N.R. Wick's Blog

January 1, 2017

It’s Been a While and a Poem

So, it has been a while since I posted here. It has been an insane year in which I took on an academic leadership role, started earning my PhD, had one of my schools unceremoniously shut down, and found out my full-time school will close. Top it off with breaking my arm and wrist by slipping on the ice and getting a new job,it’s been pretty hectic. The good news is that I have some stories in the works for 2017.

I’d like to start of 2017 with something creative in order to set the mood for th...

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Published on January 01, 2017 11:58

September 5, 2015

Discussing Life Is Strange Part II

Discussing Life Is Strange Part II is going to be more about theories for Episode 5. It’s still at least a month or more away from being available, and I’m obsessed. Can you tell? There are so many really interesting and cool things about this game. It’s story-based and takes zero gaming skill (or knowledge, really) and reminds me of a visual choose your own adventure novel.

After writing these two posts, I had a few thoughts when I read some articles on the games. In thisarticle, the develo...

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Published on September 05, 2015 00:00

August 29, 2015

Discussing Life Is Strange Part I

Today’s post is going to be a combo of fangirl rambling, story analysis, and prediction. Typically, I don’t talk too much about one of my many passions outside of reading and writing fiction, but I’m making an exception for Life Is Strange because I believe it is very relevant to my work and to YA fiction as a whole. I’m a huge fan of video games, and currently, I’m obsessed with an episodic game called Life Is Strange. This game is in an episode format in which they release one of 4-6 parts...

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Published on August 29, 2015 14:17

August 22, 2015

Fated Soul Giveaway

To celebrate the print version of Fated Soul, I thought it would be fun to have a giveaway. You can enter by heading over to Goodreads and clicking the big button that says Enter. Pretty simple, right? It really is! Here are some pictures of the printed book. The cover turned out so pretty in the matte finish. After the pictures, you can see the giveaway details.

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Published on August 22, 2015 08:47

August 1, 2015

New Release: Fated Soul

Fated Soul is a young adult paranormal romance, but don’t let that fool you. It definitely has a dark side to it. For a limited time only, you can get this bookfor 99¢!

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Fated Soul for Kindle US | Fated Soul for Kindle UK

Adelaide has the power to save Trent from death, but messing with fate has dangerous consequences.

As an Exanimus, Adelaide’s job is to take care of the sands of fate and collect souls immediately after death. She loves her work and misses being a living, breathin...

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Published on August 01, 2015 08:57

July 18, 2015

New Short Story Release: The Hat Man Club

So, I have extremely exciting news about Fated Soul: it has an official release date! August 1st, you will have access to this new dark paranormal romance! It should be available for preorder within the next week at a special discount of 99¢! In the mean time, I recently published a short Tween/Teen horror story, The Hat Man Club, which I totally forgot to announce. Jeez, I’ve been spacey. But it is one of a couple of short horrors I’ve written lately unrelated to the Dark Ascension Series. S...

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Published on July 18, 2015 22:08

April 24, 2015

Cover Reveal: Fated Soul

I know I showed you all the process for the Fated Soul (book 1 in The Hourglass Chronicles) cover, but I never showed you the final cover. On top of that, the working book blurb is finished. This dark(ish) paranormal romance is months away from being published.I think you all are really going to enjoy it. After that, I’ll be working on a special little something that I know a lot of people have been asking me for. Think along the lines of Rebecca + Fox. Very exciting! So, without further ado,...

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Published on April 24, 2015 19:04

April 17, 2015

The Afterlife of Rebecca Ashford (TAORA) – Scavengers

The Afterlife of Rebecca Ashford (TAORA) is a blog post series about Rebecca, the main character in the Dark Ascension series by N.R. Wick.Rebecca is the main character in the Dark Ascension series. These posts are short stories (flash fiction), usually with drawings, sketches, paintings, etc. of things that Rebecca might have seen during the Dark Ascension series. All TAORA posts will be in Rebecca’s point of view and voice. Enjoy!

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I’m Rebecca Ashford, and this is my afterlife.

After t...

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Published on April 17, 2015 17:14

April 10, 2015

99 Cent Book Blast

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This promo will last only April 10th, 11th, and 12th.

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Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Ashfordand her younger sister Errol have finally found safe refuge at C...

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Published on April 10, 2015 17:00

April 3, 2015

The Afterlife of Rebecca Ashford (TAORA) – Shades

This is the first in a series started some time ago called The Afterlife of Rebecca Ashford (TAORA). Rebecca is the main character in the Dark Ascension series. These posts are short stories (flash fiction), usually with drawings, sketches, paintings, etc. of things that Rebecca might have seen during the Dark Ascension series. All TAORA posts will be in Rebecca’s point of view and voice. Enjoy!

*****

My name is Rebecca Ashford, and this is my afterlife.

We saw the Shade that killed Sam today...

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Published on April 03, 2015 06:00