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List Results!

  • Oct 27, 2014
  • 2 min read

Okay, we fell a little short of goal of 75+ votes per book, however, you guys really pushed the books up the list (multiple lists too might I add, not just one per book!) so I’m still planning to release some extras. The goods you can expect are…*drum roll*

  1. A short story that jointly stars Prince Severin and Princess Elle of Loire as well as Princess Cinderella and Colonel Friedrich

  2. A short MBRC themed story

  3. Two King Arthurs drabbles (See explanation below)

  4. Two Life Reader drabbles (See explanation below)

So what are drabbles? Occasionally I will need to get to know my characters better, or sometimes I have a part of a scene stuck in my head that I sadly cannot use in my book thanks to point-of-view conflict, or spoilers for later. Drabbles are what I use to combat this. They’re basically short pieces, usually less than a page long, that typically carry some kind of introspection.

What I love about drabbles is that they are very revealing, short, and a lot of fun to write. Historically I’ve kept my drabbles hidden in folders on my computer, but I thought (hope) you Champions might enjoy reading them.

Today I’m going to release the Life Reader drabbles, you can get them here (Life Reader Drabbles I) or on the Freebies page. You can expect the rest of the goodies to show up before Thanksgiving–I’m hoping to release one thing a week. Thank you to everyone who participated in List Mania! I hope you enjoy the new freebies! (Please tell me what you think of the Life Reader drabbles, and if drabbles are something you would be interested in seeing more of in the future!)

 

List Extravaganza

  • Oct 20, 2014
  • 2 min read

Happy Monday, Champions! Thanks for the many well wishes. I’m feeling much better today, and just in time! Today is my 200th post! To celebrate it, I’m offering a challenge–with rewards of course!

Goodreads has an awesome, easy way for you to find books that share certain elements, via its listopia function. In example, Enthroned is featured in different lists that revolve around King Arthur, and Cinderella and the Colonel is featured in a list for ‘Best “Strong Female” fantasy Novels.’

Here’s the challenge. Listed below are some of my books with links that will take you to their details page that show what lists they are a part of. For every book—FROM THE LIST BELOW– that gets 75+ votes on a list, I will write a short story pertaining to that book and post it here on my website—for free obviously.

This means, Champions, you could unlock five short stories. I’m not opening up all my books to qualify for this, mostly because if I did and if you Champions decided to really dig in, I could be writing short stories from now until Thanksgiving!

Goodreads is pretty forgiving. If I have more than one book featured in a list, you can vote for them all, there is no voting limit. Keep in mind that I’m not specifying what list for each particular book you should vote in.

That being said, if a book far surpasses the 75+ voting line, or if it receives 75+ in more than one list, I’ll pass out extra goodies for that book. I’ve been hankering to introduce you all to the concept of drabbles, so I hope one of the books makes this mark! This challenge starts TODAY, 10/20/2014, and will last for one week, meaning it ends Sunday, 10/26/2014. (Or more correctly, it will end Monday morning after I roll my sorry carcass out of bed and boot up my computer.)

Note: Voting for first books in the series essentially means—to me anyway—you’re voting for that series. So if My Life at the MBRC gets 75+ votes, I will release a short story that references material to Farewell to the MBRC. You get my drift?

And the books that will be participating in this contest are…

Happy voting, Champions. I wish you well on this challenge! Also, as a shout out, it was recently my cover artist’s birthday. So I want to wish Myrrhlynn a big Happy Birthday! Now get out there and unlock some stories, please!

 

Farewell to the MBRC Released

  • Oct 2, 2014
  • 1 min read

It’s official. Farewell to the MBRC? is out! It’s a few hours early, but I’m glad. There was a part of the story I really slaved over for the past two days, so I’m relieved it’s finished and bundled up for you, Champions!

I already sent the book out to the three Name Game grand prize winners–Erin, Celia, and Tricia–but honorable mentions please check the back of the book for my repeated thanks for your brilliant names.

As you can tell by the top post, I’m running another Book It special. If you Read and review Farewell to the MBRC? and send me an email, I will send you an extra chapter. The special doesn’t start until Monday, but feel free to submit before then, I just won’t be able to respond until Monday.

I think that covers everything. I’m anxious to find out what you think of Farewell to the MBRC? so please leave a comment or drop me a message with your thoughts when you finish it. Thanks for reading, Champions. Enjoy the story!

 

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