Laura, a.k.a. L. Blaise Hues
Owner
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Laura has an MFA in Creative Writing from National University. She also has a BA in International Cultural Studies (emphasis in Cultural Anthropology) and a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate from Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
Laura has written screenplays, young adult fiction, middle-grade fiction, and scripts for commercials for companies such as Dove and Intuit. She has also provided private English language lessons to students in 12 countries. She moonlights as a creative consultant for medium- and high-revenue clients/companies in food, telecom, music industries, etc. on a variety of projects from revising, proofing, drafting and pitching concepts, and product naming. The first book in her trilogy, Legacy of Debris, was a finalist for the prestigious Whitney Award. Previous recipients for the Whitney Award include Brandon Sanderson, Stephanie Meyer, Brandon Mull, James Dashner, Dan Wells, and Ally Condie. Laura is a wife, mom, BJJ athlete and coach, and believer that speculative fiction changes lives and has real power and magic. |
Matt
Executive Assistant
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Matt holds a Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins SAIS and an MA in Intelligence Studies from American Military University. He holds a BS in Arabic/Spanish from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he also minored in Terrorism Studies.
Matt has a wide range of interests that include languages, security cooperation, and diplomacy. He is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), and multiple dialects of Arabic. He is conversational in multiple other languages. Matt listens to audiobooks every day and advises high-ranking military officials, which includes speechwriting and official correspondence. His background in international diplomacy gives us a leg-up as he does marketing outreach--calling bookstores and arranging tours, signings, school visits, etc. Matt has published a non-fiction book entitled War With the Remnant, as well as multiple articles, op-eds, and speculative fiction works. |
Kevin
Managing Editor
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Kevin loves to write short stories inspired by 80’s comic books, The Twilight Zone, and a helpful heaping of Alfred Hitchcock, under the pen name Jack Kardiac. When he isn’t writing, he’s dreaming up new stories and editing like a maniac. As much as he loves writing, he finds polishing other people’s writing exceptionally satisfying.
Kevin holds a degree in English Education from John Brown University. He’s worked as a creative writing teacher for almost 10 years and currently lives in Arkansas. |
Cheyenne
In-House Editor and Head of Street Team
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Cheyenne has been an avid reader and writer from an early age, which led her to earn a BA in English, emphasis in Creative Writing, from Northern Kentucky University. She is an avid supporter of storytelling and providing reactionary comments that authors thrive on receiving while still providing constructive feedback.
She can usually be found either in a bookstore, adding more titles to her forever-expanding TBR list, or at home playing video games with her fiancé, two cats, and her dog. Cheyenne falls in love with characters with fleshed-out personalities and stories that make her think, cry, and hold her breath. |
Ilse
Consulting Editor
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As both a writer and an editor, Ilse's portfolio of work varies from novels to series to short stories, novellas, as well as TV scripts, full-length feature screenplays, and more. Her passion for the written world began at a young age, and she has carried that into her career as a freelance editor and writer.
With a great love for what she does, she finds her joy in the crafting of words and the art of storytelling. |
Katie
Acquisitions Editor
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Katie is currently an executive director in the private security industry. She has a Bachelor's degree in Biological Anthropology and a Master’s degree in International Relations and Conflict Resolution, with an Emphasis in Comparative and Security Issues focusing on the Korean Peninsula. Her career has spanned industries like law enforcement, TV and film, culinary arts, and research technology.
Her career and education have instilled in her attention to detail and an annoyingly incessant need to edit, review, and then edit again. This comes in handy when reviewing and editing manuscripts. She truly loves editing for continuity and story. Katie wants readers to lose themselves in another world, suspend belief, forget reality if just for a moment, and let their imagination run free. Relatable characters allow readers to feel seen and help process their own thoughts and feelings. She fondly looks at the spaghetti stains and crinkles in her books from reading at the dinner table and knows all too well what it's like to drop a book on her face because she just couldn’t put it down to sleep. Katie wants to do her best to get more books with dynamic characters and fantastic worlds into the hands of readers! |
Natalie
Head of Design
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Natalie has worked in visual design for over a decade in various capacities. She ran a professional photography business for 9 years and loves working meticulously to present people and products in their best light. She loves calligraphy, InDesign, organizing, and any pursuit that allows her the pleasure of creating cohesiveness from craziness.
She is a mother of two and while her greatest joy comes from her children but she enjoys reading, watching shows, and writing in the few hours of life when both kids are occupied. She loves the imaginative worlds of Maggie Stiefvater, Supernatural, Teen Wolf, Leigh Bardugo, Kiera Cass, Brandon Sanderson, and The Maze Runner. |
Due to the fact that our Young Adult Consultants are in between the ages of 11-18, we will not share their personal information here.
If you or someone you know is interested in being an Young Adult Acquisitions Consultant and can read and give feedback on queries within a week, please contact us!
We use a variety of professional voice actors for narration and a variety of professional illustrators and graphic designers for book covers.
A note from the team:
We won't pretend that we know all the ins and outs of the publishing world, especially since it's rapidly evolving by the day. But we do know writing and publishing having worked with different publishers over the course of the last 12 years. As writers, we know what writers want from a publisher. As writers, we know how much work has gone into your book before you entrust it to us for the finishing touches.
The publishing world has changed. There's such a span of publishing options out there and while most writers dream of landing an agent and selling their book for a million dollars, the reality for most of us is that we want two things above all else:
1: A publisher who believes in us and our books enough to invest in turning our ideas into print books to hold and sign and smell and stare at.
2. Readers who want your stories, who say up late reading them or get so upset they chuck the precious book against the wall before picking it back up again, hoping you won't shatter their hearts.
We can't give you the world, but we can share your world with our readers.
Our team works toward one goal: Make your story shine and deliver it to the hands of hungry readers everywhere.