2021 Reader Survey

I am so excited to announce the return of our Annual Reader Survey! Woohoo!

I can practically hear the confusion of some of the newer Champions, so let me explain! Nearly every year the team and I put together a reader survey. (I skipped last year because it was 2020, nuff said.)

It might not sound exciting, but the results of the survey are vital to me and our community because it helps me learn a lot about you Champions, what book genres you’re interested in, what ways I should focus on expanding/growing our community, what events I should do and more!

The survey is multiple choice and it’s only ten questions, so you should be able to finish it super quickly.

And here’s the most important part: since I’m so thankful you are willing to take the time to fill out this survey for me, I whipped up a special bonus character interview for everyone who completes the survey!

Click here to take the survey now!

Once you click the submit button at the end of the survey, wait for the confirmation page to appear! The link to the  bonus character interview will appear on that page, so don’t close it until you’ve had a chance to click on the link and reader the character interview!

The character interview will eventually show up on my website (probably in January) so if you don’t want to take the survey, or if you really want to read it again, you will have the chance to get it in a few months. And in case you are wondering the interview is spoiler free for Trial of Magic – although Angelique is part of the interview and she doesn’t hold back from sharing her thoughts!

A special thank you to everyone who has filled out one of my reader surveys in the past! I appreciate hearing from you and getting ideas for new ways to have fun with you Champions. I changed out a few of the questions from last time and including adding some new questions related to Sheacon. I’m really excited to see if the answers for the recurring questions change, since the 2019 survey was before any of you had heard of a certain scrappy wizard named Hazel. 🙂

Rumpelstiltskin Audio Production!

Hello, Champions! One of the awesome projects that debuted at Sheacon 2021 was Part 1 of the Champion-made audiobook production of Rumpelstiltskin! It is fully voiced with sound effects and music, and it is absolutely fantastic to listen to. (For real–Grandmother Guri’s goat, Jojo, bleats, there are crowd noises, and the voice acting is so amazing I had to rewind multiple times because I enjoyed it that much.)

Plainly said, I cannot fathom the amount of work that went into this production. It’s entertaining and all around wonderful to hear, and I’m totally wowed by the acting abilities and amazing skills of everyone involved.

So before I give you the link to this free but incredibly sophisticated project, we have the cast and crew to thank!

Cast list: Narrator 1: MidnightFairytales Narrator 2: Leyna Laurel Elyse Gemma: Madds Linnea: SarahRose King Torgen: SuperRog Stil: SuperRog Merchant: Jess_the_mess Sissel: Leah Jentine: Leah Rudd: Anneli Foss: Jess_the_mess Mrs. Hagen: RayJay Malfrid: RayJay Lady Lovland: Cindy Grandma Guri: Leslie Footman: jnl886 Gemma’s Mother: Vin Prince Toril: Marc Captain: jnl886

Crew list: Involuntary Project Manager: Leslie Casting Gurus: EllaRose, Katlover, and Lusciania Audio Queen: RayJay Audio Exorcist: Cindy Prince Toril’s Recording Engineer: William Pierce

Now, are you ready for an auditory treat? (As I mentioned above, this is part 1 of the audiobook, and it lasts roughly an hour.) Click here for the Google drive mp3 link!

I’m so excited for everyone to hear this! Now, I take zero credit for this. It is an entirely Champion driven venture. So, if you could leave some encouraging words for them in the comments, I’d be really grateful, because they deserve all the praise!

Speaking of which! While I am so thankful to everyone involved–especially the audio crew who spent extra time putting this beauty together–I want to give a special shout out to our amazing Linnea, voiced by SarahRose who is actually fairy tale author SR Noulton! Go check out her work and tell her we salute our Queen Linnea! 😉

Sheacon 2021 Summary

Hello, Champions! I have some fun to share with you Champions who couldn’t attend Sheacon–and a survey for those of you who did!

First off, we have the audio recordings of all the panels! Yes, all of them! There was one or two tiny tech mishaps during the panels themselves, but for the most part the records are fantastic, and we owe a huge thank you to the Sheacon planners for all the work they did to make these recordings available to everyone!

So, are you ready to listen to the panels? Click on the panel name to go to the audio file! (Important note: The free book deals mentioned are no longer available, but you can still download the limited edition coloring pages!)

1. Opening Ceremonies (and Miss Champion 2021 pagent)

2. Fantasy Author Panel with Deborah Grace White, Julie Hall, Tara Grayce, Sarah K Wilson, and Kimberly Rogers

3. WR Gingell panel

4. Kitty Q&A panel

5. Fairy Tale Author Panel with AG Marshall, Allison Tebo, Camille Peters, SR Noulton, and Jill Stengl

6. Celebritity Retha & Dragons with Kitty, AG Marshall, Vin, and RayJay

7. Timeless Fairy Tale/Fairy Tale Enchantress SPOILER FILLED Q&A with Kitty

8. Artist Panel: There is video that goes with this one, but sadly it’s too big for me to upload to the site, so we’ll have to be satisfied with mp3. 🙁 (Although if you are tech savy, here is a link to the Google drive that contains all the audio files, including the video, so you can watch it through there.)

9. Champion Trivia & closing ceremonies. (If you want to see the art that goes with some of my guesses for Champion Trivia, here is a download link to the zipped file that contains these images.)

Fun fact I personally learned from Sheacon. Tara Grace–author of the amazing Elven Alliance series–was a Champion forever ago, back when I released the “Goblins Wear Suits,” the sequel book of the Magical Beings’ Rehabilitation Center. And–get this–at the time I ran a contest to name characters, and Tara won the right to name a particular goblin bodyguard. That’s right, Tara named Harrison! So go show Tara some love and tell her that Harrison sent you! 😉

The Sheacon Planners–in their sweet wish to improve an already awesome event–have an exit survey for all of the Champions who attended this year’s Con. You can take the survey by clicking here. Thanks in advance!

Speaking of which, we all owe the Sheacon Planners a standing ovation! They spent countless hours planning the event, preparing the servers and the games, organizing the panelists, and more. They worked hard so we could have a fun and memorable weekend! So, a huge whistle-filled, flower-throwing thank you to Cindy, Cwang, Emarynn, Zooknar/Miss Champion 2021, Helaine, Anneli, Pumpkin Pi, Lemon Duck, Ellarose, Xoffelokin, Batattack, Kay, and Dino. You all are amazing and produced a professional online convention that was fun for everyone and made so many fun memories for our community. And I’d like to extend an additional thank you to Vin–our Community Manager–and SuperRog AKA Miss Champion 2020.

Finally, thank you to all of you Champions who came and joined in the fun. I’m so glad we have the kind of community that can come together like this and nerd out over books for a weekend. Thank you for being a part of it.

And that’s all, Champions! I’m moving homes, so I’m going to take the next week or two quasi-off. Until next time, Champions, have a lovely day and enjoy the panels!