Alex Costa, thirty-two years old, honorably discharged after eight years in the Marine Corps. He and his husband had just celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, and before the dive, he had showed off the necklace he received as a gift – a clover charm in gold with a small breach emerald in the center. For luck.
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The Inheritance: Chapter 3 Part 1
I opened my eyes. A jagged stone ceiling spread above me, glowing softly with swirls of alien growth. I hadn’t imagined the nightmare. It happened. I stared at the ceiling for a long breath and checked my watch. The digital skin was dark, with a spiderweb of cracks across it. Must’ve happened when I smashed into
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Can I Pet That Dawg?
Ada before the gate dive. (Link for those of you getting this in your newsletter.) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Whistle (@whistlesports) I’ve had a rough night. It stormed very heavily, and Sookie the Old Bulldog decided to hide by my side of the bed breathing heavily. Between that and deafening
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This Kingdom Is Up for Preorder
Tor released This Kingdom for preorder and did not warn us. We found out 30 minutes ago, and Mod R tells me that the links are already up in Discord and fan groups. BDH: zero chill. Zero. The EBOOK is up everywhere. The PRINT EDITION is up at other places but not up on Amazon
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The Inheritance: Chapter 2
A massive cavern spread in front of us, awash in bioluminescence like some bizarre rave. It resembled an enormous egg set on its side, with the wider end to the right ending in a solid wall and the narrow end to the left splitting off into several dark passages. The cavern’s floor sloped to the
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The Inheritance: Chapter 1
Warning: R rated for fantasy violence and adult themes. Posted on Mondays and Fridays. Chapter 1 Health insurance with $1,000 maximum family deductible. Prescription drug coverage with 80% discount off list prices. The first time I heard about gates, I imagined them to be these portals glowing with a magical blue light. Too many video
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The Struggle Is Real
Tuna and Oliver had their annual visit to the vet for vaccines and physicals. Here is Tuna being the king of everything at the vet office. Tuna, predictably, was lovely to the vet, let his blood be taken, sat like a rock for vaccines, and has normal bloodwork. I would take a pic of Oliver
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Exclusive Samples of Burn for Me from Graphic Audio
The dramatized adaptation of Burn for Me, first novel in the Hidden Legacy series, will be released next week by Graphic Audio. GA expect a similar release schedule for Hidden Legacy as for Kate, with a new installment every couple of months or so. They will be adapting all seven books in the series: Nevada’s trilogy,
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Lit RPG: The Origins, The Inheritance, and Other Things
This is long, so table of contents: The Origin of LitRPG As everyone knows by now, I’m a massive Solo Leveling fan. I’ve read the manhwa before the anime was ever announced and then reread it several times. Right now, with the anime release on Crunchyroll (we are up to 2 seasons), it is enjoying
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The Inheritance Begins
Grace Draven and Black Hellebore
It’s no secret that Grace Draven is one of the best writers of modern fantasy romance. I could talk about her books all day. Her plots unfold against the backdrop of enchanting worldbuilding wrapped in lyrical prose. Her worlds have texture and that elusive fairy tale quality that many writers chase and never manage to
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Quality Content
Sookie, the old bulldog, has to have canned dog food in the wake of her surgery so her mouth can recover. She absolutely loves it. She gobbles it up, and then we suffer. Yesterday, as I was trying to catch up on a novella we are working on, because we need another release this year,
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