OCD and Self-Harm in my Own Fiction

In 2017, I released a Young Adult book that was preceded by a trigger warning, Secrets of Skin and Stone. It was terrifying to send this book out into the wild. Piper wasn’t my first character with OCD, but she was the most like me and definitely the first to practice self-harm and cutting. My first work that was published […]

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OCD and Hope

  This is my first post in a long time because my joint condition became very life-centric, but now that it’s more or less handled, I wanted to post on OCD for OCD Awareness week this year. I’ve been medicated, this time, since October 2012. Every day, I take three doses of medication to control my OCD. I have a […]

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OCD Awareness Posts

  The second week in October is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Awareness week.  If you’ve missed my previous OCD posts: OCD and Dark Thoughts OCD and Cutting OCD and Agoraphobia OCD and Medication OCD and the Real Me OCD and Going Mad OCD and Superstition OCD and Suicide OCD and Insomnia Pure-O -My type of OCD OCD and Comorbid Conditions OCD and […]

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Donuts and Demigods

I KNOW! A post! *everyone looks up to see if the sky is falling or a blue moon has arisen* Sorry, guys. Anyone waiting on bated breath for a post from me has since died from lack of oxygen. But, I have a collection of novellas out today! Woohoo. My demigod novellas were originally part of three separate anthologies, but […]

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Where I’ve been…

  So, I’ve been gone for a bit. I’m lucky to have an amazing website host dude, Jay of Tech Surgeons, who has been updating stuff while I’ve been on a sort of forced hiatus. If you’ve been following me, I think you deserve an explanation so you’ll understand why I haven’t been as focused. I’ve been living intensely and […]

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Gargoyle Necklace Giveaway

I’ve introduced a lot of different worlds in my romances in addition to my contemporary novels and novellas. Wolf shifters, Father Time’s sons, and my latest release is a YA romance with a gargoyle shifter. I’ve got the first of a demigod trilogy coming out in an anthology soon. When Secrets of Skin and Stone came out, I did a […]

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Secrets of Skin and Stone’s Cover

Earlier this week, my YA paranormal debut had a cover release on YA Books Central, but for those who haven’t seen it, it’s gorgeous and needs to be seen. What I love about this cover is that the idea of gargoyle comes across but so does the gothic tone to the book. The font is just amazing–it feels 3D and […]

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Once Upon a Giveaway

So, my birthday is this month (on May 5th.) Instead of receiving gifts ** this year, I’m giving away a duplicate of my favorite necklace. If you’re a writer or a reader or a fan of the show, you NEED this necklace. I actually hunted down the person I bought it from and begged to buy another. (It was pathetic. […]

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Announcing…Bonus Materials!

Did you miss out on the second epilogue of Past My Defenses? (*whispers* “You did.”) Not subscribed to the newsletter in time to see the extra scene? (*gasps*) Love character interviews that are scattered across the blogosphere as part of blog tours? I’m slowly going through and adding bonus material to the book pages on this site (after they’ve been […]

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Taming the Pack Wolves

The entire series is now available as a set! While each can be read as a standalone, this series also builds in a longer arc and so having it all in one place is AWESOME. Want to know more? In the first book, Past My Defenses, Vanessa is the fastest wolf shifter around, but she can’t outrun her allergies. When […]

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