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October 21, 2018
Blurb-My-Book Challenge
Say Something Nice. There’s still time to take part in the Blurb-My-Book Challenge, which is really just for fun. I’m not looking for Serious Business endorsements. It’s more of a chance for you to embrace your inner critic & promote your own books or blogs. Dan and Lexie have already played along…
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LMM 20: Named for Shrubbery
Lord Mettlebright’s Man
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the early one.
Chapter Twenty: Named for Shrubbery
Jacques tried to place the name. Every Amaranthine clan seemed to be named for shrubbery or constellations or random bits of topography.
“The Five...
Reasons #003
Need reasons to order signed books from me? Here’s another one—stamps. Adding my stamp to the first book may have started a trend. We designed another for the second book. Just one of those little details I love so well! ::twinkle::
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October 19, 2018
LMM 19: Flounder
Lord Mettlebright’s Man
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one left holding the baby.
Chapter Nineteen: Flounder
Jacques slipped under, but Deece hauled him up and steadied him while he spluttered.
“Argent!” Michael’s tone held an unaccustomed edge. “I...
2 of 7
If you haven’t run across this tidbit of information, let me restate it here. The Amaranthine Saga is slated to have seven books. (I planned that much—and named all the mikos—before I began writing the first book.)
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I won’t mess with half books, so the main series won’t have a volume 0.5 or 3.5, but I’ll play around a little with my free “fanfic,” Lord Mettlebright’s Man, which may just plod along in the background of the whole series. The collection I’m calling Songs of the Amaranthine will...
LMM 18: Too Much Information
Lord Mettlebright’s Man
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially for the one getting more than he bargained for.
Chapter Eighteen: Too Much Information
Nothing in Jacques’ experience had prepared him for Michael’s matter-of-fact lecture on feline grooming techniq...
LMM 17: Wallowing in Ignorance
Lord Mettlebright’s Man
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially for the one with tradition on his side.
Chapter Seventeen: Wallowing in Ignorance
“All right, there?” Michael remarked, “You’re very quiet.”
“I’m brilliant,” Jacques lied. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
“Deec...
October 18, 2018
Reasons #002
Need reasons to order signed books from me? Here’s another one—the flyleaf. I’ll sign the bookplate on this oh-so-pretty page. I adore all the chrysanthemums scattered across this cover.
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Little detail: we chose this particular bookplate shape in order to emulate a traditional Japanese bell.
LMM 16: Learn as You Go
Lord Mettlebright’s Man
Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one who was raised by a fox and a cat.
Chapter Sixteen: Learn as You Go
Jacques knew worse ways to be caught with his pants down. “I’ve heard this is traditional. You’ve gone native?”
Michael ch...
NaNoWriMo 2018
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This year, I’ll use National Novel Writing Month to best advantage by taking last year’s gobbledy-gook of word sprints & jumbled scene snippets and transforming them into finished chapters. If all goes well, that should carry me about halfway through Bk3. It won’t be easy, but the best things aren’t. ::twinkle::
Join me?
