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Danielle Ackley-McPhail

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Literature & Fiction

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Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with husband Mike McPhail and friend Greg Schauer to form her own publishing house, eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).

Her published works include six novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, and Transcendence, the non-fiction writers’ guide, The Literary Handyman, and is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight &am ...more

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	Bad Ass Faeries by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeffrey Lyman (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn: A Steampunk Faerie Tale by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Day Al-Mohamed (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Plain Bad by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Lee C. Hillman (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Halfling's Court: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale (Bad-Ass Faerie Tales, #1) by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Linda Saboe (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslight & Grimm: Steampunk Faerie Tales by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diana Bastine (Editor) , James Chambers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon's Lure by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C.E. Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Keith R.A. DeCandido (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In All Their Glory (Bad-Ass Faeries, #3) by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeffrey Lyman (Editor) , L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Literary Handyman: Tips on Writing From Someone Who's Been there by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Ty Drago (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yesterday's Dreams (The Eternal Cycle #1) 3.78 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Side of Good / The Side of Evil by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Greg Schauer (Editor) , James M. Ward (Contributor) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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CONVENTION SCHEDULES – NOVEMBER

Whew! November is very busy for us these year. This coming weekend is the only one we don’t have a convention.

Here are the schedules we have been assigned (subject to change without prior notification.)

As always, we can be found in the dealers room at each convention when we are not on panels. Unless, of course, the dealers room is closed, in which case you’ll find us somewhere if you try hard...

Series by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Bad-Ass Faeries (5 books)
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Keith R.A. DeCandido (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

Jody Lynn Nye (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

John Passarella (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

D.L. Thurston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

N.R. Brown (Contributor)

John L. French (Contributor)

Lee C. Hillman (Contributor)

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4.16 avg rating — 237 ratings

The Eternal Cycle (3 books)
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author)

3.94 avg rating — 68 ratings

The Bad-Ass Faerie Tale Series (3 books)
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author),

Ed Coutts (Illustrator)

4.20 avg rating — 59 ratings

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Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

1 chapters — updated May 13, 2015 06:37PM

Description: An excerpt from the upcoming novel by Danielle Ackley-McPhail and Day Al-Mohamed

An Excerpt from the Long-Awaited Sequel to Yesterday's Dreams (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36PM

Description: The prelude to Danielle Ackley-McPhail's newest novel, Tomorrow's Memories, book two in the Eternal Cycle Series

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Danielle rated a book really liked it The Librarians and the Pot of Gold (The Librarians, #3) by Greg Cox	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An interesting premise, mostly well-executed. Unfortunately, I was not familiar with the previous books in this series when I began reading and so it took me a while to get up to speed. It was clear this was an ongoing series and so I felt lost from ...more
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Danielle liked Roxanne Tomich's review of The Clockwork Witch: "A new world with a new premise! I love a new idea and this book has it all. Start with an old idea, a non magic in a magic family. Then a discovery of a new talent, is it good or bad for the world? Read to find out! Now I have a new world, a new au..." Read more of this review »
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Danielle liked Danielle Ackley-McPhail's blog post: CONVENTION SCHEDULES – NOVEMBER "Whew! November is very busy for us these year. This coming weekend is the only one we don’t have a convention. Here are the schedules we have been assigned (subject to change without prior notification.) As always, we can be found in the dealers ..." Read more of this blog post »
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Danielle liked Mrgana Wyze's review of The Clockwork Witch: "Simply a great read I am hoping for a sequel. Amazing ending with great drama and tension. I truly liked the main character and the pace of this book."
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Danielle is now following Claire Luana Author of Moonburner (Moonburner Cycle, #1)
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Danielle rated a book it was amazing The Confectioner's Exile: The Confectioner Chronicles Prequel Novella by Claire Luana (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A Master Crafter I must admit I rarely buy a book. I just don't have the budget for it. However, after I received and read a copy of The Confectioners Guild through NetGalley, I was so delighted with the author's work that I promptly bought or pre-bou ...more
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Well-drawn characters and growing tension gripped me despite the mostly predictable progression of this story. Do not take this as a detriments, as the genre lends itself to predictability. The tale itself was well told.
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Danielle rated a book really liked it Stygian (Dark-Hunter, #27) by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Being an origin story, I found this a little hard to follow at first, trying to remember what I had read previously about the character. Very quickly, this wasn't an issue. Ms. Kenyon's writing is always detailed, engaging, and at times brutal and th ...more
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What a wonderful read! So original and so disturbing. This book engaged me and kept me riveted. Not one turn of the page was predictable. I loved the magic system, even in it's corruption, because it was unique and visceral. Definitely add this autho ...more
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“Because dreams are the difference between living...and existing...”
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“I hate it when realism intrudes on my dreams.”
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“Words are the closest any of us can come to making something from nothing at all.”
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