Check out and share the official book trailer for Haven Divided! 📚

For the next seven days, the Kindle edition of Haven Lost is being given away to 25 lucky readers on Amazon (US only). Click here for a chance to win! 📚🐉🧜‍♀️

If GoodReads is your thing, you can now add Haven Divided to your shelves. 📚

I am incredibly excited to finally type those words. Haven Divided: The Dragon’s Brood Cycle, Vol. 2 is available to pre-order from the Kindle store. It will be released on 31/July, and the paperback edition will be released shortly thereafter.

Forever is comprised of nows…

Emily Haven and her friends have been given the seemingly impossible task of uniting the worlds—a mission they failed once before, in another lifetime.

But Emily made a promise, and she intends to keep it. A small boy risked his life to save hers, and while Michael sets out to rejoin the Dragon’s Brood, she heads east with Celine and Corbbmacc to rescue Daniel from a band of desert slavers.

Time does not stand still, however, and the dark legends are true. They deal in blue fire; they deal in death; and they travel through the long nights on autumn winds. Samhain has come, and this year, the harvest will be in blood, gold, and souls.

Are you interested in reading an advanced reader’s copy (ARC) of Haven Divided in ebook format before it is released? Get in touch via Twitter, Micro.blog, or the contact link on my site. 📚

Currently reading: Super Powereds: Year 4 by Drew Hayes, ISBN: 9780986396854 📚

I’m now beginning the final formatting for the ebook and paperback editions of Haven Divided. This is, without a doubt, the least enjoyable part of the process. ✍️📚

My reading agenda has been a bit derailed by WWDC podcasts and the realization that there is only a month until the final Super Powereds novel by Drew Hayes is out on audio, so I’m trying to reread the first three installments in anticipation. Such a fun series! 📚

I have received the Haven Divided manuscript back from my editor! I wish I’d been able to work with her on Haven Lost originally, but I’m excited that she’ll be doing a new proof of that book soon. I cannot recommend her highly enough. 📚✍️

Next up on my reading list is the script to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I was waiting to be able to read it in Braille, since no audio edition exists. 📚

It would be next to impossible to write a meaningful review of The Outsider by Stephen King without giving something away, so I won’t even try. Instead, I’m going to stick to a few basic notes.

• The Outsider was thoroughly enjoyable—one of King’s best in years in my opinion. The twists and turns, as well as the ending, were all completely satisfying. 👍
• Some familiar faces from other King works make appearances, and when they do, you’ll cheer … I did, anyway. 🤓
• Yes, there are Dark Tower connections. 😍

I knew basically nothing about this novel going in, and I’m so glad that was the case. I loved every single word.

I’ve been reading Stephen King’s new novel The Outsider. So far, this is the most enjoyable novel from him since 11/22/63, which is saying a lot, as I’m a lifelong King fan. 📚

If it’s your thing, I’ve launched an author newsletter. Join for announcements about new releases, sneak previews of upcoming titles (including Haven Divided), special offers, and giveaways. 📚

I just finished reading Borderline, the first book in the Arcadia Project series, by Mishell Baker.

This book has been on my radar for a while. I’m pretty sure that the first time I heard about it was on Upgrade #174, recommended by Jason Snell. It kept popping up here and there since, and I finally picked up the audiobook.

I outline all of the above for an important reason; I enjoyed this book tremendously, but I think my enjoyment was somewhat lessened by the book being overhyped. It was a very good story, and I’m thoroughly looking forward to reading the rest of the Arcadia Project series, but I went in with the wrong mindset. I spent the first half of the book feeling mildly disappointed. I did eventually reset my expectations, and doing so made a huge difference to my enjoyment. By the end, I was hungry for more of the universe Mishell Baker introduces and the characters that inhabit it.

If you’re a fan of fantasy in general, and/or urban fantasy in particular, I definitely recommend this unique take on the genre.

Ah … yes … there it is! The whooshing sound as the manuscript for Haven Divided zooms away on the wings of an email to my editor, whom I highly recommend to any other authors out there. 🐉📚✍️😌

The first book in my Dragon’s Brood Cycle series, Haven Lost, is now available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited for the first time, if that’s your thing. The Kindle edition is now only $0.99 to purchase, too. 📚

Started reading Borderline, the first book in the Arcadia Project by Mishell Baker. I’ve heard good things from several sources about this series. Only a few chapters in, but I’m enjoying it so far. 📚

My revisions to Haven Divided are complete! Next up: off to my editor. 🙌🕺📚

🔖 As an avid audiobook fan and someone who enjoys the nostalgia of vinyl, this is so cool. Plus, the book in question is one of my all-time favorites. So fun! 📚 – Audiobook 42 years overdue returned to Johnson County Library

Revisions to Haven Divided are now 92% complete. I always find that applying polish to the last quarter of a piece takes the longest, but it is also the most satisfying. 📚

Despite the fact that I tend to do my best writing in the evening hours, I’ve belatedly come to the realization that I do my best revising in the mornings and afternoons. That seems counterintuitive to me. 📚

I’ve been slowly … very slowly … working my way through The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Esperanto after finally figuring out how to transcribe into Esperanto Braille on macOS. Mi Esperanto estas rusta. 📚

75% finished with the revisions to Haven Divided. Right on track to get the manuscript to my editor by the end of the month. 😃📚

In anticipation of the release of Haven Divided, the Kindle edition of Haven Lost is now just $0.99 on Amazon.com! The price has been similarly lowered in Kindle stores around the world, so if you’ve been thinking of picking it up, now would be a great time! Of course, it’s also available on Audible!

The second volume of The Dragon’s Brood Cycle is written! Haven Divided will be shipped off to my editor by the end of the month. It’s been a long time in coming, but I am so proud of the manuscript, and I can’t wait for readers to rejoin Emily on her adventures. Expect more news on this title, including a projected release date, very soon!