Marrin Locke
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Monday’s Update on Tuesday
It’s Tuesday, one day late instead of several! Progress. Between errands, working some weird hours, and a full-on Lord of the Rings movie marathon, time got away from me again. Writing update: I’m officially at the hallway point of the first book in the Phlox & Possession series. Rafe and Lily are finally getting past…
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Slightly Delayed Monday Dispatch (Because Life Said No)
So… it’s Thursday. I meant to post this on Monday. The universe had other plans. This week has been one of those that just happened to me, I legit felt like a passenger in my own life. Work hours were cut, kid chaos, no more neighborhood dryers catching fire thankfully, and old lady Piper has…
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Why There Is No Redemption Arc (And Why I’m Not Sorry)
Some readers finish Seen Once. Mine Forever. and tell me straight: this isn’t a love story. Others say Noah is a monster and the story simply isn’t for them. They’re right. And I’m not sorry. I love a happy ending as much as the next girl but sometimes, a happy ending just doesn’t make sense…
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Welcome to the page where I overshare.
This is where the stories behind the stories live. The voices that wouldn’t stay quiet. The playlists I wrote to. The scenes that didn’t make it and the ones that almost broke me to finish. I started in the heat — short, unapologetic, and built on desire. Rick and Gianna. Ruby and Blake. Stories about…
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The Bench -Noah’s Side
I was twelve. Mom had just died shielding me from the raid that tore our house apart. The courtroom smelled like stale coffee and old grief. I sat on that bench because the waiting-room chairs were worse, and no one noticed me anyway. Invisible was safer than being seen as the kid whose mother took…