Second Extra Unlocked

Well done, Champions! You’ve unlocked the second extra: Tour of Ostfold Part 2 This is a continuation of the “Tour of Ostfold Part 1” freebie that I released with Heart of Ice. If you haven’t read that one yet, I suggest you go over to the freebies section (located under the aptly named freebies tab) and give the first one a quick read. Thank you to everyone for reviewing, I do appreciate your feedback!

In other news, most appropriately parts of the Midwest–including my dear Wisconsin–got dumped with a few inches of snow yesterday. March is kind of a jerk in Wisconsin as it usually teases us with warm weather and then smacks us with a winter storm, so this was not really a surprise, but when I was glancing over my Snow Queen freebies–looking for errors–it did put me in the spirit of the book.

Ahhh Star Wars and Sarcasm, the merging of some of my favorite things!

Things are going with Swan Lake. I’m fiddling a little bit with its villain, Rothbart. It seems to me that he doesn’t pop up in the story often enough, so I’ll have to go back and add him into another scene or two. I like Odette–the main heroine–a lot! Rakel was much more cool tempered and internally emotional. Odette is sarcastic and mouthy–my favorite when writing characters!

Sadly that’s all I have time to share today. Don’t worry, I will be writing some more Snow Queen themed posts, I’m just a little short on time. Perfect Dog had her teeth cleaned at the dentist and the anesthesia has her a little groggy so she’s stumbling around a lot.  I don’t want her going up and down stairs in that condition, and my office is in the basement, so I need to jet.

So thank you for reading, Champions! I’ve loved reading all your kind and thoughtful notes and reviews. Thank you for being my readers! Until next time, take care.

First Extra Unlocked!

I’m so happy to say that the reaction to Sacrifice has been overwhelmingly positive! That creates a huge sense of relief in me–I love writing stories, but in particular I love writing stories that enchant or entertain. I want to create stories that people enjoy, so release day is always a strange mixture of joy and apprehension for me, because that’s when I find out if I succeeded or not.

Thank you, Champions, for your patience in waiting for Sacrifice! The Snow Queen series was a bit of an experiment because it’s the first fairy tale to span more than one book. I really enjoyed having the extra book to bring in new characters and to dig deeper into old favorites–like Phile and Oskar. What did you guys think of the two-book fairy tale? Did you like it more or less? Was it about the same? Rakel faces a heck of a lot more oppression than say Cinderella or Elle, so I feel like this two-book system wouldn’t work for many of my fairy tales–like the upcoming Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty–but I have other stories in mind for similar treatment, so I am curious to hear what you think about it.

Observations aside, you Champions have unlocked the first Snow Queen short: Throne of the Snow Queen–which takes place the summer after Rakel first wakes up. I hope you enjoy it! Thank you, everyone, who took the time to review Sacrifice! Reviews play a bit role in book visibility, so I appreciate it, and your valuable feedback.

That’s all for today! Thank you for reading, Champions, and thank you for all your lovely messages. They never fail to encourage me. 🙂

It’s coming…

Sacrifice has a release date: Friday 2/26 for the US–or Saturday 2/27 everywhere else. That means you’ve got a wait of a little over a day! Yaaaay!

Obviously, Editor #1 finished the final read-through like a champ. I’m soooo grateful she made the time for that final read through as she found several embarrassing mistakes. Tomorrow I’ll be working on the story description, (always a challenge for me–I stammer like crazy whenever anyone asks me for a summary of a story) fix a few remaining typos, and perfect the formatting, then off to Amazon it goes!

I’ll post as soon as Amazon launches Sacrifice on Friday and links everything up. I can’t wait to hear what you all think. As a reminder, this will be the final Snow Queen book. Rakel and her crew have a really special place in my heart since I got to play with them for two books. It was so fun to see how Rakel has grown and changed when you compare the first chapter of Heart of Ice with the final chapter of Sacrifice.

Alright, I’ve got to go or spoilers are going to start tumbling out of my mouth. Stay strong, Champions! The wait is nearly over.