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May 12, 2014
C.L. Wilson’s WINTER KING Book Release Countdown T-78 days
Only 78 days left until the release of THE WINTER KING, the first full-length C.L. Wilson novel since CROWN OF CRYSTAL FLAME. To celebrate, I’ll be giving away an advance reading copy (ARC) to one (or possibly more) lucky posters who comment on this post at www.clwilson.com
For every 100 FB shares or tweets, I’ll add a second ARC to the giveaway (up to four). So comment to win, and share/tweet to improve your chances! @clwilsonbooks #winterkingcountdown.
I’ll select winner(s) from comments on Monday, May 19.
Question of the Day: Why do you read romance/fantasy romance?
March 21, 2014
Publisher’s Weekly Names THE WINTER KING One of this Springs’s Most Anticipated Reads
You can see the full list at the Publisher’s Weekly website.
About C.L. Wilson’s THE WINTER KING
Wynter Atrialan, the Winter King, once lived in peace with his southern, Summerlander neighbors, but when the prince of Summerlea steals Wynter’s bride and murders his young brother, Wynter calls upon a dangerous Wintercraig magic called the Ice Heart and marches against Summerlea.
After three bitter years of battle, a victorious Wynter arrives at Summerlea’s royal palace to issue his terms of surrender. The prince of Summerlea stole Wynter’s bride and slew Wynter’s Heir. He wants the loss replaced. The Ice Heart is consuming him. Wynter hopes holding his own child in his arms will rekindle the warmth in his heart before he becomes the monster of Wintercraig legend, the Ice King.
The Summer King has three very precious daughters whom he loves dearly. Wynter will take one of them to wife. She will have one year to provide him with an Heir. If she fails, he will send her to face the mercy of the mountains and claim another princess for his wife. And so it will continue until Wynter has his Heir or the Summer King is out of daughters.
The plan is perfect—except for one small detail. The Summer King has a fourth daughter. One of which he is not so fond. And she is a fiercely passionate creature, with a temper as volatile as the forces of her weathergift, the power of storms.
This book will be released August 2014 from Avon.
Pre-Order Your Copy of The Winter King Now
The Winter King is now available for preorder. Click any of the following links to reserve your copy today!
Pre-Order Amazon Kindle Edition
Pre-Order Barnes & Noble Nook or Mass Market Paperback edition
February 9, 2014
Lord of the Fading Lands $0.99 Valentine’s Special
To celebrate romance this Valentine’s season, digital copies of LORD OF THE FADING LANDS, the first book in the Tairen Soul series, are available now for $0.99 from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iBooks. Get yours now while the sale’s on from:
iBooks
Amazon.com
BN.com
Please share the news if you have friends who might enjoy making the journey to the Fading Lands!
January 29, 2014
Autographed copies of ONE ENCHANTED SEASON now available at TairensLair.com
Autographed trade paperback copies of the holiday anthology, ONE ENCHANTED SEASON, by C.L. Wilson, Elissa Wilds and Erica Ridley are now available at Tairen’s Lair (www.tairenslair.com), the C.L. Wilson online store. Stop by to order your copy today!
Like the ebook, the print version includes a sneak peak of C.L. Wilson’s forthcoming full-length fantasy romance, THE WINTER KING.
January 13, 2014
The Reading Cafe Interviews C.L. Wilson
Join me today at The Reading Café (www.thereadingcafe.com)as I chat with Barb about the Fading Lands, THE WINTER KING, ONE ENCHANTED SEASON, and what I’m working on now.
January 11, 2014
THE WINTER KING Now Available for Pre-Order
C.L. Wilson’s forthcoming full length novel, THE WINTER KING is now available for preorder at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com.
Pre-Order Your Copy Today
Click any of the following links to reserve your copy today!
Amazon.com
Kindle Format (ebook)
Barnes & Noble
Nook Format (ebook)
Barnes & Noble
Mass Market Paperback
January 10, 2014
One Enchanted Season Now Available in Paperback
One Enchanted Season, the holiday anthology by authors C.L. Wilson, Erica Ridley & Elissa Wilds is now available in a print edition, as well as digital format. The trade paperback version from CreateSpace is on sale now at Amazon.com.
Get your copy today and settle down for a magical, romantic read!
Visit www.clwilson.com for more information.
What Reviewers Are Saying
“C.L. Wilson’s imagination is right up there with the best in the business. This uplifting story is streaked with darkness, written in her beautifully lyrical voice, and is very different from her Fading Lands series, showing her versatility. It’s the perfect holiday story.”
~The Good, The Bad & The Unread, on Upon a Midnight (C.L. Wilson’s novella in One Enchanted Season), Grade: A
“…a story of healing, with a beautiful romance, as well as having dark elements. Very nicely done.”
~ The Reading Café on Upon a Midnight, C.L. Wilson’s novella in One Enchanted Season
December 19, 2013
C.L. Wilson Blog Winners Announced
Thanks to everyone who came out to post on my blog in celebration of the release of ONE ENCHANTED SEASON, the magical holiday romance anthology featuring my novella, Upon a Midnight.
The winners of my giveaways (selected at random from the individuals who commented on the blog) are:
Rosa Perry – $10 Amazon Giftcard
Nicole – Autographed copy of MAMMOTH BOOK OF FUTURISTIC ROMANCE, featuring my short story, The Noah, and two angel ornaments.
Terri – Autographed copy of LORD OF THE FADING LANDS and an Ellysetta-Azreisa tairen kitling plushie
Thanks everyone for stopping by! Have a wonderful and happy holiday season
December 18, 2013
Chatting about the Inspiration for Upon a Midnight, in ONE ENCHANTED SEASON
ONE ENCHANTED SEASON was the brainchild of Erica Ridley, Elissa Wilds, me, and Diana Peterfreund/Viv Daniels (Diana/Viv couldn’t join us in this year’s anthology due to other commitments). We were kicking around the idea at a Novelists Inc writer’s conference a few years back. Elissa and I are conference roomies a lot (lurve those late night chats!) and we lucked out and ended up with the penthouse suite at the Tradewinds Resort & Spa on St. Pete Beach. We hosted a “party at the penthouse” to share our good lodging fortune with our friends, and somewhere between the second and fourth bottle of wine we got the absolutely brilliant idea of writing a holiday anthology together.
It took us a couple of years to get our communal act together, but we finally did and ONE ENCHANTED SEASON was the result. We each picked a Christmas Carol to inspire our novella.
I knew I wanted to write an angel story. I’ve been kicking around a contemporary angel series in my scattered ADD brain for a few years now, and this was my opportunity to visit the story world I’d been thinking about. I wasn’t entirely sure what the story was going to be about. But I knew one scene–and the emotion of that scene–and I built the story around that. The scene I envisioned was this: the heroine and the angel are together in a snow-covered wilderness, at night, surrounded by stars and silence and perfect stillness, listening to the song of the Host / the symphony of the universe.
Two Christmas songs came to mind…the first was Still, Still, Still, which is an absolutely beautiful song. You can hear the Trinity Church choir sing it here. The second was It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, which had the benefit of having lyrics more fitting the story I ended up telling, and also is a more recognizable carol.
My first idea for the story was to write about an angel of death, but then I thought…Christmas, death…nah. Too gloomy! I wanted something more upbeat. So, perky me, what do I end up with? An abused heroine who moonlights as a domestic abuse counselor, a dead schizophrenic father, a looming apocalypse, and Hellhounds! ROFL. What can I say? I veer towards the dark and dramatic in my writing. (Hmmm. That could be why I keep getting assigned to the “Wildest Ways to Kill Off Characters!” panels at DragonCon!)
Those little dark touches aside, the story turned out to be lighter than it sounds, more a story about forgiveness and healing and Christmas miracles, which to my mind fits right in with the holiday spirit. Plus, I got to feature a hunky, super hot angel who makes a mean waffle! What more could a girl want, right?
All in all, I’m thrilled with how this story turned out, and even more thrilled to be able to do a project with friends I love. I hope you’ll give the book a try and I hope you’ll enjoy the stories inside as much as I have.
The Prizes
Because no release countdown or release celebration blog can go without prizes!
Simply answer the question of the day (below) in the comment section–or, if you’re not feeling inspired by my QoD, just post a comment about what brought you to the blog today.
Question of the day: If your own fabulous angel could grant you one wish this holiday season, what would that be?
And the prizes (to be awarded to three lucky commenters selected at random) are:
A stuffed plushy Ellysetta-Azreisa kitling and a signed copy of LORD OF THE FADING LANDS
An autographed copy of The Mammoth Book of Futuristic Romance, featuring my short story, The Noah and a beautiful pair of angel ornaments
A $10 Amazon.com gift card
December 17, 2013
Guest Author Erica Ridley’s Blog Winners Announced
Thanks everyone who stopped by the blog to comment on Erica’s fabulous post yesterday. Comments to win are now closed.
***CORRECTION to my previous edition of this post. THREE winners will receive BOTH Charmed & Midwinter Magic.***
And the winners are:
Maya
Cicely
Shelby
Join me tomorrow to chat about Upon a Midnight, my contribution to the ONE ENCHANTED SEASON anthology. I’ll be giving away some fun prizes, including a plush tairen kitling or two.
