Madeleine D'Este's Blog, page 19
August 12, 2016
Shadows and Bunyips
Last week’s freebie sale on Evangeline and the Alchemist: A Novella: Mystery and Mayhem in steampunk Melbourne (The Antics of Evangeline Book 1)[image error] was an overwhelming success (over 2,500 downloads). I was blown away. I hope you snaffled a copy and enjoy it.
In the past week, I’ve been exploring my shadow side with my new gothic horror work and finalising proofs/cover for Evangeline and the Bunyip.
As I said, I’m finalising the cover and hope to have Evangeline and the...
August 6, 2016
Science Fiction and Fantasy Free Book promo – 6th and 7th August
Evangeline and the Alchemist: A Novella: Mystery and Mayhem in steampunk Melbourne (The Antics of Evangeline Book 1)[image error] is free until 8th August but I’m also taking part in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Free Book promo over 6th-7th August.
Over a hundred free books with all e-book retailers.
Get amongst it! I’m gonna load my Kindle too.
August 4, 2016
Evangeline and the Alchemist – FREE until 8/8/16
Until 8th August 2016, you can acquire a copy of Evangeline and the Alchemist: A Novella: Mystery and Mayhem in steampunk Melbourne (The Antics of Evangeline Book 1)[image error]for nothing.
Grab one now and tell your friends.
July 29, 2016
Writing round-up (without that toxic chemical)
When I read informative information on how “optimise my author platform”, there is always a mention of a consistent blog content strategy. Mmm, well, big fail here. This blog and my blogging is awfully random. I’ve decided to go with my randomness and only blog when I feel inspired, which waxes and wanes.
Today is a little round-up (and not the noxious chemical) on what’s going on with me. Something new, something old and some classroom time.
Evang...
Interview with Annelisa Christensen – the Popish Midwife
I do love a bit of historical fiction and today, I’m talking with UK author, Annelisa Christensen. Some might know her from the weeklywriters’ game, #1linewed, and some might know her from her blog, Script Alchemy, but she’shoping that we’ll get to know her as the author of her debut novel The Popish Midwife: A tale of high treason, prejudice and betrayal.
Hi Annelisa, and welcome.
Hello Madeleine. It’s good to be here.
The first thing I’d like to ask you is ‘Why The Popish Midwife?’ Why ha...
July 10, 2016
How I got over my self-doubt this time
This week has been another brutal week in world affairs.
I feel quite selfish talking about my own struggles with trivial words on a page when there is pain and death in the lives of so many others.
But this week, I’ve really battled with self-doubt and motivation. I was sick of Evangeline and didn’t want to write another word about her. I was convinced I was writing a bunch of rubbish and would never be able to write again. Blah, blah, blah. Self-indulgent writers rant.
I tried to push thro...
July 2, 2016
Cross-Stitch, Jekyll and Manila – other creative outlets
I can be a bit single-minded. All work and no play makes Madeleine super freakin’ boring. I have to remember to stick my head out of the writing cave and do other stuff, like talk to people and put shoes on. Today I’m going to talk about stuff other than writing and Evangeline.
Writing is not my only creative outlet. I like to make tangible stuff. After spending all day in my mind, it’s fun to make stuff with my hands – cook or craft.
At the moment I seem to be obsessed with cross stitch patt...
June 30, 2016
Half time score for 2016
It’s 30th June, half way through 2016 already and so it’s time to reflect and revisit my 2016 resolutions.
Publish something Write or edit daily Learn from the experts How have I fared? Publish somethingWith the skin of my teeth, I squeezed this in! If you’re not already aware, Evangeline and the Alchemist is live on Amazon for purchase (Go. Go now). So, I’ve taken the big step into the self-publishing world. It’s been an interesting learning curve (soon I’ll blog about how I f**ked up my...
June 17, 2016
Evangeline and the Alchemist – Available now.
I’m thrilled to announce my new novella Evangeline and the Alchemist: A Novella: Mystery and Mayhem in steampunk Melbourne (The Antics of Evangeline Book 1)[image error] is available now on Amazonand through Kindle Unlimited.
In coming weeks, I’ll run a special free offer on Amazon. So stay tuned for the dates or sign up to mynewsletter.
This is a milestone in my writing career and I must thank the following people .
My beta-readers: Scott McAteer, Claire d’Este, Romy Winter, Karen Jakubec and AndrewClar...June 7, 2016
Continuum Melbourne – June 10
I’ll be appearing at Continuum – Melbourne’s Speculative Fiction Convention on June 10 on a panel about “Magical Melbourne” at 10pm. We’ll be discussing Melbourne as a setting for speculative fiction and I’ll be talking about Evangeline and the Alchemist in steampunk Melbourne.
Check out the rest of the program here.
