A MEMORY OF SUMMER – a Wraith Kings novelette

Continuing with 11th hour submissions of stories (I tend to run my entire life this way), my new novelette A MEMORY OF SUMMER is available in the anthology UNDER A WINTER SKY which went live today at the various retailers. Please see below for a description of the stories (by me, Kelley Armstrong, Jeffe Kennedy, […]

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Status update on THE IPPOS KING and the joys of piracy and Amazon

Readers, Let me start by saying thank you to all who read the posts so far that included the rough draft serialization of THE IPPOS KING. I truly appreciate your support and kind comments. Unfortunately, in an abundance of caution, I’ve removed the last section and won’t be updating the remainder. Please keep reading for […]

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DRAGON UNLEASHED – virtual launch event tonight

This is last-minute due to a very crazy schedule and me trying to play catch-up with updates and notifications. Katy Budget Books is hosting a virtual book launch event for me tonight (June 10th) from 9:00 – 10:00 p.m. CST (central standard time) via Zoom. If you’d like to attend, here is the information regarding […]

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An update on THE IPPOS KING

On the writing front, I have a lot of news and some explanation, so it will be long. Grab you a drink and settle in. My three-book contract with Penguin-Random House has a non-compete clause in it that states I cannot publish any novel-length work two months prior and three months after a novel I’ve […]

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San Antonio POP CON – Feb. 29, 2020

The San Antonio Public Library hosts a free one-day event at their main library called POP CON. It’s basically a micro comic-con and a lot of fun. I attended as a guest author for the 2019 event, and my kids went with us, cosplaying as favorite characters. We all had a fabulous time. SAPL will […]

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Dragon Unleashed – change in release date

Quick update: If you pre-ordered DRAGON UNLEASHED via Amazon, you may have received a notification that the publishing date has been moved from December 10th to June 2020. The change in date is based on two things – when I turned in the completed manuscript after first-round revisions and when Penguin-Random House’s production department determined […]

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DRAGON UNLEASHED

Update on writing schedule. I apologize for the long hiatus with updating this blog. 2019 has been a very busy year so far and promises to remain that way through 2020. DRAGON UNLEASHED – This is book #2 in the Fallen Empire trilogy (PHOENIX UNBOUND was book #1). Currently, it’s scheduled for a release date […]

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PHOENIX UNBOUND book signing at Katy Budge Books

If you’re within reasonable driving distance (and even if you aren’t – 🙂 ), I hope you can stop in at Katy Budget Books this Tuesday (Oct. 23rd) at 6:30 p.m. I’ll be signing copies of PHOENIX UNBOUND. My awesome mother-in-law will be there with me for moral support, and Mr. Draven of course in […]

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PHOENIX UNBOUND – Officially out in the wild now

Today is the book birthday for PHOENIX UNBOUND (buy links on the book’s page here on the website).  After several months of seeing it as only a preorder, I’m pretty excited to see the go-live.  For those of you who are interested in the book but haven’t yet purchased it and would like a sneak […]

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