Long time, no write. Sorry! It has been a busy few months.

FOSTER NEWS: I’ve flown through several foster litters since fall. My final litter (Ren, Chloe, and Zen) moved on -mostly- within two weeks of being at my home! Ren is my leftover. He’s taken well to Willie and the two spend a lot of time together. I am hoping to find his home soon! He is on the older side (about 6 months) so he is quickly outgrowing cute-kitten stage and entering sweet cat baby stage. You can find more info about Ren (or Remy LeBeau as I call him) here.

WRITING NEWS: I am finishing up edits this month on book one of the Dreamer’s Blade series. Daughter of the Blade will be available to beta readers soon! If you are interested, please consider reading for me and helping me improve the story! You can fill out this form here to be added to my list. I believe I will have beta copies ready by early March. If you’d like a sample before you sign up, you can check out the first 5 chapters here. You can find more info about the book at the end of this post.

PEN AND PAW INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Pen and Paw sales have remained low but steady. As always, you can check out our sales and donations anytime, here, on our webpage.

Beta reader info:

Title: Daughter of the Blade

Approx. word count: 175K

Content Rating: PG-13 [no spice]

Genre: Adult Epic High Fantasy

Comp Titles: Stormlight Archives, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Mists of Avalon

Content Warnings: character deaths, in-world racism, moderate violence

Deadline: By the end of summer 2025 is appreciated but not required. The latest I can take feedback is December 2025

Working Blurb:

“The blade that bled the world is free.

Parisia, the reluctant twelfth Daughter of a line of priestesses tasked with imprisoning the blade, must face her worst fears when the blade awakens in her care.

Trios, a slave without a past, Misuchi and Saria, haunted by their history of slaughter, and Huru, a Moon Eater, the eyes and ears of the silent Sovereigns, find their lives colliding as the line between the past and present clash.

But even while new threats continuously arise, old ones strike dangerously closer. A long-forgotten prince has awaited the return of his brother-blade. Redemption is finally within reach.”

*Picture below not the actual cover, but there for attention.

If you are not a fantasy reader, but know some, feel free to share this with them. The more readers I have: the better!

Fill out this form here to grab your copy in March!