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September 29, 2023
Storytellers Episode of Ye Olde Dragon's Library: JENELLE LEANNE SCHMIDT
This week's guest is Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, talking about her series, the Turrim Archives, as well as her participation in a brand-new series, A Classic Retold.Nine authors take nine works of classic literature, including Dickens and Shakespeare, and retell them in fantastical new settings.
Jenelle's book which released brand new yesterday, September 29, is STEAL THE MORROW, and retells Dickens' Oliver Twist.
You can find her online at these URLs:
https://www.instagram.com/JenelleLSchmidt
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3636.Jenelle_Leanne_Schmidt
https://www.amazon.com/author/jenelleschmidt
And check out just a few of her covers!
September 23, 2023
Off the Bookshelf: PAYBACK IN DEATH, JD Robb
In Death seriesDallas and Roarke can't catch a break. What's more sure to ruin a rare, relaxing, totally deserved vacation? Yeah, another murder.
Actually, the murder takes place just as Dallas is getting back from vacation, but seriously? Totally destroy that lovely, relaxed feeling, while she's still technically on vacation by calling her to the scene of a murder.
What makes this even worse -- the murder of a cop. Staged to look like a suicide, not very well done. Most likely by someone who only knows about murder from what they see on TV.
Dallas and her team are back and determined to clear the victim's reputation and record and bring the murderer to justice. The irony is that the murder is done by someone who believes they are taking justice into their own hands. The dead cop was one of those who was devoted to his job, but respected by few because it was his job to bring dirty cops to justice. Yeah, sometimes you just can't catch a break.
Love the continued development of relationships among Dallas and Roarke's growing "family." Sometimes, the puzzle presented by the crime comes second to the relationships. This series is a guilty pleasure, because I drop everything I possibly can to have reading time, no matter my deadlines, when a new one comes out.
And now, back to the salt mines ....
September 19, 2023
Ready for another Classic Monsters anthology?
Coming October 15
From Ye Olde Dragon Books
He's wet
He's weird
He's in a bad mood
It's the Creature from the Black Lagoon!
12 authors get together and look at the Creature from a lot of new angles. Some of them silly, some of them scary, some of them totally twisted.
And some of them let you return to familiar settings with another story in a series from a familiar author.
Look for it in paper and ebook.
September 15, 2023
Storyteller's Episode: Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast: CHAT WITH AUTHOR PAM HALTER
Today's guest on the Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast is Pam Halter, author of the Willoughby series and Fairy Eater, as well as several devotionals, short stories, and other children's books.Check out her website at www.PamHalter.com, or look for her on Facebook, Pam Halter, author.
Come to the podcast and listen on the Ye Olde Dragon Books website, and listen to Pam talk about writing children's books, as well as her journey to being published.
https://yeoldedragonbooks.com/ye-olde-dragons-library-storytelling-podcast/
Warning: You'll have even MORE books to add to your to-be-read list by the time we're finished!
September 1, 2023
Storytellers Episode: Ye Olde Dragon's Library Storytelling Podcast: CHAT WITH AUTHOR M.H. ELRICH
September 2 starts the Storyteller episodes for Season 3 of the Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast.
Our guest for Season 3 Episode 3 is M.H. Elrich.
M.H. Elrich is a Christian Fantasy author, reader, otaku, and teacher who wears too many hats. In her spare time, she watches T.V. with her husband, rides horses, and travels to places with lots of trees. Her work has been featured in two separate books: Finding God in Anime and Where Giants Fall, and her stories have won several awards at the Kern County Fair. She is currently writing and publishing the Daughters of Tamnarae series.
Website: https://mhelrich.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18163040.M_H_Elrich?ref=nav_profile_l
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mhelrichbooks/
Newsletter: https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/336d7938-7be0-11eb-a442-67c5b3179815
August 26, 2023
Celebrate! A Book Has Been BORN!
CELEBRATE!!!!I'm DONE!
Well, the first draft anyone.
BRIGHTEN YOUR CORNER, book 3 of the Book & Mug cozy mystery series, is DONE!
First draft.
85,500 words.
Whew!!!!!
This baby is coming out in February from Mt. Zion Ridge Press.
WAHOOOOOOOO!!!!
August 22, 2023
Coming Soon: THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY, Guardians of the Time Stream, Book 1
September 15The re-release of the next Guardians of the Time Stream series novel.
In paper, ebook, and audiobook.
The Guardians of the Time Stream: set during the reconstruction of theUnited States in the decades following the Civil War.
Technology is on the rise, with locomotives and steam-poweredindustry, airships and other experiments in slightly anachronistic technology.A fascination with travel around the world and the exploration of othercultures, especially ancient cultures, is on the rise.
The Guardians, who call themselves the Originators, are descendants oftravelers from our far distant future, who traveled into the distant past toprevent another group of time travelers from altering the world to suit theirvision. And as Ess Fremont grows up and learns her heritage, her family'shistory and their secrets, she takes her place in the battle to protect theworld.
THE BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY
A traveling exhibit of Egyptian artifacts is threatened by thieves.Pinkerton agents, including Ess Fremont, are assigned to protection duty. Thethefts of artifacts around the world makes this a priority mission, not justfor the sake of antiquity but for diplomatic reasons.
A midnight vigil in the Smithsonian Institution's warehouse brings Essface-to-face with the reason behind the thefts -- and the two groups seekingwhat is hidden within the artifacts.
Encountering her missing grandparents' allies, Ess has a chance toreclaim her heritage. The question is if she wants to. Athena Latymer and themembers of the Blue Lotus Society aren't being honest with her. How can shejoin a battle affecting the entire world when she doesn't understand thereasons for the war? There is more to the Blue Lotus Society than protectingEgyptian history and culture.
As the exhibition crosses the country, Ess approaches the tippingpoint, when her decision could be made for her. Who can she trust? Who is lyingto her and using her? Even for the chance to be reunited with her brother, Uly,she isn't quite ready to commit herself to an organization full of secrets.
Then the enemy strikes far too close, and she discovers that makingthe right choice can't always wait until all her questions are answered.
From Ye Olde Dragon Books
August 15, 2023
Coming Soon from Mt. Zion Ridge Press
Coming Soon!
The re-launch of the Quarry Hall suspenseseries, from Mt. Zion Ridge Press.
Under a false identity, Joan finally has the lifeshe has always wanted. With pressure to deepen a relationship on one side, andthe threat of an old nemesis finding her on the other, she refuses to run, nomatter what it costs her.
Into this chaos comes a letter from a manclaiming to be her unknown father, and an invitation to visit him at QuarryHall. He has a proposition for her.
Joan can make a big difference for good in theworld, using her father's money. She hungers for the family and sense ofbelonging that Quarry Hall offers. To rescue her closest friend, she would sellthe soul she doesn't believe she possesses.
In the end, Joan will have to give up the liesthat have kept her alive all these years.
Available in paper, ebook and audiobook September1.
August 12, 2023
Off the Bookshelf: DIAMOND IN MY POCKET, by Lorena Angell
The Unaltered Series, Book 1Calli is an ordinary girl, not very athletic, until one day at a track meet she feels odd, and suddenly becomes incredibly, unnaturally fast. A woman appears from nowhere and claims to be an Olympic recruiter. Before she knows it, Calli is on a plane heading to a training center ... but discovers quickly the truth is far from the path to the Olympics.
She is despised by her roommate and nearly everyone at this place, despite her newly awakened paranormal gifts. Various anomalies puzzle her teachers. Callie slowly learns the history and the rules of the Altered, people in a secretive society, divided into groups according to their gifts. When she is chosen for a pivotal mission, Calli is as stunned as everyone else. Especially because Chris, a leader among the students at the center, is both attracted to and repelled by her. The constantly mixed signals from everyone around her frustrate her. Then a mysterious woman appears and entrusts Calli with protecting a diamond unlike any other, and everything and everyone around Calli begin to change.
The question is if she will survive her dangerous mission, or betray these people who haven't exactly welcomed her among them with open arms.
August 5, 2023
Off the Bookshelf: SIX MOON SUMMER, by S.M. Reine
Seasons of the Moon, Book 1Rylie braces for the worst summer of her life, as her parents are going through a divorce and she gets sent to summer camp against her will. She's rebellious and hurting, and even worse, the snotty rich girls set out to torment her from the start. When she tries to run away, she gets lost and attacked by a wild animal, blacking out from the pain.
She wakes in her own cabin and cot, with no idea how she got back there, and with only a strange scar, no fatal injuries. That is just the start of her mystery. Seth, a boy from the camp across the lake shows up to make friends with her and help her, very much against the rules, and the two struggle to help her control and hopefully defeat the changes happening in her body and her mind.
Rylie's hopes crash when she learns Seth has been lying to her, and someone who should be protecting her is out to destroy her. Her last chance to defeat the animal inside her hangs in the balance when she needs the beast to save Seth's life, but giving in could condemn her forever.
