The Uinseann is coming: December 21st, eBook release of War of the Seasons: The Hunter

My dear friend Kelli just sent me the above image saying “Just a little something I made… The third book of a trilogy is a big deal! I’m thrilled to be on this ride with you.” As am I,… Read More

Kickstarter/Pre-order for War of the Seasons, a fantasy trilogy with a strong female protagonist and minimal sparkling!

For me, it all started with a boy named Will. I first met William Snell in the spring of 2003, and Katie Johnson the following year. In 2005, seven year old Katie passed away after her battle with… Read More

A bizarre feeling of sadness and loneliness that I’m kind of enjoying?

I just wrote the climax to book 3 in the War of the Seasons series and I find I am both relieved and extremely sad. Like I want to cry. I don’t know if I can fully explain… Read More

Songs of the Seasons #3: The World Spins Madly On

I know many of you were expecting the 3rd War of the Seasons book to come out this June, given that the first two books had June releases. Unfortunately my schedule has not allowed for such an aggresive… Read More

THE NEXT BIG THING (yes, all caps)

A few weeks ago Tera Fulbright tagged me on her blog as part of a chain of authors (or creative people) recommendations called THE NEXT BIG THING. Given that I’ve been away on travel a lot & I… Read More

Remembering Laura “GunslingerPadme” Jan 10, 1986 – May 3, 2012

I meant to make my weekly post on Monday but ran out of time. The same thing happened Tuesday and then yesterday morning I received some tragic news that immediately took over what I was going to post…. Read More

June in Review, and a fashion post

1/2 way through July already *sigh* I feel so behind on everything! WRITING: I wrote nothing new in june, but did a lot of work on releasing The Half-blood (along with Kelli, my editor and Betsy, my artist)…. Read More

*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

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

What’s in a name? pt. 2

In my quest to delay actually starting on the final draft of my most recent novel, I give you a blog post. Last year I received many questions about my last name, Spendlove, so I went into that… Read More