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The Mirror Prophecies Vol. 2 is now available in print!

It's here and it's beautiful! Even though, like with Vol. 1, you'll find out before I do lol Amazon has once again stopped shipping proofs to authors in Canada so I had to enlist the help of my lovely friend, and girl-version of me: Seren who I shipped the proof to. From the photos I've seen, it looks absolutely amazing! And it can be all yours!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XZ8FZ1N

Photos of proof (obviously the not for resale band won't be there lol they smack that on there for all proofs now): https://imgur.com/a/pLSwfDz

It's also the first time I've used this colour pallet, my very first blue-silvery cover and I can't wait to see how it looks in my bookshelf.

A big BIG thanks to Christina who did the cover jacket. She's been doing the cover jackets for me since Fallocaust Book 1 and does an phenomenal job on them, and thanks to my best boy Jon who does the inner formatting for me too.

It's just a wonderful thing to have this big boy finally available in physical form. I just love how this book turned out so much! I hope you all enjoy it, I miss Elron already, but I've been having a great time being back in the Fallocaust world too (and Garden of Spiders 2 is at 55,000 words now also!)

I hope everyone is having a good Friday! And have a great weekend too.

Happy Release Day! The Gods' Games Book 2 Volume 2 'The Mirror Prophecies' is live!

Happy Release Day Everyone! The Mirror Prophecies Vol. 2 is now live. My newest baby has been released into the word and I will be saying goodbye to the world of Elron until it's time for Book 3.

I know teenage Quil would've been proud to see the series that he started continue on. I love these elf boys and the world around them, and I can't wait to share the newest chapter in their journey with everyone. I love how The Mirror Prophecies turned out, it's full of adventure, hilarious moments, romance, danger, and of course, creepy fucking shit. It is a Quil book after all.

So, I hope everyone enjoys their weekend, and thank you for continuing to follow me on this journey.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S44NW2H

And on a side note, if you want to support my ass on Patreon, I have that too: https://www.patreon.com/quilcarter and there's also this too: http://www.quilcarter.com/help-quil

I'm already hard at work on my next project, Garden of Spiders 2. No, I don't rest much lol but I wouldn't have it any other way.

The Gods' Games Book 2: The Mirror Prophecies Vol. 2 is going to be released Jan 22nd! Available for pre-order now.

It's time, guys and gals!

The Gods' Games Book 2: The Mirror Prophecies Vol. 2 is now available for pre-order.

And what's that? You're tired of waiting? Okay fine, it's coming out on January 22nd. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S44NW2H

I can't believe it's all finally coming together! I absolutely love how this book turned out. It's everything I imagined it could be when I was a teenager, and more. Buckle up buckaroos, you're going to love this one.

And it's a standard Quil size too lol as mentioned before, this is officially my second biggest book. The only one in its shadow is the famed 3 volume mammoth A God Among Insects. Vol 2 is only like 27,000 words smaller than Vol 1. So you're going to get yourselves a lot of adorable elves, and a lot of, well, not adorable things lol but remember the good times, okay!?

Pre-order now! You're not going to have to wait long for this puppy.

The blurb (does kinda contain no context spoilers for vol 1. But if you haven't read vol 1 yet, what are you even doing? Go!)

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Finally, after having to endure the mental and emotional stress caused by their captive Serpent Knights, Ben, Teal, and Malagant have found silence. However, that silence will be short-lived, because they may be done with the Amasuvira Mountains, but the mountains aren’t quite done with them. Four bloodmages have fixed their sights on the pendant carriers, and what they intend on taking from them could have the three imprisoned for half a decade.

And back in Lelan Castle, Eliander’s will is crumbling fast under the manipulative and cruel hand of his uncle. With Migheer now arrested and awaiting trial, Kordalis’s bid for the crown will have him sinking to a new low, for the Warden of the Lelan Islands has a nefarious plan that could permanently break the new king.

But as one royal falls, another is finding his feet. Chesirae continues to gain confidence under the watchful gaze of Keleon, and every day the mismatched pair grow closer as they attempt to find the origins of the strange relic… the mirror that Keleon is sure will stop the Gods’ Games once and for all.

The Gods' Games Book 2 Volume 1 'The Mirror Prophecies' is now in print!

Hey everyone!

I'm happy to announce that The Gods' Games Book 2 'The Mirror Prophecies Volume 1' is now available in print!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HG7TSVQ

And because of Covid, this physical book was a pain in the ass to get out and I actually haven't even held it in my own hands yet. Amazon isn't shipping books to authors in Canada right now, so not only have I not been able to replenish my own stocks for Patreon raffle rewards (so everyone has been getting a nice mishmash of what I still have in stock lol) but I haven't been able to order any proofs myself.

But never fear, Seren the wonderful is here. I got TGG 2 V1's proof mailed to her and she was able to take photos for me so i could look it over and make sure everything was okay. Everything looked great, so now my baby is out in the world waiting for a new home. Funny how you guys will be getting this book before I do lol but hopefully Amazon lifts the restrictions soon.

As you can see, much like I had to do with TGG 1, the gold text on the cover had to be changed to white. This is because the gold text looked god awful on Amazon's book printer back when I was doing TGG 1's physical books. Now, it seems like Amazon may have gotten new printers because it looks like they've fixed a problem where the covers would always print dark but I don't want to fuck with it right now, but I'll test it out in the future. I want to also test it out on Fallocaust's covers since I always had to manually lighten them up and if I can get away with not doing that the covers will look much better.

Until then, here it is! It's a big fucker, and I can't wait until volume 2 joins it.

The Gods' Games Book 2: The Mirror Prophecies Vol. 1 is OUT!

Happy Release Day Everyone!

The Gods' Games Book 2: The Mirror Prophecies Vol. 1 is now out and live. If you had a pre-order, it should already be on your device, and if you have Kindle Unlimited, well go get it for free!

My baby has been pushed out of the nest. I hope you guys enjoy volume 1. It's been wonderful being back in the world of Elron with Ben, Teal, and Malagant. I love those boys, just like I love Erick, Sweeny, Anagin, and Josiah, and of course all the new characters that will be making their introductions.

This was a fun book to work on, but of course a challenge since the world of Elron is so huge and constantly getting bigger as I expand on the different kingdoms, races, and cultures. And not even just Elron, we now have Shol too. Writing the hell realm of Elron was fun as well, but everyone who knows my books will not be surprised at that.
I hope everyone enjoys Book 2 of The Gods' Games. Every book has a little piece of my heart in it, and this book is no exception.

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The Gods' Games Book 2 Volume 2 'The Mirror Prophecies' is now available for pre-order

It's finally time! The Gods' Games Book 2 Volume 1 'The Mirror Prophecies' is now available for pre-order, and will be released July 17th!! This is a big volume 1, and because of that once the physical book is out it'll have to be in font that's like .5 of a point smaller, but I'll make it work somehow. And after this, I'm hopeful that Volume 2 won't be too far behind.

It's coming!! What a ride this book has been, but I'm damn proud of it.

The blurb:

After a desperate bid to save the Jewel of Elron from the hands of a crazed demigod, the prophecy walkers are now in Shol. Guided by Anagin, Malagant’s father, they traverse through the dark realm to try and locate their pendants, finding danger and demenos every step of the way. But they soon discover that Shol has its own set of problems: a prophecy is currently in play, and even Shade God, the God of Shol, is confused as to what is going on.

And in Lelan Hold, Eliander Luceon, the Crowned Prince of Lelan, is preparing to marry his Alcovian fiancé. With his only remaining brother Chesirae and his uncle here to witness it, Eliander is content to have his family finally under one roof. But things soon go south when a slippery mage under King Erick’s command pays them a visit, and gives King Korivander an ultimatum can will change everything.

Meanwhile in Alcove, and currently unaware of what is going on within his kingdom, Erick, Sweeny, and the kessiik mage Nyte travel through the harsh terrain to try and locate the pendant carriers. Erick has to warn his brother that they’re on a doomed quest, that the Stillborn God is luring them to their deaths. It becomes clear however that Erick and his small party may be the ones in danger, and that the undead god has now set his sights on him.

And the pre-order link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B597FTN

Patreon!

Hey everyone!

Usually I just use my goodreads blog for book announcements since I have so many social media platforms I already post my other updates on but I know I have readers who just use this and a lot of new readers who'll stumble upon this first (Hi guys) so I thought I would do a quick plug for my Patreon.

My Patreon has been a lifesaver for me in the past few years and has helped keep me floating. It also offers some pretty neat rewards as well, including book raffles for signed books, which currently is the only way to get signed books. The tiers start at just a dollar a month and if you pledge 5 bucks you'll get a personalized thank-you card from me, and we're not just talking some bullshit dollar store thank-you card this card features artwork I drew myself on the front and I always write a note inside too. It just gets better from there too, higher tiers have things like signed Fallocaust bookmarks, magnets, stickers, and the 25 dollar reward will have me sending you a drawing I drew myself of whatever character you want from the Fallocaust world or The Gods' Games or Silent Ground. It comes on fancy art paper too and is coloured by fancy art pens also. Like I mentioned there are also book raffles also, and I'll soon be Twitch streaming also and during those streams I'll be doing unofficial Ask Me Anythings and if there's enough interest I'll even read excerpts from previous books or the book I'm currently working on.

I also am going to be adding two new one-time tiers. These one-time tiers are not monthly rewards, but a one-time purchase that offer two pretty neat things:

The first one is something I offered a couple years ago as a prize during one of my author friend’s release day party, and it was a huge hit. Basically, you tell me about someone that you absolutely hate, whether it be an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, a childhood bully, or a celebrity (I of course will have to change the name a bit lol) and in an upcoming book (this one is for Garden of Spiders 2) I will write a small role for them… and then brutally fucking murder them. The first time I did this was in A God Among Insects and the character was horrifically killed by none other than Malachy in Candyland.

Now it ain’t cheap and there’s only two of these available per book. So, if you have the funds, want to help me out, and you have someone in mind that you want to suffer a horrible, torturous book death, this might be something to consider! (Also, you can just forgo patreon and do this via PayPal since Patreon does love to take their cut).

The second one is my ‘Write Monkey Write’ reward. It’s where I’ll write you a short story of your choice featuring whatever characters you want. There are some rules, nothing that will be in future books, no spoilers, nothing gross like m-preg or straight stuff of course. It can be as insane as you want (like all the Fallocaust characters are suddenly ducks), or even something simple like ‘A Day in the Life of Ellis’. I can put it up on my website or you can keep it for yourself. I’ll still own it so you can’t like sell it or anything lol but I’ll be your writing monkey and you can use me like the dog I am.


That's it! Any and all support would be met with me spinning in happy circles, even if it's just a dollar.

There's also some other unique ways of supporting me too. I have an Amazon Wishlist which has just everyday items that I'm always in need of like kitty litter, toilet paper, cat food, batteries, food items, winter clothes, and of course the most saught after: silicone lube.

So there we go, and yes posting such things kills my pride but well, the patreon has been up for two years now and this is the first patreon-focused post I've made here so that's not too bad lol.

As for my book updates I am currently editing The Gods' Games Book 2: Rise of the Stillborn God (working title may change) and I'm hoping to have a release day announcement and cover reveal in the next couple months. I've been editing this book a bit different since note taking has always been my downfall and I always feel like I could be doing a better job going through each chapter. So, instead of going over the entire book twice, I'm now going over each individual chapter three times, then doing another last run through of the book after the beta readers get it. That means editing takes longer, but me spending more time on each chapter has been great for improving the books content. This is going to make the Fallocaust books much easier to edit too and will all-around lead to a happier author and even better books!

Hope everyone is having a great 2020 so far.

Quil

The Fallocaust Short Stories: Nothing Bad Happens I Promise is here!!

Fallocaust Short Stories: Nothing Bad Happens, I Promise is officially released!

I usually make this post later in the day (when I'm awake and conscious enough to do things) but I might as well do it now before I drag my ass off to bed.

My first short stories book is out and live, and ready to be consumed. I hope everyone enjoys it, and that it tides them over until book 4's companion book is released. It was a lot of fun writing these short stories. I was able to get creative and basically do whatever I wanted with a few of those stories and that was definitely both fun and freeing. This won't be the last short story book and I look forward to coming up with new crazy ideas in the future.

Now it's back to writing The Gods' Games Book 2!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QM6RQ3V

The Fallocaust Short Stories: Nothing Bad Happens I Promise is coming!

It's coming!

The Fallocaust Short Stories: Nothing Bad Happens I Promise, is going to be released June 14th. It is now available for pre-order as well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QM6RQ3V. It contains 11 short stories about all your favourite characters (maybe a couple more depending on how it goes).

The Blurb:

Have you just read something heartbreaking in The Fallocaust Series? Did that evil author Quil rip your heart out and now you’re curled up in the fetal position eating Cheetos and plotting his death? Never fear! Fallocaust Short Stories: Nothing Bad Happens I Promise, is here to save you. This book contains a collection of short stories that are cute and funny (also a bit kinky at times), guaranteed to make you happy and feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The only tears that will be shed are ones of happiness, unless you drop your e-reader on your face but that’s not Quil’s fault, it’s yours – be more careful.

Some of the stories detail previously talked about events: like Reaver torturing Bridley, Leo and Greyson meeting for the first time, and how Luca got his cat ears; others are complete madness like ‘Backwards Land’ which takes place in a world where Killian is the greywaster living in Aras, and Reaver is the Skyfall boy whose parents are seeking the safety of the block. These short stories star all of your favourite characters doing all of your favourite things, and all that is missing is you.

A God Among Insects Volume 3 physical book now available.

Hey everyone!

The physical book of A God Among Insects Volume 3 is now available on Amazon! It looks amazing, and as usual, I have Christina to thank for formatting the outside of it, making it look all pretty, and creating the back cover as well which turned out awesome. The inside of it was formatted by Jon, that has been his job since book 2 and I'm very thankful he does it because I ripped out my hair doing it for Fallocaust and Breaking Jade.

This damn physical book took longer than expected too, but Amazon is to blame for that. As any other author who uses createspace knows, Amazon decided to absorb createspace like the giant gelatinous creature it is, which changed a lot of things when it comes to creating the physical books. One of the most annoying, is that it now sends it super ass slow! So I literally had to wait two weeks for the damn book to arrive.
And also lovely... is that instead of having a nice single page at the very back that says 'Proof' when ordering a proof, as you can see, to prevent people (like me) from ordering a bunch of these so I can send them off to some of my betas, they slap 'NOT FOR RESALE' right on the cover, the spine, and back cover.
But it's here and looks beautiful (besides the watermark), and I can finally fulfill my dream of seeing all three of these books stacked together.
And oh god its something... I can't believe I wrote all of that, but those grey hairs and mental breakdowns were worth it lol.

Right now, I'm currently working on The Gods' Games Book 2 BUT because I've been wanting badly to get it out for a year now, I'm also back to work on Fallocaust Short Stories. I just finished the Leo and Greyson one I stopped halfway through last year, so I officially have 4 of them done, and my main goal was to have 10 short stories in total before I publish. This will be the first of a few short story books, and this one is going to be called Fallocaust Short Stories: Nothing Bad Happens I Promise. It's going to be full of funny, cute, happy stories featuring all your favourite characters, and like the title suggests, nothing bad will happen. It'll be a good read for when you just read something heartbreaking or traumatizing and need an injection of humour and cuteness. So though TGG 2 is well on its way, if you're going to get technical, the short stories will be my next release.

So, that's what I've been up to when it comes to the books. I've been enjoying writing about my elves in The Gods' Games, but it has also been nice being back in the Fallocaust, and also great being able to give some of the secondary characters their moments in the spotlight.

I hope everyone is having a good November. I'm going to be celebrating a birthday next week, so ice cream, chinese food, and Fallout 76 is currently in my future.