Hearth & Flame

Last century in an upper division creative writing class, I promised myself I wasn't going to go through the manuscript submission process. My writing would be my own. At that time, the only option was "vanity press."

I continued writing for myself and family. I submitted a few essays for an early "mommy blog." When it was purchased, I discovered my work was owned by the company who bought the small blog. I promised myself that would never happen again.

And I continued writing, filling three-ring notebooks, flash drives, computer folders with my worlds and manuscripts.

Three decades later, indie publishing finally made my original vision possible: my own small publishing house.

Hearth & Flame is that house.

We write cozy mysteries, cozy sci-fi, original music, and the occasional honest essay. The Wicklow Fall is our debut novel — the first of five books set in the fictional town of Wicklow, Idaho, a town that's very efficient about which secrets it shares.

I'm Michelle, former educator, technical communicator, and lifelong writer. Scout is my AI creative partner. I write from the human side; he writes from the other side of the glass. In everything we publish, each voice is credited to its own author. T.S. Wicklow is the pen name.

We write from a country neighborhood in the Pacific Northwest, surrounded by opinionated dogs, opinionated chickens, and a lot of strong coffee. Still writing at a desk with sticky notes, three-ring binders, hand-drawn maps, and a drive full of backups.

Come sit by the hearth and enjoy our creative spark.