Sulu's hatchday is actually January 15th, but it took me a few days to get my hands on the ingredients for "cake" (blueberries, raspberries, grape & zucchini). Full disclosure: he did need my help disassembling this one, despite his raw destructive power. Six is a lot of toothpicks!
2026-01-19 23:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Misaki artwork by Kiron Fan. Thanks to Wraithmarked Creative for commissioning this one!
2025-10-23 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been too long since I shared any Sulu photos here, so I thought I'd fix that. Given that it's been a bit, here's a list of reminders and updates:
I'm going to be tabling at Gamehole Con in Madison, October 16-19!
Sulu enamel pins are still available for pre-order through the Backerkit pages for the SPFBO e...
2025-10-10 19:46:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
Here's the fourth chapter of Muse of Echoes! As always, this is a rough draft, so please forgive the inevitable typos and inconsistencies.
You can find the previous chapter here, and I'll be updating the masterpost with new chapters as they drop.
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2025-10-10 09:08:33 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
Here's the third chapter of Muse of Echoes! As always, this is a rough draft, so please forgive the inevitable typos and inconsistencies.
You can find the previous chapter here, and I'll be updating the masterpost with new chapters as they drop...
2025-08-19 16:23:40 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
It’s been a LONG time!
First, let me just say thank you so much to those of you who’ve stuck around during my long drafting hiatus! Last week, I sent the draft in question off to my editor at Del Rey, which means that for the first time in months, I have a minute to work on my side projects!
Coming off the monster Del Rey draft, I found it easiest to jump to Muse of Echoes rather than any of the other projects I’m supposed to be writing. Prob...
2025-08-19 16:23:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Our baby bird turned five this week!
His cake featured a carrot topper, cucumber "sponge" + raspberry/blueberry/grape puree.
2025-01-17 13:40:23 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons! Here's the second chapter of Muse of Echoes. The problem with writing a mystery as a serial: a bunch of the mystery-relevant det
Hi Patrons!
Here's the second chapter of Muse of Echoes. The problem with writing a mystery as a serial: a bunch of the mystery-relevant details in these early chapters are probably going to change as I discovery write my way through the rest of the story. So sorry about that.
As always, this is a rough draft, so plea...
2025-01-17 13:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't worry, I didn't let him eat anything.
2024-12-16 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons, First off, apologies for not having new Gunpowder Magnolia chapters ready to go this month. I estimate that we’re 12-15 chapters
Hi Patrons,
First off, apologies for not having new Gunpowder Magnolia chapters ready to go this month. I estimate that we’re 12-15 chapters from the end of this book/arc, but I’m still having trouble pulling all the threads together into a coherent outline, hence the delay. Posting will resume when I have the remaining plot fi...
2024-12-01 01:56:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Plus some of him having a bath and "helping" me pack for a trip. Hope he brightens your day a bit, as he brightens mine!
Per yesterday's update, more chapters coming as soon as I can get my head on straight.
2024-11-11 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
I hope you’re all doing okay and taking care of yourselves.
As I predicted in my last update, life did get weird around my traditional book launch, which also happened to fall right on top of the US election. I actually found out the election results the same day I found out Blood Over Bright Haven was on the Today Show and had hit the New York Times Bestseller list. So overall, a very tonally confusing week for me.
2024-11-10 17:42:14 +0000 UTC
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Hi Patrons,
Just posting to let Saber Tier patrons know that the next chapter(s) of Gunpowder Magnolia will probably be delayed to some time after August and give everyone a general update on what I've been up to.
This is a little frustrating because the next two Gunpowder chapters are mostly written. However, due to an impromptu family visit, the rest of my August just got very busy and, between the other author stuff I have to finish (signing several...
2024-08-22 20:50:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Some Blood Over Bright Haven art I commissioned from Rosenkranz
2024-06-10 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I realize I've been really lax about sharing bird photos, so here's Sulu enjoying/doing battle with a Brussels sprout 🥬 to brighten your Monday
2024-06-10 11:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry I forgot to share this a couple days ago but we're on our last day of the annual SPFBO (Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off) Finalist Sale, meaning 100+ ebooks from award-nominated indie authors are available for 99c on Amazon!
2024-04-16 15:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I forgot to post about this here but Wildcrown Productions will be producing a set of enamel pins based on the tsuba (sword hilts) of the main characters of The Sword of Kaigen now funding on Kickstarter!
2024-03-22 19:41:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Some artwork of Wren and Jackie from my Girl Squad series by Debbie503.
It's recently occurred to me that I definitely have the budget to get back to commissioning early access character artwork for the Patreon (the main thing is finding the time to get in touch with artists and put together good references for them). If you have id...
2024-02-24 18:52:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Had to celebrate Sulu's January 15th hatchday a little late this year due to a health thing that reduced his appetite on top of a secret deadline I had to take care of. But in the end, he got to enjoy his fourth birthday cake, and I'm so thankful to have my healthy little guy back!
2024-01-31 20:54:25 +0000 UTC View Post
More rejected/preview pictures from Sulu’s Boostagram to kick off the new year! I didn’t pass these along for use because even though it’s cute, you really shouldn’t let a parrot comp on colorful paper when you don’t know how it’s been treated, so I that's not something I want to be encouraging too much on the IG. Usually, Sulu is very good about stopping chewing when I say “no” bu...
2024-01-01 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The Sword of Kaigen and all three of my Girl Squad books are on sale as part of r/Fantasy's annual ebook sale for charity. All books in the sale will be either discounted to 99c or FREE during December 26th and 27th, and all authors in the sale have agreed to donate a mi...
2023-12-27 18:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been too long since I posted photos of Sulu! These are all pictures I loved that didn't make it onto Sulu's bookstagram, @bird.in.a.book. Please check that out if you haven't already, especially Sulu's "reviews" of each book, which I've outsourced to someone funnier than I am.
Naturally, as soon as I got some nice quiet time to catch up on Gunpowder Magnolia, I sliced the tip off my left inde...
2023-12-23 19:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
Just posting to give you folks a quick writing update—especially those of you in the Saber Tier, who haven’t heard from me in a while. Per my August update, I got back to writing new material in September. Since Girl Squad Volcanic was due in November (and came out today, actually!) I had to p...
2023-11-05 22:32:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry about the lack of Sulu pictures recently, by the way. I'm getting a new phone with a less terrible camera soon, so that should be motivation to start taking regular photos again.
2023-09-22 19:16:44 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
Just hopping on to say that I’m on my way to GenCon 2023 as I write this. The con lasts for four days, during which I’ll be selling books and hanging with author buddies. After that, I’ll be on the road for a few more days, then on vacation for the rest of August. This will be the first time I’ve taken more than a week off in a year (maybe more?) and I’m hoping it will replenish me after this 3-book marathon of 2023-08-02 21:49:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Patrons!
For those interested, here's a link to the digital ARC of Blood Over Bright Haven, coming out in ebook on July 25th:
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/vanay5jiqj
Due to my running severely behind schedule, this ARC didn't get the amount of proofreading I would have preferred, so please excuse the ...
2023-07-14 23:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
Huge surprise: I’ve once again run out of time in the month to get a new Gunpowder Magnolia chapter written. This brings the number of chapters I owe you fine folks to three.
Since I realize I won’t have time this month (or possibly the next) to work on Gunpowder, I’ll be posting a total of nine exclusive early chapters of Blood Over Bright Haven<...
2023-05-31 03:14:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, The Sword of Kaigen is just the mock-up, but Sulu was just as keen to have a chomp on the spine. (Don't worry, I didn't let him damage any of these books. He knows he gets a treat if he doesn't leave any perforation).
2023-05-27 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In the interest of saving water, I finally got Sulu his own private luxury bath that is definitely not a children's toy rebranded as a bird bath on Amazon.
2023-05-24 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post