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Tag: <span>setting: Amethir</span>

Cover Reveal – Witchery’s End

I’m finally here to share the cover of Witchery’s End with you! The art is once again by the amazing Nicole Cardiff. I gave her some character and setting descriptions and a general outline of some plot points, and she came up with something even more beautiful and thrilling than …

The Weather War #WIPJoy

Continuing on from last week’s post, I’m going to answer a few more of Bethany A. Jennings‘ March #WIPJoy questions. There are a few spoilers here for my book Stormseer, so if you haven’t read that and don’t want to be spoiled, I’d suggest skipping the rest of this blog post. …

Storms in Amethir Trilogy Giveaway

Are you feeling lucky? I’m giving away a signed set of the Storms in Amethir trilogy paperbacks! Starting today and running through November 11 (my mom’s birthday), I’ll be taking entries for a signed set! I’m running the giveaway through Rafflecopter, so if you follow my blog with a feed reader, make sure you …

POLL: Help Me Decide What to Write Next!

Revisions of Stormseer are chugging right along! I’ve heard back from one of my critique partners and am about to sit down and chat with another. I have a cover artist commissioned and have seen early line art of the cover. (SQUEE!) I’ll be announcing a release date on my email …

Storms in Amethir Maps

I recently had a Twitter conversation with Nat Russo and Jackson Dean Chase about Campaign Cartographer 3, which reminded me that I’ve been meaning to post maps of Amethir and other countries in my Storms in Amethir series. (I’ve been meaning to do that since Laura VanArendonk Baugh and I had a mapping …

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!

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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 …