Experience and pain are the two greatest teachers. So, in hindsight, I’m happy to say that I screwed up a massive book promotion. In May 2025, I unleashed Spirit and Water to the world on Amazon and the other bookstores. Building on the momentum from all the positive feedback I’d gotten for Book I in my…
Capitalizing the ‘B’ in black isn’t progress—it’s identity branding. This symbolic shift promotes division, double standards, and resentment, not unity. In 2020, major media outlets like the Associated Press, New York Times, and countless universities began capitalizing the “B” in Black. Not just as a racial descriptor, but as a symbol of collective identity. To…
An unapologetic tribute to Western civilization, the most liberating culture the world has ever known and will ever know. I get cold chills when I think of Western Civilization, and that’s not hyperbole. That’s not some contrived nationalism, nor a blind romanticism for old statues and dead philosophers. It’s something deeper. Spiritual, sublime, and eclectic….
Goodreads rewards critics, not readers. Here’s why real fans of Spirit and Fire, and stories with purpose, should speak up where it actually counts. Let’s talk about Goodreads. You know, the platform where some readers treat three stars like they’re handing you a participation trophy and expect you to thank them for it. The same…
From magic to media, everything has a light and dark side. See it clearly, or the very thing you thought would save you will rule you. What if the sword and the shackles came from the same forge? That’s the truth nobody wants to admit. The same screen that lets you stream banned documentaries also…
Born an Untouchable, Mali LaSalle rises as a fierce warrior in Spirit and Fire, defying kings, fate, and fear. Her rebellion begins where others would break. Malikki LaSalle is a Spirit Master, born into Tamuria’s Untouchable caste. Her father once believed in the system, but she never did. By age fifteen, Mali masters teleportation, unwards…
Sir David Mathew of Llandaff and Radyr was a Welsh knight and served as a Knight of the Body and Standard Bearer to King Edward IV. Let’s have a real talk—especially if your last name is Matthews, Mathews, or some variation of it. For decades now, people with our surname (yes, Marti is a pen…
Spirit and Fire and Cursed Mage unfold in different worlds and time periods, but share the same fight against power, control, and lies that keep people chained. They take place in different worlds, but ancient bloodlines rule them both. That said, Spirit and Fire and Cursed Mage were always cut from the same cloth. They…
Epic fantasy and Bruce Springsteen don’t often go together. But one song’s lyrics inspired all of Spirit and Fire’s flashback scenes. While Bruce Springsteen’s politics are by few means libertarian, his music still rocks, politics be damned. Hey, we can’t judge people based exclusively on their worldviews, since there are more characteristics that make people…
Old world dark epic fantasy is a go-to genre when a slower, more complex read is in order. But we’re not talking about Game of Thrones. As one book launch came and went, I had another on deck for a while. Or, maybe the term ‘relaunch’ is more appropriate? As you know, I launched Cursed Mage on March…
Regardless of which books you’ll love in the Renegades Epic, you’ll find at least one prominent Spirit Master in each. Every Spirit Master in the Renegades Epic takes the rare ability a step further than the last. In Wind Wielder, you’ll know it’s a special ability the second Shia Eaglesky conjures a barrier that can…
Spirit and Fire may be a 600-year prequel in the Renegades Epic, but Catriona Norsk’s vision sets the stage for books that appear later in the shared universe. Spirit and Fire begins with a rebellion simmering beneath centuries of oppression. At the heart of it all, you’ll find Mali LaSalle, a fierce, fifteen-year-old Spirit Master…