Category: Guardian Series

It has been a year or so since I blogged, but 2017 was a year in which I had to focus on some heavy editing of my books in progress, including my most recent release, Guardian’s Return. I find that in the world of writing, the best part of the experience is actually creating the work—building characters, worlds, delving as deeply into your imagination as possible, and trying to write something a little different than anyone has seen before. And that writing process usually takes me, a part-time writer, about a year. But that manuscript, as magical as I might think …

As the summer begins, I find myself really excited to report that I am nearing completion of the third and final book in my Guardian series. The writing is coming fast and furious, and I cannot wait to see what becomes of my hero, young Charlee Smelton, as she tries to save worlds from the clutches of the evil sorceress, Theodora. This has been a long journey in writing this series—a journey that began in the late 1990s before I started work on my master’s. It was then that I wrote a draft of the first book in the series. …

It’s been a little over a month since my book, Guardian’s Nightmare, was published and I wanted to use this blog to say thank you for the support the book has received so far, especially from the local libraries, starting with the Imperial County library system led by Librarian Connie Barrington. To date, I’ve given two presentations at county libraries, one in Holtville and one in Heber, and the kids/teens at both libraries were really great to talk to about my writing experience. What I greatly appreciated is how the attendees were willing to take part in a little creating writing …

As is becoming a unique marketing tool for authors, I have been tagged by another author to answer a few questions about my new novel, Guardian’s Nightmare, a middle-grade urban fantasy that is the first in a three-part series. The first two books are under contract to be published by Divertir Publishing. The author who tagged me was Amanda Capper, another Divertir author whose book, A Bother of Bodies, is coming out soon. You can learn more about her book and about her experiences as an author by checking out her website at www.ajcapper.com. Here are the questions I have …