June 21, 2021 Burning Books and Scandal for Sales: Some rambling thoughts The new wave of Shifting Sands is out! You can find it here under the Shifting Sands tab, or sign up for each wave…
May 31, 2021 Social Media and Authors: Do we actually like this? Hi everyone, how’s it going? I’m having one of those semi-overwhelming weeks where many big things are coming together at once – I’m moving…
May 17, 2021 Shifting Sands Update: May 2021 So, it’s been a while since the big Shifting Sands roadblock happened, and all of a sudden there’s only a month to go before…
May 3, 2021 The MBTI of Characters: Aamarin I’m realising that a lot of the things I’m interested in are about self-discovery. A big thread through my research is trying to understand…
April 19, 2021 Kindle Vella: A new publishing path authors? Hey all! Welcome to the first blog post on a new fortnightly cycle. I’ve been meaning to make the switch for a while –…
April 5, 2021 The Cost of Self-Publishing: Can anyone really write a book? Okay, so I know I’m meant to be continuing on with the Lessons series – and I will! – but recently I’ve been thinking…
March 29, 2021 Showing My Work: A March Update The start of 2021 has been a little crazy. Actually, make that a lot crazy! This post isn’t going to hash out all of…
March 15, 2021 Lessons Learned: About Writing an “Unstable” E-book I can’t believe that it’s almost three months since Shifting Sands was first published! And you know what that means, right? Despite a catastrophic…
March 8, 2021 Author Identity and the Education Argument Hi everyone! My apologies for being MIA the past two weeks – there has been a lot going on and I had to have…
February 15, 2021 Writing Magic – Types, Rules, and Consequences This week, I played around with writing outside of my usual fantasy genre. I wrote the first chapter of a romantic comedy for a…