I’ve been staring at this announcement for a while, trying to figure out how to write it. Not because I don’t know what to say. Honestly, I have too much to say. I decided I’m going to do what I’ve always tried to do here: be open about what’s actually happening behind the books, behind the release dates, behind the carefully made graphics and countdowns and plans. Shadowed Truths, Book Two of The Chronicles of Fate, will no longer release on November 10, 2026. I am officiall

“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