Launch Week Magic: Faeries Don’t Hide Soars and More!

Book cover of Faeries Don’t Hide by TF Burke, featuring ornate golden filigree on a deep red background with glowing green accents.

I knew faeries could cause chaos, but I didn’t expect them to blow up my entire book launch in the best possible way with Amazon Top 100 books. There are some moments in an author’s life when the world goes still, the air feels charged, and you realize something extraordinary is happening. Launch week for […]

The Boggleman: Nightmare in Shadows

Portrait of the Boggleman, a pale, white-haired man in a dark cloak with a scarred empty eye socket, shown against the backdrop of a shadowy rock tunnel. Text reads: “Writing an INTJ character – Meet the Boggleman.”

The Boggleman is not simply terrifying—he’s tragic. Once Pogonias Cromis, he could have been a seer and protector. Instead, grief hollowed him into the shadow who devours destiny itself.

Author Update: Revisions in Act 2 Past Teeth & Shadow

Book cover of Faeries Don’t Hide by TF Burke, featuring ornate golden filigree on a deep red background with glowing green accents.

Deep in revisions in Act 2 of Faeries Don’t Hide, I’ve just pushed past the pinch point—where wererats strike, an otherworldly persona arrives, and the path tilts toward the midpoint. Revision is where the story’s heart beats loudest, and this messy middle has plenty of bite.

Drafting is Done! ✨ Heart of the Worlds, Book 3

A fantasy-themed promotional image for Faeries Don’t Hide (Heart of the Worlds, Book 3) by T.F. Burke. The book stands upright with an ornate red and gold cover. In the background, a glowing astrolabe, a blue pegasus, and a silhouette of a faery appear in a misty forest. A wererat peeks from behind the book with a dagger. Three characters—two young men and one young woman—stand in front, the story’s protagonists.

Typing “The End” on Book 3—Faeries Don’t Hide—was both exhilarating and surreal. The draft is raw and sprawling, full of messy magic, betrayals, and battles, but now comes the revision stage where the story is refined into something luminous.

Meet Q’thonos: The Mad Wizard of the Pardonway

Fantasy banner for Faeries Don’t Hide by TF Burke, featuring the book cover in a magical forest with a young man, a blue faery, and a sword-wielding girl. Ornate gold borders frame the image.

There’s always one in every tale—a wizard in the woods. A figure cloaked in rumor, layered in mystery, and just dangerous enough to make you wonder if the stories are true. In Faeries Don’t Hide, that figure is Q’thonos. And no, he does not appreciate being interrupted. Q’thonos lives deep in the southern stretch of […]