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• December 16, 2024 · on The House with the Broken Walls

  Writing the sequel

  During this year's month-long writing challenge in November, I decided to put in the work to crank out the sequel to *Turtle Heaven*. It was a lot easier this year because I had the outline prepared…

• September 27, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  Goals

  I didn't go into this publishing project with an intent to make a ton of money or sell a million books. The goal was always to put the story out, faithfully, and to make it possible…

• September 6, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  Twenty perfect 5-star reviews

  Amazon (11), Goodreads (3), Audible (6) — that's **twenty** 5-star reviews in less than a month. I knew this story meant something to me. I did not know it would mean something to other people. Thank…

• September 5, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  First in-store sale was at an antique store

  I didn't expect that my first in-store purchase and commission check would come from a local **antique store** — but here we are. Thank you to *Courtyard Antiques* in Olympia for taking a chance on a…

• August 27, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  So many books

  A box of my books arrived! It's so wild to see so many of them in person — stacked on the table, in their little boxes, looking exactly like books. A handful are now placed for…

• August 14, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  We have a published book

  The book is live **now** and the sales have taken off considerably more than I anticipated. 56 purchases in 4 days, across all platforms. I'm a little stunned. I've already started planning book #2.

• July 29, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  AUDIO IS LIVE

  Well… I didn't mean for this to happen this way, but the audiobook just went live on Audible! Ahead of the print release, no less. If you have ever wanted to hear me read a 277-page…

• July 23, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  Audio complete

  I've been recording and editing for two whole months now, and it has been a TON of work. The first pass is done. Edits are in. Files are uploaded. Now we wait on the platform to…

• June 3, 2024 · on Turtle Heaven

  Recording the audiobook

  After reading some author reports that **most** of their sales came through their audiobooks, I've decided to go ahead and get a recording going for *Turtle Heaven*. Recording at home, narrating it myself. It is going…