Book launch? What book launch?
The Keeper of What Cannot Be Told
A 200-year-old, invisible librarian.
Her vigilante sister.
And a homeschool girl who can see what others can’t.
Sophie Sage is lonely… and her weekly homeschool group at the library never changes that. When classes are over, she roams the children’s section by herself looking for the next Henrietta Holt book. Until one day, she meets a woman who is invisible.
Jada Tamsin, Master of the Books, is one of the Unseen: an ancient people with special talents who are invisible to most. In the secret tunnels beneath the library, she lives surrounded by her books and records the history of her people.
But as Sophie and Jada begin their peculiar friendship, everything is threatened when Lilith—Jada’s sister and the Master of The Sword—tries to remake the very fabric of reality itself.
Published by Living Tome Publishing and releasing July 31, 2026.
Key elements of the book
- Light fantasy/magical realism
- Homeschooled protagonist
- Deals delicately with anxiety and fear
- Middle-grade reading level (Suitable for ages 8 and up, and just as much fun for adults)
- The parents don’t die!
How did I get a book deal, you ask? Here’s the story…
Image description: A simple comic that says, “I got a book deal” in big letters. Below it, Potsie, our stick-figure protagonist, runs through yelling “YAAAAAAAY!” The comic goes on to add “(With the worst pitch ever),” to which Potsie says, “Wait, what?”
An image of a circular graph reads: “In 2018, I wrote a book. Ever since, the process has looked like this: Send to agents -> Should I give up? -> Get rejected -> I think I should give up -> Edit -> I’m not giving up! Today’s story starts here.” An arrow points to the part of the graph between “I’m not giving up!!” And “Send to agents.”
The comic continues: “I was editing my novel (again) and searching for an answer I’m certain I had found before.” Potsie is at her computer, searching ”Can I use brand names in a novel?”
“In the first blog that came up, there was a sidebar that said, ‘Join me at Realm Makers Conference and Expo!’”
”I, an intellectual, wondered…what the heck is that?”
I’ll take ‘what is a writer’s conference for Chri
The conference and expo were super fun! I made new friends and adopted a baby dragon. (Beside this is a photo of Vanessa and a friend, both smiling and holding plushies.) I also met voices from my childhood—Katie Leigh and Mike Nawrocki, Connie Kendall from Adventures in Odyssey and Larry the Cucumber. (There are two photos. In one, Vanessa thinks “Be cool be cool be cool be cool”; in the other, “
Oh, and I got to watch them perform with Main Street Music show. (A photo of the show, with “Larry the Cucumber voice,” “angsty teenager voice,” “anxious elf voice,” “angry elf voice,” “advertisement voice,” and “FX noises” written above each performer.)
Me, the whole time: This is so stinkin’ cool.
I also learned a lot from the classes, but pictures of slides are far less interesting.
Sunday was the
The morning started with a worship service. Because Christians. Obligatory photo of the screen. Because geeks. (A photo of a big screen has worship song lyrics on it…and a unicorn.)
I was a tiny bit late. Classic me. (Potsie dashes through, then scoots past a random geek. She says, ”‘scuse me,” like a classic midwesterner, and the geek says, “You’re good!”)
It was a really good service. I…got emotio
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