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Champion Book Merch

Nov 20, 2024
2 min read

As part of my website migration earlier this year there now is a dedicated page where you can find a list of potential places to purchase bookish merchandise! I (Kitty) do not receive any money from purchases made at these vendors, but I have given all of them permission to sell items inspired by my worlds. (All of them are Champions and made these products out of love for the books!)

With Christmas quickly approaching I want to bring these amazing stores to your attention while you still have time to buy things you want delivered in time for the holiday! Enjoy this list and I hope you find some new merch you absolutely love!

Retha & Dragons - Ok, this first option isn't actually a store, it's a book written so you can run Dungeons and Dragons style campaigns in the Second Age of Retha world. If that sounds confusing you can listen to the Celebrity Retha and Dragons from the SheaCon recordings to get a feel for what it is like.

Vin Riel Creations - This store is run by Vin from the Champion Discord server. Her store focuses on stickers and T-Shirts and in addition to the KM Shea inspired items she has a lot of general bookish items that are just adorable!

CVMG Studios - Cami John has tons of items in her store make sure you check out some of her other categories besides KM Shea Fan Stuff. She even has Christmas themed KM Shea products, and some Trash Panda items for the Retha fans!

PixlDust Designs - If you want a T-Shirt with a Magiford design you should definitely check Amelia's store as she has some really beautiful options including the crest for House Medeis and Queen Leila's person seal!

The Quiet Grove - If you like the popular style of mugs, stickers, or T-Shirts displaying books you've read then come see the super cute KM Shea themed items Julia has (plus other great items including ornaments!).

SheaCon: Jigsaw Puzzles (Quotes)

Nov 13, 2024
4 min read

Updated: Mar 11

Enjoy these free puzzles featuring quote graphics from fantasy author K. M. Shea. There are over 60 puzzles to choose from with a variety of difficulty levels (based on the number of pieces).

All of these jigsaw puzzles were created by the reader organizers of the online SheaCon event. Many thanks to all the Planners for creating this fan-favorite game and sharing them with us!

This is only a small sampling of the quote images based on K. M. Shea's books - you can find the full list on her Pinterest board.

Other Puzzles/Games:

Helpful Puzzle Hints:

If you want to be able to save your progress and not accidentally lose your work, you do have to sign up for a jigidi account. (It is the website where all the puzzles are hosted.) This is free, and you can come back to puzzles you’ve started to finish later.
If you sign up for a free account, you can go under the puzzles tab and bookmark puzzles that you want to save to complete at a later time. Under the same puzzles tab, you can also access puzzles that are in progress or puzzles that you’ve completed and want to finish again.
There is a zoom feature (the + and - in the corner) that can be very helpful in limiting optometrist visits after looking at small puzzle pieces.
Use the three dots icon in the upper right corner to open the puzzle panel to view the image and access the more advanced features like:
- Change the background color under the puzzle timer. (Just click a colored box, and you’ll be able to try out which background color you prefer.)
- You can pause the puzzle timer if you need to step away but still want to keep time.

Do you want to write?

Nov 6, 2024
2 min read

November is traditionally a month where people aspire to finish a novel in a month. If you are one of those people, I have some great writing resources to share with you. Plus I want to give you the schedule of Vin's Discord Writing Sprints for November so you can work on your writing project as part of the Champion Community!

Writing/Author Resources

Author Resources Page on My Website

This page received a major glow up earlier this year when I got a new website and it now includes a ton of information that was previously scattered to the four winds including:

My Author Resource Guide
Interviews I've done in the past
My Blog Posts on Writing (including some that weren't categorized correctly so no one could find them until now!)

My Pinterest Board for Writing Tips

This Pinterest board has links to my blog posts on writing as well as many other writing related blog posts (or YouTube videos) from other authors, cool fantasy map ideas, and other resources you might find helpful for writing projects.

BONUS: On my YouTube channel I have a playlist with the videos that are writing related (example: tropes I love).

Discord Community Writing Sprints

Thanks to our Discord Community Manager Vin, you can join with other Champions to have fun while you are writing!

Vin hosts weekly writing sprints on Discord, and please consider this your official invitation to join the group! The dates and times of Vin’s writing sprints are listed below, and they’ll be held in the “Writing Sprints” channel of our server.

See this link for instructions on how to sign up for our community Discord if you haven't already.

You don’t have to work on a writing project if you want to join Vin’s sprints! If you are finishing homework, studying, or have a work project you really need to focus on please feel free to join. We would love to have you!

2024 Writing Sprint Schedule:

Wednesdays (6th, 13th, 20th, 27th) at 2pm Central
Thursdays (7th, 14th, 21st) at 8pm Central
- The sprint scheduled for Thanksgiving will be moved to Tuesday (26th) at 8pm Central