The Break! 💜😍

It is the end of spring break. I know, I set a lot of things to happen during spring break in my books, which is why I hole up in my house avoiding the big bad world. Maybe I should switch things up, go to Florida, and try to find a panther or something crazier. Things could become a lot more interesting!

A person reaching out to touch a mythical creature. An eclipsed sun is in the background.

I spent a lot of the last week going through the comments and edits of The Chameleon’s Duplicity and Truth Exposed, books two and three of The Hidden Magick series.

The Chameleon’s Duplicity is scheduled to publish on May 30th! I know, I am really excited as well. All three books are up on Amazon, have pages on my website, and are quickly becoming a reality. I don’t have a ton of ratings or reviews for Aura of the Chameleon, yet. If you’ve read it and are comfortable, I would love for you to leave your thoughts. It isn’t really for me, it is for other readers to know if they should venture into my dystopian world. It would also let me know if I should continue writing dystopian books. I do have one primed and ready to go, but I also have other ideas, so if it isn’t my forte, I can take a hint.

Image of the full Hidden Magick Series.
Text: YA: Dystopian Fantasy
The citizens are happy when the government has all the control.

School starts up next week for me and the boy, the youngest. I didn’t get much done for prepping, but that’s probably okay, none of my students probably did much work either, so we’re even!

My son’s birthday is coming up, so of course the baking has begun. I made fudge puddles: chocolate chip cookies, made into little cups, filled with chocolate ganache. As for any more baking, we will see.

Living in Wisconsin, the weather has been bouncing between the 60s (low 20sC) and back down to the 30s-40s (0C-10C). It makes figuring out what to wear and which coat very tricky. Then there is the rain and wind. You have to love spring!

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I hope you all are enjoying the end of March!

Huckle

Foolish week ahead!

I am so excited about this week. Well, no, I’m not, but I am! I just survived a week of spring break. Survived because lifting a box of early release copies of Xenagogue, I lost my balance and then my back hurt. Though, my back hurting isn’t really out of the ordinary.

So, if spring break was last week, why am I excited about next week? Well, there’s a birthday in the house, so I have an excuse to bake. Please don’t ask about my diet, it isn’t great. While out getting groceries today, I ran into someone with rainbow hair!!! I know, it was trippy. Now, I dyed my hair black back in January to get me to summer, so that will be a shock to some of you, but as Laura, the lovely lady with rainbow hair mentioned, I’m still full of rainbows in the inside!

  • me and Laura of the rainbow hair! She took a bookmark. She had the cutest family with her!!

What I’ve baked! The first is African Malva Pudding Cake. A family favorite. That second one is a s’mores blondie. It looks weird but it was tasty. The last picture is the mid-step in making fudge… it’s a dangerous process!

Next weekend I’ll make a sandwich cookie chocolate layered cake. Who knows what else will pop up… macaron cookies, pound cake (because we all need to put on more pounds!), and probably hot chocolate… he likes to drink it early and often!

Now, as you saw above, I have physical copies of Xenagogue. You are welcome to go ahead and order signed copies of any of my books from the website, INCLUDING Xenagogue! I know, super duper exciting. If you’d rather use paypal or venmo, just send a message and we can figure something out.

So, what’s new in the world of writing?

  • Obviously, Xenagogue is ready to be out in the world! It even has a few reviews on goodreads!
  • Veiled Phoenix will be at a sale price because of C.L. Cannon’s Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book Fair. Not only are there Free & Discounted books, there are prizes! Check it out!!
  • On April 11th, when Xenagogue releases, there will be an online release party on The Reading Lounge a facebook reader and author page. There will be a slew of authors playing games and giving away prizes. Come join in on the fun and see what you can win!
  • I’ve been going through the Yugen critiques and soon I’ll be calling for an ARC team. Pebble’s story is so fun! All of this brings me joy!

Happy almost April, my friends!

Huckle