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Archivist series: playlist screenshot

I just remembered that a reader asked me (weeks ago) to post the playlist I listen to when brainstorming books/scenes/ideas for the Archivist series (see Awakening Infinity, etc). I finally grabbed a screenshot. My apologies for the delay. Please note: I make separate playlists for all my series. But not all the songs are meant […]

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Update: Monday, July 19, 2021

I’m all geared up to work full time, hopefully with no other distractions, on the second book in the Archivist series for the entire week. Though I’m slightly apprehensive about my second Covid19 shot on Wednesday. The first shot pushed my Chronic Daily Headache into (at least) six weeks of ramped up pain during which […]

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The state of my desk, July 2021 edition

Treadmill desk, Archivist 0 uploaded on iPad, updated desktop picture, napping Persian cat, and hot chocolate – check! Commencing reread in 3 … 2 … 1 … I don’t normally reread my books after they’ve been published … almost never. But I’m (hopefully) coming out from under the oppressive headache that set in after my […]

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lovely readers reviews

Archivist 1: reviews

I know I haven’t been as engaged with promoting and chatting about (etc) my newest release, Invoking Infinity (Archivist 1) as I usually am – I thought the headache was bad before my Covid shot, but boy, was I sadly wrong (and I have my second shot booked on July 21. Ugh.) – so I’m […]

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Archivist 2: “I’m not prey. I’m not to be hunted.”

“This … ah, is this a waltz?” I asked awkwardly. “Your guess is as good as mine,” he said. “I’m just trying to follow the tempo.” I laughed, oddly relieved that I wasn’t the only ignorant one. Kellan pulled me a touch closer. I didn’t resist. If I turned my head slightly, I’d be able […]

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giveaways

Happy [Belated] Release Day, Invoking Infinity!

I finally got my hands on some absolutely gorgeous paperbacks for Invoking Infinity (Archivist 1), so I can finally celebrate with a series giveaway! YAY! If you follow me on Instagram you might have noticed that I developed a bit of an obsession with knitting gnomes a couple of months ago. Thankfully I stopped at […]

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Archivist 1: early reviews

I’ve been struggling with a crazy, insanely ramped-up headache that might be from my Covid19 (Moderna) shot?? Or might be from the HRT (Estradot) that I was taking to try to alleviate the perimenopause hell that has engulfed my life for almost two years now. I removed the patch just under a week ago to […]

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excerpts

Archivist 1: Chapter One, Part One

Balancing the four lattes I’d bought from the coffee shop around the corner on a Tupperware container filled with freshly baked blueberry cinnamon buns, I crossed through the darkened offices of the magical antiquities section of the National Museum of Ireland. The nonmagical museum collections were actually distributed throughout Dublin, but the two main buildings […]

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Archivist Series: Kellan

The second of the illustrations I’ve commissioned from Nicole Deal for the Archivist series is a bit of a spoiler, so I thought I might as well include an excerpt from the first time Dusk lays eyes on Kellan as well (see below). Working with Nicole has been amazing. I love, love her take on characters that […]

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Archivist O: paperback unboxing & giveaway

These beauties arrived in the mail today! Scroll through for all the pretty pictures. Shall we do a giveaway? With absolutely no guarantee as to when I will actually get the autographed paperback in the mail? For example, Debbie, who won the release day giveaway at the end of March, still hasn’t been shipped her […]