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Secret Worlds blog tour stop

Today I’m excited to be a stop on the Secret Worlds blog tour. Two of my author colleagues from the Georgia Romance Writers, Debbie Herbert and Linsey Hall are included in this set. My review of Debbie’s book is below,… Continue Reading…

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Published Character on the Couch: Xander & Mina from Illumination

Today I’m pleased to welcome author M.V. Freeman and her characters Xander and Mina to my couch. If you’ve read her debut novel Incandescent, you’ve already had the pleasure of meeting these characters, and I’m delighted they get their own… Continue Reading…

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Published Character on the Couch Interview: J.C. Stockli’s Lucca and Evie

Quick update: I got my new laptop, installed everything, and figured out after a couple of days that it had a problem with its fan. Back it went, and now I have a replacement that – fingers crossed! – will… Continue Reading…

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Blood’s Shadow release day!

It’s release day for Blood’s Shadow, the third Lycanthropy Files book! Thank you especially to my editor Holly Atkinson and Samhain Publishing for helping this dream come true. I’d also like to thank my readers for taking a chance on… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: Getting Catty with Another Villain

Someone didn’t get his coffee this morning. (Image attribution via Wikimedia Commons: Puma concolor shot at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum |Source=self-made |Author= User:Cm0rris0n) Fellow author of shifter literature Abigail Owen approached me wanting to make the villain of her second… Continue Reading…

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Sneak Peek Sunday: Six Paragraphs from Long Shadows

I’m taking part in this week’s Sneak Peek Sunday, through Sara Ellwood’s blog, which means I get to post six paragraphs from Long Shadows. Obviously I need to start writing longer paragraphs. 🙂  Long Shadows:  The Lycanthropy Files, Book 2… Continue Reading…

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Cover and Blurb Reveal: Blood’s Shadow

Encountering werewolves can be deadly. Trying to cure them? Murder. The Lycanthropy Files, Book 3 As the Investigator for the Lycanthrope Council, Gabriel McCord encountered his share of sticky situations in order to keep werewolf kind under the radar of… Continue Reading…

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Cover and Blurb Reveal – Long Shadows

Oh, wow, we’re within two months of the release of Long Shadows, the second Lycanthropy Files book.  Here’s the blurb: Being unique isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. By day, Lonna Marconi’s busy career keeps her mind off… Continue Reading…

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Guest Post on Fresh Fiction: Why I write — and read — Urban Fantasy

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Southern Magic Readers’ Luncheon in my home town of Birmingham, Alabama, where I met one of the editors for the Fresh Fiction website. As they say down here, we got to talking,… Continue Reading…

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Review Roundup for Cyber Monday: Mindfulness and The Mountain’s Shadow

My blog tour ended up coinciding with two of the busiest weeks I’ve ever had at my practice, so I wasn’t able to post reviews or links to guest posts as they occurred. Yeah, until my writing really takes off,… Continue Reading…