In which I LAUNCH A BLOG AND SLIGHTLY PANIC

So apparently, blogging is a thing authors do.

​I’m not sure when the train left the station, but here I am, climbing aboard like I wasn’t just chasing it down the tracks for a decade. I have no idea what I’m doing. Not with this blog, not with “branding,” not even with half the tech involved in sending newsletters (still figuring that out).

But what I do know is this: After years of dreaming, outlining, endless rewrites, procrastinating, crying into drafts, doubting myself, and chasing the version of the story that felt right, The Forged Empire (Book 3 of The Kingdom Within) is finally, truly, going out into readers’ hands.

The writer who penned that first installment was still figuring so much out—voice, structure, pacing, all of it. Three books later, I’ve grown, stretched, and survived enough revisions to wallpaper a castle. And I think (I hope) it shows.
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And while I’m so proud of how far the story has come...
I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t hard to say goodbye.

These characters—Meredith, Connor, Ethan—have lived in my head and heart for years. Letting them go feels a little like closing a chapter of my own life, too.

I’ve even been toying with the idea of writing a little “years later” scene for readers who want one last glimpse of how things turn out.
So if that’s something you’d love, let me know. I’m very persuadable.

ARC copies are going out tomorrow. Bookmarks (that I may or may not have squealed over when they arrived) are tucked in.
The cute little boxes are taped shut.

And while one story closes, another one’s already stirring.
I’ve been so excited about the new romantasy duology I’m working on. It has quasi enemies-to-lovers tension, ancient curses, and emotionally damaged leads (you know I can’t help myself). The blurb is already up on my site if you’re curious, and I’ll be sharing more in the coming months.

If you’re reading this, thank you for being here at the beginning.
I promise I’ll keep showing up—messy, hopeful, figuring-it-out-as-I-go.
More soon. Maybe even coherently.

—Sam ♡