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A Conversation with Melora Johnson, author of Earthbound

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Green Dragon Artist — 1 Comment

Today, I am hosting a fantastic newly published author, Melora Johnson! Her first novel is being published on January 15th, 2020 by Tirgearr Publishing. Click here! Thank You I’d like to start by thanking Christy for hosting me…

Bullying and Microaggressions

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Green Dragon Artist — 1 Comment

Many people have gone through hell in their childhoods. I wasn’t one of them. Don’t get me wrong. I grew up poor enough that we had tuna fish salad for dinner way too often. All my new clothes were…

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Smashwords sale!

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Smashwords sale! #SALE #COMINGSOON Tirgearr Publishing will host our annual Holiday Sale. Most books 50% off, books starting at 99c/p…some free! This sale is hosted through #Smashwords from 25 December and through 1 January. Simply log into our website and chose your…

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Age of Secrets (Druid’s Brooch #8) is on pre-order!

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Age of Secrets, Book #8 of The Druid’s Brooch Series, is now on pre-order! . Release date is March 11, 2020. . Fingin has no drive in his life until he finds a half-drowned dog who becomes his best friend.…

Winter Wonderland Giveaway!

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Hello My Awesome Readers, The Night Owl Romance Winter Wonderland online reader scavenger hunt ($500+ in Prizes) event is here! Enter between Dec 5th and the 19th. I’ve teamed up with Night Owl Romance and other authors…

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Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. is on audiobook

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. is now available at Audible! It will be available on other platforms soon, but you can get your copy here! Audible Link

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Contest for audiobooks!

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Win a Subscription to AUDIBLE! (2) Winners of Three-Month Audible Subscriptions Plus various audio and paperback book winners (randomly selected) (randomly selected)

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Short Stories winning!

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

While I’ve written two travel guides, fourteen novels, and one novella, I’d never written many short stories. These past two years, however, I’ve worked on that. I’ve written about a dozen short stories now, and one, Bluebells, has been…

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Snippet Thursday – Saoirse’s Folly

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

#SnippetThursday #SaoirsesFolly Gripping the vial tight in her fist, she walked back out to the kitchen. Seamus had started the kettle for tea, almost as if this were a normal visit. Saoirse placed the vial on the table, mended after her…

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Review on Age of Saints from Historical Novel Society

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Have a look at the lovely new review from Anna Bennett at the Historical Novel Society! Sixth-century Ireland springs to life in Christy Nicholas’ Age of Saints, a tapestry of historical detail woven with Irish fairy tales and folklore. Conall is…

Reviews – where do authors get them?

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 1 Comment

Reviews for your book By Christy Nicholas So, you’ve written your first draft. You’ve bled, sweated, and cried to get it professionally edited, published it (either with a publisher or on your own), and now it’s out there like…

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Contest! Win Amazon Gift Cards and more!

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

I’m part of a great giveaway! Enter and sign up to follow a bunch of authors on BookBub, and be entered to win Amazon Gift Cards! CLICK HERE!

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Time Tourist Outfitters in InD’Tale Magazine’s Crowned Elite Reviews

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 1 Comment

Time Tourist Outfitters is featured in InD’Tale Magazine’s Crowned Elite Reviews this month! (Available in BOTH print and ebook, with audiobook coming soon!) Amazon Amazon.UK Smashwords Kobo Nook/Barnes & Noble Applebooks Audiobook coming soon! Wilda had retired from…

Science Fiction Giveaway!

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Win up to 14+ Science Fiction eBooks + Bonus Paperbacks! (2) Grand Prize “Gift Baskets” of ALL eBooks! (14+) Winners of Individual eBooks (randomly selected titles)

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Past Storm and Fire is a Discovered Diamond!

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

The lovely folks at Discovering Diamonds have posted a review of Past Storm and Fire. Here’s an excerpt. Please visit their site for the entire review! How often do we find that it takes a crisis or a disaster…

Dialogue vs. Narrative vs. Action in Writing Novels

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Dialogue vs. Narrative vs. Action Definitions: Dialogue: The words exchanged by characters in a conversation. Narrative: a report of related events presented to readers. Action: a description of the physical occurrences in a story. A well-balanced story…

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Past Storm and Fire is on audiobook!

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Past Storm and Fire is now available as an audiobook! Audible Audiobooks.com Scribd GooglePlay Kobo Nook Chirpbooks To find it in your library, request it through Overdrive: Overdrive

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InD’Tale Magazine gives Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. 4.5 stars!

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Check out InD’Tale’s October 2019 edition here! Get your copy of Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. today – only 99 cents this week! Retired First Nations Temporal Agent Wilda Firestone just wants to run her Toronto shop: garb Time Tourists and…

Win a Kindle Reader! Free Books!

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Win A Kindle Reader! And Gain Access to Tons of Free Books!!

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Age of Saints is going wide!

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Age of Saints, book #7 in The Druid’s Brooch Series, is going wide on September 3, 2019! If you still want it on KU, get it quick! This book has been available on Kindle Unlimited, and thus exclusively on Amazon.…