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I'm one of Barnes and Nobles 10 Favorite Indie eBooks of 2025! Immortal Gifts is a gripping vampire tale that blends history, suspense, and romance. Katherine Villyard delivers a powerful story of survival, identity, and the price of being different.
“Jewish Oaths”
There's a thing that authors do when they've done a lot of research that I've heard referred to as "I paid my dues and now it's your turn to suffer." 😉 You'll (maybe) be pleased to hear that I toned down/removed the passage about "Jewish Oaths" from my manuscript...
Louis Lewandowski, Felix Mendelssohn, and Immortal Gifts
Or, Not the Football Player. 😉 One of the things I do for fun when I'm not working, writing, spoiling cats, or playing the Sims is... singing in Jewish choirs. Kind of a niche hobby, I suppose. But as such, that means I'm pretty familiar with Louis Lewandowski. He...
Panel Discussion WITH ME
Check out this awesome panel discussion with Elisa Hansen, EH Drake (moderator), Aisling Wilder, Josephine Napiore, Andrew M Boylan, and ME. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4axVp9bmVUc
Immortal Gifts – The Sims 4 save file
Do you play the Sims 4? I've heard it called "a casual game," but I've never met a Sims 4 player with a "casual" relationship to the game. It's so addictive! Because it's my thing, I've created an Immortal Gifts save file, with the following caveats: It requires...
Kosher 101
Disclaimer: I am not an expert. I'm an enthusiastic amateur. When in doubt, please ask your Rabbi (or your Rabbi's spouse). Also, if I'm getting anything wrong, please correct me in the comments! (Also I am Masorti rather than Orthodox, again, your Rabbi and your...
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.