The Dante Rossetti Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (#CIBAs). The Enchanted Swans is a…
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The Enchanted Swans – Cover of the Year!
The Enchanted Swans just won Cover of the Year at Discovered Diamonds! Pick up your copy here!
The Enchanted Swans is getting awards and accolades!
The Enchanted Swans is getting awards and accolades! In pre-Celtic Ireland, Fionnuala was a fae princess, born to a life of luxury. She knew her duty and loved her family. She missed her mother, who died in childbirth when Fionnuala…
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Cover contest!
The Enchanted Swans, the gorgeous cover designed by Cora Graphics, is in February’s contest at Books & Benches. Voting opens 2/1/17 and goes through 2/28/17. Each person can only vote once, so please go check it out! *****…
WHO WANTS SOMETHING FREE?
Everyone likes free! In honor of my new book, The Enchanted Swans, I’m going to be sending out a titillating excerpt from the book. Not the front, where other excerpts have come from, but from the juicy middle! …
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The Writer’s Almanac for October 4, 2016 | The Wild Swans at Coole | The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor
Because I’m fascinated by swans now, after writing a book about them (The Enchanted Swans, pub date March 8, 2017!), here are some swans for your day! The Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats Source: The Writer’s…
The Enchanted Swans – new novel now On Contract!
HAPPY NEWS! The Enchanted Swans is now ON CONTRACT!!! WOOHOO!!!!! . The Enchanted Swans is a novelization of the beloved Irish Fairy Tale, The Children of Lir. . In pre-Celtic Ireland, Fionnuala was a fairy princess, born to a life…
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Posted in History, pagan, Writing
The Enchanted Swans is Submitted!
Woohoo! I did it, I did it! I submitted another novel to my publisher for consideration! The Enchanted Swans came to a final draft (well, before editors get to it!) of 98,187 words. I didn’t think it was going to…
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First draft of The Enchanted Swans is Finished!
Finished, woohoo! The Enchanted Swans is done, at least the first draft. This is a novelization of the Children of Lir, a beloved ancient Irish tale. Several months ago, I announced a contest. Whomever came closest to guessing the final…
The Enchanted Swans excerpt
Part of today’s WIP #TheEnchantedSwans #amwriting #ChildrenofLir Aoife’s eyes darted from me to the king. “Leave? And go where? Will you send me back to the man who cannot stand the sight of me? The man who beat me and…
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Posted in History, Writing
Posted in History, Writing
Historical fantasy, time travel adventure, and urban fantasy 