it (November). A few months ago, Adrian from Grimdark Magazine contacted me with an opportunity to finish editing The King Must Fall and then…

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As you may or may not know, I have a second blog I kind of infrequently update with nonfiction book reviews and historical deep dives. I don’t really stress that blog too much, or talk about it a lot because it’s more my brain dumping ground (I use it to sort out and synthesize my…

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Editing | Let’s Talk About Dialogue Tags

(Huge hat tip to Joanne Harris on twitter for starting a thread on this, which happened to be something I was planning on addressing anyway. She gave me the idea on just how to break it down and do the thing.) I’ve recently had a few edits that were bogged down by an overuse of…

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Review | Farview – Kim Fielding

About the Book Ravaged by a horrific experience, Oliver Webb flees the smog-bound city of Greynox for a quiet seaside village and the inheritance he’s never seen: a cottage called Farview. He discovers clear skies, friendly imps, and a charming storyteller named Felix Corbyn. With help from Felix’s tales, Oliver learns surprising secrets about his…

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Review | Neon Leviathan – T.R. Napper

About the Book A collection of stories about the outsiders – the criminals, the soldiers, the addicts, the mathematicians, the gamblers and the cage fighters, the refugees and the rebels. From the battlefield to alternate realities to the mean streets of the dark city, we walk in the shoes of those who struggle to survive…

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ANNOUNCEMENT | The Alchemy of Sorrow

A while ago, Virginia McClain messaged me. “I have a story,” she said. “Would you take a look at it?” One thing turned into another, and soon we were throwing around an idea about an anthology that addresses grief and healing. I reasoned, with COVID going on, and just life in general, a lot of…

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Review | Smiler’s Fair – Rebecca Levene

About the Book Yron the moon god died, but now he’s reborn in the false king’s son. His human father wanted to kill him, but his mother sacrificed her life to save him. He’ll return one day to claim his birthright. He’ll change your life. He’ll change everything. Smiler’s Fair: the great moving carnival where…

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On Editing: When, Why, What?

I get a lot of emails about editing. There are a few common misconceptions I frequently see which is making me think it might be worthwhile to write a small series of blog posts about this process of publication. Maybe someone will see this and it will help them. There is a lot of (good…

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Review | Legacy of the Brightwash – Krystle Matar

About the Book Follow the law and you’ll stay safe. But what if the law is wrong? Tashué’s faith in the law is beginning to crack.  Three years ago, he stood by when the Authority condemned Jason to the brutality of the Rift for non-compliance. When Tashué’s son refused to register as tainted, the laws…

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RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT | A Sorrow Named Joy

I’ve been pretty quiet about this book aside from showing the cover around occasionally. I haven’t really said anything about it, and there are a few reasons for that. The most important one is, when I think of this novella I don’t even really know what to say without giving the whole thing away. I…

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