Tracy Falbe's Blog, page 35

Special Pre-Release Price for Werelord Thal: A Renaissance Werewolf Tale

Werelord Thal: A Renaissance Werewolf Tale will officially release at online retailers on November 13th. Until then, fans of Tracy Falbe can get her newest novel as an ebook at Brave Luck Books with a special pre-release price of $2.50.About the Novel
Thal is wanted for Devil worship and shape shifting but still boldly walks the streets of 16th century Prague. Jesuits hunt him. Mercenaries fear him. Musicians sing his praise, and women are captivated by his alpha swagger.
Born of a witch and a sorcerer, he is summoned when his desperate mother casts the werewolf spell before facing torture and execution. Burdened with her magical call for vengeance Thal seeks the men that killed her. His hunt is complicated when the Magistrate’s stepdaughter Altea Kardas crosses his path. She is horrified that her community is burning women to death. She can confide her doubt and fear only to Thal.

He desires her greatly but knows he will bring ruin upon her. Across Bohemia and beyond people who are different are labeled heretics in a restless world hobbled by tyrannical ignorance. The Renaissance has thrown the Holy Roman Empire into turmoil. Printed books are spreading radical ideas. Firearms are triggering a new age of warfare. And the human spirit is shaking off obedience.

Thal embodies the ancient magic of the pagan past. He challenges a world conquered by a spiritual system that denies the flesh and forgets the Earth. And he awakens within Altea recognition of these truths. She believes any risk is worth loving him until she becomes the bait in a trap set by Thal’s enemies.

Get Werelord Thal for $2.50 in PDF, Epub, or Kindle formats. Available worldwide. 
Price goes up to $3.99 on November 13th.

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Finished proofreading Werelord Thal!

I've been working very hard over the past month. I did a complete read through of my new novel Werelord Thal: A Renaissance Werewolf Tale. Then I did a thorough editing of the manuscript. And over the past week I finished its copyediting and proofreading. This was a very intense 30-day march for me, but I'm so glad to be on schedule. I need to get the manuscript formatted and into the Smashwords system so it can be available for preorder at Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and Kobo. 

I'll be announcing the official release date soon. 

People on my readers' list will receive advance notification and a special price when the novel is first available at Brave Luck Books. 

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Read a Preview from Upcoming Werewolf Novel

The proofreading of Werelord Thal: A Renaissance Werewolf Novel is well underway. I've gone through 259 pages of the 621-page manuscript shown here. This means I have updated the free 4-chapter preview of the novel. This preview is now in its final form.

You can get the preview of Werelord Thal at Brave Luck Books.

It's Time to Proofread on Paper

There it is: The printed manuscript of Werelord Thal: A Renaissance Werewolf Tale. 

After completing its major edit I now move onto a paper and pen proofreading. It's important to include a good old fashioned eyes on paper proofreading when I prepare a manuscript for publication. Everyone knows that mistakes are easier to miss on screen than on paper, so I always do this step. My condolences to the trees that died to provide this 621-page chunk of fiber. There are so many pages because it's printed double spaced in 12 point font. This gives lots of room around each word and aids in the detection of problems. The extra space also makes it easy to add correction symbols and notes.

I'll be spending the next week of my life immersed in the fine details of this story. And soon it will become a new novel!

Follow my blog or join my readers' list so you can be among the first to know when Werelord Thal is ready for the world. I'll be doing pre-release promotions for people on my list.

In case you're wondering if proofreading a 621-page document is a shit-ton of work, yes it is.

Should I Do NanoWriMo This Year?

Like any writer I've heard of NanoWriMo, a tortured abbreviation for National Novel Writing Month. Every November writers pledge to attempt the writing of a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Although my novels are all three times that length, I am thinking that the challenge would be a good way to get a big start on my next project.

Over the years, I've been in the 10,000 to 20,000 words a month league. Because of I've written daily more or less for 16 years I never really felt the urge to jump on the NanoWriMo bandwagon. I didn't need the motivation. But as I feel more and more dedicated to my writing career I am starting to think that it could be a good challenge. If I could get 50,000 words into a new novel in one month I would be well on my way to producing another novel by spring.

Now I just need to figure out what that next novel is about. I assume I'm allowed to decide on the nature of the project before November. It takes weeks of daydreaming and soul searching to decide on the subject matter of a new novel.

What do you think? Should I sign up and make my success or failure a matter of public record?

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Werelord Thal Update: First Major Edit Completed

Over the past two weeks I have been editing my new novel Werelord Thal: A Renaissance Werewolf Tale. The first thing I did was to simply read it. I didn't make any changes or corrections. I read it like I was anyone reading any book. A read through like this is the recommended first step in editing, according to one of my old textbooks Reaching Audiences: A Guide to Media Writing.

This method allows me to experience the novel the way a reader would. I'm not focusing on minute details or fixing sentences. I'm analyzing the overall quality of the novel the way you do when you're reading a book.

I purposefully do this type of read through on an ebook reader so I can't write in any changes.

My first impression of the manuscript was that the pace went along at a good clip. There was always something happening and it never dragged. Cool!

After doing the stage one read through, I got down to the hard work of editing.

I cleaned up sloppy scenes. I tightened up dialogue. I checked the definitions of many words to make sure I was using them correctly. I did additional research to nail down some historical details. I made sure the motivations for the characters made sense. I took notes on names, places, and other special terms to guide my copyediting.And I cut extra words. 
What started as a 183,000 word manuscript is now down to 164,000 words approximately.

Next I am going to print the manuscript and proofread and copyedit it on paper. I'll also continue to fine tune the prose and try to make the words prettier in places.

My excitement about this project is growing. I can't wait to release another novel! There's nothing like it.


 

My Grandma's Vintage Recipes Now Available in Print

Although I sometimes use my tablet in the kitchen and work with digital cookbooks, I realize that reference books are often best as an old fashioned paper book. 
Therefore, I'm happy to announce the paperback version of My Grandma's Vintage Recipes: Old Standards for a New Age.

$6.99 Paperback
Createspace

If you buy from the Createspace store you can get a 20% discount with coupon code F69J7ECD - The discount won't apply to shipping. International buyers welcome. 

This cookbook of vintage Canadian recipes is also available at Amazon:

Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon Germany
Amazon France
Also available as an ebook worldwide.

About the cookbook:

Regain the wisdom and creativity of our ancestors who were experts at whipping up something special with tight budgets and limited supplies. You may not be able to find the “10-cent bag of marshmallows” anymore, but modern cooks can still benefit from this collection of 1920s vintage recipes collected by my late Grandmother. In 2012 I discovered her handwritten recipe notebook from 1926 and developed this cookbook.

While updating the directions for modern cooks, I maintained the vintage charm of her original notes. Generations ago people did not have a bunch of fancy ingredients, but they still came up with a variety of yummy quick breads, cakes, desserts, pies, salads, main dishes, canning recipes, and fruitcakes. This cookbook has a special emphasis on fruitcakes. I share my mood-altering experiences with her fruitcake recipes. Bakers who love the holidays should definitely add a classic Christmas fruitcake to their list. All jokes aside, fruitcake deserves a place among elite holiday desserts.

And people into urban farming and homesteading can harvest delicious value from these vintage recipes meant to use up all the dried fruit and nuts you can pick. Plus find a variety of classic uses for all the tomatoes, cucumbers, and apples you can grow with marvelous canning recipes for sauces, pickles, and chutneys.

My Grandma’s name was Edna Oldershaw Irwin and her recipes reflect the character of the food in 1920s Canada where she grew up in Chatham , Ontario . After months of effort, I’ve prepared 64 of her recipes for publication. I no longer have my Grandma, but I still have her cookbook and now you can read it too.