Today, I removed my books from Amazon.

If you’ve followed my writing journey or supported my work over the years, I want to begin by saying thank you. Every encouraging message, every shared post, every review, and every book purchased has reminded me that stories have a way of finding the people who need them. I am deeply grateful for your support.

At first glance, removing my books might seem like a step backward.

To me, it feels like exactly the opposite.

Over the past year, I’ve been writing Free from the Looking Glass. What I thought would simply become another novel has quietly become something much more personal. As I’ve worked through the final chapters, I’ve realized that writing isn’t just about creating characters or building worlds. Sometimes it’s about uncovering parts of ourselves that we’ve hidden away for years.

I’ve reached a place where the words on the page are no longer the challenge.

The truth behind them is.

As I’ve reflected on Free from the Looking Glass, I’ve also found myself looking back at my earlier stories with new eyes. Far From Oz and Falling from Neverland still tell the stories I wanted to tell, but I now see opportunities to strengthen them. Not through complete rewrites, but through thoughtful additions, refined formatting, improved design, and small changes that better reflect the writer I’ve become.

I’ve learned something that has taken me years to fully understand.

You can’t force a story to become what it isn’t meant to be.

Stories have a way of revealing themselves in their own time, just as we reveal ourselves in ours.

For much of my life, writing has been more than a creative outlet. It has been the place where I’ve explored questions I didn’t always know how to ask. Every novel has reflected something I was wrestling with long before I recognized it. Looking back, I can now see that each story has helped me uncover truths I had quietly buried.

Perhaps that’s why I struggle so much with endings.

I don’t want to finish a chapter simply because the plot is complete.

I want it to feel honest.

I want every page to carry the emotional truth that inspired it in the first place.

That pursuit of honesty is leading me to revisit my published work. It isn’t because I’m dissatisfied with those stories. It’s because I’ve grown, and I believe they deserve the benefit of that growth.

When the revised editions are complete, I’ll be reaching out to those I know who purchased the original books. If you’d like an updated copy, I’ll be happy to share one with you.

Looking ahead, I also want this space to become something more than a place for book announcements.

I want it to become a journal.

A place where I can share the questions my stories ask me, the lessons I learn while writing them, the worlds I’m building, and the quiet moments that never make it into the finished pages.

Writing has never been a straight path for me, and I don’t expect it ever will be. But perhaps that’s the beauty of it. Every story changes the writer before it ever changes the reader.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for your patience, your encouragement, and your willingness to walk this journey alongside me.

This isn’t the end of these stories.

It’s simply the beginning of a new chapter—one where I hope to share not only the worlds I create, but also the journey of becoming the writer capable of creating them.

I’m glad you’re here.