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…
Winter Wonderland Giveaway!
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Contest for audiobooks!
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!
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
#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
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…
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Reviews – where do authors get them?
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…
Contest! Win Amazon Gift Cards and more!
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!
Time Tourist Outfitters in InD’Tale Magazine’s Crowned Elite Reviews
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…
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Science Fiction Giveaway!
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)
Past Storm and Fire is a Discovered Diamond!
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…
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Posted in History, Writing
Dialogue vs. Narrative vs. Action in Writing Novels
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!
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!
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…
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Posted in History, Travel, Writing
Posted in History, Travel, Writing
Win a Kindle Reader! Free Books!
Win A Kindle Reader! And Gain Access to Tons of Free Books!!
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DragonCon 2019 Sunday morning
A bit of a relaxed day in the art show. I taught my beading workshop.
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Posted in Travel
DragonCon 2019 Saturday
A whirlwind of a day!!
DragonCon 2019 Friday Night
Tonight was a party with fellow #DresdenFiles fans. Low key and great conversations. I also got a selfie with #AdamSavage from #Mythbusyers! Then I wandered a bit.
DragonCon 2019 Friday afternoon
Most of this day was spent in the art show. I DID get a photo with #CatherineTate and #DavidTennant and they were both delightful!!! #DoctorWho #MeepingAngel #RBG #Ozma #Oz #BobRoss #Moana
