More book cover critiques! This one is all warmth and intrigue. Reds, golds, and yellows imply luxury. The detailed design and the skyline indicate this is a novel set in east Asia. I love the line that draws the eye…
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Cool Book Covers
Tagged with: amreading, aria storm, blood and darkness, book cover, books, cover art, critique, illustration, india, mustread, namina forna, s a chakraborty, scarlet lupe, the city of brass, the gilded ones
Posted in Art, Writing
Posted in Art, Writing
My Interview with Scrolls and Screens
I’ve been interviewed by the wonderful Melissa Matos from Scrolls and Screens about my books, especially Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. Come check it out now! CLICK LINK Get your copy here! CLICK LINK
Tagged with: adventure, amwriting, audible, audiobook, author, book, ebook, interview, mustread, scrolls and screens, time tourist outfitters, time travel
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Posted in Writing
Cool Book Covers
I’m back with some more book covers I admire! This one is nicely wicked (as per the title). Limited color scheme really highlights the red, which might be ink, but more likely blood. The rustic font and color treatment on…
Tagged with: adalyn grace, all the stars and teeth, amreading, art, blue, book cover, cover art, critique, emily duncan, interesting, reading, the reader, traci chee, wicked saints
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Posted in Art, Writing
Failure
Failure Gazing up into the hard moonless night The wind pulls my soul from my lips. To what do I fathom in the ink-velvet sky? No hope do I see from the dawning day. My warrior hath gone to war,…
First Draft of Much Ado About Dying DONE!
That’s a wrap!! I just wrote the last words to the first draft of Much Ado About Dying. This is the middle book in The Hidden Gods Series, which began with Taming of the Few. That one isn’t released yet,…
Tagged with: am writing, first draft, ireland, irish, mustread, the hidden gods series, urban fantasy
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Ashes
The ashes blew up from the fire as she gazed into the flames, tears making runnels in those ashes that kissed her face. She tried hard to think of his soul rising up with the sparks into the wind…
Tagged with: author, death, druid, end, flash fiction, funeral, grief, historical, must read, mustread, short story, vignette, write, writing
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Posted in Writing
Time Tourist Outfitters, LTD is on sale today!
See the Deals of the Week at Hello Books! CLICK HERE
Tagged with: amreading, bargain, discount, ebook, fantasy, hello books, horror, mustread, sale, science fiction, scifi, time tourist outfitters, time travel
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Posted in Writing
Age of Druids is in the RONE Awards!
InD’Tale Magazine runs the RONE Awards every year, awarding excellence in several novel categories. My book, Age of Druids, is up for the Fantasy category. Voting will be the week of May 3-May 10, 2021. You do have to register,…
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Posted in Writing
Cool Book Covers
Since I design and create my own book covers for my self-published books, I troll through book covers and note really cool ones I find. They might not be ones I’d create myself, nor be applicable to the sort of…
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Posted in Writing
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. is a Winner
Here’s the official announcement of Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. as a winner in the Writer’s Digest Self-Published E-Book Awards for 2020! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CONTEST WINNERS CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR COPY!
Tagged with: award, book, contest, ebook, lgbtq, maine, mali, mustread, native american, science fiction, scotland, time tourist outfitters, time travel, winner, writers digest
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Posted in Writing
Historical fantasy, time travel adventure, and urban fantasy 