For the better part of the last several years, The Woods was a huge part of my life. What started as a job became something much bigger. It became late nights answering emails, weekends spent planning events, endless social media posts, vendor applications, tours, contracts, and phone calls. It became friendships, memories, and a place I genuinely cared about. It became part of my identity. Walking away wasn't easy. There are still moments when I instinctively think about som

“Life is pain, anyone who says otherwise is obviously selling something!" — The Princess Bride William Goldman, 1973 Stories found me early. Looking back now, I think books were teaching me how to survive long before I realized that’s what they were doing. Some taught me imagination. Some taught me grief. Some taught me sarcasm, resilience, longing, friendship, or how dangerous power can become in the wrong hands. The stories that stayed with me weren’t the ones pretending li

There’s a version of this story where I make the responsible choice. I stay home, listen to my doctors, and don’t push my body past what it’s already struggling to handle. That’s the version that makes sense... and then there’s the version that’s actually happening. On Saturday, April 25 , I’ll be at BookBash in the most-north-I've-ever-been Ohio . This will be my first book expo—something bigger than a typical signing. A room full of readers, authors, conversations, and oppo

There’s a particular kind of ache that only comes after everything changes. Not the kind that explodes. The kind that settles. The kind that sits quietly in your chest and asks harder questions than you were ready to answer. That’s where Shadowed Truths begins. And on Saturday, April 25 at 1 PM, that next chapter officially opens. Preorders for Shadowed Truths , Book Two of The Chronicles of Fate , will go live on my author site at exactly 1 PM — the same afternoon I’ll be s

Author’s note: This post is not directly about my books or my writing process. It is about the life those books are written from. As a disabled, self-published author, my work exists inside a body and a system that shape every part of what I am able to create. I believe that context matters. I also believe the realities of living with disability matter. If you live in similar shoes, I hope you find some comfort, recognition, and a sense that you are not alone here. I am o

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here, and I know that silence can feel loud — especially when you’re waiting on the next book. When The Woods (day job) went into off-season back in November, I told myself this was it. The quiet stretch. The time I’d finally be able to sit down and really sink into Shadowed Truths . And then life laughed. November turned into Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving into Christmas. Christmas into New Year’s. New Year’s into my birthday. It’s b