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Why Would a Kitten Need a Psychologist?

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This month, on the 15th, the final instalment of The Kitten Psychologist series comes out! You’ll be able to buy and hold all six parts in your paws :D Now… I want to write this in a fun, light tone, matching what you’ll find in the stories. Unfortunately, I’m in a rather stressful few months which, interestingly enough, mirrors the stress that caused me to write The Kitten Psychologist and its sequels to begin with. You’ll be able to read

NEW BOOKS: The Kitten Psychologist Series

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You may recall my kitten psychologist stories, in which a kitten gets the help of a psychologist unbeknownst to its owners and, well, shenanigans. Because what else do you expect when there’s a sentient kitten involved? Well, the series was picked up by Inkprint Press for Inklets, short stories by multiple authors published both digitally and in print twice a month over the course of this year (and possibly longer, but the ones I know about for sure are this

Going on a Break

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I realized last Saturday (the day I’m writing this- how’s the future? :) ) that I’m in the middle of burnout. And it’s less than stellar, I can tell you. So I’m taking a break from putting out blog posts. For how long? I’m not entirely sure, but I’m going to give it two months and see how I feel. In the mean time, you’ll still see me around on Twitter and Facebook (if you haven’t followed me on either

Wanna Test the Pronunciation Guide for Hunter and Prey?

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Would you be interested in testing the pronunciation guide? If so, continue. If not and you just want to know what I sound like as a hell demon, skip to the bottom. The Tragic Backstory I’m thinking of putting a “how to pronounce things” into Hunter and Prey because, guys, the names. All of the names. Also because people keep pronouncing Adren’s name wrong and I didn’t expect that (I mean, I do now, but hindsight’s 20/20). The nice thing

The Birth of an Idea: The Drawing that Became The Tree and the Grave

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Yesterday, I was looking through the notebook where I recorded the dream that formed the basis for the story in The Tree and the Grave. You can see bits of what I wrote along the side of the image. The part that I think is the coolest is the drawing I did back then (I think I was fifteen?). That image stuck in my brain like you would not believe, because my memory of it when I was an ocean