I will be back at The Bottom for Independent Bookstore Day on April 26th in Knoxville, TN. Please join me and other authors for festivities celebrating independent bookstores. There will be super limited hand-sprayed edged versions of my works and custom page holders. As always, I'm happy to sign any of my current and previous... Continue Reading →
Upcoming Book Event: Charm City Books (Baltimore, MD | March 30, 2025)
Coming up! Signed copies of The Harlequin will be available but I also will sign copies of my previous books! Next event: CityLit Festival - Baltimore, MD ~ April 5, 10AM-5PM EST (Saturday)
The Harlequin is Out Today! Get a Copy!
My YA dark fantasy horror novel, The Harlequin, is finally out in print and ebook! Available everywhere books and ebooks are sold and borrowed! Audio will be coming Summer 2025. And if you get a copy when the book drops, make sure to check for the moon when it is night where you are :3... Continue Reading →
Giveaway for YA Dark Fantasy Horror novel “The Harlequin” at The Storygraph, ends 3/18!
A little late to my own party, I know, I know but I've been prepping to go to Houston, TX for a book event. My friend Sonny (the one I reference in this post) just wrote his first book, a rock memoir called Son of Southtown, which comes out Feb 25 ... and he didn't... Continue Reading →
New Book Coming Out: YA Dark Fantasy Horror Novel, “The Harlequin” (March 14, 2025) – Storygraph Giveaway starts on Feb 19!
I've made mentions to it here and there but now that the cover is done and narrators are picked, I can talk about everything in full. What The Harlequin is about: Quiet and bookish, Rosalyn always loved living in her head, especially under the glow of the silent moonlight. One snowy moonlit night, she finds... Continue Reading →
Blockage and Writing
Some people don't have a book in them. They think they do but honestly, they probably don't. And that's ok. Writing is something that I notice people think is easy and that they'll one day "sit down and write a book" - which never comes. Some folks have genuine reasons to as why they can't... Continue Reading →
The Harlequin is not a Dark Romantasy – It’s a Horror, Plain and Simple.
I wanted to make sure to get this one out the way because someone somewhere out there will try it. My upcoming book, The Harlequin is not a historical fiction dark romantasy, nor a dark romantasy. It is a YA dark fantasy, horror novel. The reason why I am say this, particularly the romantasy part,... Continue Reading →
All Call Casting Call: Black Female Audiobook Narrator needed, paid gig (Audition ends Dec 21)
My go-to narrator, Soraya Butler, has left the field of audiobooks ;_; I really appreciated her work but now it means I have a new opening. It is for my upcoming YA dark fantasy/horror novel of 43,000 words, The Harlequin. It is ballparked to be about 4-5 complete audio hours. You're free to read a... Continue Reading →
How Spoopy! I mean … “Spooky”
One thing about being a horror writer that some probably might find odd: I'm squeamish about horror stuff I instinctively worry when people say they're disturbed or scared from my works. Two things but who's counting? When people say my works bother or disturb them, I have the instinct to go into apology mode, lol.... Continue Reading →
Working on New Stuff: The Harlequin – Plus! First Look: Full First Chapter Preview
I recently worked on the formatting of my next novel, a YA/NA dark fantasy horror called The Harlequin. It is expected to come out March 14, 2025. Snapshot of formatting The print book and ebook are both about 97% done (sans the cover, that's being worked on now by Edge). What's will be left will... Continue Reading →
