"'Use that money to buy up some of the grazing fields out west. Start raising cattle and sheep. Sell the meat to the local butchers.'''
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"'Use that money to buy up some of the grazing fields out west. Start raising cattle and sheep. Sell the meat to the local butchers.'''
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
Five minutes into a scroll through Audible when I saw that one of the readings I was looking at was generated with AI. Cancelled that membership forever.
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Five minutes into a scroll through Audible when I saw that one of the readings I was looking at was generated with AI. Cancelled that membership forever.
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
"Despite the blurriness of the picture, I recognized it as the second-hand image of her mother – a snapshot from Yi Min’s camera of the news story."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Despite the blurriness of the picture, I recognized it as the second-hand image of her mother – a snapshot from Yi Min’s camera of the news story."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"Nellie brushed her fingers along the rolls of film, drumming a little song with her fingers."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Nellie brushed her fingers along the rolls of film, drumming a little song with her fingers."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"With one unbroken movement, he scooped Lavender’s face into his hands and placed a kiss on her forehead."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"With one unbroken movement, he scooped Lavender’s face into his hands and placed a kiss on her forehead."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"On rare occasions, they were too busy covering up Windsor’s murderous trail to remember at all. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"On rare occasions, they were too busy covering up Windsor’s murderous trail to remember at all. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"He was tall, with neatly parted dark hair and steel-colored eyes. The man gave me a slight smile and something about it made me feel ill."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"He was tall, with neatly parted dark hair and steel-colored eyes. The man gave me a slight smile and something about it made me feel ill."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
10+ years ago, I wrote a story about a billionaire family making their living off of child slavery and shielded from consequence because of the protections afforded to the energy industry. I left the project unpublished because it felt unrealistic.
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
10+ years ago, I wrote a story about a billionaire family making their living off of child slavery and shielded from consequence because of the protections afforded to the energy industry. I left the project unpublished because it felt unrealistic.
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
"'We’ll make a nice profit, which is why I came looking for you.'"
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"'We’ll make a nice profit, which is why I came looking for you.'"
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
In complete nerd news, I was extremely excited to use the word "concomitant" in a post for one of my IT classes.
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In complete nerd news, I was extremely excited to use the word "concomitant" in a post for one of my IT classes.
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday
"The cellar was cluttered with crates and supplies. Cobwebs hung from the low ceiling, clinging to my forehead and disheveled hair. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 2: The Promise That We Made
I think I'm almost ready to query....
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 2: The Promise That We Made
I think I'm almost ready to query....
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"The cellar was cluttered with crates and supplies. Cobwebs hung from the low ceiling, clinging to my forehead and disheveled hair. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 2: The Promise That We Made
I think I'm almost ready to query....
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 2: The Promise That We Made
I think I'm almost ready to query....
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
I had to explain what a dictionary was to my child today because she's never actually seen one in the wilds of her school, and that simultaneously hurt my heart and my knees. #dictionary #writingcommunity #education
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I had to explain what a dictionary was to my child today because she's never actually seen one in the wilds of her school, and that simultaneously hurt my heart and my knees. #dictionary #writingcommunity #education
I was gonna save money, but my finger slipped and I ordered six books. #bwb #betterworldbooks #yabooksky #booksky #bannedbooks
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I was gonna save money, but my finger slipped and I ordered six books. #bwb #betterworldbooks #yabooksky #booksky #bannedbooks
I miss my preteen years, when I discovered glow-in-the-dark nail polish and long sweaters. I miss when I consumed everything ever written about witches and dreamed of writing in coffee shops. #writingcommunity #booksky #yabooksky #halloween #autumn #90s
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I miss my preteen years, when I discovered glow-in-the-dark nail polish and long sweaters. I miss when I consumed everything ever written about witches and dreamed of writing in coffee shops. #writingcommunity #booksky #yabooksky #halloween #autumn #90s
"Soon, everyone was bent over with laugher, drunk on hope and accomplishment. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
This chapter has always been one of my favorites. It has the same feeling as the day I finished this book for the first time.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
This chapter has always been one of my favorites. It has the same feeling as the day I finished this book for the first time.
October 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Soon, everyone was bent over with laugher, drunk on hope and accomplishment. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
This chapter has always been one of my favorites. It has the same feeling as the day I finished this book for the first time.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
This chapter has always been one of my favorites. It has the same feeling as the day I finished this book for the first time.
“'No streamers? This is an unacceptable welcome home for our prodigal Keeper,' Anila complained into the radio as I killed the engine."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
I need to read more fiction and fewer essays for my health.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
I need to read more fiction and fewer essays for my health.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
October 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“'No streamers? This is an unacceptable welcome home for our prodigal Keeper,' Anila complained into the radio as I killed the engine."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
I need to read more fiction and fewer essays for my health.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
I need to read more fiction and fewer essays for my health.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"'It fills hot air balloons extremely fast,' she said. 'I won first prize in a science fair for it.'"
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
Yesterday, I made sure to tell my daughter she was good at math, because no one ever told me that.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
Yesterday, I made sure to tell my daughter she was good at math, because no one ever told me that.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"'It fills hot air balloons extremely fast,' she said. 'I won first prize in a science fair for it.'"
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
Yesterday, I made sure to tell my daughter she was good at math, because no one ever told me that.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
Yesterday, I made sure to tell my daughter she was good at math, because no one ever told me that.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
I don't know if it's a sign of growth or a progressive mental illness, but I am calm and unbothered about my upcoming missed paycheck. I would say this is a good time to read or write, but alas, I am ~essential.~
#shutdown #writingcommunity #booksky
#shutdown #writingcommunity #booksky
October 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't know if it's a sign of growth or a progressive mental illness, but I am calm and unbothered about my upcoming missed paycheck. I would say this is a good time to read or write, but alas, I am ~essential.~
#shutdown #writingcommunity #booksky
#shutdown #writingcommunity #booksky
Here I was, ready to get back to writing and wipsnips, only to not use today's word in any of my current wips!
Here's hoping tomorrow is there!
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
Here's hoping tomorrow is there!
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
October 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here I was, ready to get back to writing and wipsnips, only to not use today's word in any of my current wips!
Here's hoping tomorrow is there!
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
Here's hoping tomorrow is there!
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
Listen, October, it's been 80 degrees straight up until the end of September, so I'mma need you to deliver some rainy skies and fifty degree days for me.
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Listen, October, it's been 80 degrees straight up until the end of September, so I'mma need you to deliver some rainy skies and fifty degree days for me.
"She held out her hand. In it was Ethan’s pull-string bear, the one I had fixed for him."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I think this is one of my favorite parts of the book - the first step in the grieving process.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I think this is one of my favorite parts of the book - the first step in the grieving process.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
September 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"She held out her hand. In it was Ethan’s pull-string bear, the one I had fixed for him."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I think this is one of my favorite parts of the book - the first step in the grieving process.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I think this is one of my favorite parts of the book - the first step in the grieving process.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
I penned the first chapter of Windmill Keepers about 13 years ago, right after college, but right before I joined the military, and I'm afraid that I've not read all that much YA since then. On the one hand, I don't feel like I was influenced by trends in the genre.
1/3
#yabooksky #writingcommunity
1/3
#yabooksky #writingcommunity
September 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I penned the first chapter of Windmill Keepers about 13 years ago, right after college, but right before I joined the military, and I'm afraid that I've not read all that much YA since then. On the one hand, I don't feel like I was influenced by trends in the genre.
1/3
#yabooksky #writingcommunity
1/3
#yabooksky #writingcommunity
"To seal the deal, I pulled out a golden ink pen August had lifted from the overseer’s office a while back."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 5: The Wandering Keeper
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
I always like Nellie's character, and I'm excited that there's more of her in book two.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 5: The Wandering Keeper
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
I always like Nellie's character, and I'm excited that there's more of her in book two.
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"To seal the deal, I pulled out a golden ink pen August had lifted from the overseer’s office a while back."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 5: The Wandering Keeper
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
I always like Nellie's character, and I'm excited that there's more of her in book two.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 5: The Wandering Keeper
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
I always like Nellie's character, and I'm excited that there's more of her in book two.
"Lucky for us, August thought we were a bit more important than livestock. With one swift movement, he scooped up the oversized helmet and shoved it onto my head.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 1: Fodder
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
That was an entire week of Disney and illness.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 1: Fodder
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
That was an entire week of Disney and illness.
September 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Lucky for us, August thought we were a bit more important than livestock. With one swift movement, he scooped up the oversized helmet and shoved it onto my head.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 1: Fodder
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
That was an entire week of Disney and illness.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 1: Fodder
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
That was an entire week of Disney and illness.