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What a year. I've learned a lot. Learned about myself, about my closest friends and family. I've learned about grief and all the different ways it manifests in a life.

I've also learned practical things. How to publish a book on Amazon. How to format a paperback. How to get engagement on Twitter to advertise said book. How to keep fandom love alive while all the other is going on.

And that's been essential. Because fandom, the people I've met there, the conversations, the acceptance found in fandom has sustained me through everything.

While I'm finishing my Stargate Sg1 story for Open the Iris, I've published book 2 in my high fantasy series The Heir of Time.

Journey of Brothers definitely nods to my experience. Matthias' and Deok's grief and guilt mirror my own, my own journey through loss. The love Matthias finds in his new brother is what sustains him, just like my found family of fandom sustains me.

If you're in the mood for a ya fantasy with an adult twist, check it out here on Amazon. Kindle edition of the first novel, Child of the Scales, is on sale for 99 cents, too.

Journey of Brothers #2

Child of the Scales #1

Matthias is learning. Read Chapter 4 here: Chapter 4

Snippet:

The Avatar said the words slow and clear. “Kavvana says, ‘Obey the rules;’ Orexis laughs and calls us fools.”

Matthias couldn’t help nodding in rhythm with the verse. The words fell to a place deep inside him where the other parts of the rhyme lived. They sank into that flickering, in-between place, filling in the incomplete red weaving there, knitting up the edges of Matthias’ soul. The words fit. And, Matthias knew, there would be more to come, more empty places waiting for them.

“All of Kavvana stands on the right side of the Balance. All of Orexis on the left.”

Yes. He knew that. Pretty red. Ugly green. Matthias waited.

“Kavvana is rule and order. Orexis is chaos and fancy. Both are necessary for Balance.”