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 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, 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…
Dear Friend, Is Book 1 an allegory? You might be surprised to know that I’ve already touched upon this subject once before and answered it to the best of my ability at the time, but I believe it bears repeating. (You can find my old version here, if you’re interested in reading that one, too)….
Dear Friend, Teach Them Diligently 2025 finds itself in Dayton, Ohio! Welcome to the Midwest! Home of the kind and the generous and the ones who say “watch for deer” (an apparent euphemism for “I love you”) when any loved one walks out the door to drive home. That’s just our nature, and we’re pretty…
Dear Friend, What do you think of this Character Art for Finockt? I’ve wanted for a very, very long time to have some sort of character art for my books, and now, with a little help from Canva, I was able to generate a fairly lifelike image of Finockt! But what do you think? Do…
Dear Friend, A flash Christmas sale is upon us! Merry Christmas early! This post is seriously short and sweet. Read on to discover the specifics of everything this flash Christmas sale entails. When is it? This TUESDAY, 12/3! Where is the Flash Sale? AMAZON and my Website store! What does it include? See the great…
Dear Friend, It’s time to announce the Fall Giveaway Winner! I’m excited for this! Ready?! Then scroll down to see who won this year’s autumn giveaway!!! 🙂 Rylie M.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations! Congratulations to the Fall Giveaway Winner! So glad you won, Rylie! I’ll be in touch shortly. So keep an eye out for an email from…
Happy Autumn, Friend! The Fall Giveaway is here! That means it’s officially October 1st! So let’s celebrate what I personally think is the most wonderful time of the year by jumping into a Fall Giveaway for 2024! There’s nothing better than cozying up by the fire (or on the couch!) on a cold autumn’s night,…
Dear Friend, Christmas in July 2024! It’s here! Again! Well…nearly here! I say this often, but it still surprises me just how quickly time flies. This is the last full week in June. Oh, my! And next week starts the Great Homeschool Convention’s really neat Christmas in July Sweepstakes! I get excited for this every…