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Voting for the Rone Awards is here!

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

My book, Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. is up for a Rone Award! But my book needs your help! I need your votes! Please go to the InD’Tale Magazine page HERE Week 3 and cast your vote! Yes, you must…

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Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. in Rone Awards Voting!

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

BOTH Past Storm and Fire and Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. have made the reader voting phase of InD’Tale Magazine’s RONE awards! Unfortunately, I must choose one, as the votes usually get split when one author has two books, so…

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Fantastic reviews for Age of Secrets!

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Buy your copy here! Reviews are coming in for Age of Secrets, book #8 in The Druid’s Brooch Series The latest is from the April 2020 issue of InD’Tale Magazine, giving Age of Secrets 4.5 stars out of 5, and…

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Posted on March 11, 2020 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Age of Secrets, Book #8 of The Druid’s Brooch Series, is now LIVE! . Fingin has no drive in his life until he finds a half-drowned dog who becomes his best friend. That friend leads him to a cottage where…

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Contest! Win 3 months of Audible and books as well!

Posted on March 10, 2020 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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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…

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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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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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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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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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Writing updates!

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — Leave a comment

Updates! Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. is getting closer to publication! Cover is done, but I still need to complete the wrap around and start the formatting fun. Past Storm and Fire – Almost done recording for audiobook! I…

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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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Past Storm and Fire got 5 Stars in InD’Tale Magazine!

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 1 Comment

InD’Tale Magazine just reviewed Past Storm and Fire in their June 2019 issue, and gave it a glowing 5 STAR review! Click here to see the magazine – the review is on the last page! An excerpt from the review:…

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Age of Saints is a Discovered Diamond!

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

Discovering Diamonds has posted a lovely review of Age of Saints, book #7 in The Druid’s Brooch Series. “Equally appreciated is Nicholas’s deep understanding of Irish legend and lore. Her books are rich with these, and they bring the culture…

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Misfortune of Time is in the 2019 Rone Awards!

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 4 Comments

Misfortune of Time, book #6 in The Druid’s Brooch Series, is in this week’s RONE Awards at InD’Tale Magazine! Please go and vote for Misfortune of Time in the Fantasy category! You must register to vote, and you can only…

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Past Storm and Fire is now released!

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Green Dragon Artist — 2 Comments

Past Storm and Fire Past Storm and Fire, a timeslip romance taking place in both modern Miami and medieval Iceland, is now RELEASED!! It will be available both on Kindle and in Print (presuming I can get my proof done…

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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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Past Storm and Fire is now on Pre-Order!

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

Past Storm and Fire Past Storm and Fire, a timeslip romance taking place in both modern Miami and medieval Iceland, is now available on pre-order! It will be available both on Kindle and in Print (presuming I can get my…

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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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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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