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Graphic “aesthetics” for my works in progress

Posted on September 3, 2018 by AllieSeptember 3, 2018

So I reeeeallllyyyy wanted to have graphics for each of my series, and for the trilogy. I had commissioned the portrait of Jacinth, so I used that as the background for the Wishes & Dreams series, but I’d done the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings, Sons of the Desert, When Darkness Falls, Wishes & Dreams | Tagged aesthetics

Pinterest boards for my stories

Posted on August 14, 2018 by AllieAugust 14, 2018

So over the past months, I’ve had lots of fun building my Pinterest boards, and I think now they are finally organized enough to start to share (I’ve had to work and re-work them, trying to find how I want … Continue reading →

Posted in Sons of the Desert, When Darkness Falls, Wishes & Dreams

Status Report & Milestone Achievement

Posted on August 10, 2018 by AllieAugust 10, 2018

Status Report! Last night I hit a milestone… 200,000 words on When Darkness Falls, my paranormal romance trilogy in a 15th Century Arabian Nights type setting. I’m aiming for at least 240,000 total. so far it’s broken down into 68k … Continue reading →

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A Great Time at Romance Writers of America National Conference

Posted on July 24, 2018 by AllieJuly 24, 2018

So… OMG. There is so much to say, I don’t even begin to know where to start! This was a FABULOUS conference and I had the time of my life… in great part to my SecondLife roleplay mom and writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Search, Business & Craft of Writing, RWANational2018, Sons of the Desert, When Darkness Falls, Wishes & Dreams

Fantasy World Building Map of Al Khair

Posted on February 26, 2018 by AllieFebruary 26, 2018

So another writer on Twitter mentioned a site, Inkarnate, that was for people to create their own fantasy world map. I headed right over. There were no instructions, and you start from a blank picture of water, so it was … Continue reading →

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One helluva birthday present!!!

Posted on November 29, 2017 by AllieJuly 26, 2018

I went to bed just at midnight, but I couldn’t sleep so I got up and got back to work on Michael’s Quest, as I needed 2k words to finish NaNoWriMo. Somewhere around 3 am (I forget exactly), I hit … Continue reading →

Posted in NaNoWriMo, When Darkness Falls, Wishes & Dreams | Tagged rewards

I finished When Darkness Falls!!!

Posted on November 28, 2017 by AllieJuly 26, 2018

Yes, I did! I finished writing When Darkness Falls! Last night at some stupid o’clock hour (I think it was officially this morning), I typed THE END! This doesn’t mean it’s *done* … there’s still editing and working more on … Continue reading →

Posted in When Darkness Falls | Tagged finished, rewards

Writer-centric ramblings about When Darkness Falls

Posted on November 27, 2017 by AllieFebruary 6, 2018

So really honestly, this isn’t so much about ego and patting myself on the back, but more about being completely amazed at this story, and that I wrote it at all, and that it’s turning out the way it’s turning … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings, When Darkness Falls | Tagged Arabian Nights, Djinn, vampire romance, WhenDarknessFalls

Musings regarding my fantasy romance

Posted on November 8, 2017 by AllieNovember 8, 2017

For the last year… ever since I started When Darkness Falls back in NaNo of 2016, I’ve been stressing and agonizing over what genre it is. It’s middle ages time period, set in a fictitious country in the middle/near east … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Romance vs Paranormal Romance

Posted on October 18, 2017 by AllieOctober 18, 2017

I’ve been struggling with this subgenre distinction for my current work in progress, When Darkness Falls, which has vampires, djinn and shapeshifter and other paranormal species, set in a medieval desert city in an Arabian Nights type setting. Tricky. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Craft of Writing, When Darkness Falls

Seeking Beta Readers for When Darkness Falls

Posted on October 10, 2017 by AllieOctober 16, 2017

I’m seeking out beta readers for my manuscript, When Darkness Falls. It’s a fantasy romance set in a medieval middle eastern city (think of Arabian Nights or Kismet). There are paranormal elements: vampires, djinns, shapeshifters, and others. Rating: There are … Continue reading →

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Journeys

Posted on December 22, 2016 by AllieDecember 22, 2016

I always saw my current story as being one young woman’s journey. But this morning, when pondering the length of the manuscript (currently at 619 pages), it suddenly came to me that there are three journeys here. Alyssa, the heroine, … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings, When Darkness Falls

My Books



Wishes in a Bottle is the first book of Wishes and Dreams, my paranormal romance series.
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A Gift of Jacinth is the second book of Wishes and Dreams.
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A charming contemporary romance, Truck Stop is available now on Paperback or Kindle, or as an Audible audiobook




SwanSong is the first book in Sons of the Desert, my multicultural contemporary romance series.
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Castles in the Sand is the second in the Sons of the Desert series.
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