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Sara Cleveland

Sara Cleveland

Sequels & Things

Cover and title banner for Courting the Dragon book.

Today UPS dropped two boxes of books on my front porch. I placed the order with Nook Press a week ago and their communication about it was copious, so the delivery wasn’t a surprise; my feelings as I unpacked the…

From the First Draft: Bared Magic

Bared Magic Cover

While working on Cursed Magic I frequently find myself referring back to the text of Bared Magic because I’m a scatterbrain who can’t maintain a world bible to save her life. This morning, among the various haphazard world-building notes, I…

Grief

This post is more than a bit overdue, but I think I’m finally ready to talk about it. The end of 2022 I somewhat vanished from the internet. I didn’t send out newsletters in October, November or December. My social…

Embers of Fate

So, before we get into this review, I have a disclosure to make. I was a beta reader for Embers of Fate, and therefore technically a part of the process that brought it out into the world. Some may see…

My Cowardice

Twice now, I’ve backed down from calling out books I thought contained language that was, at best, problematic. Honestly, that’s being rather generous. Specifically, I hesitated to call out what I felt were disparaging portrayals of Asian and Asian-American characters.…