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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…

Regarding Kindle Unlimited

After much debate, I have decided to pull Bared Magic from the Kindle Unlimited program. I will not be enrolling Cursed Magic in KU upon its release later this year. It wasn’t as easy decision, or one that was made quickly. All my other…

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…

Mirrors & Ashes

It’s been a hot minute since I went on blog review hiatus. I’m still working on catching up on my review backlog and regular reviews are not back yet. However, I read a book with a monthly book club this…

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.…