Release date

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!

Promotions

Preorder now!

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!

Preorders open now!

Work in Progress

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

37950 / 90000 (42.17%)

Appearances

Galentine’s Day Sip and Shop
Native Home Marketplace
February 5th, 2026
6:00pm – 9:00 pm

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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
Oviedo, FL.

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The Great Geek Gathering
May 2nd, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL

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Summer Lovin’ Book Festival
June 6th, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

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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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Smut Lovers Conference
September 16th – 20th, 2026
Orlando, FL

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Page and Pen Festival
October 3rd, 2026
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Oviedo, FL.

Oct

2025

“I forgot to turn off the subtitles on my inside voice.”

“I forgot to turn off the subtitles on my inside voice.” The line that made me giggle for several minutes. I am enjoying this manuscript. These characters are wonderfully snarky, and I’m just having fun. Now, that’s not to say that i don’t enjoy all of my writing. I do. But Merlina and Camber are amusing me all out of proportion, and the hard part is going to be keeping this to the required 20,000 words. I keep telling myself that sequels are a thing.

Which means I need to make a series plan. I’ll work on that during my down time once I finish this, while they’re still fresh in my head. Which might mean doing research into Elizabethan history, because if there are going to be sequels, there also need to be origin stories and oh my giddy aunt…

I’m starting to plan out my 2026 appearances, and three new shows have hit the radar all within the past three days. The organizer of the Page and Pen festival has announced THREE dates for 2026, in April, June and October. I’ve applied for all three, so we’ll see how things go and if I get all three. Once I know, I’ll add them to the calendar.

I just had a Lorcan moment. I looked at the calendar, and realized that today is the 13th. That means that this Saturday is the 18th, and Ravenflight releases. I seriously thought I had another week, because I somehow forgot how numbers work. How is this a Lorcan moment? Because in Ravenflight, he gets blindsided by something, and his response is “I thought I knew how to count!”

Which means I should leave you with this: