Hello, reader friends and friendly readers. Our Lady of the Various Sorrows: Book Two in the Voices of the Dead series will be released on November 16, 2017. You can preorder now on Amazon Kindle and paperback, Google Play, and iBooks. It will be available on Barnes...
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
Our Lady of the Various Sorrows is off being edited. I got the digital proof for the ARCs today. I thought it would maybe feel old hat the second time. Nope. I still got chills seeing the wrap version of the ARC cover. It's real, an artifact, proof that I have...
A Soundtrack for Our Lady of the Various Sorrows
Where Leonard Cohen was my muse for Who by Water, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have been my deep well for Our Lady of the Various Sorrows. Each of them have been nearly lifelong companions to the point I can't remember what song I heard first or when exactly. Both...
New Events for Summer and Fall
I've been busy with the day job and with finishing the initial draft of the second book in the Voices of the Dead series. If you'd like to find out what the title of the next book will be and receive a teaser snippet from book two, please scroll on down to the bottom...
Being “theresick” & writing love letters to a place
I've talked about the surreal aspect of being published after aspiring to it for so long. And I've talked about the sometimes crippling effects of imposter syndrome. Brilliant people I never would have imagined struggle with the same feelings. Thanks go to Nikki Moore...
Reality and the Grand Canyon of Imposter Syndrome
After I signed my contract with Griffyn Ink, Eli Jackson, indie publisher badass, sent me an envelope with two really nice pens. The enclosed note said they were for signing copies when my book came out. I put them in my desk box, the closest thing I have to a...
Soundscapes
I listen to music when I write. It helps set my mood and puts me in the place I need to be with the characters. Who by Water was influenced by a copious amount of Leonard Cohen, both back catalogue and his last release You Want It Darker. At some point, I imagined...
All the links to purchase Who by Water
If you'd like your very own copy of my shiny, new book when it drops on May 4 you can purchase it any number of ways. Preorder the paperback on Amazon Preorder the Kindle ebook Preorder the iBook version Preorder the GooglePlay ebook Autographed copies (will ship...
It’s amazing what you can find down an ancient well or on a bit of mosaic floor.
Sunday I'll be hurtling over the Atlantic on a return visit to Slovenia with my son in tow. I've got more research to do, an article on Slovenian microbreweries to write, and a need to show Julian the Alps he's named for. The thought of being there again still gives...
Events and stuff
I have been walking around with a completely stunned expression on my face for at least two days. The book is real. It's for sale. My. Book. Is. For. Sale. Well, it's available for pre-order. I've never really understood that word. Is pre-order really a thing? I mean...