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- Do you remember... [September 2025]
Do you remember... [September 2025]
Never was a cloudy day!
Falling into the ramp up…
August, as always, is a whirldwind. I'm still recovering from GenCon, family birthdays, weekend trips, the start of my son’s school year…
Now it’s time to get into some hot tea and get work done. I still have to format Hidden Root’s ARCs and get those ready for distribution. Hoping to have all of that done before my birthday near the end of the month!
Written Works
Mother Revolution
Did you know Mother Revolution is now available on Paperbacks N’ Frybread, an indigenous-woman-owned indie book store that highlights minority voices? Now you know! Click here to buy Mother Revolution and click here to shop the entire site, including fantastic bundles of books regarding indigenous culture and history.

paperbacks & frybread
As always, if you’ve read Mother Revolution, please review it and let others know how much you enjoyed it. Thank you!
Hidden Root
I’m still looking for ARC readers! You haven’t yet, click here to apply to be an ARC reader. Deadline is September 19th.
Here’s an excerpt from Chapter Two.
Like most citizens of the Everwarm Kingdom, or Hearthsitters as children of the nation were called, the boys were used to men Roc’s age with long black hair pulled back into a single braid, like theirs was. They were used to people with darker skin, rich hues like those found in the refined wood from pecan to mahogany trees. They were used to faces free of facial hair and sometimes free of eyebrows above dark brown pupils.
For many of these students, Roc was the first Raduxian they had ever seen. He kept his messy brown hair cut just past his ears. Any longer and it tangled like a rat's nest. Years ago, he realized he could never shave fast enough to easily maintain a smooth face. Instead, he kept a goatee to minimize his morning routine, highlighting how his jaw pointed down like a triangle. His icy blue eyes looked down the prominent ridge of his fair nose. Roc reveled in being the oddity younger students were eager to see in the classroom. It kept their eyes forward and their ears listening
Hope you’re enticed to read! Keep a lookout in your inbox and socials for some character art I’m commissioning from Mossy Paint and Print.
Hidden Root will be available for your bookshelf on November 13th.
Pyre
I’m very lucky that a writing friend is helping peer review Pyre, a short story I’m writing to give to my dad for Christmas. He does not keep up with my socials so he doesn’t know. 😉
I’ll keep you posted on progress here, including a sneak peak after my dad reads it.
TTRPG Projects and News
Who We Were
I’m taking a pause on this project while I work on getting everything ready for Hidden Root. Plan on hearing more about my plans to make this a stand-alone adventure in January.
Podcast Update

Lore Together image for The Blue Prince
Our latest episode covers The Blue Prince, a puzzle video game that has a strange story about royal legacy… that they decided to put in the hands of a young boy. Hope that works out for them! Before that, we covered the survival adventure game Raft, which has an intricate story hidden amongst the islands and floating trash. Also, the livestream with the shark gnawing right by my feet was not fun!
Below, find our streaming schedule for the month of September!

Livestream schedule for Lore Together—September 2025
Sapphy Shares—What I’m digging right now
I’ve barely had any chance to partake in any books, TV shows or movies. It’s been super busy this past month! I am getting back into podcasts, and one that I can never stay away from for long is True Crime Obsessed. I’m a “pates at the five” as they say of their patrons from Patreon. Their main show episodes are great, and their patreon coverage of longer docu-series is super enlightening and engrossing. They’re the kind of people I would love to share a cocktail with, and they make sure the victims of true crime are their focus, even if the documentary they’re covering fails to do so. They don’t need me promoting them, but I do appreciate sending them some thanks for keeping me sane and entertained when life gets extra busy. Click here for their very pretty website.
Now back to work!
Thank you for keeping up with this crazy indie author life I’ve decided to pursue. Look out in another month for more updates and ramblings written by… me. 💜