Tag: writing

oh hi

Okay so listen, yes. I fell off the map, perhaps. The world got so loud and mean and relentless that I had to pull back a little. Less news, less media, less internet. It wasn’t a conscious thing, just an unconscious act of self-preservation.

And are things better now? Not really. Worse, in fact! But I am still alive and I do still care about the things I care about. The people I love, my pets, the written word. I’ve started and stopped this post several times because I always get mired down in the notion that nothing matters, especially this blog post and I wander off and I come back a month later, ready to apologize for a long silence but then I think, this doesn’t matter, etc. etc. etc.

But, obviously, things do matter. People matter, lives matter, equality matters, Palestine matters. Fighting fascism matters, stopping genocide matters. Speaking up and out while you still have a voice matters. Not watching all your rights get slowly whittled away silently, that matters.

Anyway, that’s why I’ve crawled back here after a year, ready to pop my head out of my gopher hole to say I’m alive, but straight up not having a good time.

I don’t generally like to acknowledge my health to myself, but that’s been a factor as well. I just can’t do everything that I used to be able to do and it’s always momentarily baffling to stand there and realize my own limitations. I was having a one-on-one with my boss at work and he asked what I felt held me back from doing all the things in my career that I want to achieve. Was it budgeting, was it staffing, was it time? And I was like, no it’s me. The only one who can stop ME is ME and maybe I was blessed with a punk-ass bitch immune system to stop me from trying to take over the world, I don’t know, but my health is my number one opp and we’re always in a fight these days.

So anyway, sorry for dipping for so long. I wasn’t truly gone. You can always find me on my socials. Instagram stories, usually, twitter for fandom things, tumblr occasionally. Thank you for hanging around, for the people who reach out, for the people who read my books or my fic, for the lurkers. I do appreciate the community we have and understand how important it is.

If you’re also an American, hang in there. We got this. We can do hard things. đź’ś

My Audiobook is Half Off!

Thank you to everyone who attended my panel at TLRCON 2025! I chatted about Top Tropes with Sheena from The Lesbian Review, as well as fellow authors Jamey Moody and Melissa Tereze. We all write different sorts of books, so it was really fun to see how something like a favorite trope can really unify people across genres. Thank you SO much to the TLR for inviting me back to panel for them again. I really love to meet other authors and hear from readers and being able to introduce myself and my books to new people is always a thrill. If you want me to come on your podcast or to your con, I will, I love to yap.

Half the time I still look at my books and think, oh my god I wrote that. Genuinely it may never really sink in.

And if you attended that panel (or not) and are new to my work, my debut novel Honey in the Marrow is half off on audiobook right now, so check it out.

I did go back to Disneyland for a few days. Yes we were just there, but like. The world is burning around us. I wanna ride Haunted Mansion. We only went for three days, two half days and one full days and I was wiped. I did not bring home covid this time. A win is a win! We were thinking about going back in May, but the closer you get to summer, the busier it gets. It was busy in March, even in the rain! So we might reevaluate that plan and let our passes expire. Our Disney year is drawing to a close! A little sad, but we really did have a lot of fun.

I’m finishing up my sequel to Two is a Pattern. Like, it’s REALLY close to being done. And then off it will go into edits. I’m excited to get back in the groove of that. I’ll let you know when I know more about dates. Until then!

A new book, a bad souvenir, and TLR CON 2025

Well, the news is out! I signed a new contract with my publisher to write a sequel to Two is a Pattern.

Thank you to everyone who has read Two is a Pattern, especially those who have reviewed it, too. Because this book is romantic suspense and not a true romance, I describe the ending as ambiguous yet hopeful. I knew that some people would hate not having a solid HEA, but I also knew the ending had to service the story and the characters and that’s what it does.

But of course, it also left space for more story! I can’t say much about it yet, other than it’s mostly written and I’m excited to get to a point where I can talk more about it. Suffice it to say, you will get more of the characters that you loved, albeit older and (hopefully) wiser.

My partner and I did another Disneyland trip, which was lovely up until our souvenir was bringing Covid home. Neither of us have had it before, so a five year run is PRETTY good I say. We both had one really miserable day, but now are on the mend. I still can’t really smell or taste and they still have the grossest cough, but we are climbing out of the hole, at least.

You can see more pictures from the trip on my instagram.

Finally TLR CON is coming back this March and yours truly is going to be a panelist.

Panelists receive a free ticket to give out, and I didn’t get any takers over on Facebook, so if you’re interested in coming but it feels like a financial burden, I’d love to help you attend. You can reach out to me on instagram or leave a comment here! I’ll be talking about Tropes which is a favorite subject of mine, but there are a variety of panels full of your favorite authors.

Good chat! See you next time.

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