It’s been my tradition for nigh on ten years now to have a drink and reflect on my newest book the night before it comes out. So, I sit here tonight with a daiquiri, which might be one of the hardest words to type… speaking after my two attempts at writing it now (and I’m a bit of an expert on the subject). And I almost didn’t get to drink tonight due to a cold, which seems to be the theme of this book. I’ve joked before that I think these book releases are cursed, with this

An urban fantasy author friend recently told me I need to develop my author brand. And at ten books in, I guess she’s right. But figuring out my brand has been rather difficult since I swung from grimdark steampunk to nonfiction fantasy worldbuilding , then most recently to urban fantasy. But after much soul-searching, I’ve decided my brand is going to be Uncommon Urban Fantasy . But what does Uncommon Urban Fantasy entail? Well, I’ve made a list. Two, actually: one of what

I’m going to be up front: I’m not posting this story here on my blog. I’ve added a hint of where it is to the ebook ending of Ghost Stations , but since I’m not expecting everyone to go redownload it or anything, I’ll just say the story’s posted on The Exchange, and you should review Chapter 8: First Drag of the Day if you need more of a hint about that. But I will give you this snippet, which is the sort of literary excellence you can expect from this story: Corbin finally

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: 1) This story takes place between Rites of Passage (Book 1) and Ghost Stations (Book 2) of the Inner Circle series. So there will be spoilers if you haven't read RoP yet. Be so duly warned. 2) If you prefer to read on your tablet, you can download as an EPUB or as a PDF HERE (look between the books for the files). Chapter 1 - Just Like Christmas December 17, 2008 Christmas edged ever closer, but it didn’t feel like Christmas to Corbin. Although dazzling

2025 draws to a close (I keep writing 2005, which I guess says where my brain is still at) and I figure I owe both of y’all who read this an update after a very quiet year. This will be the first year I haven’t published a book in about 10 years of writing, which isn’t great. Hell, I see as I write this that I haven't even updated this blog in over a year. There were a lot of little things that built up to contribute to this, but the biggest was that we lost my father to deme

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