Recently while reading a review of Shadows at Nightfall I saw that that particular reader had caught on to one of the major mysteries of the series and a source of tension for Jason during much of the book: who is Cinaed the Storyteller? When Jason first meets Cinaed he's just an old man telling... Continue Reading →
QUEST OF FIRE FRIDAY: STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
“‘You strolled in out of the rain, and I never saw this—’ she took both his hands in hers and gave them an insistent tug. She waited till his eyes met hers. ‘—coming. I grew up with stories of Tislatna’s Cinaed and Elena, Ordumair II and Alessia, and Anargen and Seren. I never held hope... Continue Reading →
QUEST OF FIRE FRIDAY: FESTIVAL!
For today’s post it’s a tale of two festivals. One fictional, a bit of lore surrounding a festival in the world of Quest of Fire. The other a real life one coming this year. Feel free to read on about one or both. The WVBF header is about the real world festival and Solaris is... Continue Reading →
QUEST OF FIRE FRIDAY: A HERO’S SACRIFICE
I've been working on this picture off and on for a while now. It's from one of my favorite scenes in SHADOWS AT NIGHTFALL. I didn't really do it justice, but I want to share it all the same because it's one of the most personally important scenes in the series for me. Without spoiling... Continue Reading →
QUEST OF FIRE FRIDAY: COVER REVEAL
I hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday! Today is another Quest of Fire Friday, and as promised here is the cover and some fast facts on the next book in the QUEST OF FIRE saga: Title: QUEST OF FIRE: DESPERATION Book Number: 4 Release Date: September 13, 2022 Back Cover: While Anargen, Caeserus, and... Continue Reading →
QUEST OF FIRE FRIDAY: BIG THINGS AHEAD
This week I have a slew of exciting new things to share! Strictly speaking this isn’t going to be solely about QUEST OF FIRE, as the chart below outlines my publishing schedule (as it stands now) to 2025! 2022 September 13, 2022 – QUEST OF FIRE: DESPERATION (Book #4/Novella #2) September 20, 2022 – DAY... Continue Reading →
Quest of Fire Friday: About Time
It's been a while since I've posted here for Quest of Fire Friday. A lot of that has to do with the COVID pandemic making my work as an infectious disease informatician crazy for a long, long time. It's only now calming down to what it was pre-pandemic. Toss in several major deadlines early this... Continue Reading →
Shadows at Nightfall Celebrate Lit Book Tour
Hello there! Today, I'm honored to be starting a virtual tour with Celebrate Lit to share about the most recent Quest of Fire book, Shadows at Nightfall! There are interviews, excerpts, and reviews from keen readers both fresh to the series and familiar with it. You can check out the tour's page on Celebrate Lit's... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow’s Edge Today
On October 31st, my novel, Day Moon, will have been in print for four years! More than that, we're now eighteen years from the opening pages of Day Moon. As it happens, one of the key characters, Lara Hopewell, was eighteen in that book and would have recently been born. I thought to commemorate that... Continue Reading →
Veiled Sun CelebrateLit Tour
I hope the start to this new year finds you well and enjoying a marked improvement to last year. It feels strange to think that the second book in my Tomorrow's Edge series has been out for about a year now. In some ways I feel like I failed this book. It released right on... Continue Reading →