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Updates: 10 Days to Tangled Roots!
My second book is up for pre-order and releasing on September 1st, 10 days away as of today. I’ve been doing a mish-mash of brainstorming Book 3, marketing Books 1 and 2, and overall bouncing from task to task. Let’s… Continue reading
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Writing Updates and Release Date for Tangled Roots
I’ve had my head down for the last week or so, hyper-focused on catching any last errors and any final improvements to Tangled Roots. Just this morning, while in the bathroom, I thought of one last change. It was literally… Continue reading
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Writing Updates – End of June
While Tangled Roots is being edited (by others), I’ve been brainstorming for Book 3. One of the first things I need is a working title, something to save the file under. The working title for Driftless Spirits was actually “Note… Continue reading
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It’s 5am, and I’m Writing…
I’m deep in the final surge of storytelling for my next book. I’ve been rewriting the climax of Tangled Roots. I’m so into it, I made sure to have enough food in the fridge that we can eat leftovers for… Continue reading
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Cover Reveal! (Tangled Roots)
I wrote recently about working on the hard parts of self-publishing. One of the things on my list was the cover for Tangled Roots, Book 2 in my Secrets in Casten’s Horn series. I finally found it: I might play… Continue reading
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Editing This Week
In my last writing update, I talked about beta reader feedback on the very first draft of “Tangled Roots” (working title still, but I like it). There were two main areas of the story to fix. First, I needed to… Continue reading
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Writing Update: Book 2, Draft 1
I finished the first draft of the sequel to Driftless Spirits just as the recent blog tour kicked off. I asked a couple beta readers to give the raw draft a go for some early feedback. “Don’t worry about edits,”… Continue reading
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Updates: Writing and Marketing
It’s going to be an interesting month. On the writing side, this week I’m tackling the climax of Tangled Roots (working title), the sequel to Driftless Spirits. It’s Halloween in Casten’s Horn, bones have been found, Ivy’s visiting Charlotte, and… Continue reading
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Happy New Year! (2025 wrap-up and looking ahead)
We had a very white Christmas here in the Driftless area of Wisconsin: I’m back in my office after taking the last week of 2025 off to recharge. This morning I played around some more with Amazon Ads for Driftless… Continue reading
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An Update on Publishing
Today I’ve officially clicked “Publish” on Draft2Digital. “Driftless Spirits” in ebook form is rolling out to every distributor and reseller they cover. The links to find my book on CastenHouseBooks.com open a universal links page on Books2Read. As new sites… Continue reading
