August 20th 2025
Logo Dear Reader, Publishing can be a real joy. I especially love the moment when I first hold one of my novels in my hands; this feeling of pride washes over me, like the book wasn’t as real when it was on my hard drive. And of course, there’s the best part of all – hearing from readers who love my books. Yet publishing has a dark side, one made up of scammers and other bad actors who prey on every published author’s not-so-secret hopes and dreams. After all, which of us hasn’t dreamed ...Continue Reading
July 16th 2025
Logo Dear Reader, Knot of Souls is touring the internet with interviews, reviews, guest posts -- and a chance to win the first four Cassie Scot books (in epub format)! Check out the [1]tour page for details and for your chance to win. Tour Highlights: * Watch the [2]book trailer! * Interview at [3]BooksRUs * Surprise me. What is something that happens in the book that would make my mouth drop without giving too ...Continue Reading
June 18th 2025
Logo Dear Reader, Early reviews are starting to come in for Knot of Souls, and they're fantastic! [1][IMAGE]"Look who's back!! I'm so excited to dive into the newest book by Christine and oh was this book GOOD. It's now my new favorite of all her books." -- [2]Lovely Reads "Already being a fan of this author I was excited to see this new standalone new release. The premise is intriguing: a fae being takes over a human body after she was murdere ...Continue Reading
May 20th 2025
Logo Knot of Souls [1]Out now[2] in print and ebook formats! Chapter 1 (Preview) Joy The first thing I realized, after I died, was that my body could walk and talk and no longer needed my help for any of it. I was in there, able to look through my eyes and hear through my ears, but even the simple task of aiming my gaze had slipped outside my control. I was a passenger inside my own mind, an observer along for the ride. Kristen had been right, I thought numbly as I struggled to ...Continue Reading
May 14th 2025
Logo [IMAGE]A Peek Behind the Cover When I originally conceived the cover for Knot of Souls, I was sure of only one thing: there had to be a knot. A green knot, made up of blue and yellow light (Joy’s soul is bluish-white, Shade’s is yellow-gold). The knot could be Celtic, because that’s recognizable at a glance, but that part isn’t literal. The colors are. I worked with BZN Studio Designs, and the artist there helped me conceive the rest. I initially suggested a silhouette to de-emphasize ...Continue Reading
May 8th 2025
Logo Coming May 20, 2025 ... Knot of Souls Two souls, one body … When Joy wakes up in an alley, she knows three things: she was brutally murdered, she has somehow come back to life ... and she is not alone. She’s been possessed by an inhuman presence, a being that has taken over her dying body. That being is powerful, in pain, and on the run from entities more dangerous than he is. Shade, a Fae prince on the run, didn’t mean to share the body he jumped into. Desperate and afraid, a ...Continue Reading
January 2nd 2025
Logo New Year's Resolutions I've always had mixed feelings about New Year's Resolutions ... about making them and aabout keeping them ... but I'm starting to understand that a resolution isn't a promise I'm destined to break; a resolution is an intention, a plan or path. Life has offered me many paths lately, and the start of a new year is as good a time as any to consider which ones to begin walking. Maybe they won't serve me. Maybe I'll find another way. But today, January 2nd, 2025, I am ...Continue Reading
October 23rd 2024
Logo Dear Reader, The leaves or changing, the weather is gorgeous, and in between my daily walks I'm hard at work on a new novel, so I'm going to keep it simple this month and share a cute and very short (flash fiction) story I wrote a couple of years ago and which was originally published in Daily Science Fiction in August of 2022. Trigger warning: weaponized comma use. Please Stop Murdering Grandma by: Christine Amsden My Dearest Susie, What a delightful surprise to receive ...Continue Reading
July 29th 2024
Logo Dear Reader, The rights to all my novels, including the Cassie Scot series, are now mine -- and I didn't waste any time getting them back out there! You can already find new, self-published kindle and print-on-demand paperback editions of all seven titles on Amazon. There's even a shiny new [1]series page listing them in order, including a delightful little novella. To celebrate,[2] Cassie Scot #1 will be FREE to download on Monday, July 29 and Tuesday, July 30. So go on and gra ...Continue Reading
May 3rd 2024
Logo Dear Reader, I was pretty sick over the winter. December ... January ... February ... they've become a painful blur in my memory. It wasn't just one thing, either, which makes it hard to talk about. First I had to withdraw from a medication I determined was causing terrible brain fog, then I got physically ill with something that caused fever, chills, body aches, and extreme loss of appetite. I was off food for about two weeks. And of course, our good friends anxiety and depression ...Continue Reading
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