Writing Update!

Hey all! I can't believe it's been only four months since my last book came out. Feels like an eternity. Anyway, here's the timeline of my upcoming projects.

Wildflower (tentatively titled): This is a sequel to Sea and Sky. It takes place in the same world (Aecoria) but follows all new characters. I'm also moving it away from the sea and into a mist-shrouded valley beside the forest. There's an adventuresome heroine and a grumpy but secretly sweet hero. Plus a silly brother who drinks a little too much! Plus a forest sprite who keeps trying to kill people!

Dead Love: This is going to be a short installment in my Dreams for the Dead series. It will follow Leila, Dawn's best friend, as she deals with the trauma of having been held captive by a psycho vampire. I've written a little so far, and it's pretty bleak. Because... trauma. Not everyone wants to bang a vampire, you know?

A Pale Shadow: I have always planned to write a coming-of-age story, but I kept running into dead ends with my ideas. They were all just so blah and boring. Then I finally figured out a way to put my own spin on the genre, and like magic, the ideas started flowing. So this will be a sexy coming-of-age story (thriller, perhaps?) about a girl who moves to a town with deadly secrets. I'm very excited, since these characters having been sitting around for years with nothing to do.

And that's it for now! Happy reading! <3

Sex, Blood, and Rock 'n' Roll

Heyyyyy. My new book is out now! The Dead Rule the Night is only $0.99 in the Kindle store, and it's also available in KU! A few things to know about it: smut, smut, blood, creepiness, smut.

Anyway, you know what a new book means: a super awesome soundtrack to go along with it.

"KILL4ME" - Marilyn Manson
"Your Joy Is My Low" - IAMX
"Gloom Forever" - American Nightmare
"6 Undergound" - Sneaker Pimps
"My Heart Is Immortal" - Cold Cave
"Can't Be Love" - Pink Turns Blue
"Colors (Take Me Away)" - T.S.O.L.
"Pretty Baby Scream" - Lords of the New Church
"Dead Love" - The Soft Moon
"Ghost Dream" - Blouse
"Sedated" - Hozier
"I Get Off" - Halestorm
"Chokehold" - Adam Lambert
"A Little Death" - The Neighbourhood
"Masochism World" - Hüsker Dü
"Orphans of the Smog" - Death of Lovers
"Motel" - Meg Myers
"Blood Bitch" - Cocteau Twins
"Neon Gleam" - Night Sins

Listen on Spotify!

Special thanks to my amazing pals Karly and Nenia for suggesting some of the songs! <3

LAMENT Soundtrack

It's getting closer to Lament's tentative release date of November 27th! (It could be sooner but most likely not later.) I've decided to share the book soundtrack, as I always do. One of my favorite parts of creating a book is gathering songs that help set the mood (and would be perfect in a movie. Hollywood: Call me).

"When Words Fail" - GOLD ZEBRA
"Who Taught You How To Love" - King Dude
"Vex" - Chelsea Wolfe
"Something to Remember Me By" - The Horrors
"Dark Allies" - Light Asylum
"Friends in the Dark" - Specimen
"Glycerine" - Bush
"Underworld USA" - Cold Cave
"Face Meets Glass" - ACTORS
"Never Tear Us Apart" - INXS
"Burn My Name" - Shotgun Babies, Lydia Lunch
"Little Sister" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Come My Sunshine" - The Comas
"Kissing the Ground" - Drab Majesty
"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" - Fuel
"Dance Macabre" - Ghost
"Mouthful" - Rule of Thirds
"Take Her Down" - Ruben Young

I feel a wave of despair, regret, and sexiness crushing me now.

Here's the link to the Spotify playlist!

Thanks to my good friend Nenia for suggesting the Ruben Young song! It goes perfectly with one of the scenes.

Add Lament on Goodreads!

LAMENT Cover

I haven't written a synopsis for my upcoming book yet, but you're damn right I made a cover. So here it is! Trying to make the right cover for this book was a journey, and I'm proud of the result.

I plan to publish mid to late November, as soon as my last beta reader finishes and I give the book another read-through myself to correct any lingering mistakes. For now, you can add it on Goodreads! (Also, the synopsis will arrive soon, I hope.)

New Projects!!!

It's been so long since I last posted! That's mostly because my WIP, tentatively titled LAMENT, was being very difficult for quite some time. I had difficulties bringing the story together, and I didn't want to jinx it by doing too many updates. But I've written the last line and done the first round of editing on the complete draft, so I'm ready to talk about it a little.

LAMENT is a story about a girl who ran away from home nine years ago after a terrible experience. Now she's back, but she's not quite ready to revisit her past or face her first and only love. Will she overcome the trauma that's slowly taking her over?

My wonderful friends Nenia and Karly are currenty beta-reading for me! I hope to have the book out by the end of November. Here's the aesthetic I made for it:

This book includes teenage angst and wonder, bad memories, trauma, arson, and spooky woods. Oh yeah, and plenty of smut.

I'm planning to devote much of October to drawing and other artistic pursuits besides writing, but I do have a super secret project that I'm planning to release before Halloween. Stay tuned!

GIRLS LIKE YOU: Free for three days!

It's been two years since I wrote GIRLS LIKE YOU! In honor of its anniversary, I've made it free for three days! From Feb. 12th to the 14th, you can download it from Amazon for zero dollars!!!

GIRLS LIKE YOU is about two unlikely lovers—a happy-go-lucky rich girl and an angsty poor boy—who find their lives entwined in unexpected ways. Add in an irreverent best friend, a couple of parties (for sneaking in romantic tension, of course), a kidnapping, and smexy times, and that about sums up the book. Hope you enjoy it!

Add GIRLS LIKE YOU on Goodreads!

Buy GIRLS LIKE YOU on Amazon!

Happy reading!

This is my most badass soundtrack yet.

I just published my newest release, DEAD HEART, a prequel to my vampire book DREAMS FOR THE DEAD that tells Branek's story (links go to Amazon). Naturally, I had to put together a soundtrack JUST IN CASE my book ever becomes a movie (don't laugh).

Since this is Branek we're talking about—a psychotic vampire who loves corpses just a little too much—I had to make this soundtrack special. With some help from my friend Nenia, who suggested Depeche Mode's "In Your Room" as one of the songs, I managed to put one together and I LOVE IT.

So here it is, my shortest and yet most badass soundtrack to date!

"Detention Home" - Dead Boys

"Dead" - Pixies
"Goo Goo Muck" - The Cramps
"Blitz" - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
"Ring Me, Elise" - Dag för Dag
"In Your Room" - Depeche Mode (thanks, Nenia!)
"Down to This" - Wire
"Gonna Raise Hell" - Cheap Trick
"Again and Again" - Lowlife
"The Sky Is A Poisonous Garden" - Concrete Blonde
"These Evil Things" - Meteors
"Animal" - Def Leppard
"Xiola Blue" - The Priests



Note: "Xiola Blue" is such a dark and sexy song, but it isn't available to listen to online anywhere that I can find. If you like punk and/or psychobilly, you'll have to hunt down a hard copy of The Priests' self-titled album, which isn't on Amazon! (I inherited a digital copy from my brother-in-law.) This album is, however. Just don't get this band confused with the actual priests who sing, or The Priests with a female singer.

You can buy DEAD HEART for 99 cents on Amazon, where it's also available on KU. Be sure to check it out on Goodreads as well!