Frequently Asked Questions

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PRINT BOOKS HOLIDAY DELIVERY:
Direct sales are 12/2/24 for hardcovers; 12/5/24 for softcover.
Amazon (non-Prime) and other retailers: 12/16/24.

Questions for Muse

How do I go about submitting my book to Muse for publication?

Submissions are only by invitation at this time. We're a small press and don't have the resources to handle unsolicited submissions. Sorry!

Can you give me publishing advice?

Sure! Check out this page—we love sharing information about the business of publishing. We also have indie publishing advice here. However, we cannot recommend individual publishers or literary agents for legal reasons. Nor can we read and comment on your manuscript, though we wish you the best of luck.

If you’re interested in picking Kris's brain about your particular situation, she offers publishing consultation and coaching on a limited basis. Contact us for details.

Our organization would like to purchase your books in bulk. Do you offer a discount?

Yes! Contact us with your information—we'll take it from there.

We're interested in subrights for one of your books. Who should we contact?

Unless otherwise noted, book subrights are handled by Trellis Literary Management.

Shop Questions

Why should I buy books directly from you instead of Amazon or another retailer?

When you buy books directly from us, you’re supporting a small business, not a big corporation. Secondly, we’re able to offer you book bundles and publications you can't find elsewhere printed on higher quality paper—for example, The Goddess Tarot 25th Anniversary Edition is only sold on this site due to production costs. That said, we've included affiliate retail links when available—it's all good!

How long will it take to get my order?

Ebooks and other digital media are shipped immediately via BookFunnel with instructions on how to download it to your favorite device. If the BookFunnel email hasn’t arrived within an hour after purchase, please look for it in your spam folder.

Physical orders can take up to two to three weeks because books are custom printed. However, this enables us to produce exclusive books that, in some cases, aren't available elsewhere. These are shipped directly to you from the printer without any middleperson.

How are print orders shipped?

When you purchase directly from us, print orders are shipped via economy tracked delivery. Orders over $100 ship free.

Do you ship outside the US?

Not at this time. When available, we've included links to outside retailers who ship internationally.

What's your return policy?

Unless otherwise noted, print books are final sale because they are custom printed. If there is a problem with your order, please contact us within a week of receipt so we can fix it—we want you to be delighted!

I have a question about my order.

Contact us here—and thank you for your purchase!

Do you offer discounts for organizations and book clubs?

We do! Contact us here.

Questions for Kris

Book club, events, and workshops: do you offer them?

Yes! To schedule an event, please contact me. I’m also available to Zoom with your book club, library, or bookstore. 

Will you blurb my book?

Maybe. Pleasecontact mewith the following information: book description, publisher information, and date you'd need the endorsement by. These days I'm mainly endorsing fiction and tarot-oriented books. 

Is the Goddess Tarot App available? I can't find it on the App Store.

The free version of the app is now available online at GoddessTarotApp.com. With so many different screen sizes and tech requirements, it became increasingly difficult to keep the app updated across platforms for iPhone and Android.

I'm missing a card from one of your decks. Can you replace it?

The best thing to do is to contact the original publisher or seller directly for a replacement—I’m sure they will do all they can to set you right. 

  • To contact the publisher, look for their contact information on the card box or booklet copyright page.
  • If you’re missing the book or booklet, the Amazon product page for the deck will list the publisher under “Product Details.” From there, a quick Google search will get you their website with their contact info.
  • If you purchased the deck second hand, you need to contact the seller.

What have you published? What are you working on now?

I’ve published over a dozen books, ranging from children’s picture books to nonfiction for adults. I’ve also created several tarot and card decks; of these, The Goddess Tarot is the best known. My most recent books are Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women andTarot for Storytellers: A Creative Guide for Writers and Other Creatives, a book that arose from my popular tarot workshops for writers and creatives.

Though I began my publishing career as a book illustrator, these days I’m mainly writing, designing, and teaching. As far as future books, I’m currently at work on two historical novels, one which is about two sisters with a peculiar family legacy. 

Other upcoming books include a reissue of The Goddess Tarot Workbook in 2025. I'm also in prelaunch for a Kickstarter featuring the original children's book editions of The Book of Goddesses and Persephone and the Pomegranatefollow the Kickstarter here.

What's your creative process like?

I'm an intuitive prone to overthinking, so my creative process tends to be nonlinear. I try to trust the logic in the illogical, which is where the tarot often plays a role. As far as a daily routine, I aim to work as often and as long as possible. Seriously. If you knew how many hours I work, you’d be shocked. Fortunately, I love what I do and do what I love. My creative synopses fire best when I can work with as little interruption as possible. Clearly, this is difficult in everyday “real life”, but my family is very, very tolerant. It helps they’re creative types too.

In terms of technical stuff, I draft my books in Scrivener, which allows me to write in a nonlinear fashion: a scene here, a detail there. Once I have a completed draft, I edit in Word. I’m also a big fan of lists and spreadsheets. 

Favorite authors and artists?

I’m drawn to lushly written novels with a romantic, gothic sensibility. I love the novels of Sarah Waters, Jessie Burton, Molly Greeley, and Audrey Niffenegger. I also love historical fiction. I adored A. S. Byatt’s Possession, Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale, V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent is another novel that blew me away. I devoured Lev Grossman’s The Magicians trilogy. However, my favorite books of all time are probably Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I’ve reread both often.

For nonfiction, I can’t resist food memoirs such as Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, Julia Child’s My Life in France, and Ruth Reichl’s memoirs, especially her first one, Tender at the Bone. I also adored Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk.

As far as artists, when I was in college I discovered the work of the Pre-Raphaelites—most especially the work of William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Edward Burne-Jones. The illustrations of Alan Lee, a mentor the year I lived in England at the start of my career, is another huge inspiration. I’ve also found inspiration in the work of Joseph Cornell and Jean Cocteau—artists who intermingle the magical with the material in a multitude of mediums and formats. Most of all, I find inspiration and support in my author and artist friends. No creative person can work in a vacuum—we need the community of like-minded souls.