The Unbroken: Deleted Scenes 4 & 5
A continuation of Djasha’s POV and another Cantic POV chapter.
Topic
writing process
posts about my writing process.
Get Sharp: Writing Craft Resources - Updated!
An updated list of books, articles, and podcasts on the writing craft that have helped me over the years
Warmongers: A Tease
Or, Aphrodisiacs are worldbuilding, too
Warmongers: Where are you going, where have you been?
Using setting exercises to break through writer’s block: a behind the scenes peek at actual Warmonger writing process from April 2025.
The Unbroken: Deleted Scenes 3 - Djasha
An excerpt from the crowd favorite, our beloved Apostate. Every rebellion needs a teacher—or is it that teachers see the need for rebellion?
July 2025: Warmongers: The Stack
The books that are feeding me as I write Warmongers, along with some reminders and an editors note.
The Unbroken: Deleted Scenes 2 - Cantic
Hello, again, beloveds!
I've just spent a week and a half at the residency for the Vermont College for Fine Arts (in California--I know), where I'm now part of the writing MFA faculty. I'm pleasantly wrung out and simultaneously sodden and heavy as a
Fate's Bane: The Music Behind the Myth + Giveaway
The music that inspired Fate's Bane, signed bookplates, and advanced copy giveaways.
The Unbroken: Deleted Scenes 1 - Young Touraine
A deleted prologue from The Unbroken and a reflection on why I wrote it and why it didn't make the cut.
New Novel Announcement: Warmongers
Enter, WARMONGERS, a "heart-wrenching epic fantasy set in a kingdom in a cycle of eternal war, where two women—once lovers and warriors at arms—are set on a collision course when years after their separation, one is crowned king and the other vows to kill her."