• Speculative Chic is LIVE

    I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new blog focused on all aspects of speculative fiction: books, film, television, games, and more! Speculative Chic Please join us for our soft launch today, and consider subscribing to continue receiving great content from a bunch of awesome people (like yours truly). We’ll have everything from in-depth reviews to…

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  • Author Interview: Jennifer Loring

    To celebrate the release of, What’s Left of Me, the second book in the Firebird Trilogy, author Jennifer Loring has stopped by give us a peek into her life as a writer! Don’t forget to also check out book 1, Firebird. 1. What’s the hardest thing about balancing writing with the rest of your life? I would write,…

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  • Book Giveaway!

    To conclude my interview series, Calico in Conversation is hosting a scavenger hunt through each of my interview segments. If you’ve been reading carefully, you have a chance to win ebooks of BOTH Steel Victory and Steel Magic in the format of your choice! Go here to see the questions and find the entry form.

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  • Reader’s Choice Award Finalists

    Thank you so much to everyone who voted for Steel Victory in the 2015 RDSP Reader’s Choice Award poll! As you can see, this super snazzy belt and bragging rights for the next year are on the line! Congratulations to my fellow finalists:

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  • 20 Questions: Author Edition

    Fellow urban fantasy author Romarin Demetri tagged me to answer some questions about author-type stuff, so I thought I would play along. 1. What is your author name? I write under my initials, J.L. Gribble, because my first name is not pronounced the way it’s spelled and I decided to make it easier on everybody…

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  • STEEL MAGIC Launch Party Recap

    Thank you so much to everyone who came out to East City Bookshop in Washington DC last night for the official launch party for my second novel, Steel Magic!

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  • Calico in Conversation Interview, part 3!

    The final installment of my interview series at Calico in Conversation is now live! Go check out my thoughts on attending conventions, a few book recommendations, and other projects percolating in my brain. Don’t forget, there will be a quiz next week.

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  • Guest Post: Andi Adams’ Suggested 5 Most Helpful Books on Writing

    Today, author Andi Adams has stopped by to share her thoughts on some great craft books on writing. I’ve read a few of these, and I absolutely swear by the second book on her list! Don’t forget to check out Adams’ new fantasy novel, The Girl in the Glass Box, to see how she puts her…

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  • Free Short Story: “The Cannibalism Hypothesis”

    Sorry I’ve been AWOL for the past few days. I crashed pretty hard after the excitement of the Steel Magic launch and needed some time to recharge. (And by recharge I mean build a new Lego set.) But I’m back with some great news! One of my favorite beta readers/critique partners had a short story published…

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  • Calico in Conversation interview redux

    The second installment of my interview series at Calico in Conversation is up! This week, I talk about writing, reading, gaming, and a little bit of everything in between. I hope you’re paying attention, because there will be a quiz later. No, seriously, there will be a quiz later. But also prizes.

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  • Interview on Geekshow Podcast

    I have had a delightfully nerdy day! Finished out my 10k steps today by making my way around a local lake and achieving my slowest time ever! Usually I can do a 15-minute mile, but I didn’t even bother tracking it this time. Not because I’m sick or injured, but because I am absolutely one…

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  • STEEL MAGIC Launch Party

    I hope that all of you who are local to the Maryland/Virginia/Washington DC area will consider joining me for the launch party for Steel Magic! Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 Time: 6:30-8:30 PM Address: East City Bookshop 645 Pennsylvania Ave, Ste 100 Washington, DC 20003   This is the link to RSVP for the event.…

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  • “Writing Group”

    Every Wednesday night, or at least as many as I can manage, I meet with three friends for what we call “Writing Group.” Most of the time, we meet at an independent coffee shop in Historic Ellicott City, Maryland. The funniest part about it is that sometimes we don’t get much writing done (we went…

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  • STEEL MAGIC Blog Tour, Stop 5: Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?

    For the final stop on the Steel Magic blog tour, I swung by the online home of YA Dark Fantasy author Andi Adams! She asked me to talk a little bit about the origin of the Steel Empires series. Read my post, “Evolution of an Urban Fantasy Series” to learn how Highlander inspired my love of…

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  • Steel Empires Fan Art!

    My best friend Julia (the Kane to my Toria, as it were) regularly makes goofy comics of our friend group using ridiculous stick figures of us. Today, in honor of the release of Steel Magic, she made fan art for me! I’m sure it is the beginning of much more to come, and I will…

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  • STEEL MAGIC Release Day and Blog Tour, Stop 4: After “The End”

    It’s finally book release day! The Steel Empires series now has two books, making it officially a series! I know I’ve been spamming it a lot, but here’s the link to purchase your print or ebook copy of Steel Magic, just in case you’re new to my little corner of the internet. If you are,…

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  • STEEL MAGIC Blog Tour, Stop 3: My turn!

    It’s my turn on the grill today for the Steel Magic blog tour! First up: I answer some questions about the writing life on contemporary romance author Jennifer Loring’s blog! An excerpt: Do you have a special writing place? What’s in it? What can’t be in it? I have an amazing home office that I…

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  • STEEL MAGIC Blog Tour, Stop 2: Let’s Get Meta!

    Happy Independence Day to everyone else to who lives in the United States! (Please don’t blow yourself up.) Or, if you live in the old country: Today, I’m still enjoying my beach-side view for a final day in the company of my awesome husband. I think there are brunch plans in my immediate future. If…

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  • STEEL VICTORY deleted scene!

    In honor of the final days of the Steel Victory 99 cent sale, I wanted to post one of the deleted scenes I have from this book. This is a Toria and Syri scene from the middle section of the novel that shows a lot of fun interaction between the two girls. It was ultimately…

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  • June Wrap-Up & July Goals

    June has definitely been one of my rougher months in recent memory. The bad news is that I don’t feel like I got as far on a lot of my projects as I wish I could be. The good news is that I’m spending the long holiday weekend with my husband! Mississippi is hot and…

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