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Feb

2026

Beating My Head Against Code

This weekend, there was time spent beating my head against code. This is otherwise known as updating my website. There was a WordPress plugin that I used on my book pages that had a major security flaw. The creators of that plugin appear to have abandoned it, so I needed to update my plugins and pull all my books over to the new database, then get the database to display the published works and the series pages.

Beating my head against code.

I will admit that once I got the hang of it, things went very smoothly. The largest part of the job was getting the books moved over. The old plugin data didn’t download cleanly, so I couldn’t upload it to the new plugin no matter how I tried. So I had to enter each book individually. Now, this let me fix some broken links that I didn’t know were broken, so I’m not going to complain too much. (Which doesn’t mean I won’t complain at all.)

Now? I’m really pleased with the results. Here’s the published work page, and if you go to the menu at the top, you’ll find all the series pages in the dropdown menu, as well as a new page that amuses me.

See, when I set up my books at events, I have the Schechter Scoville Scale, where the books get hotter as you go across the table. Since I added the tags “mild,” “medium,” “spicy,” and “extra spicy/dark” to the metadata, I can now sort by those tags… and display them with the new plugin. So behold! The Schechter Scoville Scale!

I am all sorts of ridiculously pleased with how it turned out.

Now it’s time to stop beating my head against code and time to start beating my head against keyboard. Back to words!

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The Imperial Navy has been destroyed. Now Tarjiaan must save his kingdom. With his beloved Nika by his side and their consort Daanir at his back, he must gather his allies and defeat the traitor hiding beneath the waves. To save his people, Tarjiaan must master his newfound magic, defeat the traitors, and conquer his deepest fears.

The end of the war is in sight, but treachery runs as deep as the ocean.

Ebook preorders are coming, and paperback preorders are coming. Release date is February 24th, 2026!

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Work in Progress

Tales from the Arena: King of Swords
(Tales from the Arena, book 4)

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Appearances

Enchanted Knights Fairytales and Fables
March 14-15th, 2026
Oviedo, FL

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ICFA
March 18-21th, 2026
Orlando, FL

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Storyteller Summit
April 11th, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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The Great Geek Gathering
May 2nd, 2026
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Summer Lovin’ Book Festival
June 6th, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Summer Creatives Market
July 18th, 2026
10:00Am – 3:00PM
Sanford, FL

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Tanoshii Con
August 22nd – 23rd, 2026
Ocean Center Arena, Daytona Beach.

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Page and Pen Festival
October 3rd, 2026
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Feb

2026

It Snowed.

Let me repeat that. IT SNOWED. Why is this so groundbreakingly weird? Because I live just north of Orlando. This is where people go to vacation AWAY from snow. It is not supposed to snow here! And yet, we had two nights of below freezing weather (in the 20s, with windchills between 8 and 11 degrees). We set our outdoor taps to drip into buckets overnight so they wouldn’t freeze, and woke up to frozen solid buckets.

It’s COLD.

And next week, it will be near 90. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m getting tired of weird. I’d like some boring. At least, boring where the weather is concerned.

I’ll settle for not freezing my tail off Thursday night when we head out to the Volusia Mall for the Galentine’s Day Gala at Native Home. Writers, artists, and purveyors of adult toys will be available for your shopping pleasure. Dress to impress (it is, after all, a gala!)

You are cordially invited to Native Home's Galentine's Day Gala. February 5th, 2026. 6-9PM.

In other news, the preorders for the ebook of The Coral Throne are going live, and the preorder for the paperback is coming. I love how the cover for The Coral Throne balances the cover for The Sea Prince. Fun fact — I first found and saved the stock images of Tarjiaan and Daanir years ago (they were first uploaded to Depositphotos in 2013,) and that image of Daanir changed how he appears in The Coral Throne. Both images came from the same photographer, who goes by Piolka on Depositphotos. They do beautiful work.

Work on King of Swords continues slowly — I came back to the manuscript to discover that I put it aside at the start of a sex scene, and I’ve said before how writing sex and violence both slow me down because I have to make sure of the blocking. Once this scene is done, the pace will pick up again… until the next sex scene or fight.

Back to work!