First Look Friday–To Sow the Wind

I’m super excited! In a couple of weeks I’ll have a novella, To Sow the Wind, available in a different world than the Storms in Amethir series, and just this week I got the final art from my phenomenal artist, Phuoc Quan! I’m going to tease you all with a glimpse of the art:

To Sow the Wind novella cover hint

Stay tuned for more information! To Sow the Wind has a planned publication date of August 3–and if you sign up for my newsletter here, you’ll be the first to see the full cover when it’s ready!

 

 

Book Signing Saturday

I have two events scheduled for this coming Saturday, so if you’re anywhere in central Indiana, you can swing by a couple of places to get a copy of Stormshadow and have it signed by yours truly! Local Author Fair, 10 am – noon Crawfordsville District Public Library 205 S. Washington Street…

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Self-Pub 101: An Indie Author’s Introduction to Self-Publishing

I’ve mentioned before how I sort of fell accidentally into the self-publishing world. (Or, more accurately, how Laura VanArendonk Baugh pushed me into the self-publishing world.) I’ve never really talked about why I made the decision to go for it, what resources I used, what I wish I’d known beforehand,…

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Stormshadow Cover Reveal

I am so thrilled! I’ve been showing this to my friends in person, and I have it as my computer wallpaper, but finally I can share with you the cover design for Stormshadow! The artist is the phenomenally talented Phuoc Quan, who is not only a great artist but a delight to work with. He took my descriptions and created a gorgeous image that looks just as I imagined it–except better!

Are you ready?

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Sunday Snippet: Meet Princess Azmei

When I wrote Stormsinger, I was actually surprised to realize Prince Vistaren of Amethir was betrothed to Princess Azmei of Tamnen. It was a political alliance, and not the easiest alliance to make, because Amethirian privateers have been known to attack Tamnese ships on occasion. Since I already knew Vistaren…

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It’s Dangerous to go Alone: Resources for Indie Authors

It's dangerous to go alone' photo (c) 2011, mia.judkins - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

If you’d asked me a few years ago, I would tell you I wasn’t really interested in self-publishing. In my mind, it still lacked the cachet of traditional publishing, despite the way e-readers and CreateSpace have been revolutionizing the world of self-publishing. I’d seen a lot of crap that was…

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