Cozy-adjacent fantasy author
I’m so proud to announce that Talio’s Codex has been named one of the Fantasy semifinalists in the Small Space Book Awards for 2025! It’s such an honor, and thanks to Space Wizard Science Fantasy, my publisher, of course. Winners and finalists will be announced December 1, 2025. Fingers crossed for me and the other…
I’m ecstatic to announce that my 2024 legal fantasy thriller novel, Talio’s Codex, was released today by Audible in audiobook format: Thank you to my readers. And thanks to Mike Carnes, the voiceover artist.
This was an unexpected delight! The Small Spec Book Awards (SSBA) have nominated Talio’s Codex for a Fantasy award. I’m so stoked and chuffed. No word until December, I think, but let’s keep our fingers crossed…. The announcement.
Back to the Future was intended to be a standalone movie. When it was a huge success, the studio asked Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis for a sequel. The script for that sequel was so long that they broke it up into two parts. The first movie had wrapped up all of the loose ends…
In this time of chaos On this day of reckoning I take a pause I take a breath I take the time to think To remember To set my intentions To manifest through action To love And to hope.
Back in June, I wrote a post about the various things my father taught me about writing (and creative work in general). Mom turned 96 this month, and I thought it would be appropriate to do the same for her. She only ever said one thing about my writing, and writing in general. But boy…
I finished the (8th) draft for Talio Rossa and the Elixir of Life, the sequel to Talio’s Codex. My first sequel! And boy did I learn a lot. One of the most interesting things was that the book(s) before the sequel you’re writing start freezing certain details in amber. Mentioned how big a trial jury…
I’m so pleased to announce that the audio rights for Talio’s Codex have been sold to Tantor Media. I’m really looking forward to hearing it. Announcement J. Alexander Cohen’s TALIO CODEX, an epic fantasy and legal thriller in a city of canals and holy magic, where a secret relationship between a disgraced legal advocate and…
I recently had a great chat with Janet and Roger Cardin of the Halfling and the Spaceman podcast about my newly-published book, Talio’s Codex, and a whole other bunch of writerly things. They were warm, welcoming and very funny. You can tell they have been doing this for quite a while, and have the rhythm…