This month so far is Dark Age, The Bone Ships, and about the six millionth reread of Fourth Wing. No spoilers because I haven’t finished the first two yet! #redrising #fourthwing #theboneships

Enjoy those 8 hours, friend!

Its been a minute! Here is the next installment of An Abundance of Caution.

The first vial begins the transformation, and the second saves a life. The clock is running out for Claude Henry.
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I love taking book details from life. My mom’s grandfather carved these awesome chairs from tin cans when he was away working. Now I have a Norse pirate with a hobby #writer #inspiration #characterdevelopment

The OG trilogy was amazing. It ended really well. I've been warned that the rest are going to beat me up, but it's not like I can stop now. #booknerdproblems #irongold #redrising

Yes!

My 6-foot-long whiteboard is not enough!! And I am not even a plotter. #pantser #plotter #amwriting #amquerying

This book is giving me anxiety. Every time my boy Sevro so much as smiles, I tense up. #booknerd #redrising #morningstar

Frankly, Belle got a little robbed.

There is no way that the beast turns into a blonde guy who *checks notes* doesn’t even have a beard???

I mean, she’s a book girly so she was probably like, “the rewards program is worth it” but still.

Justice for Belle.

There is a meeting next week to fire the director of our local library system.

Because she stood on the principal that children should have access to books.

The board stood on the idea that access to information was grooming.

She is a patriot, they are oppression #bookban
#supportlibrarians

Eva is trapped. The only thing to do now is to keep her deranged sister talking as a new and terrible situation arises. ravenyoungblood.com/2026/03/19/an-abundance-... #subscribeformore #storytime

Search your manuscript for “ly” and find ways to eliminate as many of those words as you can. Adverbs weaken your descriptions. She didn't look wistfully... her eyes carried the sorrow and want of all the broken hearts that came before her. Better, right?

Red Rising Book 1 (NO SERIES SPOILERS PLEASE) was a solid 8/10. There are some words that are overused and some chick rep I'd like done better, but it was SUCH a good story. I am hooked. #redrising #bookreview #writer

No serial story update this week because I am off to Connecticut to celebrate my anniversary (That is our actual wedding pic!). Subscribe for updates! #serialstories #writers

DEEP in the trenches! But this Gothic Erin Brocovich tale is worth it. #amquerying #writer #gothic

Ya'll could have told me that QueryTracker subscription was dirt cheap and SO worth it. Sheesh. #amquerying #writer #gravewater

With no roots to hold, the rain had made her grave slick. He gripped the dirt beneath his hand and closed his eyes. Still, she whispered on the wind, and still, he could not understand, so he lay there, bottle in hand, and waited to join her.
#amquerying #writer #gothic #suspense

Okay, I made it through Book 1 of Pierce Brown's Red Rising and decided I liked it enough to get the pretty copies.

Everyone says I am about to be emotionally devastated by the rest of them......

Bring it on!

In a delicious blend of horror and suspense, this dual-timeline gothic Erin Brockovich tale intertwines the past and present, following two women as they unravel a sinister small-town secret so dark, even the dead refuse to rest. #Querying #author #books

Eva wakes up in a place far more dangerous than the power plant. Surrounded by horrors, it’s all she can do to keep calm in the face of the monster she never expected.

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I have never seen a decoration with so much main character energy at a gas station before....

What is a pirates favorite letter?

Arrrrrr

(Don't worry, the actual pirate book I am writing is better than the terrible jokes that I think while I work)
#pirate #jokes #author #helmoftheawakening

What are the last words you wrote on your latest work in progress? Here are mine from this week! #author #wip #writing

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An Abundance of Caution | Part 11 | You Didn't Know

At this moment at worked I realized what I need to do for plotting…. I need a whiteboard the size of Texas and alllll the markers

The life of a writing pantser... your notes app starts to look like you might be suffering a stroke.

Here are four excellent non-swoony girl reads for the holiday!

1. Wuthering Heights. Love-beyond-death, unredeemable characters, gripping classic.
2. Fourth Wing. Dragon War College with spice.
3. Mara. Egyptian spy, YA love.
4. Rebecca. Gothic. Haunted romance.
Happy Reading! #books

Help! We need a book recommendation!

This is Molly and we haven't found a new love since we finished The Wild Robot. She's seven. What do you recommend??

"Sieren and Fallstaff walked in silence as she worked through the worst of the flash of fury that was muddying her senses.

When Fallstaff finally spoke again, his voice was gentle, but his tone was firmer than before. ....
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"I stilled, staring at his face in the low red glow. He lowered his hand from my mouth but kept me pinned in a protective wall. I heard it then. Scraping. Something like nails on a chalkboard, but deeper. And there was movement. Whatever made the noise was still a ways off, but it was definitely get