K.B. Riley

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 set up at the...

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 often crying while...

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 been nonstop. One...