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Darkest Summer to press!

The Darkest Summer has gone to press! It will come out November 14th. The paperback is available for pre-order now. The ebook pre-order will be available later. You can pre-order at Deseretbook.com. I’m so excited about that! Pre-order Now: DESERET BOOK AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE Here’s the full cover:

The Darkest Hour rough draft done

Some scenes are more or less sketches, but the rough draft for The Darkest Hour is done! 36,000 words, about 170 pages The Darkest Hour is a standalone Regency romance novella, and also a prequel to The Darkest Summer. It is about the hero’s sister’s romance the year before. The Darkest Hour:…

Darkest Summer manuscript finished

My deadline for finishing The Darkest Summer manuscript was May 31st. I did it!! It’s sent to my editor for it’s first round of editing, which is the substantive/content edit. The Darkest Summer is a clean romance, Regency retelling of the myth of Hades and Persephone. There’s kidnapping, and kissing. 309…

Cover Reveal: The Darkest Summer

I’m very excited to reveal the cover design for my first novel, The Darkest Summer! So pretty, and totally fits the story, which is awesome. Designed by the wonderful and talented Priscilla Chaves! About the Book Lady Cora Winfield’s life has always gone according to plan—her mother’s plan. So when she meets…

First novel contract signed!

I’m taking the plunge. I just signed the publishing contract for my first novel! I wrote the majority of my novel, working title Persephone: a Regency Retelling, for Nanowrimo 2015. And now it’s getting published! It will come out November 2017 through Cedar Fort. It’s a Regency romance set in…

LTUE 2017 Panels

I’ll be an Art Track panelist at Life, the Universe, and Everything 2017 in Provo, February 16–18. My schedule at LTUE: Thursday, February 16 8:00pm LTUE panel: Drawing the Mood: Visual Cues that Lead your Viewer’s Emotions Friday, February 17 7:00pm LTUE panel: Making your Characters Look Unique: Face Structure…

Handlettered #LIGHTtheWORLD

This last December (2016), I participated in the LDS Church’s #LIGHTtheWORLD social media campaign by doing a hand-lettered quote every day. Here are some of my favorites from my daily effort. You can follow me on Instagram, where I’m going to be posting more hand lettering, and sketches.  

Cover design

I’ve been a graphic designer at Cedar Fort Publishing for several years now. I just updated my graphic design portfolio with some more of my favorite book covers from the ones I’ve done in the last few years. Here are the new ones! All these books are available on Amazon and…