I’ve just found out that the cover reveal of my fantasy novel, THE BRASS QUEEN, will be on the front cover of Publishers Weekly on August 31st. A cover reveal on an actual cover – it’s all so meta! I’m thrilled to share that the preorder links should also be available the same day! Barnes…
I’m thrilled to announce THE BRASS QUEEN was picked for the Publishers Weekly Big Fall Preview! As a debut author, it’s an incredible honor for my genre-bending gaslamp fantasy to be chosen from all the thousands of books that are coming out at the end of the year. Thank you to CamCat Books who made…
I’m so excited to share my first solo publication with you! Ten Minutes Past Teatime was originally printed in the award-winning When To Now: A Time Travel Anthology. It’s now available as a standalone in both print and ebook formats. It shot to the top fifty short fiction downloads on Amazon within hours of its release! The…
Pitch Wars is a wild, wonderful, rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish. First, the contest is a strong motivator to finish your manuscript in order to enter. If you’re lucky enough to win a spot in the contest, months of revising your manuscript with your mentor(s) await. As the days tick down to the…
2018 was a year of writing firsts for me. In January, I took the plunge and entered my sci-fi novel, THE BRASS QUEEN, into the RWA® 2018 Golden Heart® contest. In March, as I prepared for an impending snowstorm, I received a jaw-dropping phone call from the RWA board announcing my novel was a finalist…
Hear my interview on the “How Authors Work” podcast! Find out how to use improv to write your novel, how to create a chapter in four layers, & the best software to help you write on the move. I also discuss the supportive community provided by Pitch Wars and my RWA® Golden Heart® Persister sisters….
Recently, THE BRASS QUEEN was chosen as a Mainstream Fiction finalist for the 2018 Golden Heart® (the RWA’s top honor for unpublished novels). I was invited to attend the RWA National Conference in Denver. Over two thousand writers gathered for five days to attend workshops, make new friends, and network with publishing professionals. Attending the…
It was such fun to be interviewed by the Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood. The original interview by Elisa Beatty can be viewed here. Please find below a copy of the text. Today we’re welcoming Elizabeth Chatsworth, another of the amazing Persisters, the 2018 class of Golden Heart Finalists. Her manuscript THE BRASS QUEEN (fabulous title!!) is nominated…