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Blaise Release and Update
December is going to be a massive book month here in Camp Amy so here is a brief rundown.
If you have been on my social media in the last few days you would have seen me FREAKING OUT about my awesome new cover for BLAISE, book 2 of the Blood Lake Chronicles. One more time with feeling....
YUP. I'm feeling it alright.
Here's a description :
‘The stories claim I was born from a union of a demon and nun…well, least they got half of it right.’
Eldon Blaise, magician and misfit, has arrived at Gwaed Lyn to turn Rosa’s life upside down. Not only is he claiming to be the lost son of Eli Vane and his human wife Deryn, Rosa’s ancestor, but that he also used to be none other than Merlin Wylt, the magician of legend who fought by King Arthur’s side.
The curse the Autumn Queen has placed over the Aos Si is breaking, but she isn’t prepared to go down without a fight, and releases the one person that brought the great Merlin to his knees…Nimue.
Her spirit broken from a lifetime imprisoned by the Autumn Queen, Nimue must convince the Vanes to trust her. She wants to be free of the Queen forever, but winning over Merlin is going to be no easy task. She broke his heart, and being together again will bring back a life of pain and passion that neither of them can fight.
To defeat the Autumn Queen and protect Gwaed Lyn, Merlin will have to stop running and become the powerful man he used to be…that includes having the fearless and formidable Nimue by his side.
OMG MERLIN RIGHT!
SO it is up for pre-order on all platforms for a special price of 0.99 so get in while it lasts. Click here for a universal link that will take you to any store you like. It is out on December 14th, I'm so excited to be able to finally continue the Vane family story and mash up some Arthurian mythology in for good measure. I always wanted to write Merlin, every since I was a brat who really loved the King Arthur stories. I'm not going to lie, I fan girled pretty hard researching this one and I'm so blessed I have the opportunity to write my own version of this amazing character.
NEXT!
Second Editions of Ashes of the Firebird and Rise of the Firebird will also be released across all ebook platforms on December 5th, so all you lovely readers who have been pissed that iBooks etc dont have the other books..well they are coming soon! As per the last post, my preorder plans for them didn't work so I'm just going to do a straight release.
ALSO,
In other book news my SECRET PROJECT is currently in structural re-writes (thanks to a structural edit from the awesome Hayley Stone) and will hopefully be tied up by the end of the month so I can focus 100% on KINGDOM, book 3 of The Blood Lake Chronicles. Fun times!
AND,
This December marks THREE YEARS since releasing my first book, Cry of the Firebird. I'm staggered at how quickly the time has flown by. There will be drinks to celebrate because lets face it you need to celebrate every fucking victory as a writer.
Amy out xo
Feb Update
Where did January go??? Got a not so crazy feeling that this year is going to be full on!
Things are going down in the weird writing world of Amy. So far this year I have:
*Completed another re-write of Jael/Mychal book. I have a draft that I've proof read and while it still needs more work I feel like its FINALLY heading in the right direction. Exorcists are bitches to write. It's really one of the stories I've had serious doubts over but it has refused to let me go and that is generally a sign I should keep working on it. Once I finish the next round of changes it will go to the wise beta readers for plot/sensitivity/wtfAmy comments. I have a pretty exciting ending that leaves it way open for more stories.
*I've submitted a final assignment for uni which means that I'm now on a break for a whole semester (at least) and can have some breathing room to get more writing done.
*Today I've cracked out 1500 new words of Chapter Seven of KINGDOM, Book Three of the Blood Lake Chronicles. If you follow my social media you would have seen me lamenting yesterday about how my characters have already messed my structure up. This is pretty typical of this group to be honest. They like to surprise me and make work around them. In saying that its been FUN so far. It always takes me the first 20k words of a book to really find my groove but it is coming together. Hopefully I will get it finished during my uni break time. That's the plan anyway. There is lots of magic and ravens and wolves and cities inside trees and magical swords...all the good stuff.
*I have a New Release Mailing List! Hurray! Draft2Digital has been amazing so far and they also have a nifty feature of creating a sign up list for readers. If you want an email notification of when I release a new book please sign up here. At the most I release two books a year, so don't worry, you aren't going to spammed.
I've recently become obsessed with ( and HIGHLY recommend) the following:
*Ancient Magus Bride - This anime has knocked my socks off. Celtic myth, cool mages, DRAGONS, NORDIC MAGIC...I am so in love. Its like a Studio Ghibli created a whole series. Funimation has the English dub, Crunchyroll has subtitles so pick your poison and give it a shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCaU...
*Uprooted - Naomi Novik. I know I'm the last person reading this. Its been on my TBR since it was released but I finally got a hold of the Audible version in January. It was on a Friday. Saturday I bought the book. Sunday I finished it. I LOVED IT SO MUCH. Russian Fairytale vibe, beautiful perfect story. If you havent read it, give it a shot. It came along right when my creative well was bone dry and filled me up with magic and wonder and Dragons and forest magic.
That's pretty much all from me. A reminder that WYLT is Free for Valentines Day so if you want a bit of hot gothic fae romance in your life pick yourself up a copy here.
Kingdom PreOrder is Live!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Qz3zfT
ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id14...
Nook: https://bit.ly/2zFNops
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/king...
Forced back into a world of war, a reluctant king will return to take up his broken crown
Bleddyn is a man with secrets, but he can't outrun his past any longer. With Balthasar and Nimue in the clutches of his greatest enemy, he'll have to reclaim his birthright as the King of the Unseelie to save them. First, he'll have to recruit the formidable general Eirianwen to stand by his side, but his ex-fiancé isn't going to be won over so easily.
Eirianwen never thought she would see Bleddyn again and the woman he remembers died centuries ago. Only he can unite the scattered Unseelie in a final battle against the Autumn Queen, and as much as she hates it, Eirianwen knows she can't keep fighting alone. Bleddyn promises to get revenge for everything that was taken from her, but when the doors to the past are opened, neither one will be prepared for what comes out.
Rosa will do anything to get Balthasar back, and when Merlin makes a plan to recruit the Wild Hunt to their cause, there's nothing she won't do to secure their alliance. Making a bargain with a god is never a good idea, and her deal with Gwyn ap Nudd might end up costing Rosa more than she's willing to pay.
