*PRE-SALE* War of the Seasons, book 2: The Half-blood

  “Spring has something of mine; he knows what it is.” She smiled coldly. “I need you to bring it to me.” “And why would I do that?” Story folded her arms over her chest. A branch from… Read More

ConCarolinas in review and Half-blood artwork teaser

Finally, my ConCarolinas wrap up – I’m sorry I took so long on it. As usual, life got in the way. Let me start out by saying what a wonderful experience it was not just to return to… Read More

A Kickstarter, awesome teens, a fashion post, and some news

Holy moly it’s already JUNE and I haven’t done a Thrifty Fashion post since April! I guess that shows how busy things have been right? Well here you go, after some great updates/news I want to give y’all,… Read More

BaltiCon wrap up & a preview of the Half-Blood is available

Whew, has it already been over a week since BaltiCon? I suppose it has! I would ask where the time goes, but I know where it does: my family, the Marine Corps, and all the million other little… Read More

Guest post by Author Tera Fulbright: Being a mother and a writer

First off, thank you Janine, for asking me to guest blog on your site! For those that do not know me, my name is Tera Fulbright and I am: author, mom, con-runner. My most recent short story, “Anne… Read More

*FREE* Books, *NEW* Stories, *SCHEDULES* for Cons and more…

1- First off, starting tonight at midnight my first novel, War of the Seasons, book 1: The Human will be FREE for kindle (or kindle app) for the next 2 days (the 30th & 31st) in celebration of… Read More

BaltiCon Schedule, 2 new anthologies, & a general update

Ok, just a quick-ish update before I hit the rack. As I’m sure you may or may not have picked up on I’m crazy busy at the moment, so you get this update in list form: 1- In… Read More

Checking in…

HOW IS IT MAY ALREADY??? So, life has been hectic. Aside from loads of travel (which I do for both of my careers, Marine and Author) we also moved this month, and things have just been crazy (I’m… Read More

RavenCon wrap up

Last weekend I was a guest at RavenCon for the second time – the first time being a few years ago where I was a costuming guest. It was wonderful to come back to RavenCon, and the best… Read More

Thrifty fashion: Butterflies, Vintage, and Flowers

A couple of things before I get into my fashion post. First off, you know I like to run right? No? Well, I do. If you want a full report on the races I run you can read… Read More