Short Story: Annoyed Eminence

The reviews are in, which means it is time for a bonus short story! The Games of Enemies and Allies is now out, and the reviews have been pouring in like crazy! I actually lost power Friday evening (the day of the launch, ahahah) and didn't get it back until Sunday afternoon due to a snow storm. So after a weekend of shoveling, cleaning out my fridge, draining the pipes in my house, and lots of other crazy stuff, today was the first chance I really had to sit down and observe what is happening. All I can say, Champions, is: WOW! Thank you so much for the crazy number of reviews and ratings you have left on Goodreads and Amazon, and thank you so much for the support you have given this series. I'm always amazed at how detailed and engaging the Champions are at writing reviews; some of them are more interesting to read than the book description! :) To express my thanks, here is the bonus short story: The Annoyed Eminence. (It has a LOT of spoilers for The Games of Enemies and Allies so skip this if you haven't finished the book yet.)

I've had a lot of fun writing the Drake vampires as side characters in this new series, and I'm so happy I got to show them even more in this short story! What kinds of things do you think Josh includes in his scrapbooks? Quick reminder that book#3 in this Magic on Main Street series is coming in early April. I am sorry for the delay but my writing speed was already slow due to my health problems, and I'm actually still sick with whatever virus I picked up right before the launch of Magic on Main Street book 1--this weekend didn't help me, ahahaha...hah... Anyway, I'm working hard on book 3, and hopefully it will be worth the wait! I’m also sharing the easier version of the Spot It tracker that includes the names for all the Places and People in The Games of Enemies and Allies. Click here or on the Spot It image below to get the “easy” version of the cameo tracker. Since the tracker only includes the NEW cameos that didn't already appear in the first book the tracker had a lot fewer things to find. Thanks again to Vin, our faithful Discord Leader, for working with me to make this fun game. Were you able to find all the cameos?

Games of Enemies and Allies: Spoiler Post

Greetings, Champions! The Games of Enemies and Allies is officially released! Did you read it yet? I'm bringing back the tradition of a Spoiler Post because I want to give you blog-reading Champions a place to voice your reading thoughts during this initial book launch so please talk away! Warning: If you are waiting to read this series until all the books are out, or if you haven't gotten a chance to read The Games of Enemies and Allies yet, then I'd suggest waiting before you check out the rest of the post or read the comments, or you'll spoil the story for yourself!

As usual, I've will be writing short story as my "thank you" for the launch of this new book and for it reaching 100 reviews--that's 100 honest reviews pooling from Goodreads and all the Amazon stores!  Reviews and ratings are a big deal for authors. Honest reviews can help readers decide if a book is their thing or not, and I'm so thankful that you're willing to spend your time leaving a review--which is why I'm happy to write the shorts! And this time I got the short story finished ahead of time so based on how quickly the reviews showed up for book 1, you can expect to see the short story....very soon. (Hahaha, thank you Champions, you are the best!) But until then, let's talk spoilers!

So, Champions, most of the other Magiford books end book 2 with a cliff hanger but since I knew there was going to be a wait for book #3 I decided to get rid of the usual cliff hanger - did it surprise you? What has been your favorite scene in the series so far? What are you looking forward to seeing in the last book?

The Games of Enemies and Allies: Spot the Cameos

The fun game where you spot the cameos in the Magic on Main Street series is back! As I said with book one, the Magic on Main Street series doesn't deal with the Paragon's search (which he talks about in the Gate of Myth and Power series) and because of that Jade doesn't interact with most of the other series characters you know and love (other than the Drakes!). But since this is still the same city as the other books I've sprinkled tons of cameos of characters and places you will recognize! Some of them will be pretty obvious and some of them will be harder to identify, even if you recently read the other Magiford books. There are more cameos in book 2 and to help you track down all the cameos Vin, our Discord Chief Moderator, created a "Spot it!" tracking graphic for you. Click the graphic below or this link to download it and then color it in/mark it when you find each cameo. The tracker only includes the NEW cameos - characters and places that appeared on the first tracker won't appear on this tracker (example: Killian isn't on this tracker even though he appears in book 2 because he was on the book 1 tracker).

Once again, this is the extra hard version of the "Spot it!" tracker that doesn't have any of the answers included, it just has a clip art representing the place/character. When I release the bonus short story for reaching 100 honest reviews on The Lies of Vampires and Slayers I will post the version that has the names included. Thanks again to Vin fun putting this together - we hope you enjoy it! If you still haven't pre-ordered book 2, The Games of Enemies and Allies, here the links one more time:

Amazon.com | All other Amazon Stores The third and final book in the trilogy will release at the beginning of April (total respect if you are waiting to read all the books until closer to that time - I personally don't have the much self-control). This is a longer wait between the books than I prefer to do, but it ended up being necessary with all my health issues (Pro Tip from Kitty: avoid getting colds, they are zero fun!).