Unholy Obsession is now on Wattpad.

Jade Bellerose helps women disappear.

Then one of the women she failed comes back to haunt her.

And Oscar enters the picture.

Controlled....

Beautiful Velveteen has been reimagined.

I've spent the last several weeks deep in the manuscript, strengthening the story with richer character interactions, deeper emotional...

I've got a new home for my author updates!

To make it easier to stay connected, I'm moving my newsletter and reader community to BookBub. If you've enjoyed my updates, indie...

For most of the last decade, "self-published" has meant "sold through Amazon." That's shifting. A growing number of indie authors are building a second, parallel sales channel: their own storefront, selling directly to readers without a retailer in between. Here's what that actually looks like: the numbers behind the trend, and why it's working for the authors it's working for.

What "Direct Sales" Actually Means

Direct-to-consumer, or direct-to-reader, selling means an author sells books...

Fake agents. Real publisher names. More than $164,000 lost before the truth came out.

It's different hearing "watch out for publishing scams" as a general alert. The real impact becomes clear when you read the documented cases by the Authors Guild of how it affects real people. Two cases are worth sitting with, not because they're rare, but because of exactly how far each one went before the author realized what was happening.

The Fake Hachette Employee

Someone claiming to work for Hachette...

"Indie author" used to describe a method. You self-published, full stop, rather than going the traditional route through an agent and a publishing house. That definition is loosening. A growing thread in indie publishing coverage right now points to something different: authors who move between publishing methods project by project, rather than committing to one lane for an entire career.

What "Hybrid" Actually Looks Like

The shape of it varies from author to author, but a few patterns recur....