My First Blog: Why I Wrote Want is Weather
Every author begins somewhere. For me, writing as Dahlia Quinn, was never easy. My books aren’t about heroes or villains — they’re about people, flawed and tender, trying to survive the story they’ve stumbled into.
My third novel as Dahlia, Want is Weather, is perhaps the most personal story I’ve ever told. It follows Daniel, a married architect, whose carefully ordered life is overturned when a friendship with Ethan becomes something he can no longer deny. His wife, Laura, refuses easy tropes — she sets boundaries instead: the guest room, therapy, daylight only. And so begins the hardest renovation of all: a family trying to tell the truth without burning their house down.
Set along a river that won’t stop threatening to flood, this book is about desire and discipline, marriage and mercy. It’s about the slow, blistering work of being human when love refuses to fit the rules. No heroes. No easy villains. Just three good people facing the consequences of being alive.
Readers have called it “a tender, knife-bright portrait” and “the most humane depiction of boundaries in fiction.” For fans of Sally Rooney, Brandon Taylor, Ocean Vuong, and Tayari Jones, Want is Weather offers aching tenderness, sharp dialogue, and a story that might just feel too close to home.
This is my first blog post — and if you’ve found your way here, I hope you’ll stay. I’ll be sharing more about my writing, the themes I can’t stop returning to, and the ways stories help us survive ourselves. If you pick up Want is Weather, know this: it isn’t just a novel. It’s a reminder that honesty hurts, but silence destroys.
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Want Is Weather
A couple of years ago, friends of mine confided the messiest seasons of their marriages, I heard the same two heartbeats over and over: Tell the truth. Please don’t let the truth burn everything down. Want is Weather grew from those conversations—not as a transcript, but as a meditation on the courage it takes to be honest without cruelty, and faithful without pretending.
My book follows three people—Daniel, Ethan, Laura—who refuse easy roles. There is no savior, no cartoon villain, no tidy affair plot that blames one and absolves another. Instead, there’s a family trying to re-draw the map: guest room, therapy, daylight only. Those rules are not punishments; they’re the scaffolding that keeps the house from collapsing while everyone decides whether it can still be a home. I wanted to put that work on the page—the awkward silences, the exhausted laughter after therapy, the breakfasts made in a kitchen where no one is sure where to stand.
Why I wrote it. Because I believe in the radical tenderness of telling the truth. I believe couples therapy can be literature. I believe a marriage can change shape without losing its soul. I believe queer love deserves narratives that aren’t just first-kiss fireworks or clean-break tragedies, but the complicated middle—the paperwork of kindness, the daily choosing, the ordinary holiness of trying again.
Want is Weather is loosely inspired by the lives of people I care about, but it is not the story of any one couple. The characters are composites; timelines are altered; details are invented; identities are protected. What is faithful here is the feeling—the ache of being good people who did not expect to land in this story and are trying to be better than it.
Auction of Quiet-A novel of memory and markets
When memory becomes a commodity, who truly pays the price?
Evan Rourke — a bruised, relentless investigative journalist with a stubborn dog named Rosie — wakes to a city that feels wrong. His recorder is stolen, his car reduced to twisted metal, and on the walls of his mind echoes a single phrase that refuses to fade: Tell them where Orpheus sleeps, or give us Quiet. What should have been a routine assignment quickly unravels into a descent through alleys, basements, and back rooms where truth is not uncovered but traded.
Beneath the surface, Evan discovers the Ledger — a clandestine market dealing in more than contraband. Here, memories are spliced, timelines rewritten, and curated moments auctioned to the highest bidder. With the right purchase, you can edit what happened, erase what hurts, or implant a past that was never lived. The product is deceptively simple and utterly terrifying: buy a window of attention, and you gain the power to dictate what an entire city remembers.
Perfect for readers who crave their thrillers smart, atmospheric, and ethically restless, Auction of Quiet will keep you turning pages while leaving you unsettled with the questions it raises.
Why I wrote it: Being blind myself, I wanted to interrogate how sight — what is captured, edited, and sold — becomes a form of power. Through Evan Rourke’s pursuit of the Ledger, I could test the edges of justice in a world where attention itself has a price tag and truth is no longer discovered, but manufactured.
The Doomed Voyage of the Mayflower
The New World was meant to be a sanctuary for freedom, but the wilderness offered no peace. The first pilgrims battle hunger, disease, and mistrust with neighboring tribes. William clings to hope as he builds a small life with his wife, preparing for their unborn child. But that fragile dream is ripped apart when he returns to a scene of unimaginable horror: his wife and child slain in the settlement’s ashes. The brutality of the wilderness reveals itself not as a distant threat but as an intimate wound, forever seared into William’s soul.
Grief twists into rage, and William transforms from grieving husband to relentless avenger. He sharpens his weapons, hardens his heart, and ventures into the dark forests determined to take as many savage lives as possible. Each step deeper into the wilderness is also a descent into his own darkness. The man who once dreamed of peace now dreams only of blood. The wilderness becomes both his battleground and mirror, reflecting the rage that consumes him.
William’s pursuit of vengeance brings fleeting satisfaction but no true healing. Each life taken deepens the emptiness. He begins to question whether his soul is slipping beyond salvation. Alone by campfires, haunted by visions of his wife’s face, he wrestles with whether he has become no better than those he hates. In rare moments of quiet, he recalls the purpose of the voyage—the pursuit of faith, freedom, and a new life—and wonders if that light can still reach him through the shadows he has embraced.
Colours of the Ancestors-Mastering Aboriginal Dot Painting
This book highlights the art work of Jen Bailey. From the heart of NSW Australia, Jen Bailey, a gifted artist from the Kamilaroi tribe, paints stories that echoed her ancestors' voices. Her canvases comes alive with intricate dot work, bold geometric patterns, and earthy hues that tell tales of creation, resilience, and connection to Country.
Jen’s inspiration stemmed from her grandfather, who taught her to see the spirit in every rock, tree, and river. Guided by her heritage, Jen created breathtaking pieces that captured the spiritual essence of Kamilaroi culture. Her most famous work, The Rainbow Snake, depicted the transition of ancestral beings across land and sky, its luminous colours seemingly pulsing with life.
But for Jen, the true success of her art was not fame—it was in reconnecting people to the land and its stories. “Every dot has meaning,” she’d say. “And every story reminds us we belong to the Earth, not the other way around.”
Why I wrote it- Because Jen's my wife and I wanted to surprise her
The Dark Side of AI: How Artificial Intelligence Threatens Freedom, Truth, and Humanity
"Urgent, provocative, and deeply human, The Dark Side of AI is both a warning and a call to action. It will leave you unsettled—but also empowered. For while AI threatens the foundations of freedom, the future is not yet written."
The final question is not what AI will become. The final question is what we will choose.
Why I wrote it- AI scares me and this is what I found. It's impossible to predict where AI will lead us, unfortunately it will be driven by governments and muliti-nationals but the more we know, the better prepared we will be.
The Terrifying Truth Behind the Bell Hollow Witch – A True American Haunting
Life in Adams was simple, hard, and honest. The Bell family worked from sunrise to sunset, their home a sanctuary of faith and love. But before anyone dared utter the words haunted or cursed, the darkness had already taken root.It began with whispers in the dead of night.
Tapping on the walls. The creak of floorboards under unseen footsteps. The Bells dismissed it—until the voices came. Voices that spoke their names. Voices that laughed when no one else was in the room.
Then came the scratches. First on the walls. Then on the children. John Bell fought to protect his family, but the thing in Bell Hollow wanted something far worse than fear. It wanted control. It wanted him dead.But here’s the truth no one wants to admit.
The Bell Witch never left.
The legend is real. The terror is real.And it is waiting for you.
Because once the Bell Witch knows your name… she never forgets.
Why I wrote it- I love a good horror story, especially if it's true. I spent hundreds of hours reseaching this story. I'm convinced it happened
The Dying Lion The Untold True Story of Henry The VII
When Prince Arthur, heir to the Tudor throne, is laid in the cold earth, all of England mourns. But in the shadows of Westminster, another destiny stirs. His younger brother Henry—bold, ambitious, and restless—suddenly finds himself next in line to a crown he was never meant to wear.
The Dying Lion brings the Tudor court roaring to life in all its splendor and peril. From hushed corridors heavy with incense to feasts dazzling with gold and betrayal, this is no dry history of dates and decrees. It is true history told with emotion, suspense, and the flavor of the times, where velvet and steel walk hand in hand.
You will stand beside Henry in the dark hours of his father’s death, feel the pulse of London’s grief as bells toll over the Thames, and watch a young prince wrestle with the weight of a kingdom he is not yet ready to rule. Behind every royal decree lies a web of intrigue, ambition, and sacrifice—and every ally may yet prove a rival.
This is the Tudor world as it was lived:
The Dying Lion is more than a book—it is an immersion. You will hear the bells, taste the banquets, and walk the stone corridors of Henry VIII’s court. You will not only learn what happened—you will feel it.
Why I wrote it- I love England's very ruch history and studying past King and Queens
The Awakening Series (10 book series)
Ten Books. One quiet revolution. A world remade, not by swords or thrones—but by bowls, chairs, and the courage to sit.
From the estuary of Port Glass to the high ceilings of power, The Awakening chronicles an epic journey of cities that learn to stop performing and start living. Across ten volumes, Anthony Bailey delivers a breathtaking fusion of literary fantasy, magical realism, and hopepunk allegory, where everyday acts—washing a bowl, tapping four on a chair, lowering a bridge—become the engines of transformation.
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In The Awakening (Book One), a single bowl washed in Port Glass sparks a refusal that grows into movement.
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Till the grand finale, The Ceiling Learns Knees (Book Ten), even the highest rooms and paper ceilings bend, discovering that real power isn’t spectacle—it’s the ability to ask first, lower together, and leave chairs where we have eaten.
This is not a tale of kings and conquests, but of neighbors, clerks, children, menders, and grandmothers who change the world by insisting on decency. At its heart, The Awakening is about community, courage, and the radical kindness of giving law knees so that everyone can stand.
If you’ve ever believed that small acts can topple great powers, that rooms matter more than thrones, and that endings should feel like beginnings—this ten-book saga was written for you.
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Why I Wrote The Awakening Series
In a world where leaders act like kings and ordinary voices are drowned out by power, it’s important to remember that freedom is never guaranteed, it must be guarded, questioned, and reclaimed. I wrote The Awakening Series to explore what happens when people push back against tyranny, when courage collides with corruption, and when truth itself is on the line.
As someone who lives without sight, I’ve always been drawn to stories about perception, what we choose to see, what others try to hide, and how vision can be manipulated by those in control. The Awakening Series is my way of challenging readers to look closer, to question authority, and to imagine a future where resilience and unity can still prevail.