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Saturday, May 1, 2021

10 Fantasy Books Released in May 2021

A list of 10 fantasy books released in May 2021. Scroll on to find out what they are, and click the link if you want to find out more about any of the books on Amazon!

10 Fantasy Books Released in October 2020

A list of 10 fantasy books released in October 2020. Scroll on to find out what they are, and click the link if you want to find out more about any of the books on Amazon!

10 Fantasy Books Released in September 2020

A list of 10 fantasy books released in September 2020. Scroll on to find out what they are, and click the link if you want to find out more about any of the books on Amazon!

The Skrikare

As of today, October 6th, 2020, The Skrikare is published and available on Amazon! I worked on it for four years, and I've had Olivia in my head for about ten. It's hard to believe it's finally done and out for the world to see. This is my first published book, and nothing could have prepared me for the feeling when I held my proof copy for the first time.

Here's the cover and back-of-book blurb:

People want to use her as a living weapon . . .

Olivia Lavelle’s scream is deadly. No one knows why, but a skrikare is born only once every three hundred years, and she was born screaming.

The vakt, a race with the ability to cancel out all supernatural abilities, formed the Academy of the Vakt as a way to teach control to the skrikare, new vampires, and elementals.

When Olivia was born, the academy in Flagstaff, Arizona took her in, and Mason Lavelle became her guardian and vakt. His job is to protect her from people who want to use her power for their own gain—and when the Lunar Elements seek her out, Olivia's routine life is thrown into chaos.

I hope this book can provide anyone who happens to read it at least some modicum of joy and entertainment. 💜

Friday, August 16, 2019

Beginnings of a New Story

While I wait for beta readers to finish my Skrikare WIP, I have dusted off the cobwebs from an old idea and begun to weave new life into it. That's right - I got impatient and started another story, because I miss writing, and even world building helps to placate the urge to write.

And let's face it - world building is simply FUN.

I'm just doing a little at a time, one or two decisions or actions each day. So far I have the supernatural races, the questionable protagonist, the ultimate antagonist and the side antagonist, and a lost-in-life family of sidekicks for the protagonist. And the world! I drew a map of the world, because unlike my urban fantasy WIP, Skrikare: The Living Weapon, this one is high fantasy, complete with its own world. Most of the lands still need names, but I have the layout and the locations. Just looking at it sparks a sense of excitement in me. It always surprised me that the first WIP I managed to take as far as I have was urban fantasy, but now at least I get to play with my own made up world. (But I'm still itching to get back to 'perfecting' Skrikare!)

No actual writing has been done yet for this new WIP, unless you count the chapter or two I wrote for a class in college that I may or may not use the content of now that I've solidified the details of the world and plot more. Some of it may be used, but exactly how much, I have no idea. I don't even know whether or not I'm going to outline the plot. There's no hurry to get to the writing process though; I want to do as much world building as possible before I get started, and part of me is still reluctant to truly start another book until Skrikare is done with edits.

So, next step: naming the regions! And I don't know about you, but I love me some made up fantasy names.