S.E. Martens

More than a year ago (January 2025) I was full-steam ahead on re-releasing a second edition of BLUE REVOLUTION with a shiny new cover and some additional edits. I had high hopes that the second book, BLUE ODYSSEY, would follow quickly after. Unfortunately, 2025 proved to be an extremely difficult year for me. I lost my cat and my mother within 1 week of each other. In these last several months, connecting with anything creative has proven to be challenging. This includes read

Things are progressing well with Blue Odyssey ! It's a thrill to be connecting with my writing again. I'm more than 100 pages in and...

I'm writing again! I've done a lot of things in the past 2 years, I just haven't been writing.  I spent 2023-2024 focusing on my career,...

My first blog post in a year and I'm going to use it to talk about media tie-in books and why I love them! Tie-Ins - are they cringey...

2022 was such a busy year for me. I was promoted to CEO of the Parry Sound Public Library and I published my debut YA Fantasy novel, BLUE...

Hello Friends, As we approach the release of my debut YA fantasy novel, BLUE REVOLUTION (summary and cover reveal is HERE, if you missed...

Blue Revolution has a cover! Beautiful cover art by Merilliza Chan! Setsi is a shy high school student on Earth. Set Sefanny is a...

Wow - it's been a hot minute since I've written a blog post. Time slips by. I will confess that I find it difficult to keep up with the...

This is not an exhaustive list. However, these are resources which I have utilized in my author journey. I also plan to return to this...

December is a hard time of year, I’m just going to say it. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, it's the darkest time of year. If you...