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✒ Christian Fantasy Writer
🏹 Awkward Elvish hobbit. Word Jedi. Hufflepuff.
🔱 Brave daughter of The King
🐈 Cat mama #jemmananigans
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G I V E A W A Y ~ Did you ever dream of a perfect G I V E A W A Y ~ Did you ever dream of a perfect story mash-up and think, yeah, somebody should write that...⁠ And then they did? ⁠ ⁠ Consider the complexity and intrigue of the Arthurian legends reborn as a western legend, complete with outlaws, a lady with real grit, reptilian beasts, and smoking guns. ⁠ ⁠ We are now officially 2 weeks from release day for Knights of Tin and Lead 2: The Beautiful Ones, by Emily Hayse. Squee! In honor of said approaching release date, I am giving away 1 Kindle version of The Beautiful Ones. ⁠ ⁠ ~HOW TO ENTER⁠ *Be following me and author @songsofheroes⁠ *Like this post⁠ *Comment below your favorite mash-up idea or one you think someone should do⁠ *Tag 2 friends who would love this story⁠ ⁠ Extra Entries: ⁠ *Tag more friends (separate comments). *Share this post to your stories and tag me (so that I can count your entry). You may share once per day throughout the week. Each share will count. *Give author Emily's account some love (like & comment on a couple of posts) and comment leave a ☕ here to let me know that you did⁠. ⁠ DETAILS⁠ *Giveaway will run from Oct. 12- Oct. 15, closing at midnight⁠ EST *Winner will be announced via my stories on Oct. 16⁠ and contacted *You will receive your Kindle copy after the release date, Oct. 26⁠ *Giveaway not affiliated with Instagram⁠ *US only (not international, sorry) *Please do not follow/unfollow either of us
In the past year, I have learned what freedom is t In the past year, I have learned what freedom is to me. ⁠ ⁠ I thought that I knew what it was, but I took it for granted. I did not realize how deeply necessary to me it is⁠ to live free⁠ to be brave⁠ to breathe in ⁠ to love gratefully⁠ to listen thoughtfully⁠ ⁠ I learned, too, that I am a pantser because I live for the moment when your fingers fly and you write by instinct, that moment when you discover the story as you go. It is magic. That doesn't happen for me when I'm constrained by outlines. I need to feel and to be free.⁠ Is writing like this for you?⁠ ⁠ Also... are you doing NaNo next month? I'm am weighing my options. My heart says YAS LIZ but my head says Don't be an idiot, Liz. ⁠ Either way, I'm prepping my brain for writing with at least /some/ goal in mind. Who else is prepping anyway and haphazardly attempting to make goals?⁠
Shapeshifters, dragons and mythical creatures, ang Shapeshifters, dragons and mythical creatures, angst? I'm here for that. If you could shapeshift into any animal, what would you choose? I'm honestly not sure what I'd pick. I guess a cat would be nice, but an otter could be fun, too?⁠ ⁠ The Windward King releases October 29, 2021. Happy cover reveal day, @ktivanrest !⁠ ⁠ Preorders and ARC sign-ups are now open (ARC sign-ups 9/23 - 9/29). ⁠ ⁠ 🐉 Synopsisssss 🐉⁠ ⁠ He can change how he looks—but not who he is.⁠ All his life, Shara has struggled to keep up with the rest of his shapeshifter clan. A poor shifter with little talent and even less confidence, he excels only at inadequacy.⁠ When his determination to prove himself results in the brutal injury of a clanmate, Shara flees his home in shame. Taking refuge in the human capital city, he resolves to become as inconsequential as possible—until the prince regent is abducted days before his coronation and Shara is forced to take his place.⁠ Thrust into a world of controlling advisors, scheming pirates, and calculating dignitaries, Shara fumbles through his royal duties. His next mistake could spell disaster for the entire kingdom, but he may also be the only person capable of seeing beyond old prejudices to the truth of the prince’s disappearance.⁠ But if he’s going to stop a war, find the prince, and return to his life of invisibility, he’ll have to rely on the one person he knows for sure he can’t trust—himself.⁠ ⁠ 🐲 Preorder link (Special price! $1.99): https://books2read.com/u/4DxnBe⁠ 🐲 ARC signups (closing 9/2921): https://forms.gle/YUyaGrL7jhmwoyVh8⁠ (If these links do not work, please pop on over to KT Ivanrest's account for updated links.)⁠
Have you read the Grishaverse books? I'm scanning Have you read the Grishaverse books? I'm scanning the seas of Bookstagram for fellow fans. ⁠ ⁠ Mistakenly, I believed that I could just snatch up other random reads between ordering books 2 and 3, but I got greedy before completing Shadow and Bone, and ordered Siege and Storm ASAP, and about 1/4 of the way through Siege and Storm I have already also ordered Ruin and Rising. ⁠ ⁠ I like it a lot and I have magic theory questions which I daren't ask because of possible spoilers. ⁠ ⁠ It helps that I had a long weekend up north, and I got to read snatches in a lawn chair facing my favorite little lake, or staying up too late (just a few minutes, I promise) in my family's trailer. We ate too much and laughed a ton, and I got to play with my nieces and nephews for a whole day (which was the very best day). The rest has been long overdue, but I'm finally getting back into plotting, even if it is not the plotting I'd planned to be working on. The space to listen, to read eternal Words, to be, to live, to breathe is giving me living air. Sometimes in order to remember how to be brave, it is important to take a step back and wait in quiet.⁠
My four days of freedom this past weekend was wond My four days of freedom this past weekend was wonderful. I am grateful for my work, but sometimes a break is a necessary thing. ⁠ ⁠ I started off the weekend with a good, long morning with Jesus, chased by practicing some flash fiction. All weekend I alternated between running errands, cleaning and organizing, spending some quality time with friends, resting, and laughing. Because author life also includes learning a plethora of otherwise random skills, I tried to learn some more about reels, photography, and also edited and planned more #bookstagram shots. Some of this was successful and some not. 🤣 Hence, the reason you're getting this wandery, boring post about the last 4 days of my life.⁠ Oh, and I also ate Chick-fil-A and greedily gobbled down more Grishaverse which is a new thing I am discovering.⁠ Yes, I most certainly do maximize every spare second I get on weekends. 👏⁠ ⁠ And what, you're wondering, does Ignite by @jenna.terese have to do with this? I loved a theme running throughout this story about what it is to be human, that all life has worth.⁠ Worth.⁠ ⁠ When your life seems to spin and spin, one event after another, it is hard not to get caught up in it and forget how to move on with purpose. And then, once that happens, you start to worry and wonder if any of it is worth it.⁠ That's when you need to stop, and breath, to gather in the spare free moments and just trust.⁠ Yes, it's worth it. You are valuable, you have something to say, even if you can't remember what it is yet. ⁠ ⁠ So, what did you do this weekend to refresh? Was it just a minute or two to enjoy an ice cream Sunday or did you go away on a trip? ⁠
"It’s not until you tame the wild places that th "It’s not until you tame the wild places that the monsters come out.” 🔥⁠ ⁠ Happy #coverreveal day, Emily, for The Beautiful Ones! Book 2 of the Knights of Tin and Lead will release on October 26, 2021. ⁠ ⁠ A giveaway will be held on Emily Hayse's account, @songsofheroes starting on 8-30-21. (Hop over to her account for details and pre-order links.)⁠ ⁠ 🐎 Synopsis 🐎⁠ ⁠ New hope brings new challenges and new blood from the East. With Archer and Rosamund Scott presiding over the land they love and Raymond Lacey serving as marshal, Glory Mesa is poised to enter a new golden age. But the hard-won peace is marred by rumblings of trouble on the horizon and the shadow of the ancient curse.⁠ ⁠ From Jesse Thatcher’s run-in with a grizzled mountain man to Kate Carnegie’s quest to bring justice to a pair of hapless brothers, the Western Territory becomes a stage for desperate deeds and unlikely heroes. Yet, unknown to all but a few, this season of range wars, breakneck rides, lone gunslingers, and gentle romances is building to a deadly day that will alter the territory and its people forever.⁠
What is one book you associate with summer? ⁠ ⁠ This is totally odd, but I associate Ella Enchanted with summer beach days (despite the fact that I'm wearing socks in this pic). My cousins and I used to spend time at the pier. We fished and teased seagulls, and I spent some of those afternoons under an umbrella reading this book out loud to my cousin. I will never grow tired of rereading this witty story about a courageous girl who fights a curse that holds her back. (We do not need to discuss the film, let's pretend it doesn't exist.)⁠ ⁠ I have long wished since reading Ella that I, too, had delicate feet and a bit of magic. Alas, instead I have clumsy feet Ella would surely be proud of, but I did get some magic. ⁠ Storytelling is the most magical gift on earth. Molding thoughts into words and pictures /is/ magic.⁠ ⁠ I don't want summer to end. So maybe it is time I reread this favorite tome, and savored some summer magic this August. ⁠
Goodbye, Mittens. ⁠ ⁠ Mittens was with us near Goodbye, Mittens. ⁠ ⁠ Mittens was with us nearly 20 years. We loved her gentle spirit and delightful, unique trilled meow (a classic Snowshoe cat meow!). Mittens was gentle enough to befriend our pet rabbit. She was an angel except when there was an opportunity to sneak outside, and we often would find her peacefully settled in patio furniture just hanging out. Her favorite food was popcorn, followed closely by shrimp. Madam, the Queen, had beautiful blue eyes.⁠ ⁠ She was the best cat from heaven, breaking a years-long "there will be no more cats in this house" streak by showing up on our porch just looking cute in her little white socks. I am thankful God sent her to us.⁠
C o l l e c t i o n s⁠ ⁠ Do you have something C o l l e c t i o n s⁠ ⁠ Do you have something that you like to collect? You might have guessed already that I am absolute fairy child when it comes to collectibles. ⁠ I like small, I like shiny, I like nature. ⁠ ⁠ My collectible items are basically shells, rocks, and feathers. But I also love carnival glass or colored wine glasses. I love the way sunlight shines through colored glass 😍. And the more iridescent the better. In a nutshell, my room is basically a Celtic Moroccan cottage-core mishmash with Star Wars paraphanalia in random corners in case you forgot I am a nerd.⁠
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