April 2025 Newsletter
Hello, Dear Readers! March was chaos and April is off to a rollicking start, so let’s dive straight into: Biggest News I’m delighted to announce that...
February 2025 Newsletter
Hello, Dear Readers! Winter has been busy We actually got a few decent snowfalls here in Virginia. I’m about done with it, though. I’m ready for springtime,...
January 2025 Newsletter
Hello, everyone! It… sure is 2025, huh? In Virginia, we opened the year with two snowstorms, a water crisis, and an earthquake. A small earthquake! But still...
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (December 2024)
It’s time once again for ICYMI: Backlist Book Love, the feature where I share books that came out more than a year ago but which still deserve your love and...
November Newsletter
Cyber Weekend Sale and other excitement!
October Newsletter
Must be the season of the WIP
Halcy-Con 2024
A part-logistical, part-emotional retrospective
The Rhetoric of Joy
What Kamala Harris and Shakespeare's Henry, Earl of Richmond have in common
No More NaNoWriMo
Who knew I could get so angry so fast?
August Newsletter
Travels and Traveling Light
Worlds of the Imagination
Immersion: Environment and Narrative
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (July 23)
Memoir edition!
June 2024 Newsletter
From beach babe to demigod trainer
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (June 20)
Hot fun in the summertime
How to Start Writing
New ideas and a blank page
May 2024 Newsletter
It's been a whirlwind month, y'all
Roll for Initiative
Experiencing Twenty-Sided Tavern's theatrical quest
Video Diary: May 2024
Find out why I keep joking that I now have a dowry!
How I Spent My Disney Vacation
And were the indulgences worth it?
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (May 15)
A visit to the Italian Renaissance
April 2024 Newsletter
The season's starting to get active!
r/fantasy 2023 Book Bingo Wrap-Up
A year's worth of recommended reads!
March 2024 Newsletter
And oh, it's been quite a month!
Video Diary - March 2024
An exciting announcement! And a lot of rambling.
December - February Mages of Aven
Microfiction from the world of the Aven Cycle
February 2024 Newsletter
It's almost spring!
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (23 February)
Austenite edition
January 2024 Newsletter
Award season and other items of note
So... Substack...
On moral quandaries, practical considerations, and other tangles
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (27 December)
Time to spend those gift cards!
December 2023 Newsletter
End-of-year updates
Video Diary - December 2023
From 2023 into 2024
Substackers Against Nazis
A collective letter to Substack leadership
November's Mages of Aven
Microfiction from the world of the Aven Cycle
November Newsletter: Words, written and read
Been a while!
Worldbuilding Wednesday: Prompt 4
Almost to the end of Nanowrimo!
Worldbuilding Wednesday: Prompt 3
Let your world give your words a push!
Worldbuilding Wednesday: Prompt 2
A boost for mid-Nanoing (or whenever you might need it!)
Deleted Scene - The Bloodstained Shade: Sempronius, Galerius, Marcia
A look behind the page of the penultimate draft!
Worldbuilding Wednesday: Prompt 1
Let worldbuilding help you get unstuck
October's Mages of Aven
Microfiction from the world of the Aven Cycle
Worldbuilding Wednesday: NaNoWriMo Kickoff!
50k starts today!
Worldbuilding for NaNoWriMo: Preptober Edition
How to set your worldbuilding up for Nano success
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (October 20)
Magic in Our World Edition
Presentation: Worldbuilding for Nanowrimo
Last Sunday, I gave a presentation on worldbuilding as part of Orange County Library System's National Novel Writing Month prep event! I think I’m going to...
September's Mages of Aven
Microfiction from the world of the Aven Cycle
In Case You Missed It: Backlist Book Love (September 20)
Cass's all-time faves edition
August's Mages of Aven
Microfiction from the world of the Aven Cycle
The Stars Have Come Alive
How the Starcruiser immersive experience welcomes you to a new world
Day Two on the Halcyon, Part 3: Coaxium
Completing the chronicle of my adventure on the Galactic Starcruiser