YOU’RE INVITED

Oh, my fluttering wings! Have I got some exciting news for you!

It’s me, Bertie, your favorite little lady beetle! But please, darling, allow me to introduce myself properly.

Bertie, Lady Beetle Extraordinaire! 🐞✨

And I am positively buzzing with excitement because the most spectacular, magical, absolutely unmissable event of the year is almost here!

THE QUILLSNAP BOOK LAUNCH PARTY!

That’s right, dears! We’re celebrating Night of the Purple Moon and The Ravenite Ring, the first two books in the Faery Academy of QuillSnap series!

Friday, October 30, 2026
5:00–7:30 p.m.
Harlan Golf & Country Club
Harlan, Iowa

There will be books, signings, delightful refreshments, and enough QuillSnap magic to make even my antennae sparkle!

And naturally, I’ll be there in spirit, overseeing every fabulous detail. After all, what’s a grand celebration without a little Bertie magic?

Oh, my sparkling spectacles! Did someone say Christmas shopping?

Why, darlings, there are only 57 days until Christmas! 🎄✨ And what could be more enchanting beneath the Christmas tree than a little QuillSnap magic?

Naturally, I’ve made certain there are some rather fabulous book launch party specials!

✨ Night of the Purple Moon

• Hardcover — $25
• Paperback — $17

✨ The Ravenite Ring

• Hardcover — $27
• Paperback — $20

And here’s the delightful part, dears—sales tax is already included for Cash, checks, and Venmo.

Credit card purchases carry tax and a 4% processing fee.

You can even have your books personally signed by Jacqueline! Imagine that—a magical adventure, a lovely Christmas gift, and a little sparkle tucked between the pages.

Do remember, darlings, Christmas shopping is infinitely more enjoyable when one has finished it before the snowflakes begin to fall!🐞✨

Oh, and one more thing, my dears and darlings!

If standing in line isn’t your idea of a magical evening—and really, dears, who wants to spend precious party time waiting when there’s so much celebrating to do?—I have a rather clever little solution!

Simply contact Jacqueline ahead of time to preorder and prepay for your books! She’ll have your copies ready for pickup, so you can skip the purchasing line and flutter straight into the festivities!

After all, darlings, waiting in line is terribly ordinary, and we at QuillSnap are anything but ordinary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, my dears, I have a celebration to supervise, spectacles to polish, and a reputation for fabulous efficiency to maintain!

🤫✨ Psst! Come closer, dears. I have a delicious little secret!

Now, you absolutely mustn’t breathe a word of this, but I’ve heard a rather sparkling rumor that our dear Jacqueline will be arriving in night-sky sparkling blue! 💙✨

Oh, my fluttering wings! Can you imagine? A shimmering midnight sky, a thousand twinkling stars, and our very own author dressed for a magical evening!

Of course, I know absolutely nothing about it. Nothing whatsoever. 😇

And if Jacqueline asks, you certainly didn’t hear it from me!

Shhhh, darlings! It’s a surprise! 🤫🐞✨

So fluff your wings, polish your sparkles, and come celebrate with us!

With a flutter and a wink,

Bertie,
Lady Beetle Extraordinaire!

Some characters arrive quietly.

Bertie—Lady Beetle Extraordinaire—was never going to be one of them.

With her quick wit, wonderfully dry humor, hot-pink spectacles, jingling bracelets, and unmistakable sense of style, Bertie quickly became one of the most-loved characters in the Faery Academy of QuillSnap.

And today, naturally, she has arrived dressed for fall.

Her fashionable autumn ensemble is perfectly Bertie, and she’s enjoying a Midnight Moondrop Espresso Latte with Maple Moonfoam while she prepares for an even bigger occasion later this month. For the QuillSnap book launch party, Bertie will trade her fall finery for her dressy shell—because Lady Beetle Extraordinaire would never attend a celebration improperly dressed.

And I think I know why readers love her.

Bertie says what everyone else is thinking.

She has a quick wit, wonderfully dry humor, and a way of appearing at exactly the right moment with exactly the right comment. Sometimes she offers a little wisdom. Sometimes she keeps everyone organized. And sometimes she simply stands back, peers over those pink spectacles, and lets the chaos speak for itself.

Readers noticed her.

After Night of the Purple Moon, I began hearing something I hadn’t expected:

We want more Bertie.

People asked if she could have a bigger role in the next book.

So, of course, Bertie did what Bertie does.

She made herself at home.

In The Ravenite Ring, Bertie steps farther into the story. Readers get more of her quick wit, dry observations, and those perfectly timed remarks that make Bertie—well, Bertie.

And for the first time, she gives us a little glimpse into her own past with a story that begins:

“When I was a young beetle…”

There may be only one young-beetle story in The Ravenite Ring, but something tells me Bertie has been saving up quite a few more.

After all, Lady Beetle Extraordinaire has been around long enough to have plenty of stories to tell.

But beneath all that humor is something I love about her.

Bertie watches.

She notices when someone is struggling. She recognizes courage even when the person showing it doesn’t recognize it in herself. And although she may deliver her wisdom with a perfectly timed remark, there is genuine affection behind it.

Especially when it comes to Tansy.

Perhaps that’s part of Bertie’s charm. She can make you laugh in one moment and surprise you with something unexpectedly wise in the next.

She wasn’t originally meant to become such a large part of QuillSnap. The readers helped change that. Their affection for this tiny beetle with the enormous personality gave her more room to grow.

And she isn’t finished yet.

There are still stories Bertie hasn’t told.

Secrets she’s noticed.

Adventures she remembers.

And, judging by her wardrobe, quite a few outfits we haven’t seen yet.

So this fall, Bertie is officially stepping into the spotlight.

Or, as she would probably prefer to say—

“Darlings, I was already in the spotlight. You simply finally noticed.”

✨ Sparkle Every Day! ✨

If you’ve read Night of the Purple Moon, you’ve already encountered it.
The Ravenite Ring.
But there’s a difference between knowing something exists and understanding what it can do.
When I began expanding the world of the Faery Academy of QuillSnap, I knew I didn’t want magic to exist simply because someone waved a wand. I wanted magical objects to have histories, mysteries, limitations—and sometimes secrets even the characters didn’t understand.
The Ravenite Ring became one of those objects.
But The Ravenite Ring is also about something much bigger than magic.
It’s about Tansy growing up.
Tansy is still learning who she is and where she belongs. She doesn’t always feel brave. She questions herself. She makes mistakes. And sometimes the things happening around her feel much bigger than she is.
I think we’ve all felt that way at one time or another.
One of the things I love most about Tansy is that her courage doesn’t come from knowing exactly what to do. It comes from continuing even when she doesn’t know. She is learning to trust herself, to believe that she is capable of more than she realizes, and to understand that being afraid doesn’t mean you can’t be brave.
And maybe that’s part of growing up at any age.
Sometimes we spend so much time wondering whether we’re ready that we don’t realize how much we’ve already grown.
The Ravenite Ring has its own mysteries to reveal, but so does Tansy.
And neither one is finished yet.
Now the ring has an adventure bearing its own name:
The Ravenite Ring
Book Two of the Faery Academy of QuillSnap series
I won’t tell you its secrets here. You’ll have to discover those with Tansy.
But I will give you one warning:
Never assume you know everything a magical object can do.
And maybe never assume you know everything you can do, either.
Especially in QuillSnap.
And there’s more magic coming later this month! ✨ A QuillSnap book launch party is on the way! We’ll be celebrating the books, the 2nd anniversary of the publishing of the rebranded NIght of the Purple Moon, the characters, and this growing world together. Watch for all the details coming soon!
✨ Sparkle Every Day! ✨