It’s been awhile since I’ve been active here on my blog page (sorry, no excuses – I just suck at time management) and there a few new folks out there so I wanted to re-introduce myself, my books, and give you a general idea what you’ll get by subscribing to my blog page. You probably…
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July Author Spotlight — M.J. Kaestli
The fireworks are over, unless you live in my neighborhood which seems to think two weeks before and two weeks after the 4th of July is primetime for fireworks until all hours of the night. So why should we stop the fireworks? And this time, I don’t mean the ones that go BOOM and frighten…

Endings are Hard
Probably one of my favorite quotes of all time comes from Chuck (aka God) on the tv series Supernatural, which coincidentally is ending soon. I’m too heartbroken to discuss Supernatural ending, but ENDINGs in particular catch authors between a rock and a hard place. Chuck (aka God) from Supernatural says it best: “Endings are hard….

Lessons Learned and Big Announcement
First, let’s get the BIG announcement out of the way because quite frankly I’m too tickled pink to put this off. DRUM ROLL PLEASE… After some fantastic reviews from The Naked Reviewers last week, they chose my paranormal fantasy romance book, Rekindled Prophecy – Book 1 of the Greylyn the Guardian Angel series, as their…

1st Ever Book Signing!
I am beyond excited to be attending my first EVER book signing event this coming weekend (2/29/2020) in one of my favorite cities on planet Earth – Charleston, SC. Since this my first book signing, and Penned Charleston is such a HUGE event, I will admit to being a bit intimidated and nervous. What if…

Paperback Release TOMORROW 2/18/2020 for Rekindled Prophecy
Rekindled Prophecy is the first book in my fantasy/paranormal series, Greylyn the Guardian Angel. It came out in hardcover and ebook last November 2019 and will release in paperback format tomorrow, 2/18/2020! I am so excited about the paperback release for many reasons: Hardcover books are sometimes too bulky to carry around in your purse,…

Epic Fail but Will Always Try, Try Again
My first Facebook Live reading from my debut novel did not go as well as planned.

What Would Buffy Do?
So you may be a bit confused by the title of this week’s blog but here’s my logic which may or may not pass for real logic but it is what it is, folks! I’m a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan I’m a huge Supernatural fan When the Ghostfacers asked “WWBD?” or “What…

Teaser Tuesday
Welcome to a new year, a new decade! 2020 started out a bit rough for this author. I’ve basically been sick since November 2019 but have finally recovered enough to get back to writing and editing. What does that mean for the Greylyn the Guardian Angel series? It means forward progress on Book 2. Yesterday…

A Belated “Teaser Tuesday”
Folks, the holidays have me so scatter-brained, I didn’t realize the day, thus “Teaser Tuesday” will have to be a bit late. We need a good name for Wednesday teasers… any suggestions? How about: Wowza Wednesday! We’ll table that discussion and get down to business since I still have holiday shopping and wrapping…and don’t even…