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Book Two Is Happening
That’s right, the follow-up to The Shiver Tree has been picked up!  To say I’m excited that my second book landed a publishing deal...

Holly Searcy
Apr 62 min read
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Interview with Teralyn Davis
Audiobook Narrator for The Shiver Tree I recently had the great pleasure of sitting down for a virtual interview with the incredible...

Holly Searcy
Feb 1334 min read
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Druids in the Deep
A D&D One Shot Inspired by The Shiver Tree Happy 2025, all! It’s been a minute, what with my first book getting published and then...

Holly Searcy
Jan 172 min read
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Rift City Recap #14
Clover’s Log Time runs short before we must leave to meet my father, so I’ll be brief.  After leaving Brendel behind at the Ghost Waltz...

Holly Searcy
Jan 82 min read
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Rift City Recap #13
Clover's Log We need to start making our way back to the Overlook to prepare for the meeting with my father. We decide to make Oman’s...

Holly Searcy
Nov 15, 20244 min read
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Rift City Recap #12
Clover's Log Brendel, Ronan, and I stand on the bridge. We don’t know if Nyx and Oman survived going over the side. The fall is hundreds...

Holly Searcy
Oct 23, 20243 min read
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Rift City Recap #11
Clover's Log Our plan is in motion. We have the gold, and we head to the chosen bridge to plant the bait, which is now our whole...

Holly Searcy
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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Editing A Novel: A Love Story
We open on a hot summer day. A haze of smoke from thousands upon thousands of acres of burning Oregon drifts across the sky, the smell of...

Holly Searcy
Aug 1, 20243 min read
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Rift City Recap #10
Clover’s Log Our investigation into these strange disappearances on the Golden Plateau continues. Our first stop: Sara Elderen, whom we...

Holly Searcy
Jul 16, 20245 min read
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Rift City Recap #9
Clover’s Log As we recover from our harrowing experience in the book, we breathe a sigh of relief as a newly awakened Keys rejoins us,...

Holly Searcy
Jul 3, 20245 min read
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The Shiver Tree: Reviews & Reactions
The first book reviews for The Shiver Tree are trickling in from ARC readers, and I’m experiencing the predicted anxiety-induced nausea...

Holly Searcy
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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The Magic of Amarra
A Shiver Tree Primer One of the greatest things about the fantasy genre (for me) is the magic within. I always love getting to know new...

Holly Searcy
Jun 9, 20242 min read
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Rift City Recap #8
clover's Log Walking into the marbled lobby of the Gilded Citadel proves as easy as I’d hoped. This place is safe, trusting. Up ahead, a...

Holly Searcy
May 18, 20243 min read
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D&D Character Inspiration: Clover
Let’s take a closer look at the ginger cat who helped inspire Clover. I’m a cat person (not like a tabaxi, just someone who really loves...

Holly Searcy
May 8, 20243 min read
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Welcome to Amarra
A World Primer for The Shiver Tree With advanced reader copies of The Shiver Tree making their way out into the wild at last (you can...

Holly Searcy
Apr 29, 20245 min read
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Rift City Recap #7
Clover's Log An eventful couple days, to be sure. To throw the metal monster hunting us off our scent, Oman and I come up with a strategy...

Holly Searcy
Apr 19, 20246 min read
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Book Cover Reveal!
I am so excited to finally be able to unveil the long-awaited cover of my debut novel, The Shiver Tree! The whole publishing process has...

Holly Searcy
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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Rift City Recap #6
Clover's Log Prison cells aren’t terribly comfortable, but I’m making do. Monasteries aren’t exactly pinnacles of comfort, either. Before...

Holly Searcy
Apr 2, 20245 min read
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Rift City Recap #5
Clover's Log These three angels aren’t messing around. They want to know what we’re doing out here, in the Rift, the wasteland the Church...

Holly Searcy
Mar 12, 20242 min read
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My Least Favorite Things about Writing a Novel
I had to do it, right? Since we already covered my favorite things about writing a novel, why not take a brief look at the other end of...

Holly Searcy
Mar 2, 20243 min read
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