Musings and Mayhem
(the NPTwrites blog)
The thing I’m most excited about in book 4
We are less than two months away from the launch of Chalice of Caladriai, book 4 of my Arcanium Saga! I'm sharing something...
The easiest part of writing book 4
Continuing the lead up to the release of Chalice of Caladriai (book 4 of The Arcanium Saga), today I'm going to tell you...
The hardest part of writing book 4
In the lead up to the release of Chalice of Caladriai (book 4 of The Arcanium Saga) I'm going to be sharing something...
River of Crows Shortlisted for Rubery Book Award
I am thrilled to announce that River of Crows was shortlisted for this year's Rubery Book Award in the Children's and YA category! It did not win, but it was still very exciting to make it to the shortlist. 😊 This makes three awards now, either won or...
My CBC All in a Day Radio Interview!
Last week I got a very exciting email inviting me to be a guest on CBC Radio's All in Day program, and today we chatted about my Wishing Shelf Book Award silver medal win, the inspiration for River of Crows, writing for kids, and lots more! Check out the interview...
Pre-Launch Promos!
In just a a few short weeks now, Stone of Serpents will be out! On top of that, we're also coming up to the River of Crows second anniversary and the Mirror of Wolves first anniversary, too. So, in light of all these milestones all happening around the same time, I'm...
Rainy Day Inspiration
I've been told that people like it when authors share writing tips, so I've starting doing that on my Instagram page. But today, I wanted to go into more detail than I tend to on those posts and talk about one of the things I do when I'm trying to work out specifics...
River of Crows wins Silver Medal
The big news of the day is that River of Crows has just been listed as a 2023 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Silver Medal Winner in the "Books for 9-12 year-olds" category, and I'm celebrating with a sale! For a limited time you can get the ebook for only 99 cents. This is...
River of Crows book award news
I'm knee-deep in last-minute prep work for the upcoming book 3 launch (more details on that coming soon!), so this is just going to be a super-quick update to let everyone know that I got an exciting email very early this morning letting me know that River of Crows...
BookBub Event Coming Soon
With the holidays fast approaching, many people are starting to think about gift ideas for kids. This year, why not give them a gift they'll really love that won't cost you ongoing subscription fees or add to your electricity bill? Yes, I'm talking about BOOKS! Books...
10 Spooky Middle Grade Reads for Fall
It's October and Halloween is fast approaching, so I thought this would be a great time to post some of my favourite scary books for kids. I'm not much for blood and gore, so when I read horror, it's more atmospheric or psychological horror. I like eerie and weird. So...
September Reading Recap
Summer is still holding on here in Ottawa, despite the rapidly shortening days and the return to school. It's supposed to hit 28 degrees almost every day this week, and I don't remember an October this hot before, ever. On the one hand, that's kind of scary. On the...