The BookLife Prize

Read the Critic’s Report of To Love Like Venus, provided by Publishers Weekly’s The Booklife Prize. These reports are the initial stage of assessing books for consideration for their annual prizes in Fiction and Non-Fiction. It is a nice assessment of the book. After writing a book, it takes a different level of either courage…

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Venusian Library Buzz: Portland Oregon

Kalo mina! Happy new month, Happy May Day. Venus welcomes a new library to the map, Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon! “Multnomah County Library is the oldest public library on the west coast, with a history that dates back to 1864. Today, Central Library and 18 other neighborhood libraries make up a library system that…

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Things Readers Taught me at BookCon

I learned a LOT from readers, selling my books as an Indie Author at BookCon, G-5. As they hopefully enjoy my books, here’s a look at what they taught ME! Swipe through. I was at #bookcon as a predominantly literary fiction author whose work also crosses into science fiction, Speculative, historical and romance and women’s fiction… When…

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Anthologies Galore

Anthologies, galore! Some of the Latinx and general prose and comics anthologies at the Janus Point Press table. Sharing space to highlight other indie presses and their authors.

The Cover Artists and Designers of My Books

“Gosh, I love that cover!” Heard this a lot at BookCon at my table, so let’s spotlight the cover artists, designers and some illustrators behind my books. Thanks for drawing readers in, artists!

BookCon: That’s a Wrap!

Absolutely incredible time as an author in Indie Alley at the return of BooKCon at the Javits Center this past weekend. The fandom for book culture and reading was palpable, visible and lived. To Love Like Venus was the star of my table, with some lucky readers getting free copies from Bookfinity, highlighting me as…

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BookCon Here We Are!

All set up for BookCon weekend! I’m super excited to be an author in Indie Alley Hall 1B, Janus Point Press. We are to the left of escalators (last avenue to the left of Indie Alley). I am so honored and excited to be a part of this book love convention. Saturday: Meet Cyrus and…

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Venusian Library Buzz: Wood County

Here’s the third Ohio library featured in Venusian Library Buzz. Wood County public library has super long patron hours (heaven!), serving the Bowling Green community. Find To Love Like Venus on the shelf under New Fiction.

Venusian Library Buzz: Richwood Library

Ohio has more surprises! After my appreciation post for Ohio the other day, I find 2 more libraries that carry hardcovers of To Love Like Venus! The next one is Richwood North Union Library. Richwood North Union Library posts fun social media clips. Check out To Love Like Venus, Richwood Village! See the full Venusian…

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See you at BookCon 2026, NYC!

Switching to full BookCon at the Javits Center mode… it’s this weekend! Are boxes already stacked in my living room ready to roll out as if it’s tomorrow? Yes! To be fair, I set up the booth this Friday. I’m vending under Janus Point Press Indie Alley Hall 1B Booth G-5, which, turns out, is…

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