Hello all!

The release of Ember’s Rise is going well and I’m thrilled that some of you have already burned through it and enjoyed your experience! I can’t thank you enough for your support and please do recommend it to anyone you think might like pirates and dragons.

I’m hard at work wrapping up Sun’s Fall for my beta readers and should have some more information about it available soon.

One of my goals with writing the blog is to communicate with people who enjoy my books and to let them know a little more about me. Given that most of the posts thus far have been keeping you all informed about releases, I thought I would change it up a bit today.

I’ll start with a confession: I haven’t watched very much anime.

Before too many pearls are clutched, yes, I watched and enjoyed Dragon Ball Z. Other than that, I’ve watched a few more that my friends have pushed on me, including most of Bleach, the first two seasons of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, a good bit of My Hero Academia, and a smattering of Gundam Wing when it was on Toonami.

Maybe that’s more than most people have watched, but after years of hearing my friends wail and gnash their teeth over my limited exposure, I’ve started watching more. Right now, I’m working my way through Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and I love the animation. Bleach combining cool powers with sword fighting won me over when I watched the show in high school and it’s still an easy sell. After that, I’ll cave to the demands that I watch Jujutsu Kaisen.

Out of my love for pirates, I have strongly considered One Piece. The spirit is willing, but my body is far too weak to watch that much material. Maybe once I find a way to stop sleeping, I’ll check it out.

Let me know what you are watching/reading, other than Ember’s Rise, of course.

Currently Reading: Omniscient Reader
Currently Playing: World of Warcraft, Season of Discovery (My friends rolled on a PvP server. Help.) and Magic Outlaws of Thunder Junction draft
Currently Listening: Blackflame by Will Wight, read by Travis Baldree

If you’re here, you likely already know that my second book, Ember’s Rise, came out today. But just in case you find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D22PC3TM

It’s a strange feeling to let this one out into the wild. While Serpent’s End was under development for far longer (just ask Will), Ember’s Rise was written right before my daughter was born and then it’s what I came back to once she started daycare part time. So, in a way, it was written over the course of some pretty big transitional moments.

It was also interrupted quite a bit by a very cute baby.

All that said, I feel good about the book and think you’ll enjoy it. It’s one of my goals to improve with each book I write and I believe I did so here.

The giveaway for Serpent’s End is also still ongoing today (April 24), so, if you know anyone on the fence about the series, now would be a good time to try and pull them in.

In other news, I am nearly finished with the second full draft of Book 3 entitled Sun’s Fall. It will be the conclusion to the Ember Sea Trilogy and brings the consequences of Ember’s Rise to fruition.

Please check out my social media for updates and sign up for the newsletter and I hope you pick up Ember’s Rise and enjoy the ride!

Happy Reading!
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Lorn