Fire. Water. Burn.

In the two months since the All Hallows’ Eve party, Tally has courted Haru, buying expensive gifts, taking the two of them to upscale restaurants and trying to find a balance in earning Haru’s fragile trust while being new parents to the Cohen joeys. Tally sees hope in the new domesticity the family has settled into, despite having some bumps along the way.
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Gifts and treats have satisfied Haru’s otter, but the human half remembers the brutal lessons of giving their trust away. How can two lijun who barely know each other anticipate what will happen when times get tough? There are circumstances Tally doesn’t understand yet, and Haru struggles to find their feet with an Urusar who doesn’t know the rules.

A revelation not only throws the tentative relationship between them askew, but also starts Tally and Haru down a path the two of them can’t escape, one so heart-wrenching Haru’s not sure their heart will survive.

Traditionalist concerns that have always nipped at the Bastille clan’s heels come roaring to the forefront with demands and ultimatums. Tally needs to fall in line or face further threats to his otter, his family and his clan. Haru needs to find the strength to believe in the good despite the bad. In an environment where it’s vital to know ally from foe, Tally and Haru need to stand united or watch the community Tally’s family has built fall under the thumb of heartless, greedy autocrats.

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Dreamspinner has contracted The Mage On The Hill! **wild happy dance of author joy!**

This may, possibly, end up being a series, depending on how things go. Some initial details:

• This is a paranormal - a return to more serious paranormal
• Before edits, it's about 53K words long
• Currently in queue for a May/June release next year

​The working blurb - and keep in mind this is neither edited nor approved yet - just to give you an idea:

Toby Jones is dying. The channeling of his hereditary magic into Arcana should have happened in adolescence, but here he is, twenty years old and stuck with unplaceable wild magic that's going to kill him in a spectacular, catastrophic bang. The mage guilds have given up on him and his last chance is an exiled mage who lives as a hermit. This man had success teaching unplaceable mages, but after a catastrophic failure is reportedly crazy.
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The years alone on his hilltop estate have not been good for Darius Valstad. Sunk into severe depression after the magical accident that disfigured him and nearly drowned Pittsburgh, he drifts through his days, a wraith trapped in his memories. Until the day a stricken young man collapses on his driveway, one who claims Darius is his last hope. For the first time in fifteen years, Darius must make a choice—give this wild mage back to the guilds where he will die or take him in and try to teach him, which may kill them both. The old Darius, brash and commanding, wouldn't have hesitated. Darius the exile isn't sure he can find the energy to try.

A young man who wants desperately to live and his reluctant teacher who has forgotten how must struggle toward a solution that will save them both.

Some weeks have a pile up of things to report. Naturally, these happen during weeks when I have to travel. I'll be at the Dreamspinner Workshop from Thursday afternoon to Monday evening recharging my author batteries and learning cool stuff.

News on several fronts in the meantime:

• Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2

First round of edits are back with the publisher. We have a lovely new cover and the coming soon link up at Pride! Pre-order begins October 9, with a release date of October 30.  Hooray!

• Semper Fae: Endangered Fae 3

Up for pre-order now and releasing October 23 - we have more pre-order links coming in now! The rest should be following shortly. 

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• The Mage On the Hill (Arcana)

This will be a new one, eventually, I hope. Manuscript finished and submitted - if this first publisher doesn't want it, we'll go from there. Mage is a M/M paranormal about a young man whose hereditary magic is killing him and the grumpy hermit mage he sees as his last hope.

There's another possible paranormal series out there as well, but that's only in proposal form and I'm not quite ready to talk about it yet.

Off to Orlando! :)

I know it seems like there's not much going on from the outside right now - but back here in the workshop, I'm doing my best not to drown.

Some things happening now that might be of interest:

• Edits have begun on Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2. We're trying not to break our new editor. This one goes up for pre-order October 9. Should have a cover for you soon, here. :)
• My desperate attempt to complete The Mage on the Hill before the DSP conference might actually happen. 31K and climbing. (This is a paranormal story that might some day be a series that I had to shelve last year.)
• Semper Fae: Endangered Fae 3 goes up for pre-order next week - September 11. Release date is October 23 for that one.

Always more in the works!

Seriously, how did it get to be August? Didn't we just start this year? *thousand yard stare at 2018*

So... The stuff going on.

Beside a Black Tarn Audio has launched. We talked about that.

Diego: Endangered Fae 2 launches on August 14 - yay! 

Freddy and I have Lijun 2 due at the editor August 15 - eek!!! (Almost there, though.)

​And I really hate summer. Just needed to say that.