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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…

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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! Audiobooks.com Scribd GooglePlay Kobo Nook Chirpbooks To find it in your library, request it through Overdrive: Overdrive

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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.…

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DragonCon 2019!

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

DragonCon 2019 is just around the corner. As always, I’m in the Art Show, which is located on the level below the lobby in the Hyatt. Come find my booth (a whole 8X10 booth this year!) in B12 (Bingo!).…

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Writing Update!

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 1 Comment

I haven’t been on here much to give a personal update on things going on, so here goes. I finished book #8 in The Druid’s Brooch Series, Age of Secrets, and just got the contract back from my publisher,…

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Scavenger Hunt with Prizes!

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Hello My Awesome Readers, The Night Owl Romance Cupcakes & Books online reader scavenger hunt event is here! Enter between Aug 8th and the 22nd. $700+ in Prizes & Over 100 Winners Ready to Win? I’ve teamed…

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Series giveaway! Free stuff!

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

SERIES eBook & Paperback Giveaway! (1) Winner of a KINDLE READER (2) Winners of eBook “Gift Baskets” of Book #1 of All Participating Series (40+) Winners of individual ebooks or paperbacks (randomly selected)

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I’m a bestselling author!

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 1 Comment

I’m a bestselling author at my publisher, Tirgearr Publishing, for July 2019, woohoo! Come check out my books and pick one up yourself here!

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Win a Kindle Fire 7!

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

Who doesn’t love free things? A free Kindle Fire 7! Winner is drawn July 1. Just follow each author on the list on Bookbub or Facebook and earn another entry. CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

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Misfortune of Time made the Finals! Rone Awards 2019

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Misfortune of Time, Book #6 in The Druid’s Brooch series, made the Rone Awards 2019 Finals in the Fantasy Category! See the listing in the June 2019 issue of InD’Tale Magazine here! Pick up your own copy here!

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Misfortune of Time is a Rone Award Nominee for 2019!

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

(Buy link HERE!) In 11th century Ireland, Étaín must hide her pagan magic from her pious Christian priest husband, Airtre. She wants to escape his physical abuse, but she must stay to protect their grandson, Maelan. Over many lifetimes, she…

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Misfortune of Song and Misfortune of Vision are finalists in The 2018 Wishing Shelf Awards!

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Link to a list of the 2018 FINALISTS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children’s books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London…

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Age of Saints – Reviews are coming in!

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Readers are leaving some lovely comments on Age of Saints, book #7 in The Druid’s Brooch Series Now available on all Amazon platforms, including Kindle Unlimited! “This story has its own unique identity, but also ‘fits’ wonderfully well with…

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Read me, I’m Irish Sale!

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 2 Comments

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Want something lovely and Irish to read this weekend? We have options! See them all at Tirgearr Publishing! Not all titles are on sale! Sharon Black – Going Against Type Mary Bradford – My Husband’s…

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Legacy of Hunger is FREE!

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Legacy of Hunger, book #1 in The Druid’s Brooch Series, is now FREE! That’s right, totally free! And you can listen to the first chapter as audio here! In 1846, on a farm in Ohio, 22-year-old Valentia is haunted by…

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Age of Saints releases tomorrow!

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

Tomorrow is release day for Age of Saints, book #7 in The Druid’s Brooch Series! Has anyone read the ARC? Tomorrow would be a fantastic day to post a review! If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, it’s on sale…

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Age of Saints is on Pre-Order!

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Age of Saints, Book #7 of The Druid’s Brooch Series, is now on pre-order! . Release date is March 6, 2019 . NOTE: This book will ONLY be available via Kindle Unlimited for the first 90 days after release. After…

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Finalists for The 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards!

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 3 Comments

Not one, but TWO of my novels from 2018 have been judged as finalists in the 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Misfortune of Song and Misfortune of Vision were both selected in the Adult Fiction category. See…

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Interview with Valeria, main character from Past Storm and Fire

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 4 Comments

Past Storm and Fire: . Val’s world is turned upside down by Hurricane Andrew in Miami, 1992. As she sifts through the remnants, she searches for something to take her away from the stress. After her co-worker and best friend…

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