Five Reasons to Read Molly Storm!

Aaaand, I lost my brain and didn't get it posted yesterday. Let me fix that.

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A witch, a pirate, a lighthouse, and... seaweed? Molly Storm is a short story inspired by the tale of Rapunzel.

“You and I, lass, we’re both sides of the same coin. We’re both the heart of the ocean, but you’re more the kindness and goodness. I’m the storms that crush ships. Don’t cross me, Molly. I’ll crush all the sweetness out of you.”

So, let's get into those reasons, shall we?

1. It's Rapunzel in a LIGHTHOUSE. This had been my one, major request when it came to the Golden Braids - I needed a Rapunzel in a lighthouse. And Annie delivered with the sweetest, most heart-tugging story you've ever read.

2. Molly Storm is the witch. She's not the villain. She's a woman caught by superstition, and she's trying to do the right thing.

3. Disability rep! Ulva, the Rapunzel character, actually has Downs Syndrome, which is why her parents were so willing to give her up. One of the dearest girls I know IRL is Downs, and a family friend has a Downs son, so these children are incredibly are incredibly special to me, and I love seeing one in such a beautiful fairy tale.

4. Mattao is the sweetest. He's the "prince" character, and also the son of the real villain - the pirate king, and he's an adorable little boy and a dashing hero in turn.

5. Tug my heartstrings why don't you, but that ending! Absolutely gorgeous and gold. It's a short tale, and though I'd have liked it to be longer, it's absolutely beautiful for what it is.

So don't hesitate. Get thyself over to Amazon, and get this book.

Author Bio:

Annie Louise Twitchell is a homeschool graduate who is obsessed with dragons and fairy tales. She enjoys reading, writing, poetry, and many forms of art. When she's not writing, she can often be found reading out loud to her cat, rabbit, and houseplants, or wandering barefoot in the area around her Western Maine home.

Find her online: Blogspot || Facebook || Instagram || Twitter || Author site

Check out the rest of the tour here!

Hair We Release Again!

Once upon a time...

Yes, friends, that is right - the newest edition of the Bookania Quests has hit Amazon by storm. Was this post supposed to be up yesterday? Yes, yes it was. But I also wasn't supposed to WORK yesterday, but they apparently had a couple people quit the other week, and they scheduled me for a fourth day without asking first. It was a nasty mid-day shift, too, which meant that I didn't have time to do everything I wanted to in the morning OR when I got home that night.

Anywho. The Molly Storm post will follow this one up shortly, but I'm posting this one first, because it IS my book, and I wanna talk about my book. (Because I really love it.)

So, five reasons you need to read it, pronto and immediately:

1. Because Maryanne is adorable. Like, seriously. Barely a year old and she's already my favorite character. I mean, I've talked about her before and she was in Honor: A Quest In, but now you guys can ACTUALLY READ ABOUT HER. Because she's a doll, and a streak of trouble, and I'm sorry Robin and Eric, but this was exactly the child that the two of you deserved. 

2. See if you can spot the fairy tale references. I mean, Rapunzel's the big, obvious one, but another one has a bit to play and Solomon brings up a few others. Suuuch fun to finally work some of those in.

3. It's not a high-stakes adventure. Look, much as I love a good baddie, the truth of the matter is that my writing is at its best when I'm dealing with broken people finding healing, and that's what this book is. 

4. Because Jackalopes are awesome and they need to be featured in more fiction.

5. BECAUSE FAMILY. Faaaaamily. Family. 

Oh, and if you're a stubborn soul who wants to start the series at the beginning, book one is PERMAFREE. So go pick it up if you never have before.

Check out the main page for the rest of the tour, and I'm working on getting a giveaway up over there. 

Cover Reveal - Spindle's Dream

So ... this post is late. BUT, it is still the first, and Kiri said that I could post it at any time DURING the first. So if it's ten minutes before midnight, y'know, it's still the first, and it's still legal!

(goes and hides under a paper bag)

Anywho, my good friend, Kiri Liz, aka Kirsten Fitcher, is getting ready to publish her second book!!! And ... it's still not Secret of the Hazel Tree. I mean, I know, she desperately needs to publish that one so I'm not fangirling over it in a vacuum. KIRI!!! I NEED OTHERS TO KNOW THE AWESOME!!!!

(I also wanna say ... since publishing her first, she's had time to get married and be half-way through their second kid. Juuuust pointing this out.)

So, what's the book, since it's not SotHT? Let me let her tell you aaaaaall about it.

Spindle Dreams

Marita Kadlec is the only daughter of Rohesia's poorest – and laziest – weaver. Her father prefers to spend his days gambling in the tavern, leaving the spinning up to Marita. She hates the family business because she's constantly pricking her finger on the spindle. She'd much rather be tinkering on an invention that she hasn't had the courage to show anyone yet. A special invention that will rid her of spinning for the rest of her life.

Felix is a young nobleman plagued with the same nightmare – a giant machine, twisting and clanking, shrouded in fire, bent on pain and death. He's determined to find out what it means, no matter where the answers may lead him.

This is Sleeping Beauty with a twist like you've never seen it before.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and did I mention that this was a cover reveal? (I think I put it in the title, but at this point, I honestly don't remember...)

WELL, LET ME SHOW YOU THE PRETTIES!!!

Flamin!

Now, be good little readers and run over to add the book on Goodreads, and then follow Kiri on Facebook.

AUTHOR BIO

Kirsten Fichter is a twenty-something Christian writer who loves being the wife to her favorite person ever, mommy to the most precious blessing, a piano enthusiast, a dragon buff, a serious bookworm, and an INFP synesthete. Fairytales have always fascinated her, and she has made it her goal to rewrite as many as possible and become known as the “Grimm Dickens” (i.e. mixing Grimm fairytales with a Dickens style). She is present in many online circles under the name “Kiri Liz” if you care about things like that. As you read this, she’ll be somewhere under a maple tree – trying very hard to finish the seventeen and half other stories she unwisely started all at once.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, on the why that this post is up so late - today was my deadline to get Hair We Go Again up to Amazon. So this is just your friendly reminder that you can get a lovely basket of goodies if you preorder the book and email me your receipt! Just a couple days left to preorder!

A Bookanian Announcement!

Greetings one and all and everyone! I have an awesome, stupendous announcement for all of you!

Sew, it's a Quest is coming to audio!

I mean, we're in the eeeeearly stages here, but my current hope/plan is to publish it chapter-by-chapter to YouTube, starting September at the earliest. Why YouTube? Well, basically, I want to offer it to you guys for free 'cause the book itself is free, and this seems the best way to do that. Also, I'm trying to get more subscribers and traffic on my YT channel. Will I be offering my other books on YouTube? Probably not. I thoroughly plan to go with ACX for subsequent books. I'm just doing a bit of a practice run here, honestly.

(So, yes, please subscribe to me. I need the world to follow me.)

And, actually, that's not even the announcement that I came here to make. Here's the real deal:

Hair We Go Again is now available for Preorder!

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It's releasing August 5th, alongside four other, awesome retellings of Rapunzel, whose titles we will be revealing on the 18th of this month, in a FB party - click through here!

The reason I'm popping in early to reveal the preorder news is that I'm actually working on putting together a special goodie bag for anyone who preorders the book, including (but not necessarily limited to):

Exclusive Bonus Ending Chapter
Two Exclusive Wallpapers - one for your phone, one for your computer.

Exclusive early access to Sew It's a Quest's audiobook. (So, as I'm recording the chapters, instead of waiting until I'm completely done.)

The first three chapters annotated in PDF.

And all you have to do to get these awesome goodies is to preoder the book and then forward me your receipt at kendraeardnek(at)gmail(dot)com. It's that easy. 

Lookit the Pretty New Covers!

So, um, I'm actually late with this. I forgot when this post was supposed to go up, and my brain clocked out over the weekend. It was a frustrating weekend. My boss needs to stop scheduling me to work my full three days in the space of two days. Aaaaanywho.

So, some of you have heard me rave over the Time Captives trilogy by Morgan Elizabeth Huneke. One of the most unique portal fantasies that I've read, I absolutely love these little books ... except that their covers were a little a little ... underwhelming. So, when Morgan told me that she was redoing the covers, I was freakin' excited. Honestly, I can't wait to get copies of THESE books to put on my shelf.

But first, let me remind you what the original covers WERE.

See? As I said, not bad, but leaving muuuuch to be desired. So what are they now?








Yes, I'm drawing this out unnecessarily long for being late.



Oh, and Morgan wants me to share the series description:

In a perilous quest that spans two worlds, four siblings must team up with their long-lost ancestors and a rebellious slave to deliver an enslaved people from the cruel strytes who invaded their land.

Dun dun duuuuuuun.



You can see the covers now:

Eep!! Eeep!

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All the pretties!

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*dies*

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So, yes, in short, these new covers are awesome, and I can't wait to have physical copies lined up on my shelves.

And, if you're interested in a giveaway, do click over to Morgan's blog and shower her with your excitement for these new covers.