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Status: Available for pre-order now (releases April 4, 2026)!
Abandoned by her father, Jezelle grows up on the unforgiving streets of Grafton Notch. Hardened by betrayal and shaped by survival, she learns to trust no one and rely on nothing but her instincts. But when a mysterious power stirs within her, it sets her on a path of discovery and danger. As Jezelle fights to carve a place for herself in a world that has only ever tried to break her, she must decide who she is and what she’s willing to become to claim the future that was stolen from her.
3/13- 7,482 words. New project begins. Just finished the 2nd chapter.
3/20- 19,397 words.
4/2- I’ve been doing a crappy job of updating here, but I’ve been writing hard. Currently, I’m at 46,490 words, so it is about halfway. Being a dark fantasy writer, I’ve killed a lot of characters, but tonight, I cried. This book hits like no other. I feel like I’ve crossed some sort of line as a writer.
4/10- Getting close to the end. It is in sight, maybe 4-5 chapters left. 74,550 words. Hope to have it around 90k.
4/11- 83,674. The 1st draft of Jezelle is pretty much complete. It is all there. I have to go back and add some things, maybe a chapter, but I’ve written the ending. All told, it will probably be in the high 80s to low 90s for word count. It is a rainy weekend, so it will be done and ready for editing by Sunday.
7/16- Forgot to update that I am now querying for an agent to represent Jezelle. Fingers crossed!
11/10- Rewrite begins after feedback from the dream agent.
1/8/26- Happy New Year! After almost two months of an extensive rewrite, I am back to querying. The book grew, but in a good way. 83,674 to ~114,000 words.
2/7/26- It was a good fight, and I came close a couple of different times, but ultimately, traditional publishing doesn’t seem to be in the cards for Jezelle. Time to switch gears. I’m not giving up. Jezelle will be here soon!
2/18/26- After a long haul of edits and revisions, Jezelle: Thief of Forks is now available for pre-order. Releases April 4, 2026!
Jezelle is available for preorder!
Here we go again! Another book shields the light from its eyes as it steps from the shadows of my mind into the world. The ebook for Jezelle: Thief of Forks is now available for pre-order. It will release on April 4, 2026. This will be my tenth published work. I’m also taking this time…
I Swam the Market Until I Hit Rock
I’ve decided to stop my query process for Jezelle: Thief of Forks and switch gears to self-publishing the book. On the surface, that may look like defeat—another swing at traditional publishing and missing—but that’s not what this is. This is me looking directly at how this business actually works, looking at how far Jezelle swam…
Quick Update
First off, Happy Holidays! I hope you are all safe, warm, and jolly. I apologize for the lag in posts, but all my free time this past month has been devoted to rewriting Jezelle: Thief of Forks. I tried to get to this post on Saturday, but it just didn’t happen. Better late than never,…
Pushed deep into Jezelle’s darkness
I’ve been plunging into the weeds of reworking Jezelle: Thief of Forks, the darkest story I’ve written thus far. I’m on chapter 22 of 28, so I’m getting there. Before I began this dissection, I thought it was the best book I had ever written. It is humbling to see how much better it is…
Leveraging rejection to be a better writer
First, I would like to thank you all. After posting that I was stepping back from blogging to focus on rediscovering my passion for writing fiction, I received a considerable amount of support. There was also concern that I may be giving up. Don’t worry. I am still writing. In fact, I’ve been doing it…
