Dear Friend, I was completely stoked when an avid fan of Finockt and her friends sent this incredible character art my way! Not only is the caricature of Finockt and her friends absolutely adorable, but the images are fresh, fun, cheerful, and just oh, so vibrant! I love everything about them from the innocence to…
Dear Friend, You are cordially invited by myself and Finockt to the Great Homeschool Convention (GHC) 2026! I am SO excited that it’s this time of year again! It’s always a privilege to attend this amazing event and to meet so many of you in person! I hope that will be the case again this…
Dear Friend, Welcome back to the final episode of book tropes! Today, we will be looking at Christian tropes in my books! While most likely self-explanatory, there may be a few you didn’t realize were actually present in my books, so, I’ll defer to the picture below so that you get a good idea of…
Dear Storyteller, Broaden your Vocabulary is Tip#15! This may seem too simple of a topic to even touch upon, but it is a vastly important one. Let’s discuss why… Reason #1-helps reduce repetition of words… I don’t know if you feel the same, but as a writer, I tend to utilize the same words often….
Dear Friend, Welcome back to another episode of tropes! Celtic tropes this time! If you haven’t already surmised from persuing my website and reading about my books, I love all things Celtic from the landscapes to the jewelry to the common symbols that represent this rich (though oft pagan) culture. To assuage your fears, I…
Dear Storyteller, This week’s Bonus Tip is all about breaking down the lie about Imposter Syndrome. Particularly Imposter Syndrome for the Writer. I wanted to touch on this topic because…well…because I hear it a LOT in the writer community. Insert an aside: this Bonus Tip has taken me much longer than anticipated to share with…
Dear Reader, Here’s the Major Book 3 Update…you definitely don’t want to miss! And I have to ask…are you as excited about this as I am? I hope so! But just in case you’ve forgotten how I felt about this Major Book 3 change, or I haven’t shared my apprehensions about it in the first…
Dear Friend, Romance Tropes in ISEF (ISEF is short for In the Shadow of Emerald Fire) is something I wanted to include secondary to the fact that a novel just isn’t a novel without some romance woven in. Do you agree? What’s my definition of good romance? While I’m not a gushy, swoony type of…
Dear Friend, Christmas is well on its way, and to help celebrate the Christmas season, I have a Christmas Sale in place! Best Savings? Starting this week, 12/1, until Sunday, 12/7, check out my website store for the most savings you can find on Book 1-The Lost King’s Daughter and Book 2-The Heir! Or save…
Dear Friend, I thought it might be fun to include a post on the General Fantasy Tropes you may find in my clean, YA, medieval Christian fantasy series, In the Shadow of Emerald Fire, or ISEF, for short. Prefacing our conversation by saying that book tropes were nowhere within my scope of thinking when I…