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A Light in the Dark increases in price on Tuesday morning. If you want it for $6.99, you need to make sure you preorder from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, or Kobo. Patreon will be priced at $7.99. All other vendors will likewise be moved immediately to $7.99. (You might be able to catch them in the early morning hours for $6.99, but don’t count on it.)

The book was significantly longer than planned.

I will be back on Tuesday with first chapters of each book, links to all the live vendors,...

The book ended up just under 150,000 words, which is 30,000 words over my cap for $6.99 priced books. As such, I’ll be increasing the price to $7.99 the morning of its release.

If you want to lock in the $6.99 pricing, you need to preorder it at one of the following retailers: Amazon | Apple Books | Kobo | Barnes & Noble

A Light in the Dark releases on November 19, 2024.

~About the Book~

The yearly floods in Stonecreek inevitably claim lives, but when Valerie pulls a refugee from...

I love the final stretch of the year. Halloween, Thanksgiving, the Winter Holidays… they’re all my favorite. I love giving gifts for no reason other than I can. I love when the weather cools and the leaves change. I want to say I love winter, but while I love snow, I have SAD, so winter doesn’t love me back.

So, to open this show, I’m going to drop links and commentary about everything guaranteed to be on the docket in the next 1-2 years. We’ll start with the preorders, which are the super de...

I’m getting asked this often in various venues, so I’m just going to take a moment to address this. I’m working on Murder Floof. The problem is, I need to be in a specific mood to work on warm cuddlefests. They’re light. They’re fantasy fulfillment. They’re a whole lot of joy smashed into one package.

I have anxiety. I have depression. I have chronic pain. There is only so much “faking it until I make it” I can do when writing a book.

It takes me being in a very specific mindset to work on...

I successfully riled a bunch of people up with a few statements on facebook. (Insert mood: highly amused here.)

Statement 1: People tell me I have cliffhangers in my books all the time. (Manner of Riling: these people aren’t fans? Author Statement: They can be fans and hold this opinion. Doesn’t mean I AGREE with them, but they can have their opinions on this matter.)

Statement 2: Tongue-in-Cheek “Well if people are going to tell me I leave cliffhangers, maybe I should do an ACTUAL cliffhanger...

The title of this article says it all!

In the aftermath of being kidnapped by crazed mercury dragons, Kirani Kinsley Ramons dusts off her rusty skills and takes up the mantle of private investigator. With the dead growing more restless by the day and the fear of missing women in need of rescue looming before her, Kinsley dives into the case.

With her fiancé, her trusty carbunclo, and her hummingbird familiar at her side, Kinsley is ready for anything the world might toss at her.

As ...

To open the show, I’m going to remind people what is coming up next, because people have been asking.

Note: Patreon users in the Otters+ ($10 or greater) tiers will be receiving these books as part of their subscription.

Partner in Crime (GP Robbins, November 19, 2024)

A Light in the Dark (Audrey Greene, November 19, 2024)

Experimental Voyage (RJ Blain, December 25, 202...

I have pressed the “go” button at all the usual suspects. I expect Kobo / Kobo Plus to distribute the audiobook edition first, as they tend to be the quickest. (Could be as early as today.) Audible will take 2-4 weeks to show up (as a general rule.)

You may start your engines and go on a hunt!

Bonus: The Prince of New York is now available for preorder at the following retailers:

Yes, it is priced at $7.99, as I’m 30,000 words int...

In general, there is a lot of confusion regarding my decision to segregate my works by pen name. I’ve explained the why of it here and there, but the confusion persists… so let’s try to dispel that, shall we?

I have selected a picture of antelopes doing antelope things in Wyoming for this picture. Until I took this photo, I had never seen an antelope before. Antelope had, for the most part, existed as beasts as mystical as unicorns.

We saw hundreds of antelope during the drive, and the...

I will be setting the preorder up in the next few days, but I thought you would all like to know that the Prince of New York should release on May 16, 2025 barring any unforeseen circumstances.

I am now back from my trip to Canada, although I’m still trying to catch up on everything I neglected in the real world.

Patreon posting will resume tomorrow, as trying to do anything today would surely cost me what is left of my sanity.

I hope you are all having a fabulous day.

The current re...