First Cup of Coffee – August 19, 2025

Why finding where the story starts is *always* one of the most difficult challenges in writing, why I firmly believe you shouldn’t get critiques from people who love you, and new developments on AMONG THE THORNS.



First Cup of Coffee – August 12, 2025

I’m going to WorldCon this week and will have copies of Never the Roses with me! Also: baby authors, midlist authors, writing full-time, ups and downs of the industry, and trying to coattail success.



First Cup of Coffee – August 8, 2025

All about the extraordinary thing that happened this week regarding NEVER THE ROSES – and about serendipity, bolts of lightning, what you can and can’t plan for, and why I love working with smart women who also talk about skin care routines.



First Cup of Coffee – August 1, 2025

My recap of San Diego Comic Con, including the amazing panel I got to be on there and what I learned about worldbuilding details from it. We talked about debt and finance in mind-blowing ways!



First Cup of Coffee – July 22, 2025

Part two of my book tour recap for NEVER THE ROSES! All about Columbus Book Festival and my terrible day where I could not seem to get anywhere on time or do anything correctly. And then I flew to NYC!



First Cup of Coffee – July 18, 2025

I’m back from Book Tour and super revved that NEVER THE ROSES debuted at #29 on the USA Today Bestseller list! Today is part 1 of the tour, who I saw, how it went, and all the other (not-so) salacious details!



First Cup of Coffee – July 4, 2025

At last getting to share the news: I’ll be at San Diego Comic Con! Very excited to be on programming there. Also, working on this revision still and how I’m contemplating hosting writing retreats.