First Cup of Coffee – August 26, 2025

Things not to say to authors and how George R.R. Martin won’t ever let someone else finish his books. Also, wondering if I’m on an uphill trajectory or a peak, and how I’m going to hire someone to do my social media.



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!