This weekend, I taught myself to draw fantasy maps! Skalterra is a realm that runs parallel to ours. Full of magicians and monsters, Skalterra can be described as a “gaslamp Hyrule” type world.

My husband doesn’t like when the sun comes through this little window and blinds him. This is his solution.

Can I brag about my cover artist for a moment? Maria is a personal friend, and being able to hire her for my books has been such a joy. Her cover for Beta was even a finalist in the SPFBO9 cover contest.

What’s extra wild? These are her only book covers! She works in theme design!

What if I dropped a cover reveal video at midnight my time and then went to bed??

(Maria Mondloch is the talented artist behind ALL my covers, and that’s Elizabeth Phillips back to narrate another one of my books!)

One of my 2025 reading goals is to read 12 YA indie books in 12 months, which means I NEED RECS!

They MUST be indie, and they MUST be YA. If they are accessible in Spotify or requestable in Libby, that’s a major bonus (I don’t have an audible subscription).

The best Senseis will enthusiastically throw you across their dojo when you ask them if they want to be in a book marketing TikTok

Does Bluesky like pictures?

Here’s me being a ham with my books to mask the fact that I’m very nervous in this picture! It’s a bit unserious, but I think I like it!

Anyway, this picture comes with a fun author-y backstory, but those details are secret right now.

It’s Human Voices Only Day so remember to hug your (human) narrators!

Ai will never be able to send you a video of them cussing you out because your book made them sad. Anyway. Here’s Elizabeth Phillips doing exactly that to me. Strong language ahead 😅

My beige flag is that I can’t stop going to the Funko flagship store and making my characters into custom Funkos.

Meet Andersen. He’s kinda a jerk.

Today’s character is Naomi! If you ask any reader of The Apex Cycle who their favorite character is, they’ll probably say this one. At first she seems like your standard mean girl crony, but Naomi reveals herself to be so much more.

Happy Thanksgiving, today I’m posting Wesley, everyone’s favorite golden retriever slow burn love interest! Look, he’s trying his best.

And here’s Adrestus, a spooky villain man in Spartan armor! He’s been kidnapping kids, so. You know. Normal villain things.

Ok I’m doing it.

Meet Samantha, a high school sophomore with no superpowers and a severe lack of decision making skills, but BOY does she know how to follow through.

Her life is in shambles (what MC’s life isn’t?) and she’s ready to make it everyone’s problem.

Read The Apex Cycle to meet her!

I’m sorry but Avery and Knut the Hamster as Storge from Lore Olympus by @rachelsmythe.bsky.social ? INSPIRED.

I drew my characters in Halloween costumes and I’m lowkey obsessed.

An old pic, but after seeing an ad for Is It Cake, I’m realizing I missed out on a genius video opportunity.

THIS IS TOMORROW!!!

I can’t wait to sit on a panel with these amazing authors!