The Nerd Daily lists SCORPICA as a Book to Devour!

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It has been A Week around here and I have honestly lost track of what I’ve posted about and what I haven’t. Thank goodness I can look back at the blog itself and see.

So it looks like I haven’t shared this particular bit of good news yet: SCORPICA made The Nerd Daily’s list of Fantasy and Sci-Fi Book Releases to Devour in 2022!

The books are listed by month of release so you can set up your schedule for what to devour when, and I love seeing SCORPICA’s gorgeous cover (with art by Victo Nghi) pop out of a row like this:

Want to see all the other good stuff coming in the first half of the year for SFF fans? Take a look here.

Scorpica on BookBub's list of Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022!

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I often get a heads-up on reviews, honors and other book-related news items, but not always. And sometimes the unexpected discoveries are extra-fun.

Like today, when I got a BookBub email with a link to “Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022,” and of course I opened it and skimmed it, looking at the familiar names, and then — BOOM! Scorpica was right there with the likes of upcoming books from John Scalzi, Melissa Albert, Mike Chen, Tamsyn Muir, and other SFF luminaries.

Check out the list of 23 awesome reads here!

new year, new giveaway for SCORPICA!

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Hello! It’s 2022! It’s snowing like blazes here in DC. My kids couldn’t be more excited. I couldn’t be gladder that we don’t actually need to go anywhere today. Heavy snow like this is very pretty to watch… from inside the warm, dry comfort of the house.

And here’s some more good news—if you can’t wait until February to get your hands on my matriarchal epic fantasy debut SCORPICA, you can enter to win a copy at Goodreads!

Speaking of Goodreads, though I probably shouldn’t read my reviews there—these reviews are for readers, not authors—I can’t help it, and it puts such a smile on my face to read praise like this:

This is more than a woman's story or women's stories. This is a woman's world. The Drought of Matriarchal Fantasy is over. And I am so here for it.

When I say everyone, I mean everyone needs to read this book. I don't care if you don't like fantasy, I don't care if you hate women—actually, I do care; women are gorgeous, talented, unstoppable beings and they deserve everything—just read it.

Want to win a copy and read SCORPICA for yourself? Click here for the details.

best feminist fantasy books of 2021 at CHIRB!

A narrowing-down, in list form:

  • I read so many great books this year

  • So many of them were published in 2021

  • So many of those published in 2021 were in the fantasy genre

  • So many of those shone a light on women’s rights in a way I’d categorize as feminist

So lo and behold! My round-up of best feminist fantasy books of 2021 was born. I pulled together a short list for Chicago Review of Books, ranging from retellings of myth (The Witch’s Heart, Ariadne) to YA stories of war (The Gilded Ones) to a completely re-imagined version of The Great Gatsby (The Chosen and the Beautiful).

Check out hthe full list here.

SCORPICA makes its first Most Anticipated list!

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With the holiday season upon us, I know a book coming out in February seems like a really long way away — but December is also the time of year for Most Anticipated lists, so of course I’ve been keeping an eye out to see what lists SCORPICA might show up on. (Yes, it’s an unhealthy thing for writers to keep track of. A lot of us do it anyway.)

And yay! Here’s a fabulous list from FanFiAddict, rounding up FFA’s Most Anticipated Titles of 2022, with SCORPICA right there with other great company in February.

Check out the whole great list here.

new Goodreads giveaway for SCORPICA!

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The headline says it all here, people — you can win SCORPICA from Goodreads! 50 advance copies are up for grabs. Enter by November 29.

Don’t know what SCORPICA is about, by chance? It’s all the strong women, powerful emotions, and twisty plots you loved in my historical novels — but taking a turn into classic epic fantasy, with magic and gods and monsters in a matriarchal world.

Enter here!