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2021
- Of Myth and Monster (Phoenix Fiction Writers)
- Pangur Ban, the White Cat (Fay Sampson)
- Dana Illwind and Growing Shadows (Arthur Daigle)
- The Icarus Aftermath (Arielle M. Bailey)
- Blood of the Seer (C.M. Banschbach)
- Into the Heartless Wood (Joanna Ruth Meyer)
2020
- Ahab (E.B. Dawson)
- Sword of Soter (Ralene Burke)
- The Road to Bremen audiobook (Kelsey Bryant)
- The Midnight Show (Sarah Pennington)
- Mardan’s Anointed (Kathrese McKee)
- An Echo of the Fae (Jenelle Leanne Schmidt)
- Beast of the Night (E. E. Rawls)
- The Story Hunter (Lindsay A. Franklin)
- Winter Spell (Claire M. Banschbach)
- The New Emperor’s Concerto (Hazel B. West)
- Emberhawk (Jamie Foley)
- In the Region of the Summer Stars (Stephen R. Lawhead)
- Beyond the Shadowed Earth (Joanna Ruth Meyer)
- Fairest Son (H.S.J. Williams)
- Strange Waters Anthology (Phoenix Fiction Writers)
- Cry of the Raven (Morgan L. Busse)
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- Of Myth & Monster Review (Phoenix Fiction Writers Anthology) + Timely Cover Reveal!
- #MarchMagics Wrapup 2021
- If You Like Diana Wynne Jones, Read These!
- Giveaway heads-up: Dana Illwind and Growing Shadows!
- Pangur Ban, the White Cat by Fay Sampson (Book Review)
- #MarchMagics 2021
- FAVE BOOK! Dana Illwind and Growing Shadows by Arthur Daigle (Review)
- Top 14 (ish) Reads of 2020
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Review to Come
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Review Books: Currently Reading
- Songflight (Michelle M. Bruhn)
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- Death Warden (C.J. Stilling)
- Traitor (Laurie Lucking)
- World Diver (Haylie Hanson)
- The Nature of a Lady (Roseanna M. White)
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Latest Posts on My Writing Blog: The Road of a Writer
Quarterly Ishness + Snowpocalypse 2021
Hi guys! I haven’t done an Ishness in ages so I thought it would be cool to do a very brief recap of 2021 so far! (Well, the first three months. I actually meant to post this two weeks ago, but anyway. XD) There’ve been some serious ups and downs, but some good stuff in […]
Final (For Now!) Story Episode!
The last (for now) episode of my serial story is up today! Part 5: “Of Portal Chases and Chocolate” brings the Twelve Dancing Princesses mission arc to a close, and it’s all I have ready so far . . . I DO however have some Plans And Ideas (bwahahaha) for a NEW batch of episodes […]
New Story Episode!
Happy National Tell a Fairy Tale Day! Felt appropriate that I’m sharing a new episode of my Snow Queen/Twelve Dancing Princesses urban fantasy serial short story today. π Part 4: In Which My Past Catches Up With Me is up now! New episode! Next week will be the final episode to pretty much wrap up […]
Girls/Spies/Faeries 3rd Episode Is Up!
Just a really quick post to say that the new episode of my serial short story is finally up today! So yep, any of you who read the original two episodes here on my blog ages ago can finally find out what happens next. π Part 3: How To Make A Deal With An Ice […]
Girls/Spies/Faeries: Moving to Wattpad!
Heya, blog friends! Long time no see. XD Sooo, remember that serial short story, Girls, Spies, and Other Things the Faeries Stole, about my snarky boy Sean and the twelve dancing girls and the snow queen? Wellll, it’s back! Ish. The first two parts were inspired in part by prompts from Fairy Tale Central, about […]

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