One of the recurring themes I found in the feedback of Fireblood is that readers weren’t expecting a cliffhanger ending (from me…really…) and didn’t know that it was the first book in a series. Let me set the record straight. I tend to write books in three-part story arcs, otherwise

Today is the launch day of my new book Fireblood. It is the first book in the Whispers from Mirrowen trilogy and I’m excited to be sharing it with you. This is a new experience for me and I’ll tell you why. It is the first series I’ve written with

My dream of becoming a published author will be fulfilled with 47North’s re-launch of the Muirwood Trilogy tomorrow, January 15th, and their subsequent launch of my newest book Fireblood on Feb 5th. Some of you have been with me from the beginning. Some will start to learn this week about

My first story that was ever published was “The Wishing Lantern.” It was a project from my creative writing class at San Jose State. Jerry Hannah was our instructor. I remember getting the idea over a weekend and spending a few hours on a Saturday pulling the whole thing together,

I recently had a business trip to Malaysia. A friend of mine from work suggested that I visit the famous Snake Temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Temple) in Penang. According to tradition, vipers and humans co-exist in the temple and do not harm each other. I’m terrified of snakes personally, but I thought it

While working on some content to include in my Amazon author page, I decided to write the story about how I became an author. It may be a little long, but I tried my best to tell just the important parts. I left out some fun things, like driving to

August was just a busy month, but it also marks a major milestone. Near the end of the month, the 100,000th copy of Muirwood was downloaded to someone’s Kindle. Not sure who that person was or exactly when it happened, but 100,000 is a big number considering last December it

After I got my Twitter account, I realized that it would be very difficult for me to come up with something pithy to say in 140 characters every day or so. That’s just not me, and I’m not sure anyone really cares about my opinions on celebrity self-embarassments or tragic

I know some of you may be thinking this will be about the new Pixar movie “Brave”. While I’ll admit to having seen it and also admit that the lead character Merida bears many haunting similarities to Lia from Muirwood, this isn’t about the movie. We just returned from a

Today I signed a publishing contract with 47North. They have acquired the rights to the Muirwood trilogy, which they will re-publish in January with new covers and better editing in print, e-book, and audio formats. The current version will remain on Amazon until they publish the new, but once they