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June 5, 2012
Out and About at Other Worlds of Romance
Another fun interview went off without a hitch due to Linda. If you read the earlier post, you heard about the word on the street that there is a new man in my life--the dark-haird archmage, Lord Dal of Windmaster Legacy. And the reason? The other times I visited with Linda Mooney on her program, Other Worlds of Romance, the story I read centered around the women in the books. Anastasia of Clan Miller and Ellspeth of Sea Falcon. Last night, the dark-haired Archmage Lord Dal took center stage. To hear a reprise of the talk (and it was fun), follow the link. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/other_worlds_of_romance/2012/06/05/helen-henderson-is-my-guest-author-on-june-4th
As a man, Dal might be able to live with the knowledge he caused the death of a loved one. But as archmage, can he survive killing the future of magic? Ebook from BurstBooks.ca / OmniLit / Amazon.com. And for an excerpt of Windmaster Legacy can be found here.
Enjoy. Helen
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Helen Henderson Stories that take you to the stars, the Old West, or worlds of imagination. The journey begins at helenhenderson-author.webs.com and is.gd/helenhenderson_blog.
As a man, Dal might be able to live with the knowledge he caused the death of a loved one. But as archmage, can he survive killing the future of magic? Ebook from BurstBooks.ca / OmniLit / Amazon.com. And for an excerpt of Windmaster Legacy can be found here.
Enjoy. Helen
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Helen Henderson Stories that take you to the stars, the Old West, or worlds of imagination. The journey begins at helenhenderson-author.webs.com and is.gd/helenhenderson_blog.
June 4, 2012
Almost Top 10 - Flying with A Dragon
Available from Burst Books.caJust had a surprise. While googling myself (not for vanity, but to to track sales sites and references to my books, I discovered when Dragon Destiny was released, it just missed being in the top 10 of Amazon’s ‘Hot New Releases’ list. Dragon Destiny, the story of Anastasia of Clan Miller and Lord Branin Llewlyn premiered at 11. And now a month later, it is still within the top 50.
Thanks everyone for making such a thing possible. Now I’ll have to pay attention when Windmaster Legacy is released today. Maybe lightning will strike twice.
Helen
Available from Burst Books.caJust had a surprise. While googling myself (not for vanity, but to to track sales sites and references to my books, I discovered when Dragon Destiny was released, it just missed being in the top 10 of Amazon’s ‘Hot New Releases’ list. Dragon Destiny, the story of Anastasia of Clan Miller and Lord Branin Llewlyn premiered at 11. And now a month later, it is still within the top 50.Thanks everyone for making such a thing possible. Now I’ll have to pay attention when Windmaster Legacy is released today. Maybe lightning will strike twice.
Helen
June 3, 2012
New Man in My Life
Shhhh, don’t tell my husband. But after almost 40 years together there’s a new man in my life. And his name is Lord Dal. Of course, he is spoken for, so I’ll just have to admire him from afar. As a teaser to the release of Windmaster Legacy, with Dal on the cover, I’ve included the blurb below. And if you want to find out more, stop by the Other Worlds of Romance program on Blog Talk Radio. I’ll be visiting with Linda Mooney tomorrow, June 4th where I will be talking about my fantasy, Windmaster Legacy. (either tomorrow or today depending on when you read the message) at 11:00 PM EST (I hope I don’t fall asleep mid-interview).
Ebook ISBN: 9781927454176
You can sit on the site, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/other_worlds_of_romance and listen to the live feed (first button in the box advertising the show), go to the chat room, listen and type any questions or comments you want be passed along later, or call 646-727-2932 and listen while waiting to speak directly to me. The interview will be archived and the next morning I will post a link to it on my website for anyone who isn’t a night owl.
BLURB: Ellspeth and the dark-haired archmage Lord Dal, escort his mother on a final journey to her ancestral lands. Their plans change when mercenaries under the control of a rogue mage attack. Dal's mother is severely wounded. Ellspeth is captured and her sole hope for escape is Nobyn, an untrained wizard going through the throes of awakening magic. However, Nobyn is Bashim's apprentice and under the mage's total control.
Dal must make an impossible decision whether to rescue Ellspeth, save his mother, or thwart Bashim's plans. More than who lives or dies is at stake.As archmage, Dal might be able to survive killing the future of magic, but as a man could he live with the knowledge he caused the death of a loved one.
Helen Henderson
Stories that take you to the stars, the Old West, or worlds of imagination. The journey begins at helenhenderson-author.webs.com
Ebook ISBN: 9781927454176
You can sit on the site, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/other_worlds_of_romance and listen to the live feed (first button in the box advertising the show), go to the chat room, listen and type any questions or comments you want be passed along later, or call 646-727-2932 and listen while waiting to speak directly to me. The interview will be archived and the next morning I will post a link to it on my website for anyone who isn’t a night owl.
BLURB: Ellspeth and the dark-haired archmage Lord Dal, escort his mother on a final journey to her ancestral lands. Their plans change when mercenaries under the control of a rogue mage attack. Dal's mother is severely wounded. Ellspeth is captured and her sole hope for escape is Nobyn, an untrained wizard going through the throes of awakening magic. However, Nobyn is Bashim's apprentice and under the mage's total control.
Dal must make an impossible decision whether to rescue Ellspeth, save his mother, or thwart Bashim's plans. More than who lives or dies is at stake.As archmage, Dal might be able to survive killing the future of magic, but as a man could he live with the knowledge he caused the death of a loved one.
Helen Henderson
Stories that take you to the stars, the Old West, or worlds of imagination. The journey begins at helenhenderson-author.webs.com
May 17, 2012
Out and About - At Long and Short Reviews and a Visit with A Dragon
It’s been a busy week with release events for Dragon Destiny. I feel like I made the big-time with an interview at Long and Short Reviews. Leave a comment on the site to be entered in their monthly contest. A second interview, one where I asked the questions rather than answering them was unique. My planned interview was with Lord Branin. I knew I was in trouble with an amber dragon contacted me. Stop by the MFRW Blog to see what Llewlyn, Branin’s dragon soul twin, said about being a dragon and what he's learned from his human soul brother.
Helen Henderson
Stories that take you to the stars, the Old West, or worlds of imagination. The journey begins at helenhenderson-author.webs.com.
Dragon Destiny - For hundreds of years, dragshi lord Branin and his dragon soul twin Llewlyn searched for their intended mates. Lady Broch of Ky’Port, the firebrand leader of a band of raiders, vowed to marry the dragon lord, with or without his willing cooperation. Everything changed the day a wistful thought touched Branin’s.
Available at: Burst Books OmniLit Amazon.com
Helen Henderson
Stories that take you to the stars, the Old West, or worlds of imagination. The journey begins at helenhenderson-author.webs.com.
Dragon Destiny - For hundreds of years, dragshi lord Branin and his dragon soul twin Llewlyn searched for their intended mates. Lady Broch of Ky’Port, the firebrand leader of a band of raiders, vowed to marry the dragon lord, with or without his willing cooperation. Everything changed the day a wistful thought touched Branin’s.
Available at: Burst Books OmniLit Amazon.com
May 14, 2012
In Honor of Mother's Day - Strong Women Celebrated in Dreamspell Goddess
Mother’s Day seemed an appropriate time to post about the tales of strong women in the multi-genre anthology Dreamspell Goddess from the Texas-basesd publisher, L&L Dreamspell. The Dreamspell Goddess Anthology showcases ten writers.Writing as Jessie Treon, Ambush Luck is one of the ten tales of strong women selected by L&L Dreamspell for the anthology. Westerns, paranormal, romance, science fiction and fantasy are all represented in the works of the talented authors. Crossing genres, the historical western joins my fantasy novels Dragon Destiny and Windmaster (from Burst Books). A common theme between the three is strong women who are leaders, have strong sense of honor and duty. And the last commonality, at least one character in each of the works is based on one of my ancestresses’.
The premise of Ambush Luck reflects a new twist on the traditional gunslinger tale. Married and happy in her life as wife and mother, Helen Rawlings thought she had put her past as a fast gun behind her. Her peaceful life ends when a gang kills one of her adopted sons, and tries to eliminate the only witness - her other son, Josh. Helen risks everything to once again become the notorious Hell Lost, gunslinger and defender of the righteous, and confronts those threatening her family. If she survives, she would be faced with the biggest crisis of all, rejecting the lure of the adventure of the high mountain trails to let her past disappear once again.
Among the other works in the anthology are Melina’s Moonlight Magic by Linda Houle. In, I Was Helen of Troy V. Dianne Lawson explains the tricks memory can play, especially if you are remembering an event through the eyes of multiple memories from multiple past lives. Lawson ventured to the outer space with the Lost Planet of Homely Women. Jaycee Stevens learns in Heart’s Tempest by Joyce Scarbrough that she is a lot tougher than she really is.
Cornelia Amiri contributed the paranormal romance, "Rhiannon". Other stories are My Dinner with Andrew and his Lovely Wife, Sheila by David Fingerman and The Old Man Sang the Blues by David W. Landrum. Suspense and murder mingle in Hiram’s Rock by Jodi Diderrich and Finding the One by Steven Shrott.
Dreamspell Goddess is available in print and ebook at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The ebook can also be found at AllRomance/OmniLit and other online bookstores.
Celebrate Mother’s Day by forming a memory.
May 7, 2012
Dragon Destiny is released
*** BREAKING NEWS *** Dragon Destiny has just been released by Burst Books. Now, introducing Dragon Destiny. The awakening of his dragon soul twin brought Dragshi Lord Branin the freedom of flight and near-eternal life, but not happiness. For eons, he feared he would never find a woman with her own dragon soul partner—until one day another's mind touched his.
BLURB:Lord Branin of the dragshi, is more than just a man, but two beings—one a dragon, the other a human. The pair share one body in space in time and are able to change forms with the other at will. From the time Branin's twinned soul, Llewlyn, awoke, Branin knew the freedom of flight. However, being a shifter came with a price. Branin and Llewlyn are the only two of their kind who have not found their intended mates, despite millennia of waiting...and searching.
The red-haired firebrand, Broch of Ky'Port plans to fill that position in Branin's life—with or without his cooperation. When a faint thought impinged on Branin's mind, hope for an ending to eons of loneliness soared. Plagued by doubts because no signs of a dragon shifter's birth have been seen, Branin searches the world for the mysterious girl he only knows by the name, Anastasia.
Ebook ISBN: 9781927454084 Ebook available from Burst Books, OmniLit.Wing into adventure and love at Helenhenderson-author.webs.com or Burst Books for more information about this action- and romance-filled fantasy. Now Available at Burst Books and OmniLit. Coming to Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com and other online bookstores.
BLURB:Lord Branin of the dragshi, is more than just a man, but two beings—one a dragon, the other a human. The pair share one body in space in time and are able to change forms with the other at will. From the time Branin's twinned soul, Llewlyn, awoke, Branin knew the freedom of flight. However, being a shifter came with a price. Branin and Llewlyn are the only two of their kind who have not found their intended mates, despite millennia of waiting...and searching.
The red-haired firebrand, Broch of Ky'Port plans to fill that position in Branin's life—with or without his cooperation. When a faint thought impinged on Branin's mind, hope for an ending to eons of loneliness soared. Plagued by doubts because no signs of a dragon shifter's birth have been seen, Branin searches the world for the mysterious girl he only knows by the name, Anastasia.
Ebook ISBN: 9781927454084 Ebook available from Burst Books, OmniLit.Wing into adventure and love at Helenhenderson-author.webs.com or Burst Books for more information about this action- and romance-filled fantasy. Now Available at Burst Books and OmniLit. Coming to Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com and other online bookstores.
Visiting Other Worlds of Romance
Over my years as a writer I’ve always heard there is nothing like your 'first.' After having a first feature article, first national lecture, first non-fiction book and documentary, I have to admit it is a 'second' that has sent my pulse racing.
Dragon Destiny, my second fantasy novel, is the cause. Among the release events is a live radio interview with Linda Mooney on the Other Worlds of Romance program on Blog Talk Radio. TONIGHT at 11:00 EST, Listen via live feed or sit in the chat room, or call in. The dial-in number is 646-727-2932.
Come visit or just listen. Friendly faces only. Rotten tomatoes must be checked at the door. See ya tonight. Helen
PS - if you like the excerpt I read, the ebook is available from Burst Books, OmniLit.
Dragon Destiny, my second fantasy novel, is the cause. Among the release events is a live radio interview with Linda Mooney on the Other Worlds of Romance program on Blog Talk Radio. TONIGHT at 11:00 EST, Listen via live feed or sit in the chat room, or call in. The dial-in number is 646-727-2932.
Come visit or just listen. Friendly faces only. Rotten tomatoes must be checked at the door. See ya tonight. Helen
PS - if you like the excerpt I read, the ebook is available from Burst Books, OmniLit.
May 4, 2012
Characters on the Loose - Anastasia and Dragon Destiny
A goal of every writer is to make their characters real. Sometimes their creations take on a life of their own and the author loses control. Case in point, Anastasia of Clan Miller (pictured) took time off from her kin’s trading caravan to talk to Karenna Colcroft. The interview is at http://karennacolcroft.com/special-guests-helen-henderson-and-anastasia.Stop by and hear what Anastasia says about Lord Branin Llewlyn. Who knows, he might even make an appearance. For hundreds of years, dragshi lord Branin and his dragon soul twin Llewlyn searched for their intended mates. The red-haired firebrand of Ky'Port, Broch, vowed to marry the dragon lord, with or without his willing cooperation. Everything changed the day a wistful thought touched his. Dragon Destiny - Coming May 2012 from Burst Book.
Helen
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Helen Henderson
Stories that take you to the stars, the Old West, or worlds of imagination. The journey begins at helenhenderson-author.webs.comand is.gd/helenhenderson_blog.
An Open Invitation - New Jersey Authors' Network Present at Hunterdon County Public
An Open Invitation --Members of the New Jersey Authors' Network will share tips and information on getting published in today’s market at the Hunterdon County Public Library on Sunday, May 20th at 2:00 PM. The topic of the six member panel talk will be "From Thoughts to Print: Getting Published in the 21st Century."
Join New Jersey Authors’Network members, Jon Gibbs, Helen Henderson, Chris Redding, Donna Galanti, Rachel Haimowitz and Saverio Monachino for a fun, informative discussion on different approaches to writing, and the various options available to writers for getting published in today’s market. Each presenter brings their own experiences to the talk.
Henderson's 2012 releases from Burst Books include two fantasy novels. Dragon Destiny and Windmaster Legacy. Gibb’s debut novel, Fur-Face, a middle grade fantasy for boys from Echelon Press, was nominated for a Crystal Kite Award. Among Chris Redding's works is A View to a Kilt, an Echelon Press release. Donna Galanti is the author of the dark novel A Human Element, a March 2012 release from Echelon Press. Saverio Monachino is author of the Inspector Gervais series. Rachel Haimowitz’s latest release is Power Play: Resistance.The program is open to the public. The Hunterdon County Public Library is located at 314 State Highway 12, Bldg. #3, Flemington NJ. Visit the library website for directions and information on other programs.
About New Jersey Authors' Network: Open to New Jersey authors of any genre (including those who are self-published, or whose work is part of an anthology), the New Jersey Authors' Network is a free to join, free to use, organization of authors based in the Garden State Learn more about NJ Authors' Network at www.njauthorsnetwork.com.
About the Panel: Visit members on the web at their websites or blogs. Jon Gibbs http://www.acatofninetales.com Chris Redding www.chrisreddingauthor.com, Donna Galanti http://blog.donnagalanti.com/wp/, Rachel Haimowitz www.RachelHaimowitz.com and Saverio Monachino http://www.saveriomonachino.com.
Join New Jersey Authors’Network members, Jon Gibbs, Helen Henderson, Chris Redding, Donna Galanti, Rachel Haimowitz and Saverio Monachino for a fun, informative discussion on different approaches to writing, and the various options available to writers for getting published in today’s market. Each presenter brings their own experiences to the talk.
Henderson's 2012 releases from Burst Books include two fantasy novels. Dragon Destiny and Windmaster Legacy. Gibb’s debut novel, Fur-Face, a middle grade fantasy for boys from Echelon Press, was nominated for a Crystal Kite Award. Among Chris Redding's works is A View to a Kilt, an Echelon Press release. Donna Galanti is the author of the dark novel A Human Element, a March 2012 release from Echelon Press. Saverio Monachino is author of the Inspector Gervais series. Rachel Haimowitz’s latest release is Power Play: Resistance.The program is open to the public. The Hunterdon County Public Library is located at 314 State Highway 12, Bldg. #3, Flemington NJ. Visit the library website for directions and information on other programs.
About New Jersey Authors' Network: Open to New Jersey authors of any genre (including those who are self-published, or whose work is part of an anthology), the New Jersey Authors' Network is a free to join, free to use, organization of authors based in the Garden State Learn more about NJ Authors' Network at www.njauthorsnetwork.com.
About the Panel: Visit members on the web at their websites or blogs. Jon Gibbs http://www.acatofninetales.com Chris Redding www.chrisreddingauthor.com, Donna Galanti http://blog.donnagalanti.com/wp/, Rachel Haimowitz www.RachelHaimowitz.com and Saverio Monachino http://www.saveriomonachino.com.
April 29, 2012
Book Lovers Needed - World Book Night 2012
World Book Night is an annual celebration designed to spread a love of reading and books. On April 23, 2012, tens of thousands of people in the U.S. as well as in the U.K. and Ireland, went out into their communities to spread the joy and love of reading. And how will they do this? By handing out free copies of best-selling books such as Chris Cleve’s Little Bee, Stephen King’s The Stand,and Rebecca Sklott’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
For my own part, I will be doing a virtual distribution to two visitors to my blog. To enter the contest, leave a comment between now and May 23rd telling why you read science fiction or fantasy. Two winners will receive a pdf of the science fiction short story, Withym: Treasure Beneath the Sands.
For my own part, I will be doing a virtual distribution to two visitors to my blog. To enter the contest, leave a comment between now and May 23rd telling why you read science fiction or fantasy. Two winners will receive a pdf of the science fiction short story, Withym: Treasure Beneath the Sands.
