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    Book Review: Oceans of Sand

    I think I’ve been needing some ocean vibes lately because this month’s book review also deals with an unusual ocean. Instead of an ocean of spores like last month’s Tress of the Emerald Sea, Ocean of Sands is as the title states, an ocean of shifting, dangerous sand. ***Please Note*** Before we dive into the…

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    Join my Kickstarter Journey

    Five years. It really is hard believe I’ve been a published author for that long. I have gained so many wonderful experiences, developed friendships I would have never gained anywhere else, and felt more fulfilled than I ever have before. Writing a book was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. But I couldn’t…

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    Book Review: Tress of the Emerald Sea

    For someone who thinks of herself as very uninteresting, Tress is about to become a truly formidable force upon the spore seas. ***Please Note*** Before we dive in to the review on the book, here is a reminder of how I rate what I read (these will be on a scale of 1-10; 1 being…

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    Read the Alternate Ending for The Phoenix and The Wolf

    It was a week before I was supposed to send the manuscript to my editor and my hands hovered over the keys of my computer. My characters were screaming that I don’t have the ending right, but this was the ending I had planned from when I very first finished The Earthspark. Tellen and Nienna…

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    Embody: a creative soul retreat

    For a lot of us, it happens so gradually that we don’t notice until one day we look up and don’t recognize our own life. Now I get that it can be hard in this crazy, high-stress world we live in to find time to do something relaxing. But did you know that just by…

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    I almost killed my favorite character

    Last week I shared some of the deleted scenes from The Phoenix and The Wolf, but this week I want to share another tidbit you may not have known. I nearly killed off Teague in this book! It was so close because it brought such emotional weight to the story and really made the final…