Recap, finished, and collage

I got back from Dragon Con last week, and as usual, a great time was had. I loved seeing all the readers who came to my panels and signings. I also got to catch up with BFF Ilona Andrews who was also there, and I was honored to accept an award on Charlaine Harris‘ behalf for her novel, ALL THE DEAD SHALL WEEP, winning “best of” in the Alternate History category (Yay, Charlaine!)

I also got to see so much amazing cosplay. If you follow me on Insta, Threads, or FB, you’ll see some of the videos I posted. WordPress wasn’t cooperating, so I can’t post those videos here, but if you’re a World of Warcraft fan like my husband, you might appreciate the below pic. Apparently, this person was dressed in a very old-school World of Warcraft costume, and my husband stopped them on the street so I could get a pic of it:

And, right before I left for Dragon Con, I FINALLY finished the book I’d been working on. It’s been a while since I wrote a new world from the ground-up, and I can’t wait to share all the details with you. If you missed me talking about it before, this is the first book in a new series set in a brand-new fantasy world. I’ll be able to spill all the beans soon, but for now, that’s all I can say.

Finally, this the collage that I used for my new social media cards:

Since I’m not the most tech-savvy, I just pulled the books off my shelves and haphazardly arranged them on my office floor. Some days, I can’t believe that I actually wrote all these! I wanted to be an author since I was 12, but it took me until I was 30 to finish my first novel. Even then, I had no expectations that it would ever get published, let alone launch its own series as well as several spin-off series. I’m still amazed that being an author is my actual job today! I also can’t wait to add the new book that I just finished to this pile, and then of course, more books after that, too.

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