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Happy Release Day To ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID!

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID is out today! This year’s All I Want For Christmas installment could be set to Taylor Swift’s ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’ because Phoebe? She’s all rage. She’s been hurt before and she wants to be left alone, but…

Let’s Play Catch Up!

Somehow – SOMEHOW – it’s almost December and ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID is hitting shelves in a week! This year has been a whirlwind and November somehow snuck past me. With as busy as things have been it feels like a good time to update the…

All I Want For Christmas Is A Cryptid – The Kickstarter Edition!

Hello, everyone! Sometimes life gets a teensy bit hectic and I get around to posting things a wee bit later than planned. In this case, I was going to post about the ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID Kickstarter to drum up some support, but we fully funded…

Cover Reveal: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID

A cartoon of a smiling woman with a blueberry purple shirt, dark red hair, and a sun hat standing in front of snow-capped mountains and the name Liana Brooks beside her head in pink. This looks like a snippet of the cover for a book.

Coming December 2nd to bookstores around the world… ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID!!! THE BLURB: An isolated cabin in the middle of nowhere, with no power, no wifi, and no neighbors within screaming distance? Phoebe King’s dream come true. And you can pry it from her cold…

Living On Island Time

Life doesn’t always go as planned. And, sometimes, it REALLY doesn’t go as planned and you’re left juggling three emergencies and Huns at the north gate. That happened to me in June 2023. My middle sister had just had a baby, my youngest sister wanted to see the baby and…

Happy Release Day To ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A GARGOYLE!!!

The cover of ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A GARGOYLE next to frozen red berries.

It’s here! It’s finally here! ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A GARGOYLE is finally here for you to read! When I first started the All I Want For Christmas series I did not plan on setting anything in Korea. I think I originally pitched this book to my editor…

Let’s Talk About Gargoyles – Jangseung and Village Guardians

If you are from North America, especially the Pacific Northwest, you are familiar with totem poles. They are tall poles or pillars (usually wooden) that are carved by Indigenous and First Nations peoples as a form of storytelling. They recount legends, family histories, or other important things the carvers wanted…

Let’s Talk About Garg- checks notes Korea!

This was too fun to pass up. I’ve been traveling a lot this week, driving all up and down the west coast, and this makes me giggle every time I see it. Big trucks around Korea often have eyes on the back. Sometimes they’re angry eyes, sometimes they’re silly cartoon…

Let’s Talk About Gargoyles! – Japsang and the Korean Gargoyles

Let’s talk more about Korean gargoyles! This is a photo of Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁) in Seoul. When you see royal palaces or residencies around Korea you will see a special edition to the rooftop. The little stone figures are called Japsang (잡상), they always go in a specific order, and…

Let’s Talk About Gargoyles!

If you’re an American of a certain age you probably rushed home after school to watch a TV show called GARGOYLES. It had half the Star Trek TNG cast as voice actors and featured a Latina detective in New York City trying to stop crime and not catch feelings for…