Thursday, April 25, 2013

New Book Release: Of Wind and Winter (Tale 1 of the Snow Queen)



I'm excited to announce that Of Wind and Winter (Tale 1 of the Snow Queen) is now available on Amazon. (I'm experimenting, and put it in the Kindle Select program. What this means: for the next 90 days, it will only be available digitally on Amazon. After that, it will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and iTunes.)

Of Wind and Winter is the first out of four in the Tales of the Snow Queen series. Tales two and three will be released this year, with the fourth coming out in early 2014.

Of Wind and Winter

When Aneira awakens to find she has been sprited away into the night by none other than the dread witch Baba Yaga, she is faced with a choice: help Baba Yaga find her sisters' magical skins and Aneira can go home to her family or refuse to help and lose her mother and sisters forever.

The task is simple. She just has to steal the Lord of Winter’s heart by lulling him to sleep with the Harp of the Seven Winds. Once she has it, all Aneira has to do is lock it in a magic jar Baba Yaga gives her. After that, she’s free to go home.

The only way to obtain the harp, however, is to succeed at the three tasks set forth by the winds themselves—winds that are bent on protecting the harp from mortal hands at all costs.

But stealing the Lord of Winter’s heart turns out to be more complicated than Aneira realized, and she must decide whether returning to her family is worth the price of the world losing Winter forever.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Happy Birthday, Elana!



(Peeking back into the blogosphere to say hi. I miss you all very much, and hope to be back next year. :) *hugs*)

Elana,

You were one of the first people I met on the blogosphere, and then again in person at conferences.

I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your generous spirit. You always had time for my questions and always made me feel welcome. From what I've observed, it hasn't just been me. You have arms wide enough for everyone--a rare, but much needed gift.

Thank you!

I hope you have a lovely birthday, and that you know the world is a better place for you having been in it. :)


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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Places You Can Enter the Bite of Magic Giveaway


Hey everyone!

I'm putting the finishing touches on BITTEN, so I've been a bit MIA. I just wanted to let you know that there's some of wonderful people who are hosting the Bite of Magic Giveaway on their blogs. More places, and more opportunities to get extra entries.

Over the next week or so, I'll be posting pics of some of the awesome prizes. I can't wait to share the beautiful bag made by Amy Laurens or the cuteness that is the fairy habitat!

I'll be updating with more links as they come in, and will post the edited by date below in red.

As always, thank you all who have read and/or shared the word about my quirky little novels. I appreciate all that you've done, and all you continue to do. :) I couldn't do it without you!

Edited 10/12



Friday, September 28, 2012

A Bite of Magic Giveaway



Magic isn't a handful of sparkling dust, a star-topped wand, or a tame word captured on parchment.

It's alive. It has a mind of its own. And it's hungry.

To celebrate the release of Slippers of Pearl and Bitten: A Novel of Faerie, I'd like to offer a bite of magic to all those who love kidlit--and fairy tales in particular.

There will be eleven winners and six different prizes available:

A Bite of Cobbler


Shoes, unlike magic, are predictable. They don’t change shape, bite, or alter a person’s destiny.
And that’s just how Faryn likes it.

But his Uncle Harvey has a bad habit of dying. While inconvenient, this hasn’t ever been a problem until now. Thanks to an evil witch and a poisoned apple turnover, Harvey is dead again—permanently this time.

As his uncle’s heir, Faryn has to give up shoemaking in order to accept and refine his magic.
Magic he never wanted.

Unwilling to let go of his dream, but unable to escape his destiny, Faryn combines the two and discovers a knack for making magical shoes. He also learns that turning a person into a goose is a lot easier than turning her back, and that he severely underestimated how much trouble magic can be.
The witch who killed his uncle is trying to control all the magic of the land, and it’s up to Faryn to stop her. If only he can get his magic to cooperate in time. 

an autographed copy of Slippers of Pearl
a magical pouch to keep it in
and a Slippers of Pearl bookmark

A Bite of Faerie
(Available October 2nd-ish)


Fourteen-year-old Cherrie Wilding stopped believing in fairies after her Grams had a stroke that left her a silent, empty stranger. But whether she believes in them or not, one of them bit her, and now the venom is spreading through her system and causing  . . . complications. Like an allergy to iron and a craving for milk.



It turns out that fairy venom has the power to turn mortals into small, winged versions of themselves. And it gets better. Grams's stroke was the result of her light—her fairy soul—being stolen. The fairy who bit Cherrie demands her to help steal Grams’s light back. 

As much as Cherrie wants to save Grams, her need to protect her older brother from the fairies and the rest of the real world wins out. Who knows what lurks in a world populated by winged menaces? But when the fairy talks Cherrie’s brother into going to the fairy realm, Cherrie mounts a rescue attempt to save him. To her surprise, it’s not her brother who needs rescuing—it’s the fairies. Someone is stealing their lights and imprisoning them, and it’s up to Cherrie and her brother to free them. But saving the fairies, keeping her brother safe, and returning home requires the help of the Phoenix. And the price for his aid doesn’t come cheap. If Cherrie wants to succeed, she must be willing to part with her greatest possession: her heart.


an autographed copy of Bitten: A Novel of Faerie
a faerie habitat
a Bitten bookmark

A Bite of Books

1 $25 Amazon Gift Card

Two Bites of Music

2 $15 iTunes Gift Cards

Six Bites of Braun Books Certificates

6 $10 gift certificates to Braun Books; redeemable in store or through Amazon
(A special thanks to Megan at Braun Books!)


To enter, leave a comment. Extra entries available through the Rafflecopter below.


Thank you to all, and best of luck!



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Monday, August 20, 2012

Slippers of Pearl and Other Updates

First off, my heartfelt thanks to everyone for your support, encouragement, and thoughtfulness! You all are amazing, and I count myself lucky to be surrounded by so much awesome.

I've been a bit MIA lately. Still dealing with the CFS flare-ups and a recent physical collapse. (Possibly more on this later.)

But.

Even though I'm late on this, I'd like to share some links of some recent interviews, reviews, and even a book trailer. (You're made of amazing, Diana!)

So.

Note: SLIPPERS giveaway going on until August 24th via Krista at Cubicleblindness.

From the lovely Diana Ault: a review of SLIPPERS OF PEARL plus a fantastic recipe for apple turnovers (very important plot point) and an interview in which you can learn a bit about SLIPPERS OF PEARL and where The Cobbler Mage Series is headed.

And, if that wasn't enough, Diana put together one of the best (totally not biased here O:)) book trailers I've seen in a long time. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Thanks again, Diana! It was a wonderful surprise, and totally brightened my day.


 

A thanks to all who entered the Goodreads contest and for all those that added SLIPPERS to their shelves. Thank you!

I'll be running another contest with some fun prizes in September to celebrate both the release of SLIPPERS OF PEARL and BITTEN (which has a delayed release date on account of my body dying on me. >.<) If you'd like to participate, please feel free to contact me. (On the email note, I'm horribly behind in general correspondence, but have a happy new assistant who will be dealing with book-related business so my messenger dragons will be a little quicker on the uptake and not quite so arthritic.

Participants will receive free e-copies of the book of their choice (SLIPPERS or BITTEN), and while they won't be able to enter the contest on their own blog, will have a chance to enter through other blogs. The more bloggers, the merrier. :)

Also, Utah Book Month has been going on, and I've been featured on Taffy's blog and Krista at Cubicleblindness.

Also wanted to do a thank you to the Writerly Rejects for their lovely review of SLIPPERS OF PEARL.

Thanks again for all the FB messages, emails, and Tweets. Apologies for taking so long to get back to you--I've barely cracked the tip of the iceberg floating around in my inbox--but I have to be very careful with my energy right now.

More exciting (at least to me :p) things are on the horizon, and I'll be trying a couple of new things in the near future.

But for now, thanks again for being so awesome!