Flames of Courage: Release Date and Pre-Order Page
Yeah, I'm interrupting your Sunday with a blog post. But don't worry. You'll be glad I did.
I mean, I can't guarantee that you'll be glad, because who knows? You may be a soulless, grumpy person who has zero interest in the release of awesome short stories. But that's not really my fault, is it?
For those of you who are not grumpy or soulless, you will be excited to learn that:
Flames of Courage, the second short story in the Terebinth Tree Chronicles, is releasing on 08/18/2018. Behold:
For those of you who don't know (in which case: Wow, I really need to up my marketing game), The Terebinth Tree Chronicles is a planned series of 5 short stories. The first (and currently only published) short story is
Colors of Fear
and it's really good, so you should read it.
So what's Flames of Courage about? Here. I have a nice little jacket blurb written up just for you:
One sorcerer. Four assassins. Uncover the stories of the warriors who will one day band together to kill the most powerful being in their world.
As a halfblood with a powerful secret, Jayel does not intend to spend the rest of her life hidden away in a desert oasis. She rejects what everyone is telling her: Halfbloods don’t. They don’t become warriors. They don’t become heroes. They don’t make a difference.
One of the last of the Athelan, a line of royal guardians with the ability to control fire, Jayel is ready to take a stand against those that oppress halfbloods. Nobody is willing to join her in this fight, so she’ll take it on all by herself.
But as she leaves her small tribe behind, she finds that justice isn’t always pure and fighting alone isn’t always easy.
Sounds awesome, right? That's because it is. Want to pre-order the ebook version? Well, good! I worked really hard to set up a pre-order page, so here it is. You're welcome.
For those of you who want a physical copy: Yes, those will exist. You'll be able to buy one on the release day (08/18/2018), which is less than 2 weeks from now. Woohoo!!
Now, just for laughs, I though I'd share with you the original concept art for Flames of Courage (something I did with Colors of Fear, too, in case you want to see). My artistic skills are very limited, yet this cover ended up turning out really well. How did that happen?
Well, let me tell you: It wasn't an easy or linear process. In fact, the first cover I came up with was truly horrendous.
I wanted to draw hoodoos on the cover because that's one of the setting in this story. Hoodoos are these really cool formations in Utah and they look like this:
Pretty awesome-looking, right? I mean, a bit complicated, but how hard could it really be to draw them? So I tried. And, errrr. It did not go well:
Yep. It looks like a 5-year-old tried to draw flames. Except this particular 5-year-old had never seen flames before. And she was drawing by holding a broken crayon in her mouth.
I wasn't kidding when I told you I have very limited artistic skills.
Anyway. That's when I moved on to drawing an arch because that seemed easier. And it actually was. So I drew it all in:
It took me about 8 hours because, like I said, I don't know what I'm doing. But I was still happy with it....Until I realized: I need to put flames beneath the arch. Which will change how I need to do my shading. Which means I basically was going to have to re-draw most of the arch.
*facepalm*
But it ended up okay in the end, sooooo. *shrugs* Yay.
What I've learned from this is that I should never again attempt to draw hoodoos....Or anything with perspective, really. And I should also not shade anything in until the very end. Plus, it probably might help if I actually took drawing lessons, but I refuse to do that because I'm stubborn and poor.
Aaaaanyway. That's the story of the cover, in case anybody wanted a good laugh.
Okay. Like I said, this story releases on 08/18/18. You can pre-order it here. Bonus points if you share this pre-order page online and with friends. Seriously. I will love you forever.
Also remember to add Flames of Courage on Goodreads. It's a good way to get the word out.
There will be more news in the future, so keep an eye out! And by keep an eye out I mean: Subscribe to my newsletter because I'm going to release the first page or so of the story on there and you really, really don't want to miss that.
But if you can't want to wait until then, you can read tiny snippets of the story on my Instagram. You can also read some quotes on K.L.+Pierce's blog (which you should follow, by the way, because her blog is great).
There will also be the occasional blog post about Flames of Courage over the next few weeks. They'll contain things like interviews, Livestream information, Q&As, and more. So if you get an email from me: READ IT. Seriously. Otherwise you'll miss out.
Have any questions or comments about Flames of Courage or The Terebinth Tree Chronicles in general? Let's hear 'em!
Have writing, reading, or writer's life questions? Use the hashtag #ChatWithHannah below or on social media to have them answered on my Youtube channel!
Related articles:
Colors of Fear: Cover Reveal and Q&AColors of Fear: Now Available for Pre-Order!
Announcing The Phoenix Fiction Sampler Bundle!
Enjoy this post? Take a look around. If you like what you see, don't forget to subscribe by email for a new post every Friday!
Some links are Amazon affiliate. Thank you for your support!
I mean, I can't guarantee that you'll be glad, because who knows? You may be a soulless, grumpy person who has zero interest in the release of awesome short stories. But that's not really my fault, is it?
For those of you who are not grumpy or soulless, you will be excited to learn that:
Flames of Courage, the second short story in the Terebinth Tree Chronicles, is releasing on 08/18/2018. Behold:
For those of you who don't know (in which case: Wow, I really need to up my marketing game), The Terebinth Tree Chronicles is a planned series of 5 short stories. The first (and currently only published) short story is
Colors of Fear
and it's really good, so you should read it.So what's Flames of Courage about? Here. I have a nice little jacket blurb written up just for you:
One sorcerer. Four assassins. Uncover the stories of the warriors who will one day band together to kill the most powerful being in their world.
As a halfblood with a powerful secret, Jayel does not intend to spend the rest of her life hidden away in a desert oasis. She rejects what everyone is telling her: Halfbloods don’t. They don’t become warriors. They don’t become heroes. They don’t make a difference.
One of the last of the Athelan, a line of royal guardians with the ability to control fire, Jayel is ready to take a stand against those that oppress halfbloods. Nobody is willing to join her in this fight, so she’ll take it on all by herself.
But as she leaves her small tribe behind, she finds that justice isn’t always pure and fighting alone isn’t always easy.
Sounds awesome, right? That's because it is. Want to pre-order the ebook version? Well, good! I worked really hard to set up a pre-order page, so here it is. You're welcome. For those of you who want a physical copy: Yes, those will exist. You'll be able to buy one on the release day (08/18/2018), which is less than 2 weeks from now. Woohoo!!
Now, just for laughs, I though I'd share with you the original concept art for Flames of Courage (something I did with Colors of Fear, too, in case you want to see). My artistic skills are very limited, yet this cover ended up turning out really well. How did that happen?
Well, let me tell you: It wasn't an easy or linear process. In fact, the first cover I came up with was truly horrendous.
I wanted to draw hoodoos on the cover because that's one of the setting in this story. Hoodoos are these really cool formations in Utah and they look like this:
Pretty awesome-looking, right? I mean, a bit complicated, but how hard could it really be to draw them? So I tried. And, errrr. It did not go well:
Yep. It looks like a 5-year-old tried to draw flames. Except this particular 5-year-old had never seen flames before. And she was drawing by holding a broken crayon in her mouth.I wasn't kidding when I told you I have very limited artistic skills.
Anyway. That's when I moved on to drawing an arch because that seemed easier. And it actually was. So I drew it all in:
It took me about 8 hours because, like I said, I don't know what I'm doing. But I was still happy with it....Until I realized: I need to put flames beneath the arch. Which will change how I need to do my shading. Which means I basically was going to have to re-draw most of the arch.
*facepalm*
But it ended up okay in the end, sooooo. *shrugs* Yay.
What I've learned from this is that I should never again attempt to draw hoodoos....Or anything with perspective, really. And I should also not shade anything in until the very end. Plus, it probably might help if I actually took drawing lessons, but I refuse to do that because I'm stubborn and poor.
Aaaaanyway. That's the story of the cover, in case anybody wanted a good laugh.
Okay. Like I said, this story releases on 08/18/18. You can pre-order it here. Bonus points if you share this pre-order page online and with friends. Seriously. I will love you forever.
Also remember to add Flames of Courage on Goodreads. It's a good way to get the word out.
There will be more news in the future, so keep an eye out! And by keep an eye out I mean: Subscribe to my newsletter because I'm going to release the first page or so of the story on there and you really, really don't want to miss that.
But if you can't want to wait until then, you can read tiny snippets of the story on my Instagram. You can also read some quotes on K.L.+Pierce's blog (which you should follow, by the way, because her blog is great).
There will also be the occasional blog post about Flames of Courage over the next few weeks. They'll contain things like interviews, Livestream information, Q&As, and more. So if you get an email from me: READ IT. Seriously. Otherwise you'll miss out.
Have any questions or comments about Flames of Courage or The Terebinth Tree Chronicles in general? Let's hear 'em!
Have writing, reading, or writer's life questions? Use the hashtag #ChatWithHannah below or on social media to have them answered on my Youtube channel!
Related articles:
Colors of Fear: Cover Reveal and Q&AColors of Fear: Now Available for Pre-Order!
Announcing The Phoenix Fiction Sampler Bundle!
Enjoy this post? Take a look around. If you like what you see, don't forget to subscribe by email for a new post every Friday!
Some links are Amazon affiliate. Thank you for your support!
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