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My first Medieval Festival / Ren Faire

Thanks to COVID Cook’s Creek wasn’t able to put on a Ren Faire for the past few years and, let’s just say we had a great turn out. It was hot, my nieces raided my costume pile, and I put in a vendor application to sell my books, and I was joined by three other authors. I never went before last time they had an event (2018?) I went kayaking instead, but my aunt and grandpa went in addition to Ron, and they all said, “You should sell books there!” so I said, “Okay”.

How was it? I’ll level with ...

The Long Haul / Adventures with Vistaprint

Super excited, print copies of A Fable of Wood and String and additional ones of The Mermaid and the Unicorns should just make it before the Cook’s Creek Medieval festival (should, hahahaha). I won’t have copies of Magus Gambit but, I made some other promotional material, so ebook readers there will have a little something something so they can remember there’s an ebook after a solid day of watching jousting and chucking axes and at least find Champagne’s Website.

Ordering copies of Fable onl...

Cooks Creek, Review for the Windfeather Saga Season 2

Cook’s Creek Medieval Festival is a Go – I cannot promise A Fable of Wood and String will be ready at that time with copies in my little paws, but so far so good on my end. I can’t depend on the courier system but I’m optimistic. Ron and Maureen will be there, as well as another author who’s like me trying to get a project in under the wire. So if you’re coming to the event or the jousting or just to enjoy a day out with the family, swing by the merchant’s area and say hi, I’ll have other approp...

Science Fiction & Fantasy: Elitism Pt 1

Sorry I haven’t updated in a while. Busy editing and planning for summer markets. Kinda burnt out and need to sharpen my axe before I go cut down more trees so to speak, so I figured I’d talk about something that’s been on my mind. Final paragraph is about where I’m going for shows.

At the very first C4 Lit Fest I met an artist and bought some of her prints and kept her business card. I love the cover artist I’m working with who made Fables’ cover as well as some bookmarks, but I like seeing ...

Thoughts on The Jude Trilogy from Folk of the Air by Holly Black

I wasn’t going to review this series until I’ve read more of the overall series; there’s another duology and a comic and another standalone based in the same universe I haven’t gotten to yet but, my niece absolutely adores this series and is a little annoyed I have only given it 4 stars. Personally I love it when the author expands on the world and focuses on different characters or settings, so will I read more: Probably.

Jude is seven when a stranger appears, having similar cat eyes and...

How Much Inaccuracy is Acceptable In Fantasy?

               My first book where a publisher requested the full manuscript was ultimately rejected. Among the many concerns of the book, was that “This author doesn’t know much about medieval culture”.

               To this day I still think this is a stupid comment, but to each their own. It was explicitly making fun of fantasy tropes as a whole as opposed to it being a primer about Ye Olde England in the thirteenth century, ultimately the novel was a love letter to the tropes I enjoy...

Magus Gambit out for Ebook, Instagramming

Magus Gambit has been released – books get pushed back all the time. I learned years ago there’s nothing I can do about certain things, so focus on what I can do. If you’re waiting for print, Champagne tends to wait six months to a year, as said before it’s something I don’t control and, even when I have ordered print, orders can sometimes be delayed.

I’m hoping that if Cooks Creek has a medieval festival, 1) They’ll let me sell 2) I’ll have copies of it and Fable in addition to the others, b...

Better Late than Never 2023 Round Up

Happy New Year! Normally I do a December wind up and talk about where I am and where I’d like to be, the short of it is the last four months have been really emotionally draining for personal reasons. I keep on keeping on, and even was able to use my stat time to take some time off end of November/early December, but my body decided it had enough so I’ve been fighting off something for almost two weeks now. I was feeling better last week but it’s not all coughs and sniffles.

I got my thinking...

Cover Reveal for A Fable of Wood and String and November Update

I know it’s pretty early for a cover reveal, but I noticed some of my favourite cover artists are booked a few months in advance and myinquiry became a booking. This is so pretty, now I need to edit the manuscript properly. It’s a spin off of The Mermaid and the Unicorns and will be handled by the same publisher, Black Unicorn Books. I am not committing to a time at this point, my honest guess would be
sometime around June 2024. NaNoWriMo didn’t happen but that’s okay.

The artist is Hannah St...

Publishing Delay, Editing Delay, Title Change

Magus’ Gambit has been pushed back to December – don’t ask. I sent in the pre-edits on Book 3, I am hoping to start a new project for Champagne after I finish the duology I am working on. On the current project, my aunt is the only one who has given me feedback and Ron is behind in his stuff, I can go ahead with some of the editing but Ron is usually good for telling me when my pacing sucks. I had it in my brain I could have the first book ready to go to an editor before the end of a year, but a...