Hello, readers! WriteHive gave me the privilege of being one of the judges for the 2025 Indie Ink Awards this year! The 2025 Indie Ink Awards is a book awards competition for indie authors. I also had the amazing experience of being a judge for the 2024 Indie Ink Awards, which was also an amazing…
My poetry chapbook, “Refilling The Well,” is now available for preorder! “Wait, what!? Claris, I thought you said preorders would be available tomorrow, February 1st!” Well, thanks to preorder links uploading slightly earlier than planned, I figured I might as well let all of you know starting now vs. later! “Refilling The Well” will be…
I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “The Ruby Code” by Jessica Khoury! Here’s a quick summary so we know what it’s about: “Bullied at school and home, Ash finds respite from his unhappy life in virtual reality games. One night, he spends his meager savings to help a stranger, who…
I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “Minecraft: The Crash” by Tracey Baptiste! Here’s a quick summary so we know what it’s about: “Bianca has never been good at following the plan. She’s more of an act-now, deal-with-the-consequences-later kind of person. But consequences can’t be put off forever, as Bianca learns…
I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “Minecraft: The Island” by Max Brooks! I enjoy playing Minecraft, and when I found several books as part of the franchise, I knew I just had to read them! Here’s a quick summary so you know what it’s about: “Washed up on a beach,…
I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “Dungeoneer Adventures: Wrath of the Exiles” by Ben Costa & James Parks! I reviewed the first “Dungeoneer” book and enjoyed reading it, so I just had to pick up the next one to see what happens next! Here’s a quick summary so we know…
I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “Before The Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi! I heard a lot of good things about this book, so I figured that I might as well see if it lived up to the hype. Here’s a quick summary so we know what it’s about:…
Here’s the summary so we know what it’s about: “Marty cherishes the extra-special birthday present his dad gave him — a jean jacket on which he’s afixed numerous buttons — because it’s a tie to his father, who is sick and doesn’t have much time left. So when his jacket goes missing, Marty is devastated….
I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job” by Kikuko Tsumura! “A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it is close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing – and ideally,…
I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “Operation Angus” by Terry Fallis! I’ve read and reviewed the first two books, “Best Laid Plans” and “The High Road” before, and enjoyed reading them. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that a third book following the events of these two was published, and…