Magic and Romantasy Plots - July 5, 2024Dear Reader,Hello, I hope your Independence Day celebrations were amazing, and you found time with the holiday to sneak in a bit of reading. I must admit to slacking on that point, as I have a couple of books w...

Magic, Romance, and Fantasy in the Draoithe Saga - June 28, 2024Dear Reader,Book News First: As you all know, Ruined Lion launched on Juneteenth. I finally finished Ghostly Kingdom's edits last week, so of course, I wanted to publish it. The launch ...

What do authors read? - June 21, 2024Dear Reader,I'm excited to announce Ruined Lion launched wide on Juneteenth. If you are in the mood for a twist in the love story sequel to Druid Ancestry and need more of Lazlo and Soraya, pick up Ruined Lion and...

In The Author's Mind - June 14, 2024Dear Reader,I ran into an issue. I wanted to make the audiobook for Unlikely Kings. It should be as high a quality as the other digitally narrated books. But there's only one way I could get it. Google. The thing w...

And Summer Begins - June 7, 2024Dear Reader,As summer begins, Haunted Echoes will serialize on Substack. The serial will post chapters on Saturdays at nine o'clock in the morning. It begins tomorrow, so if you want to read this ghost romance, the fir...

The Last Day of May - May 31, 2024Dear Reader,It's the last day of May. School is over, and the summer awaits. The dragon has spoken. It's time to make an announcement. Paperbacks are coming to OpheliaKee.com.The copies direct from the source must be...

Shattered Souls and the Prequel Trilogy has Completed May 24, 2024Dear Reader,I guess the title gave it away. The last novella in the Mystic Dark Prequel Trilogy, Shattered Souls, launched on all the retailers on Wednesday. I hope you got your copy a...

(Listen with AI audio)Pneumonia and Writing? May 17, 2024Dear Reader,I contracted pneumonia last weekend. Writing a serious post for this weekend simply hasn't been possible. Have you ever tried writing underwater? That's kind of what it fe...

 A Look At Fantasy, Magic, and Characters - May 10, 2024Dear Reader,This week, I spent an inordinate amount of time wishing I had a magic wand to accomplish more. If I could move as swiftly as Andrei Alexandrescu, maybe I could get everything I ...

Romantasy? Why Not?- May 3, 2024Dear Reader,I hope your weekend is going well. Around this time of year, I find myself quite in need of the weekend. In the world of education, it's the testing season. High stakes testing is awful, super stressful, an...

Frustrations with Flash Fiction - April 26, 2024Dear Reader,So the cat's out of the bag on this flash fiction tale. Inamorata Succubus is live at OpheliaKee.com. That's not the frustration part, though. It's just the cool result. Allow me to back up ...

Valkyrie Riders Fly April 19, 2024Dear Reader,I hope your week went well. Mine has been chaotic as usual.Quest for the Valkyries launched everywhere on April 11, 2024. Since then, I've been hard at work on posting the last chapters of Raven's Rescue ...

Dragons Arrive! April 12, 2024Dear Reader,Quest for the Valkyries launched yesterday! I'm excited to see the opening tale in the next miniseries arrive at the retailers. It takes a long time to write a story, edit a book, post the chapters, create au...

Chronologies and Reconstruction April 5, 2024Dear Reader,If you've been with me for a while, you may have seen these before. They are calendars for the year 2016. This is the year in the dream in which the bulk of the Draoithe Saga occurs. On them, I...

Ruined Lion Sneak Peek - March 29, 2024Dear Reader,In many places today is a holiday. If you celebrate the Easter weekend, I hope your Friday is Good, and the Easter Egg Hunts go well. In the dream, I have been hard at work publishing several titles ...