For my birthday, I got a book deal for TO WONDER AND STARSHINE! That was the uncanny timing of my latest book deal news. I’m delighted to return to Trepidatio Publishing, an imprint of JournalStone, who published THE SHADOW GALAXY cross-genre collection in 2023 (under my Dotson pen name). I am so grateful to editor… Continue reading Book Deal for Fantasy and Science Fiction Collection
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Book Deal for Choose Your Own Adventure!
Finally, I can announce this new book… Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall by Jendia Gammon I am thrilled to announce this news, which as been very hard to keep secret for months: you get a Choose Your Own Adventure book from me! DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL publishes April 21, 2026 via Chooseco,… Continue reading Book Deal for Choose Your Own Adventure!
The Color and the Word: 2025 Intentions
Hello 2025! This is the blank slate, the reset to the year. I often treat it as any other day, but its significance offers the opportunity to contemplate plans. And I’m a planner, so I love to plan. Like last year, I have chosen the color and the word for the new year. The Color… Continue reading The Color and the Word: 2025 Intentions
Appalachian Weird Horror Book Deal
New Book Deal I signed a book deal for my Appalachian weird horror novella! I can now tell you that the title is GODFESTATION, and it will publish in August 2026, also via Sley House Publishing! About Godfestation In Godfestation, a woman encounters monstrous beings and strange people following the death of her father. She… Continue reading Appalachian Weird Horror Book Deal
Current and Forthcoming Books
What do I write? Basically the full range of speculative fiction, from fantasy, horror, and thriller, to science fiction. Read on! FANTASY Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall – a Choose Your Own Adventure Book – Middle Grade and Game Writing Debut I’m pleased to announce that I’ve got a Choose Your Own Adventure book,… Continue reading Current and Forthcoming Books
Two-Book Deal Announcement
The news is out: we’re headed back to the Lunarpunk future, as well as its past–aka our present! My Nebula & BSFA Award finalist book, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, gets a sequel AND a prequel!
Announcing DOOMFLOWER, My New Campy Horror Novel!
I am so COMPLETELY ecstatic to announce that my campy horror novel, DOOMFLOWER, will be published by Encyclopocalypse Publications on April 8, 2025! You’ll want to read who they are and why they are so perfect for this book! The Pitch for DOOMFLOWER DOOMFLOWER, a YA or New Adult campy horror novel, at 70,000 words.… Continue reading Announcing DOOMFLOWER, My New Campy Horror Novel!
About The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern
My first young adult novel, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, written under my J. Dianne Dotson pen name, has received two awards nominations (Nebula and BSFA), to my great delight. This blog talks about the history of the book and some of its themes.
I Am a Nebula Award Finalist!
I am a finalist for the Nebula Award for younger readers’ fiction, the Andre Norton Nebula Award, for THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, the young adult Lunarpunk science fiction fantasy novel I wrote under my alt pen name, J. Dianne Dotson, and published by Android Press. You can order it from anywhere (Bookshop.org, Barnes… Continue reading I Am a Nebula Award Finalist!
Announcing ATACAMA, My New Novel
I am delighted to report that I have a new novel, a thriller-horror called ATACAMA, out on May 13, 2025 via Sley House Publishing! What is ATACAMA About? When her best friend is murdered in the Atacama Desert, Appalachian academic researcher Fiona Hawthorne finds herself facing a sinister corporation and a monster hiding in plain sight. This novel… Continue reading Announcing ATACAMA, My New Novel