Cover Reveal: Heart of Ice

I have another King Arthurs post in store for you, but I wanted to announce that starting today, The Snow Queen: Heart of Ice is available for pre-order! The Snow Queen tale will be told in two books–the first being Heart of Ice, and the second yet-to-be-named story which will be released in February 2016. I want to assure you all that while The Snow Queen takes place centuries before any of the Timeless Fairy Tales story, it is part of that story-world. You’ll recognize country names, and fans of Rumpelstiltskin will recognize landmarks and events that were foreshadowed. In the same way, because it’s so far in the past there are many differences. Loire doesn’t yet exist, the elves haven’t yet taken up residence in the white forests of Farset, and the biggest change….magic is feared. Okay, on to the cover!

Myrrhlynn did a beautiful job with this cover, especially considering she’s trying something a bit new by featuring a female model. Previously we’ve shied away from that–although recently Red Rope of Fate and The Little Selkie were both given new covers in a similar style–but Myrrhlynn did a fantastic job putting this cover together. The girl, the snow, and the forest are actually three separate layers she painted together. I’m especially grateful she went through the painstaking work of doing that (the fur caused her much anguish) because it makes the cover true to the story. Being that this is a retelling of The Snow Queen, including the snow was incredibly important, and when the story starts Rakel is living in a forest on a mountain.

The Snow Queen will be released December 17–that’s a Thursday–and as it’s a pre-order Amazon will be running the show, so you can expect your copy to pop up promptly at midnight/or 12:00 am that Thursday. Thanks for reading, Champions. I’ll talk to you again, tomorrow, about King Arthurs!

Endeavor: Cover Reveal

Thank you to everyone who voted in last week’s poll that asked what kind of writing topics you would like to hear about. Writing the book won with 87 votes, and pre-writing came in a close second with 83! After that the gap widened by a lot, so coming in third was marketing with 33 votes. I’ll be sure to keep this in mind for future topics!

But if you’ve looked at the title of this post, that isn’t what you’re eagerly anticipating. Instead of prattling on, I’ll just cut to the chase:

Ta da! Coming November 24ish!

Yes, it’s the cover reveal for Endeavor! Before I talk about it, I’ve had a lot of worried readers who have been concerned I’ve pushed the release date out, but I haven’t! You have just a bit over a week to wait for it! I plan to release it next week, Tuesday, November 24ish. (I say ish because Amazon’s upload times are a little imprecise if I don’t use the pre-order feature. It might appear late Monday night, or early Wednesday morning at the latest.) Okay, on to the cover!

The following is a bit spoiler-ish, but only for the first five pages of the book so I assume none of you will mind discussing it. This cover is so perfect for Endeavor, I can’t help but chuckle when I look at it. The story opens with a tournament, in which the winner of the tournament will be named the Best Knight of Britt’s court. The knight on the cover is one of  the two final contestants in this Britt-sponsored-Tournament, Mordred. The book picks up mere weeks after Enlighten, so everyone is still a little awkward after Britt’s reveal, but they are predictably stoked to have an opportunity to beat each others brains out.

Thanks again, Myrrhlynn, for another excellent cover! I’m particularly excited about this one as it is the first King Arthurs cover to feature a human! Thank you, also, for hanging in there King Arthur Champions! I’m hopeful you will really enjoy this book. Until next time, thanks for reading!

C&C is FINALLY ready!

Rejoice, Champions! One of my much delayed projects has been finished! Cinderella and the Colonel has been officially released in paperback–see below for pictorial proof!

Sadly the book itself won’t be ready for to order for about three to four days. It takes Amazon a little while to get everything lined up and merged. In the meantime I am hard at work prepping Endeavor for publication, and working on a new fairy tale manuscript.

In a big topic hop, so far I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from readers about The Lost Files of the MBRC–which I’ve openly admitted is a bit of an experiment as it is a short story anthology that helps wrap up some of the details of Morgan’s life. Does the general consensus agree with me? It seems like everyone enjoyed the extra details, but I won’t know for sure without feedback.

It’s a short post today, but I’m on a bit of a time squeeze right now–Perfect Dog and I have dog obedience classes tonight so we’ve got to run. Take care, Champions! I’ll put up another post this weekend, so we’ll chat again soon.