Michelle Franklin's Blog, page 17

New #Publishing Label: The Frewyn Herald

Announcing a brand new publishing label: The Frewyn Herald. While the novels will still be published with Papercane Books, our new line of novellas will be published in-house. A new digital novella will be available every month for our patrons on Patreon, and a new paperback novella will be available once a season. Our first novella under our new label is now available for purchase on Amazon. Enjoy and happy reading!

Story for the Day: An Airing of Grievance - Part 1

Many who join the Frewyn Armed Forces in peaceful times believe they will have an easier time going through training, as there is no war to immediately tend to. They would be wrong, however.

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Story for the Day: An Invitation of Friendship

The paperback of The Leaf Flute will be available August 8th. In the meantime, if you'd like another new novella to tide you over, join our Patreon campaign to receive the story about Brigdan and Vyrdin's budding friendship. And now, an excerpt from that novella. Enjoy:

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New Book Announcement: I Hate Summer #amwriting

While the final touches are being done for the paperback of The Leaf Flute, there is another book I am currently editing, one which dictates all my animosity for the abomination that is the summer. Anyone who knows me understands that summer and I have a longstanding adversarial relationship. Summer might mean many exhilarating things for others, but summer means heinous allergies, seasonal depression, and profuse sweating for me. I often catalogue my violent hatred for the season on my perso...

A Story for #PrimeDay: The Kitchen at the Keep

Today is Prime Day, the day on which those with Amazon Prime download as many books as their devices can hold. Those with Amazon Prime can download the Leaf Flute for free today. For all our other readers, enjoy the comfort of the one place where the whole world congregates: the kitchen at the Diras castle keep:

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Story for the Day: To Make an Invitation

While we're putting the finishing touches on the paperback version of the Leaf Flute, here is the beginning of a new story, one about the early years of Vyrdin and Brigdan's longstanding friendship:

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New novella "The Leaf Flute" now available!

Our new novella staring Danaco, Bartleby, and Rannig, is now available! 

Before the events of Damson's Distress, and indeed before Damson ever joined Captain Danaco and his crew, the men of the good ship Myrellenos had their own adventures.

A mission to save an emissary's effects becomes a quest to dismantle the entire Sesternese underground, and by the power of Rannig's musical prowess, Danaco's cunning, and Bartleby's rants, the black markets of Sesterna will never be so disrupted nor s...

Story of the Day: The Lady Tabytha Ardalyddes

Many wonder what sort of lady it is-- or lord, for that matter-- that can attach Captain Danaco's heart, and while he might have many a dalliance, there is only one who has succeeded in capturing his perfect attention: The Lady Tabytha Ardalyddes, Matron of the Cipher:

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Story for the Day: The Cat and the Wizard - Part 2

The digital release of The Leaf Flute is fast approaching. The art is nearly done, and all the edits have been finished. It will be available through all digital retailers, and the paperback version will shortly follow. Become a patron on our Patreon page HERE, and receive The Leaf Flute e-book free at the end of the month. And now, part two of the wizard and Mr Vostibbens:

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Story for the Day: The Cat and the Wizard

Mr Vostibbens, the teahouse cat, has many acquaintances, but his most pressing call is the one he makes to Haryld, one of the last wizards of Marridon:

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