Greetings, Champions!
Snowflakes: the Snow Queen Short Story Collection has officially launched! I’m still offering it for 99 cents, but by the end of the week I’ll be pricing it higher, so snag it while it’s on sale! So far the feedback seems to be positive, so I’m glad everyone was happy to return to Rakel’s world! If you would leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads for the collection, I would really appreciate it!
But while I’m excited about Snowflakes, I have officially started writing Endings, the final King Arthurs book. There is no set release date, mainly because I don’t know how long it will take to write it. Keeping that in mind, I’m going to be non-responsive for the next two or three weeks while I work on it.
The less I spend on my social media accounts, the more time I have to write Endings, and since I want to write a quality book and still get it released in a timely manner, I’m giving my internet time the axe. 😉
With luck I’ll be back by the end of the month, just in time for the annual Hero Poll! But until then, thanks for understanding, Champions! And here’s a ROUGH sneak peek of Endings!
Britt couldn’t remember her mom’s voice.
The realization struck her near the midnight watch, as soon paced in the small, frost-covered Queen’s garden. The moon glowed overhead, casting silver light the withered plants. Off in the distance a dog barked and soldiers greeted one another as the patrols changed over…and for the life of her, Britt couldn’t remember her mom’s voice.
Her sister’s face—a face she had seen every day of her childhood—was starting to grow hazy too.
Britt could remember her mom’s gusty laugh and the twinkle in her sister’s eyes. Details like that were easier to recall, but everyday things—like faces and voices—were starting to slip from her memory. Instead they were replaced with Merlin’s sarcastic barbs, Kay’s twitching mustache, Mordred’s dimpled smile, and Gawain’s clear eyes.
But while she treasured the new, her heart ached with the loss of the old.
“It’s been three years,” she whispered. “Just three! How could I forget them so quickly?”
Three years ago, Britt—an American from the twenty-first century—had been pulled back through time while visiting England. Her time travel was the result of a spell forged by Merlin, who told her Arthur—the boy meant to be King of Britain—had run off with a shepherdess, and she was to take up his identity and rule in his stead.
Britt placed her hand on a stone pillar, seeking support. The stone was so cold it bit her palms, but she barely noticed.
“I’m happy,” she murmured. “My knights accept me—the real me—Camelot is more beautiful than I could imagine, and we are at peace, but…how can I forget who I was, who I really am?” She took a shuddering breath.
“Milord?” one of her guards asked, shifting in the shadows.
Britt offered him a wane smile and waved his concern off. She resumed pacing, as if the exertion would help her recall the exact proportions of her sister’s face.
She paused only when Merlin—his blonde hair white in the silver moonlight—popped around the corner of the garden. He held a sputtering torch, and his forehead wrinkled as he and Britt stared at each other from across the garden.
Phile need her own book! Yes! Yes! Yes! Particularly if it will be a little bit of time after the war of Ice and Snow because I very much want to see a snip-it of Farrin and Rakel married. Am I the only one who would really like to see the Farrin/Rakel relationship while Rakel is pregnant? Honestly, Rakel pregnant in general that strikes me as downright hysterical. I mean with her brother, and Oskar, and Halvor AND Farrin, can we say “mother hens”? Just saying…
Ho-ho-ho, I hadn’t thought of that, but you’re right! LOL! Rakel would be trying to sneak out the back way with Phile, and all her Nannies would come running after her!
Sadly I haven’t had the chance to get my eager hands on Snowflakes yet so I’m quenching my unbearable thirst for your amazing writing by re-reading many of the Timeless Fairy Tales and extras- they always make my day 🙂
Thank you for inspiring me and making me laugh and relax! <3
And yes, I'd love to read a book about Phile someday!! 😉
I am excited to read how you finish out the story of Britt; I re-read all of her books recently! I need to get Snowflakes and then re-read the Snow Queen books now. LOL! Thanks for working so hard to keep new books coming! Also, I am loving all of the new covers. Great job!
I’m glad you are enjoying the new books! 😀 I’m have a lot of fun with Britt’s final adventure, so hopefully you’ll enjoy it as well. (Thanks for being patient in waiting for its release!)
The layout for the pages in the ‘Books’ section has changed.
Are you revising/editing your website?
Yikes, thanks for letting me know, Rachelle! Getting to work on getting it fixed! (My super-savy-and-smart designer says it’s probably updates I haven’t installed, so it will hopefully be fixed soon!)
I loved Snowflakes! But I have to ask, are we going to find out if anything happens between Phile and Oskar? I was really hoping we would get to read her love story. 🙂
Kitty really! That sneak peak was too much. Now it’s going to make the wait even harder. Whyyy. I totally forgot Snowflakes was coming out! Kinda bummed that we don’t find out about Phile’s ending, still about to snag it with the discounted price ;).
Can’t wait for this last one to come out!
Yes! Phile is my favorite and I am dying to know what happened to her. I stayed up until Midnight to get it when it came out, thinking I would finally get to see Phile unnerved. The rest was great though. I am still a little confused about the dogs too.
RE: Phile… I’m actually trying to decide if I should give her, her own book. I need to close out King Arthurs first, and I would like to finish the last few fairy tales too, but it’s something I’m going to be polling you guys on at some point this year.
But what do you guys think? (If no one is interested I don’t want to waste time pondering it.)
I too would love to see more about Phile. In the amazon description of Snowflakes, it says that Snowflakes has a story about why Phile went to Verglas in the first place. I didn’t actually see that story in the book but my kindle copy had a bunch of glitches so perhaps that particular story didn’t download?
Yeah, I’m chatting with Amazon about glitchy copies. Hopefully we can get it fixed–or at worst I’ll post the story on my website again. 🙁
That would be great! I see that the book description lists “12 stories” and my table of contents only has 11 stories. I bet the missing one is the one about Phile.
Yes, there was a mix up when I launched the book and actually FORGOT about Phile’s story! However, Based on what Amazon told me, you should have recieved an email from them telling you that you can download an update of the book, which will contain the story. (Otherwise if you go to your manage content tab in your account, you should be able to find the book and download the new edition from there.)
Thanks! About a week after I had posted my comment, I opened my kindle to find that the Snow Queen anthology was at the top of my booklist indicating a recent download. I eagerly opened up the table of contents and sure enough, Phile’s story was there and all the other glitches had been corrected as well. What a nice surprise!
Yes, there should definitely be a book about Phile! It would really be great to learn more about her.
Oh! Definitely. I would love a book about Phile.
I would love to read a book about Phile! She is such a fun character!
A set on Phile would be great! Her character definitely has such potential. Please do write more on her!
My family and I would totally read a book about Phile!!!!! 😀
Yessss, I would totally want a whole book on Phile. Especially what it felt like to not tell anyone what Rakel was going to do.
Yay!!! I’m soooooo excited!!! Just. Yay.