I Went Back to San Diego Comic-Con 10 Years Later ✨

There are places that feel like vacations. And then there are places that feel like time machines. For me, San Diego Comic-Con is definitely the second one.

Your Literary Travel Guide: Musical Awakening ✈️🌵🌴🇬🇧

Some books are set in one place. Musical Awakening is set in a feeling — and that feeling lives in a lot of places.

When I started writing June Snow's story, I wasn't consciously building a travel itinerary. I was writing from memory, from real places I had been, real corners I had sat in, real cities that had changed me. But looking back at the finished novel, I realize I had quietly mapped out an entire world — one that stretches from the high desert of New Mexico to the cobblestone streets of Oxford, from the California coast to the banks of the River Thames, and finally to Florence at golden hour.

If you've read Musical Awakening, this post is for you. And if you haven't — consider this your invitation to a world worth visiting. 🎶

What I Learned From My First Week of Book Sales (And Why You Should Do a Pre-Order) 📖💰

I want to talk about something debut authors don't discuss enough: the first week of sales.

Not to brag. Not to complain. But because when I was preparing to launch Musical Awakening, I couldn't find honest, specific information about what to expect — and I wish I had.

So here's my honest first week debrief. 📖