On February 8, 2013 my very first novel was published.

At the time I was contracted with the fabulous small publishing company, Secret Cravings Publishing.  Very excited, and a very unseasoned author.

Thankfully, through SCP I had some great mentors, supporters, and fellow authors braving the waters.

The past 5 years have been a whirlwind of ups and downs. I spent time writing thousands upon thousands of words, and spent months upon months unable to write a word. I’ve had months with sales beyond belief and months where I didn’t sell a single book. I branched out into self-publishing with a few small gambits, but then my publisher closed their doors and I had to dive in full-force.

Some days it’s truly hard to believe that it’s been five years. How much my life has changed. How much my goals have changed. How much I’ve first lost, and then re-found my love for this world.

These days I’m keeping crazy-busy in my personal life, but also in writing.  I pulled all 6 of my original Dominion Falls Series books, the first books I published, last year.  I’ve revised, revamped, and added words to the books.  Now I’m re-publishing them. Getting back to my roots, and sending these books back out into the world, with a new little novella added on for good measure.

The next book in The Tribe series, which will be book 5 “The Child” is written and with the editor, due for release in July.

My best friend & co-author, Mary Terrani, and I finally released our book to the world, Escaping Humanity (The Exceptionals 1). We are in the middle of book 2, looking forward to a release at the end of the year, first of next. We’re also working with a fabulous artist to turn the book into a graphic novel.

I’m working to try to create a new cover for Masked Hearts so that I can re-release it in September.

I have notebooks with plans for new books, new series, more books in my existing series.

I went to my first conference as a signing author recently, and did well, and had so much fun.

I’m excited to continue doing what I love, and bring more stories into the world.  I’ve had to revamp my views on my publishing career, what I want to do, and where I want to go with it. I’d become too sensitive to the numbers and to the “you should” and “you shouldn’t” voices and lost my way.

I feel good coming home to my characters again.  I hope you’ll come on in and pull up an armchair, grab a book and join me. Get lost in one of my worlds for a while.  They are fun, dangerous, mysterious, romantic, sweet, and spicy. You’ll be able to find something for your personal taste with me.