A Heep of Words: Books by Alexandra Heep, Helena Parx, Lexa Drane

  • A Birthday Launch And a Book Finally Born

    Today, something delightful happened: I celebrated a birthday… and delivered a book. Not the kind of delivery that takes nine months, but certainly the kind that grows in its own mysterious timeline—draft by draft, sketch by sketch, whisper by whisper—until one morning you wake up and realize the thing you’ve been nurturing has finally decided…

  • Happy Small Business Saturday

    Support Actually Small Indie Authors — Because Apparently 499 Employees Still Counts as “Small” I woke up this morning to a parade of “Support Small Business!” ads… only to realize half of them were from companies with enough square footage to qualify as their own weather systems. I mean — 300+ employees?Corporate parking lots?A “brand…

  • Press Releases: Not Just for Stephen King Anymore

    If you had told me years ago that one day I’d be sitting at my desk writing a press release — not for a celebrity, not for a blockbuster, but for me — I would’ve laughed, checked the calendar for April Fool’s Day, and gone back to whatever I was doing. Because in my mind,…

  • Happy “I Love to Write” Day

    Some people collect stamps. Some people collect cats. I collect… pen names. If you’ve ever tried to keep track of Alexandra Heep, Helena Parx, and Lexa Drane, let me assure you: I can’t always keep track of them either. It’s like hosting a small, eccentric literary committee inside one brain—each with opinions, deadlines, and wildly…

  • How Many Times Can One Author Celebrate?

    Today, November 1, is National Author’s Day, and by my count, I get to celebrate three times. After all, I have three pen names — one for each creative creature that refused to stay quiet. That’s triple the inspiration, triple the to-be-read pile, and yes, triple the goat milk. (The commas, thankfully, remain infinite.) But…