Faery Realms - Ten Magical Titles *AVAILABLE SOON*

FAERY REALMS - TEN MAGICAL TITLES

A New Book Bundle Available Soon where Ebooks are Sold!

Hello Readers!

 

It has been so very long since I've posted on my blog, and I must apologize for that.  These past several months have been busier than ever, and I've been working on two major projects that have taken up much of my time.  The first project, of course, was finishing up Lorehnin, the latest novel in the Otherworld series.  Lorehnin is now available where ebooks are sold and I'm working on getting the paperback ready to go.  You can read an excerpt on my Otherworld Trilogy page and the links to where you can purchase Lorehnin can be found on my Reading Guide

page.

 

My next announcement is about my latest collaboration project. I have teamed up with nine other fae-themed writers to put together a brand-new, mega bundle of faery books!  Faery Realms will be available next week and includes authors Tara Maya, Terry Spear, Alexia Purdy, Anthea Sharp, Rachel Morgan, India Drummond, Dana Michelle Burnett, Julia Crane, Talia Jagar.

 

Ehriad will be part of this bundle, so if you've been meaning to get around to reading those scenes from Faelorehn told from Cade's perspective, now's your chance to do so and get nine other titles for just $0.99!  Faery Realms will be on sale for a limited time only, so be sure to look for it this weekend and early into next week.

 

 FAERY REALMS: TEN MAGICAL TITLES (Multi-Author Boxed Set, novels & novellas)

*Purchased individually, these books cost over $15 – List price $9.99 – Save 90% – Now on sale for only .99 cents!*

 

Enter the magical realms of Faery with these ten award-winning, bestselling fantasy authors. Each title in this sampler collection offers a new and different world full of mystery, love, and most of all, fae enchantment~

 

Over 1400 pages of stories, with *exclusive* titles from Alexia Purdy, Tara Maya, and Anthea Sharp! Together, these books have over 250 5-star reviews on Amazon and 150 5-star reviews on B&N

 

~Best for ages 13 and up~

THE FAERIE GUARDIAN – RACHEL MORGAN
Kickbutt faerie Violet is about to graduate as the top guardian trainee of her class, but when an assignment goes wrong and the human boy she’s meant to be protecting follows her back into the fae realm, a dangerous plot is set in motion. (298 pages)

THE WITHERING PALACE (A Dark Faerie Tale 0.1) – ALEXIA PURDY *Exclusive Content*
Untold darkness rules the Unseelie realm of the Land of Faerie. Hidden in this vast area, Aveta, the future queen of the Unseelie Army, perfects her gifts over lifetimes. Learning that magic isn't the only way to manipulate the world around her, this naive girl grows into a woman of strength and cunning, ultimately becoming one of the most feared leaders in Faerie.

DARK PROMISE – JULIA CRANE & TALIA JAGER
Rylie’s life is turned upside down when a stranger knocks on the door, claiming to be her real mother. Soon she will have to face the terrifying fact that not only is she a faery, but one that has been promised to the dark prince. (240 pages)

FEYLAND: THE FIRST ADVENTURE – ANTHEA SHARP
High-tech gaming and ancient magic collide when a computer game opens a gateway to the treacherous Realm of Faerie. Jennet Carter never thought hacking into her dad's new epic-fantasy sim-game would be so exciting... or dangerous. But behind the interface, dark forces lie in wait, leading her toward a battle that will test her to her limits and cost her more than she ever imagined. (65 pages)
 
BLOOD FAERIE – INDIA DRUMMOND
Unjustly sentenced to death, Eilidh ran—away from faerie lands to the streets of Perth, Scotland. When she discovers a human murdered by one of her own kind, she must choose: flee, or learn to tap into the forbidden magic that cost her everything. (264 pages)

HOOD & FAE (Daughters of Red Riding Hood) – TARA MAYA *Exclusive Content*
Roxy Hood is just trying to make ends meet to pay her mom’s medical bills. Sure, Roxy takes on some jobs of, ahem, dubious integrity, like pretending that she can speak to the dead. But hey, that’s harmless. It's not like a malignant ghoul is going to attack her. Or a sexy billionaire will show up trying to buy her red jacket. Or a werewolf will attack Granny Rose. Because that would be whacked.
 
THE DARK FAE – TERRY SPEAR  USA Today Bestselling AuthorAlicia can recognize the mischievous fae when they show up to "play" with the humans. Only now she's faced with one highly annoyed dark fae and she's certain he knows the truth about her. She can see him, which means her life is forfeit. (184 pages)

EHRIAD – JENNA ELIZABETH JOHNSON
Cade MacRoich is Ehríad, an outcast of Eile. While hunting Otherworldly monsters in the mortal world, he discovers Meghan, a young woman whose magic seems very familiar …
Three scenes from Faelorehn – Book One of the Otherworld Trilogy, told from Cade’s perspective. (84 pages)

ONCE (Gypsy Fairy Tale) – DANA MICHELLE BURNETT
Harmony's life will never be the same... Every day is just as normal, and just as boring, as the one before it... And then the Carnival comes to town. Suddenly, Harmony’s small town world is overtaken by the handsome Kieran and she discovers that not all fairy tales are pretend. (140 pages)

FAE HORSE: A Faery Tale – ANTHEA SHARP *Exclusive content*
Accused as witch, Eileen flees for her life. When a strange black horse appears, her only hope of escape, she mounts it—to discover the cost of her ride may be more than any mortal could bear. (20 pages)

SELECT REVIEWS:

“It was fast paced, entertaining, witty, and even swoon-worthy at times. Rachel’s characters were fun to follow, and Violet is sarcastic and strong and a force to be reckoned with—everything I love in a female lead.” –Cover2CoverBlog review of The Faerie Guardian

“Turmoil, heartache and unexpected romance - all three are immersed into this tale of the Fae.”— Craving YA Reads review of Dark Promise
“The plot was fast paced and interesting … I can’t recommend the rest of the trilogy enough.” –The Mad Reviewer on Feyland: The First Adventure

"All in all, this is hands down one of the most unique Fae stories I have ever read before- India Drummond has truly created a beautiful world." –Avery’s  Book Nook review of Blood Faerie

“Enter the World of the Fae: Magical worlds aren't just for young adults, I enjoyed this tale and look forward to reading the other books in this series.” –ParaNormal Romance Reviews  of The Dark Fae
“I thought this was a great, quick summer read! Great story combined with bits of mythology and Irish folklore. I read the entire trilogy in a few days.” –Kristin David on Ehriad

"Once I started this book I could not put it down, I had to know what happened next." ~ Amazing Book Come To Life review of Once (Gypsy Fairy Tale)

Author Spotlight: Interview with Bob Nailor

1. Quickly, give us the title and genre of your book and a 30-word or less tagline:

Title: Three Steps: The Journeys of Ayrold
Genre: Fantasy
Tagline: What do you do when your fantasies are actually your reality and three steps separate them?


2. How did you come up with the title of your book or series? 


The title actually went through several variations that weren't anywhere near the final.  Then one day the idea of three steps came to mind and when the hero's name was changed from Elric to Ayrold, suddenly the title worked.


3. Who is your favorite character from your book and why?


Arthur Dunne because I used memories and impressions of my grandfather to create the character.  My grandfather was born in Dublin, Ireland and with the twinkle in his eye, he always reminded me of a leprechaun and the tales he told me have lived inside all these years. I was eleven when he passed away.


4. How about your least favorite character?  What makes them less appealing to you?


Brelyn is my least favorite character only because he is an elf and I have always thought of them as nice and well, he wasn't.  Somehow I really feel Brelyn needed to see a shrink more so than Harry Corsi did.


5. If you could change ONE thing about your novel, what would it be?  Why?


One thing?  After it was in print I thought of many things to change such as possibly making it a tad darker and expanding the battle scene somehow.  As to why?  Everyone loves to be scared and making the story darker would give the reader that extra little heart pulse.  And we all love a good battle scene, even Tolkien created an epic battle.


6. Give us an interesting fun fact or a few about your book or series:


First, Three Steps could become a series since I have a couple of ideas for other adventures involving Ayrold, Arienne, Soth and Melyorn.  Second, I did an immense amount of research and much of the magic within the book is based on Wiccan methodologies and known properties of ingredients used, such as for the far-seeing segment.  Third, "Burl-me-up" definitely made my leprechauns unique and is based on a trip where I saw a huge 25-30 ft leprechaun at some location between Washington, DC and NW Ohio.


7. Do you have any unique talents or hobbies?


I am a gourmet chef and have won a few awards for my culinary skills and have taught over 50 boys (via the Boy Scouts) how to cook.


8. How can we contact you or find out more about your books?


I attempt to keep my author web page as current as possible so you can always know what I'm up to at www.bobnailor.com and see what books I'm in or have out.  You can also check out this link that will take you directly to the book: http://www.bobnailor.com/book_ayrold.php


9. What can we expect from you in the future?


I am co-authoring with my buddy from Brazil a new series of vampire novels.  The story takes place (book 1) in Brazil and has so many fantastic historical moments in the tale to keep you wondering.  We are weaving history, religion and vampire fantasy together with an international flair.  The series we've outlined so far has five solid novels in it but it may expand.  On a personal note, I am hoping to have two more books out by June 2012; one an adventure type involving a clumsy for-hire relic hunter and the other a more literary fiction piece involving an Amish boy in 1961.


10. Do you have any tips for readers or advice for other writers trying to get published?


A tip to readers?  Enjoy the new technology but don't forget the old.  I love ebooks but still hanker for a real book from time to time.  Support both.  A tip to other writers? Stop writing, I don't need the competition. Just kidding.  Don't let your imagination go away and keep writing. Sometimes it is easier to start small with a short story in a collection.  But whatever, keep writing.


11. Is there anything else you’d like to say?


I'm glad to have this opportunity to talk a little about my book and myself. Thanks.  You may want to check out my other novel, 2012: Timeline Apocalypse.


12. And now, before you go, how about a snippet from your book that is meant to intrigue and tantalize us:


The doctor leaned toward me and lowered his voice.  "I'm going to ask one question, Harry.  I want you to give it serious thought before answering."


I nodded.


"What scares you?  I mean, deep down, inside.  What scares Harry?" 


I watched Dr. Hancock hold his pen absolutely still.  What scares me?  The dreams had, no, they still do.  They hadn't gone away.  They were with me, had been with me all my life and just got more vivid each time.  But did they really scare me?  I chewed on my thumbnail and gazed at the doctor as he watched me. My life scared me.  Not knowing what was coming next and not understanding what was happening now.  I feared my life, or, non-life.  The missing years scared me.


"What scares me the most, doc?"  I leveled my stare at him.  "The three of us: me, myself and I.  Whoever we are, were, or are going to be."


"Ah, interesting.  Thank you, Harry.  Well, even if you don't think so, we have made some progress.  Your color's changed."  He smiled at me.  "Small attempt at humor.  I'll go over the tape later.  Maybe something will come up."  He stood and we shook hands.


I turned and headed for the door.  A faint aroma tickled my nose.  "Do you smell that?"


"Do you mean that damnable taco stink?"


"No, not taco.  It reminds me of something.


"Well it isn't air fresheners," Hancock said.  "I tried to use some but they couldn't cover or hide that taco smell.  So I don't waste money on those anymore."


"It's not taco," I said.  "More like..." I inhaled.


"Yes, yes," he replied as he lifted his head and sniffed the air.  "It reminds you of what?


"A flower, I think.  Yes, a flower."


I watched as he took short quick breaths, sniffing.


"Honeysuckle," I exclaimed.  "I think it smells like honeysuckle."

"Well, if you smell honeysuckle, more power to you.  All this," Hancock pointed to his nose, "can smell is tacos.  God, I loathe tacos."

"My parents had a honeysuckle arbor in the back yard.  I'd go out and play, you know, a brave prince fighting evil dwarves to save the fairy princess."  I looked blankly at Hancock.

"Interesting.  Go on."  He started the tape again.

"Shit.  That had to have been when I was a kid and hadn't remembered it until this very moment.  Still something doesn't seem correct, it wasn't my parent's house, nor even the garden arbor.  Wow.  That honeysuckle scent is so strong now and reminds me of I-270 just south of Frederick, MD.  I used to drive through there just to smell the honeysuckle on my way back and forth between Georgetown U. and my folk's house.  I'd roll my windows down and just let the scent of honeysuckle embrace me."

"Yes, yes.  Very good.  Since you want to digress elsewhere and your hour is over, we'll pick this up at the next meeting.  I have a convention to attend but you'll not get away from this arbor and prince story.  Next meeting, for sure.  Think over the idea of hypnotic regression, it might just be the avenue we're looking for."  Doctor Hancock eased me toward the door.  "Anyway, if I could smell honeysuckle instead of taco, I know that I could say I was blessed.  I'll make an addendum to the notes referencing your ability to smell honeysuckle over tacos."

As I reached for the door, my pager beeped.

"The office," I said, and looked at Hancock.

"Go ahead, use my phone."  He motioned me back into the office.

"Be just a second," I said while walking over to the phone and dialed Kim, the office receptionist.

"Harry, sorry to bother you, but a Mr. Dunne called a few minutes ago.  He seemed very insistent on reaching you."  Her voice grated on me.

I spoke quietly.  "Thank you, Kim.  Who is he?"

"I have no idea.  He left me a phone number and said it was imperative that I get it to you as soon as possible.  Something about your parents."

"My parents?" I said and could feel my eyebrows furrow.  "The phone number?"  I pulled my notepad and pen from my jacket.

"It's 202-555-2950.  He's staying at the Sheraton Hotel, room three dash fifty.  He said it was near the Woodley Park Metro.  That's Dunne, D-U-N-N-E, first name is Arthur."

My hand fumbled trying to keep the pen from falling from my fingers.  "Woodley Park?  Thanks, Kim."

"Hope it's not bad news.  So, how's the date going?  Still got your clothes on?"

"Please, Kim.  I'm not out on some clandestine affair.  I'm at the doctor's office.  Give it a break.  Robert Hancock is a doctor.  Look it up."

I slammed the phone down.  Perhaps I'd still have a job tomorrow.  I knew Kim would check the information and it would quickly become office gossip.

"Nothing important," I said on my way out.

"Are you certain?" Hancock asked.  "Your aura wavered while you spoke.  I hope it was good news."

"I'm not sure.  Someone needed to see me and it's just a coincidence that he's staying across the street.  I'll call you later for another appointment?" 

Dr. Hancock nodded and stared at me, almost through me. It was obvious he was in deep assessment.

"Something tells me I won't be hearing from you." 

"Thanks," I said then frowned at his words.  "I won't be coming back?"

Hancock shrugged then passed his fingers near me, touching an unseen edge a couple of inches from my head and shoulders.

"No.  I don't think so," he replied absently. "Things change and you're changing.  Good luck."

*****

Thank you Bob for taking part in my Author Spotlight interview!  I hope your writing continues to flourish and we hope to see more of you in the future. 

 ***** 

If you or an author/illustrator you know is interested in being interviewed, feel free to send me an email at jejoescienne@yahoo.com

Why should I read an Indie Book?

     Why should I read an indie book?  Well, I can think of several reasons, but here are just a few to get you started:

     First of all, why shouldn’t you read an indie book?  Yes, it’s true that anybody with a computer, word processing program and an internet connection can self-publish, but is it not also true that anyone with a webcam can become the next best internet sensation overnight?  And there are plenty of videos out there that were created with a simple click of a mouse followed by a few wacky dance moves that have proved to be entertaining.  Heck, how many of those videos simply involve pets portraying their every day, normal behavior?

     So, what’s my point exactly?  Just because an author has gone the non-traditional route (they haven’t found an agent or publishing company to mass produce their book) doesn’t mean they are not talented.  In fact, I have read several traditionally published, main-stream books that haven’t met my expectations.  Yes, some of them just weren’t the right genre for me but some of them were simply awful.  Will you stumble upon some indie books that make you feel the same way?  Yes, you will, and I have as well.  However, for every indie book you cast to the wayside because it just wasn’t your cup of tea, you’ll more than likely find one that makes you stand up and shout, “Eureka!”  Some of my newest favorite authors are independent writers.  But now that I’ve found them, will I completely shun the traditional authors I once loved so well?  Nonsense!  Of course I’ll eagerly await their next novels and pay the more expensive price, but now I have great reading material coming from another source as well.

     That brings me to the next reason why you should give indie books a try: the price!  Who isn’t looking for lower costs on luxury items these days?  Yes, books are a luxury (in my case, a necessity), and independent authors tend to charge far less than the big publishing companies (at least when it comes to ebooks), and often times they host giveaways and offer coupons for free books. 

     The best places to find these ebook deals is on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and smashwords.com.  Smashwords has the added bonus in that when you purchase an ebook you have several formats to choose from, so if you don’t have a Kindle or a Nook you can still download your new book onto your ereading device.  Before I got my Kindle, I was reading ebooks on my laptop.

     Finally, one more wonderful thing about independent books is the editing.  No, I’m not saying they are all flawlessly edited (I’ve caught typos in text books before, as well as indie books), what I mean is that by publishing independently, authors have the freedom to write the story exactly how they want to write it.  I don’t know how many times I’ve finished a traditional book and thought to myself, “Wow, that plot had real potential but it never really left the ground . . .”  Has this ever happened to you?  You finish a book but feel the plot was predictable or the characters were flat?  You realize that it would have been a whole lot better if only more of the details would have been left in. 

     Fortunately, indie authors have that option; they decide whether or not if Character A needs to have that extra conversation with Character B.  Maybe it seems a little excessive, but I personally enjoy more meat to my stories.  Too often the heart of a book is sacrificed in order to create an end product that will be more marketable.  It reminds me of movie previews that make me say, “That looks like a really good movie!” only to be terribly disappointed when, after I’ve seen the movie, I realize all the worthwhile scenes were portrayed in the preview.

     So, hopefully as ebooks and ereaders become more and more accessible in this age of advancing technology, you’ll take a chance and give an independent author a try.  You never know, you may end up discovering the next best book to add to your collection.