Hibiscus and Hijinks

I’ve been hinting at this for a few weeks, but it is finally ready to unveil! In the Ton, reputation might be everything. But lately, I’ve noticed the reputation of the digital book has taken a hit. We’ve been trained to “consume” stories as quickly as we can, governed by algorithms that don’t care about the beauty of the world an author built. We treat ebooks like disposable housewares—fast to do...

I wrote about how my Timeless Mate leads tossed my carefully constructed outline in the trash. This podcast gives a little more background on the why. And why this book has more mythic stakes than just rival Mafia families. Links Mentioned: To sign up to be the first for the Regency Romantic Comedy: https://sendfox.com/lp/1djon5 Are you an author trying to figure out what the heck I’m talking abou...

Everything starts somewhere. My Fated Mates shifter series started with an article in a scientific journal that dredged up a memory, which got tangled up with my whole deal and some writer’s boredom. Some writers might call it a process. I am convinced my muse is Eris, the Greek goddess of Chaos. Oh, and that scientific article: https://www.science.org/content/article/african-golden-jackals-are-ac...

Last episode was deep, this one is kind of silly. Balance, life is all about balance. So Fix, Keep, Out the airlock is the perfect balance to all that sincerity. You know the rules, have probably played it before, but not with romance tropes. Let me know in the comments which you’d fix, keep, or yeet. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

Sometimes a book is too important to avoid. Which is how I ended up writing a book about a nonbinary, asexual hacker and the wounded shifter who is their fated mate. I’ve written a fair few fated mate pairings that fought their fates. Ghost and Brennan Tierney are not one of them. These guys’ relationship has built over a couple of books, so when Tierney reveals that Ghost is his fated mate, they’...

I promised myself that after I get 12 episodes loaded, I’ll get (make!) a pretty intro and outro for this since most podcasts don’t make it past the 10 episode mark. So Space? Really? Yeah, really. I’m leaning hard into my nerdy side. I’ve always been a little wonkier than average- hey, I have academic medical research papers to my credit and have done more than my share of technical writing. Hard...

I’m working on this being an every two weeks kind of thing. I’m hoping to get a couple of episodes loaded in the next few weeks to kick things off. I’m going to be talking about writer stuff but from a reader’s perspective. Kind of the BTS content. All fueled by Hibiscus tea because I’m allergic to caffeine- really! It’s a thing! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with oth...