Nightshade Academy 4 is on the horizon (coming out tomorrow), and Nightshade Academy 1 is currently free to celebrate. If you haven't grabbed the first episode, now is the time. It'll go back to its regular price in two days. Enjoy!
Pink Hair
What makes a monster? It's a pretty age-old question, but one that never ceases to be fascinating to explore. It's also rooted in the world of Ilenima. Nightshade Academy is located inside a hidden town called Nightshade located in northern Alaska. The town sits in the eye of a constant storm […]
The Hidden Monster Town – Nightshade Academy Extras
Who doesn't love dogs? Okay, some people don't. But they're wrong. Kidding. Or am I? Anyway. Kian is Nova's love interest in Nightshade Academy. He's also an aswang who turns into a big black dog that he likes to think of as a hellhound. Because it sounds cool. While Kian is […]
The Goodest Boy – Nightshade Academy Extras
I had an idea for how an aura reader might see people's "souls." It involved colors. Or Colors as Nova would call them. Nova is the perspective character in Nightshade Academy. That story is hers. Nova perceives the world very differently from most people. You could argue she sees it in […]
The Pink-Haired Vampire – Nightshade Academy Extras
eBook available on Amazon and enrolled in Kindle Unlimited. Paperback available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It's here! It's here! Vampirism. An academy made for monsters. A guy I want to eat because of a targeted and insatiable bloodlust. That's what my life has become. I'm used to being […]
Nightshade Academy Episode 1 is HERE
Romance. It's in everything. No, seriously. It's in everything. Truthfully, I used to kind of begrudge that fact. In some ways, I still do. What the hell, Kestra. Aren't you a fantasy/romance writer or whatever? I mean, yes. Totally. Let me explain. I never got it. It was never something I could […]
Different Flavors of Romance – Nightshade Academy Extras
One of the best things about writing, for me, is world-building. I could probably get stuck inside of world-building for days, weeks, months. Years... It's always a bit of a challenge to strike a balance between that and writing a story within that. Since writing stories is my thing, I probably go about […]
Ilenima: Writing in the Same World – Nightshade Academy Extras
Hello! Nova wants to share her story. In her words: ——————————— Vampirism. An academy made for monsters. A guy I want to eat because of a targeted and insatiable bloodlust. That’s what my life has become. I’m used to being the weird girl. When I look at people, I see […]