Last September, my son and I took a book research/read trip to Nebraska. I’d never been, and it was the only place in the US that I had found that was truly suitable to buy up land and build a city (rail lines, fuel, cheap land, plenty of it, etc.) So we spent a handful…
Hey y’all! Garden of Bone is almost here! It’s out on Nov 8th. But before then I’ll start work on book 7, the Camelot Gambit. In this one Eleri and Donovan are undercover in a designed city. The city’s founder had decided that he wants a place just for him, and he invites anyone who…
Hello Renegades! There’s a new book coming out in the NightShade Forensic Files. I know I said Garden of Bone would be next (and it will still come out at the promised time!) but this one needed to be told. There are several things that will happen over the next handful of books and, aside…
Hello Renegades — The next AJ book out will actually be TWO books. They will have the same title (FORTUNE) but be sub-labeled “(red)” and “(grey).” Here’s a rough draft of the one line teaser from the front of the book: (red) When Fortune Flores was eight years old, she went missing for ten days.…
We just wrapped up another great Southern Festival of Books weekend. It was nice to be back after a break last year for another event that coincided. Our booth this year had authors from 3 states and we had an amazing time despite getting rained out later Sunday afternoon. If we met there for the…
Welcome to AJ’s World. It’s a little weird here. I love science and data–literally, when I panic about anything, I talk myself out of it with statistics. I love a good puzzle (probably why I love science) and I want to solve it. My family supports me and my writing habit, but I’m not treated…