Some of my fans after reading The Ghost in Exile felt they hadn’t gotten enough of Phelix and asked for more. I obliged them with one story finished and another being edited. If you subscribe to my newsletter, you’ll get these … Continue reading →
This is the fourth post in my multi-part series on my publishing experience. Click to read Part I, Part II, and Part III In the midst of my struggles to market my novels, I discovered Cons. If you have any part … Continue reading →
Yesterday I published the first part in a multi-series on my experiences with publishing. You can read Part I here. As I said in my previous post, The Goddess’s Choice, my first novel was published by Reliquary Press in April … Continue reading →
Continuing with my series of excerpts from The Bull Riding Witch, below Daulphina tries to function in a world of technology. The Bull Riding Witch will be released on July 17 and will be only $.99 only as a release … Continue reading →
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m out of town all week at a family reunion, so I’m posting excepts from The Bull Riding Witch, which is being released on July 17. Please let me know what you think in the comments. … Continue reading →
I’m going to be out of town all week at a family reunion in Kentucky. To keep you entertained while I’m gone and to get you excited for the release of The Bull Riding Witch on July 17, I will … Continue reading →
As I mentioned in last week’s post, Rodeo and Research (http://jamie-marchant.blogspot.com/2017/02/rodeo-and-research.html), my best source on Bull Riding and rodeo in general came when I found the website, http://bullridercoach.com/. First, the site itself has a ton of information, including instructional videos on … Continue reading →
You may rightly wonder how a college teacher of literature and all round city girl knows enough about rodeo to set her novel in that world, especially when she views rodeo as a fascinating anachronism. (See last week’s post http://jamie-marchant.blogspot.com/2017/02/inspiration-for-bull-riding-witch.html). … Continue reading →
In character development, one of the most, if not the most important, aspect to think about is your character’s motivation. What does he or she want? It is a character’s desires that controls their actions, and if you don’t have … Continue reading →
You may wonder why a college English teacher and overall fantasy fan decided to write a novel set in the rodeo. The inspiration for The Bull Riding Witch came when I went to a rodeo to help my husband sell … Continue reading →