Scavenger Hunt: Summer Camp for Slayers

For the rest of July I'm hosting a scavenger hunt and the prize is a brand new never-before-seen story about Jade from the Magic on Main Street series!

I wrote this story way back when I was releasing the Magic on Main Street series. It was supposed to be the bonus for the first book, but it got so long on me that I couldn't finish it in time so I had to abandon it and write something else instead. I finally finished it after the series released but I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I've just been sitting on it... until now!

Here's your "Treasure Map" for the Scavenger Hunt:

As you can see on the map I'm breaking the story up into three pieces and releasing them separately:

• July 3rd: the first 1/3 of the story will go out to my Newsletter Champions (you have to signup for my Newsletter BEFORE July 3rd if you want to make sure you get this first part!)

• July 10th: the second 1/3 of the story will be published on my Instagram and Facebook Page

• July 17th: the final 1/3 of the story will be published in Discord and in the Facebook Group

• July 30th: I will publish the full story on my website and via a blog post*

*If you follow along with the scavenger hunt you will get to read 1/3 of the story each week. Or, if you are willing to wait until July 30th you can read the full story at that time.

As you can probably tell from the fact that I am breaking this story up, this story is much longer than my typical short stories and I'm not really sure if I should call it a short story or a novelette!

I know it's hard to tell in the tiny thumbnail of the cover (because YES! this story has it's own dedicated cover!) but Jade has long hair in this story because it takes place before the start of The Lies of Vampires and Slayers. She actually references the events of this story in the Magic on Main Street series and it's the reason why she knows so much about werewolf abilities.

I hope you enjoy this fun Scavenger Hunt Champions and have a great time!

Happy Mother’s Day 2025!

Today (May 14th) is Mother’s Day in the USA, so Happy Mother’s Day, Champions! On behalf of children everywhere: I hope you mothers have a lovely day, thank you for all you do and all the sacrifices you have made, and we love you so much! Also, huge thank you to all the women who have influenced, taught, and loved us even if we aren’t their kid(s)! Mother or mother-figure, the love and support you show others is world changing.

In the spirit of the day, I thought this was a perfect time to remind you Timeless Fairy Tale/Fairy Tale Enchantress Champions about my mother-themed short, “A Mother’s Responsibility” (Click here for the PDF!)

A Mother’s Responsibility is a companion short story to Snow White, the last book in my Timeless Fairy Tale series. It does contain spoilers for the series, so you won’t want to read it if you haven’t read Snow White yet!

Snow White’s relationship with her step mother, Faina, was the driving force behind my retelling of the fairy tale, but it always struck me as slightly unfair that I didn’t actually get to show you Champions much of their relationship due to the events of the story. This little short story was a delight to write because it let you see that just as Snow White deeply adores Faina, Faina is fiercely protective of Snow White.

But the Mother’s day fun doesn’t end there! If you’re a Magiford fan, I have a vaguely mother-themed short story for you, too!

We have “Parents’ Night,” (Click here for the PDF) which is a companion short story to the Court of Midnight and Deception series and it is FULL of spoilers.

If you haven’t read Leila’s books you’ll want to skip this! (It's basically a bonus Epilogue.)

I’ll confess, I love this short mostly because it has some Lord Linus antics, and Linus is one of my favorite Magiford characters to write, but it was also nice to be able to tie up a few lose ends I didn’t get a chance to address in Leila’s series, specifically regarding her relationship with her very adorably midwestern and very supportive mother.

Screen-Free Activities Related to my Fantasy Books

In honor of Screen-Free week I want to tell you all about the free things I have available that you can do screen-free! Some of them you might have to do some prep work using a device (or print it out ahead of time) but all of them are inspired by my fantasy stories!

Recipes and Crafts from my Pinterest Board:

Make a Magiford Inspired Recipe

The heroines in each of my urban fantasy series have their own favorite beverage (and some have snacks too) and this board is packed with yummy examples from each of them! Support your favorite female lead, pick the one that looks the best, or make one from each of them! (I also have a few recipe themed blog posts related to my books!)

DIY Book - Gifts, Crafts, and Themed Rooms

This board has everything from super simple (like printable Library Card Valentines or Harry Potter themed Valentine Cards) to book club party games, to ideas for redecorating an entire room. And if you are OK with ripping apart a paperback book there are tons of ideas for how to use the pages for crafts or decorations.

Fairy Tale and Children's Book Crafts

In addition to the standard kid crafts (like a popsicle stick dragon) this board has printable games, and art projects that are fun for all ages (like watercolor silhouettes)!

Printables on My Website:

Unscrambler, Cryptograms, and Madlibs

All of these were created by the wonderful volunteers for past SheaCon events, so they were made by readers for readers! The Cryptograms and Madlibs have multiple versions from different series so even if you haven't read all my books you'll find something you can do!

Coloring Book Pages

Did you know have over 20 printable coloring book pages available for free on my website? Most of my series are represented and you can pick from people or animal sidekick images depending on what you're in the mood for.

Crossword Puzzles

Inspired by a side character from the Gate of Myth and Power series these fun crossword puzzles were created for past SheaCon events. I've mentioned these several times before but did you know you could print them?!? I didn't! (Until just now, when I checked, lol.)

And, of course, you could also read a physical book if you have some of those on your TBR pile!