I told you about my super special awesome bookclub where we are given a bingo card and random reading prompts. You read the book and a mod gives it a look over before checking off your box. It gives me something to look forward to every month, and helps me prioritize my massive TBR (To Be Read) pile. My TBR … Read More
Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Graphic Novel of Murder and Whimsy August Update!
Hello, my friends! How are you doing in this strange new world we currently live in? We hope you are healthy and well. Orion has been hard at work doing tier reward commissions as well as the graphic novel pages, and I’m so excited to show you his work! He’ll be contacting each backer individually to show you your commissions, … Read More
Starting School After Quarantine!
It’s going to be an adjustment, and that is partially because the kids and I have gone almost completely nocturnal during quarantine. It only took me about two days until I was staying up until 5:00 am, but gradually the kiddos hung out with me and I started putting them to bed at 1 am. Yes, my nine-year-old has a … Read More
Arterial Bloom is Available for 99 cents!
Friends! I’m delighted to announce that my editorial baby, Arterial Bloom, is available for 99 cents. If you’ve wanted to discover something both beautiful and brutal, this is the anthology for you. I hope you enjoy. You can pick it up here. Lush. Brutal. Beautiful. Visceral. Crystal Lake Publishing proudly presents Arterial Bloom, an artful juxtaposition of the magnificence and … Read More
July’s Reads
Reading has saved my sanity this quarantine. I read so much for work that I seldom have time to read for pleasure. Or, rather, I seldom make time because I feel like I can’t justify it. It’s a luxury and a joy and isn’t life supposed to be about work, work, work, and pushing yourself beyond your limit? Don’t we … Read More
Surviving Tomorrow is Out!
My friends, I’m so honored to be a part of this collection. My story “Voracious Black” is about the devastating deaths of miners in my Utah home community. (And here’s more about me!) If you’re overwhelmed during this pandemic, this is a great way to help supply testing kits as well as supporting authors and reading great literature. You can … Read More
“This Broken Love Story” is Up at Pen of the Damned!
It’s always such a pleasure to write a flash fiction piece for Pen of the Damned. “This Broken Love Story” is based on carnivorous relationships I’ve seen in the past. I felt they were eating each other alive, but they were so tragically in love as they did so. I hope you enjoy my story. You can read it here.
Christmas in July 2020
One of my favorite family traditions is Christmas in July. My parents did it for us when we were children, and now I do it for my kids. This year was extra sweet because my family had been in strict isolation for four months, and we drove up to see my parents, who had also been extremely isolated. Hugging my … Read More
Hey. It’s 100 Days Until Halloween
There’s hope. I’d love to share this adorable picture by Little Spooky Studio.
I’m a Guest on Dead Headspace Podcast!
My friends, did you miss me like I’ve missed you? I’m thrilled to share that I had a great time on the Dead Headspace Podcast! We discussed…well, what didn’t we discuss? Writing and quarantine and Covid and serial killers and family and Williams Syndrome and medieval daggers. You can listen to the Miss Murder episode here. I recorded it in … Read More