BREAKING IN

“When a grog-chugging, baby-eating troll finds herself facing eviction, she only sees one way to get the landlord off her back—lead a misfit crew on the heist of the century.”

John’s Creek, Ga. I had a short story in the 2019 JordanCon Anthology. This is my second novel. The first will remain with my journals of bad poetry. The years leading up were filled with rejection broken up by glimmers of hope until happened. took two years I was querying agents when I realized how niche my book is. Humor is a hard sell. A small press makes the perfect home for oddball manuscripts. Someone on Twitter shared an acquisitions announcement from The Parliament House, and it included four weird, dark fantasies. After researching, I submitted, had a full request within the week and the offer shortly after. The writing community gave me a legion of writers that I would die for. Their knowledge and support keep me sane through this roller coaster. My first novel was the sacrifice to learning, opening myself up to screwing it all up, devouring resources, participating in pitch events and competitions—it all led to where I am. I have two modes: stop and go. Any mistakes I made were because I hit everything at a full run, but so are the successes. Only listen to advice that supports your process. There’s so much noise out there, but the only right way to write a book is the way that gets the book written. On the publishing side, research! I’m working on a fantasy noir called .