Sandra Hurst's Blog, page 6
June 22, 2017
Changes are coming…
I’ve met so many good people and learned so much since I started working with the literary community on the internet. People who have been in the ‘book biz’ either from the writing, or the publishing/sales and marketing sides of the equation. I’d like you to meet some of these great people and have been thinking that a weekly ‘Guest Post’ would be a good way to start. I’ve got a few ideas to begin with and I’m busy lining up the first few guests.
If you have questions that you’d like to ‘ask an author‘ comment below and I’ll try to find someone who has your answer!
In the meantime, if you’ve read Y’keta, please take a moment to post a review and tell your friends! People will trust the recommendation of a friend much more than anything Amazon can say!
If you haven’t read it, here is your chance!
June 10, 2017
Book signing at Chapters/Indigo.
I had a sales and signing table at a local Indigo/Chapters store today . The staff were amazing! A huge thank you to Richard, Dallas, the other Richard, and everyone else at the Signal Hill location.
I ended up selling a fair number of books and having a great day talking to people. Some of the stories people have! They should write!
First signing at a bookstore.
I was really nervous today, it was my first time having a sales and signing table at a local Indigo/Chapters store. The staff were amazing! A huge thank you to Richard, Dallas, the other Richard, and everyone else at the Signal Hill location.
I ended up selling a fair number of books and having a great day talking to people. I won’t be nervous next time!
June 6, 2017
Indie Wish List!
Thank you, Indie Wish List for letting Y’keta’s blog tour stop at your door today!
Check them out at Indiewishlist.
June 5, 2017
Coloring Under the Covers
[image error]I’m so honoured to be a part of Volume 2 of Coloring Under the Covers. An adult colouring book featuring some of today’s hottest authors, along with up-and-coming new talent, side by side with colouring pages based on their works.
If you love to colour, love to read, and want to add new authors to your TBR list, head over to amazon and check out Coloring Under the Covers! or on Amazon.ca.
All profits from sales of Coloring Under the Covers will be donated to The Rose, a charity that helps underprivileged women access breast cancer care and supplies.
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June 3, 2017
An end to Baboon Crap!
Every writer thinks that their book is good, if they didn’t it would never move from the computer, to the editor, to the printer, and on to the people. BUT, every writer, at least every one that I’ve ever spoken to, is crippled by the fear that it just isn’t good enough.
I know this definitely applied to me. In the beginning I referred to my writing as baboon crap and I was sure that it always would be baboon crap. This stopped recently.
The launch of my first book was a turning point for me. Friends and family were suddenly reading my stories, and liking them[image error]!
Then this happened:
I can’t even begin to thank everyone for all the hard work it took to make this happen.
It takes a village to raise a book, and my tribe has been the air under Y’keta’s wings.
Gawd, I’m homilizing. Need to stop now.
I love you all so much!
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May 31, 2017
Y’keta’s tour of the blogosphere!
Good morning Walkers!
The Book Town is hosting Y’keta on the blog tour today! I’m so honoured to have the opportunity to visit all these great book sites.
If you are searching the blogosphere today, drop by and say hello to them!
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May 29, 2017
Next stop on the Crazy Train!
The blog tour for Y’keta stopped in at Teatime and Books today. Drop by if you are surfing the blogosphere and show them some appreciation. I’m so loving this crazy ride!
May 26, 2017
Blog Tour for Y’keta!
Y’keta
The Sky Road Trilogy Book 1
by Sandra Hurst
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Banished. Cast out. Powerless. Y’keta is exiled to the small village of
Esquialt as his father’s punishment for his rebellious spirit.
Village tradition gives him one Cycle, from spring to spring, to earn
the right to stay.
The villagers have a legend about mighty beings called the Waki’tani,
mythical lords of the wind and lightning who can shapeshift into
human form. Y’keta knows the truth behind these stories. Could there
be more to them than just tales shared around the campfire?
If Y’keta reveals what he knows to the villagers, it will tear their
history and traditions apart…but sharing his secrets may be their
only hope for survival when Esquialt is threatened by the brutal,
ferociously destructive Utlaak.
Loosely based on the Thunderbird of North American legend, Y’keta is an epic
fantasy set in an ancient world where legends walk and the Sky Road
offers a way to the stars.
Goodreads * Amazon
Hi, my name is Sandra Hurst, the author of the Sky Road fantasy
series.
As a child growing up in England stories and legends
surrounded me, I learned how important imagination was. When I was 8,
we moved to northern Canada and the legends changed. Stories of the
Fae and the little people were replaced by legends of the Thunderbird
and stories of the woodlands. I never stood a chance. What could I be
but a writer?
Growing up in Northern Alberta gave me a great love and respect for the wild
lands and indigenous cultures which made its way into the worlds I
create. A mythmaker at heart, I started writing poetry in middle school and
graduated to epic fantasy.
Myths give us a way to interpret the world past our normal experience. To
ask questions and explore answers in a larger-than-life game of ‘what
if.’ We need to make room for myths and mythmakers in our fact
driven world. To give space for worlds that are brighter and clearer
than our own. For it is in doing so, that we have room to become more
fully human.
My first book, Y’keta , is loosely based on the Thunderbird of North American legend, Y’keta is a Young Adult, high
fantasy set in an ancient world where legends walk and the Sky Road
offers a way to the stars.
I now live in Calgary, Alberta with my husband and son, both of whom I
love dearly, and have put for sale on e-bay when their behaviour
demanded it. My day to day life is a balance between my outside life
as a paralegal counsellor and my inner life as an author/poet. In
between, I work on courses to improve my writing, learning the Cree
Language, book reviews and blogging on my website, and studying
mythologies from around the world.
Website * Facebook * Twitter * Amazon * Goodreads
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May 23, 2017
Y’keta’s blog tour begins!
Thank you so much to Silver Dagger Scriptorium and Creative Edge (Mickey) for putting together an amazing blog tour to celebrate Y’keta’s paperback launch. Over the next month I’ll be making stops at all of these lovely blogs to chat, do guest posts, answer questions, and give-away amazon gift cards and signed copies of Y’keta!
Kick off at The Silver Dagger Scriptorium
may 23- Mythical Books
may 24-Susan Heim on Writing
may 24- Land of Oyr
may 25- The Literary Apothecary
may 25- 6 Feet Under Books
may 26- Angels With Attitude Book Reviews
may 26- The Blackwood Blog
may 27- Zola Blue Blog
may 29- The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
may 29- Teatime and Books
may 30- Turning Another Page
may 30- Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews
may 31- GypsyBelle
may 31- The Book Town
june 1- CelticLady’s Reviews
june 1- Books Dreams Life
june 2- Casey’s Corner
june 2- The Bewitched Reader
june 5- Wonderful World of Books
june 5- Just a Little R&R
june 6- Indie Wish List
june 6- Julayn Adams Books and Reviews
june 7- Romance That’s ‘Out of This World’
june 7- Queen of All She Reads
june 8- Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin’
june 8- Tales of A Wanna-Be SuperHero Mom
june 9- A Mama’s Corner of the World
june 9- The Authors Blog
june 11- Blog of Author Jacey Holbrand
june 12- The Reading Spot
june 12- Lisa-Queen of Random
june 13- Sapphyria’s Book Reviews
june 13- The Avid Reader
june 14- Triquetra Reviews
june 14- Mello & June
june 15- Jazzy Book Reviews
june 15- Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
june 16- Anna Del C Dye
june 16- Traci Hayden
june 17- Rainne’s Ramblings
june 19- Sylv.net
june 19- Bound 2 Escape
june 20- The Bookworm Chronicles
june 21- Yah gotta read this
june 22– The Kronicles of Korthlundia
june 23- Shh, I am Reading
It looks like a busy month in the blogosphere and I’m so looking forward to it! Join in and follow along!
