Black Friday Indie Sale

Perry Kirkpatrick has hosted the Black Friday sale for the past four years or so. I’ve been involved since the beginning and watched as it’s grown. Last year over 400 books were listed! She’s even ended up giving it its own domain and so without further ado, I present this year’s Black Friday Sale:

Book Party for Re-release of Fairyeater

I shared Fairyeater’s new cover, but the book officially releases this weekend. So, we’re celebrating on Facebook with several authors, giveaways, and book talk. Come join us.

My Black Friday Deals

Ever since I was first published, I’ve participated in the Black Friday celebrations, but as I’ve grown in my business, I’ve adjusted as well–focusing more on Small Business Saturday (last year that day, I was at a small business having a fun book reading). This year, I’ve been able to add to what I’m offering you!

The normal has been ebook sales. That’s continued this year with: Dragon’s Future (permafree), The Apprentice of Amadan Duhb (perma 99 cents), Uprooted (99 cents), An Unexpected Adventure (99 cents), The One Who Sees Me (free), Dragon’s Winter (99 cents on my website only). Besides that all paperbacks on my website are 25% off, and all merchandise is 10% off.

Let’s look at these closer.

Dragon’s Future

“Ever ridden a dragon? You’re about to, so hold on tight! Dragon’s Future is quite the ride!” ~Ridley Pearson, #1 New York Times bestselling author

This top seller in children’s dragon stories and children’s coming of age was the one that started my publishing journey. I wouldn’t have dreamed of all that has transpired in the last almost ten years!

This quote about sums up the twins’ story–family and adventure. My husband likes to refer to the Dragon Courage series like Veggietales–each one with a different theme. Dragon’s Future is definitely family.

Dragon’s Winter

Although the end of the Dragon Courage series, this one could be where you start. It tells Mere’s story–Ruskya’s great-niece.

Remember never to ask what could go wrong… Mysterious illness, dragons and dragon riders out of commission, and a slave owner who’ll stop at nothing to keep his property! Mere has her hands full on her apprenticeship. It’ll definitely be one to remember.

The Apprentice of Amadan Dubh

This story now takes on even greater meaning for me. I wrote it for a historical fantasy anthology, choosing Ireland’s potato famine as the time frame. Having Irish heritage, I wanted to write a story about an ancestor that I can’t learn any more about. But this September, my youngest son got married, and he and his wife honeymooned in Ireland! To top it off, he’s the one who was the model for Paddy healing the potato plants on the cover.

The One Who Sees Me

Although originally marketed as a historical fiction, I’m calling The One Who Sees Me kingdom fantasy. It’s not set in real-life medieval Europe, but it’s like it and there’s no magic. The other category I’m making up from the popular fairy-tale retelling category. This is Biblical retelling.

This is the story of a servant girl who’s raised to great heights socially but then plummets back to her place.

Epic Young Adult Fantasy: Uprooted

On a world where one side’s always dark and the other’s always light, Hest lives in the dimmer side. Wood’s valued beyond his pay scale as a lowly orphaned stable boy, but when a magnificent stallion walks into his barn, he’s in love. The next morning, money’s exchanged, and he thinks he’s been sold to the warrior who owns that stallion!

Not until they reach the capital city is the misunderstanding cleared up, and he learns it was the apprenticeship price, and the warrior is captain of the royal guard of the neighboring kingdom. When Hest accepts, he’s thrust into kingdom intrigue, hobnobbing with the princess, and trying to stay alive!

This is book 1 in an 8 book series. The first character arc (Hest, his wife, and his daughter) has been published and all the paperbacks are 25% off.

Rural Fantasy: An Unexpected Adventure

Eighth graders find a dragon egg on the beach, a unicorn in their horse pasture, and follow Bigfoot through the rift–along with a government agent and a poacher who’s after all the magic!

Rural Myrtle Beach, Oregon, never has exciting things happen, but when a rift in the time-space continuum decides to manifest there and bring fantasy creatures into our world, it’s a tale that will be told for decades, but only ten kids will know the true story–and no one will believe them!

“A great story for young readers as it has friendship, a fast-paced plot, and a dragon. An Unexpected Adventure is a delightful tale of friendship told through an epic journey that all begins with the discovery of an egg.” ~5 Star Reader’s Favorite Review

Shop the Paperback Sale

All paperbacks–including newly added Tea for Dragons, a fun picture book for kids of all ages–are 25% off, and when you purchase in series, save even more!

Black Friday Book Related Deals

Are you one who’s already read these books–or your kids have–and you’re eager for merch? Then this is the weekend for you. All t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and magnets are 10% off on my store.

Making a fence for a backdrop to the dance floor for my daughter’s wedding.

If I’ve seen MIA from social media lately, it’s because I have a daughter getting married on Wednesday. My days have been filled with wedding plans and sewing the flower girls’ dresses and helping to adjust my daughter’s dress. At the same time, I’m suppose to not forget the rest of my family and you, my readers. I’m not sure how well the last has gone. I’ve been able to keep up with family, but I feel as if I’ve neglected you. To make it up to you, I’m going to fill you in on some happenings this week.

Prime Day–July 11

Amazon is celebrating Prime day for those with Amazon Prime. I decided to celebrate by giving you all a deal on Dragon’s Heritage. The ebook is on sale for 99 cents until Friday. That will also help celebrate my daughter’s wedding since she was the inspiration for Duskya. This sale is only available on Amazon.

Summer Shelf Stock-up Party

What better way to enjoy the summer, besides a wedding, than with a book? Maybe with multiple new to you clean books that are on sale! Yep, you heard me. Before I even knew my daughter was thinking about marrying her Army boyfriend, I joined a group of authors to celebrate Christian author books. They’ve planned a Facebook party to showcase books for you. Come meet ten other authors, win prizes and learn about their books that are on sale for 99 cents. I’ll be hosting the party from the get go–I’m hoping my mind will be clear since the party is the day after my daughter’s wedding.

The party is on Thursday, July 13 from noon-8 pm EST. Here’s the line up:
12-1pm Kandi J Wyatt
1-2pm Kate Willis
2-3pm Sharon D. Tweet
3-4pm Faith Blum & Amanda Tero
4-5pm Audrey Rich & Kellyn Roth
5-6pm EJ McCay
6-7pm Melanie Snitker
7-8pm Julie Spencer & Liwen Ho

Have a wonderful week, and I look forward to seeing you at the Facebook party.

So, I always tear up when I watch this video:

Therefore seeing the amount of people downloading and enjoying Dragon’s Future warms my heart and humbles me. (If you haven’t read it, you can purchase the ebook for free on all outlets. It’s also available on audible in an audio format.) Since Dragon’s Future released each of the other books has held it’s own charm and excitement.

It’s Place:

What’s different this time? This is the book I didn’t expect to have. I hadn’t planned on a prequel to the Dragon Courage series. However, as I read amazon reviews and chatted with readers, I learned I needed a prequel. In some ways, Dragon’s Heritage isn’t a prequel so much as a companion book to Dragon’s Future and caps the series.

• If we’re looking at the Dragon Courage time line, we start with Ruskya and Duskya as twelve-year-olds on the day of the choosing. That’s the prologue to Dragon’s Future.
• The time right after the prologue is explained in a journal Duskya kept.
• Then we have the rest of the story of Dragon’s Future with Kyanos and Kyn’s choosing.
• Ten years later, Dragon’s Heir shows us Braidyn’s maturing and finding the land of the El’shad’n.
• Four months after the ending of book 2, we travel with Kyn to the Carr in Dragon’s Revenge.
• Serena meets Mertenia and Carryn eight years after Dragon’s Revenge.
• The youngling challenge begins four summers after Serena and Carryn return to Boeskay. How the challenge came to be is explained in Dragon’s Posterity.
• Twenty-one years after the youngling challenge, Carryn brings Mere and Glen to see Grandma Duskya. She tells them the story of the rider who didn’t want to be a rider. (The in between parts of Dragon’s Cure.)
• A few months later, Carryn and Kyn discuss the kids’ reaction to the story and Kyn remembers the beginning of the youngling challenge. (Prologue to Dragon’s Posterity.)
• When Mere is sixteen (ten years later), a former friend turns into a bully. Mere runs into Grandda Cerulean who takes her to Grandma Duskya. Grandma hands Mere a journal.

It’s Theme:

I wrote Dragon’s Heritage while teaching middle school students as well as high school students. The story actually was outlined on a bus while I was chaperoning a high school field trip. However, I knew I needed to cover some basic information. Within that set Ruskya would be viewed as a non-entity and yet prove his worth. (Yes, even though it’s Duskya’s story, her twin keeps getting the spotlight.) I also had to tell Duskya’s story–the why behind her attitude. With all that in mind, Dragon’s Heritage became a story of how to accept who you are, how to handle a bully, and the struggle of having friendships that drift.

You can find Dragon’s Heritage on all outlets for 99 cents through Friday, April 7. After that, it’ll be back up to $2.99. So be sure to get your copy before Friday.

After all the excitement of opening Dragon’s Future, the other books have received varying degrees of welcome. On Friday, I opened my fifth book from Createspace. Dragon’s Cure joined the Dragon Courage series. This reception was slightly different. First off, it was only one book. It was my proof book to okay publishing it on Amazon. Secondly, it came in the mail and my husband picked it up. All the others have gone to our mailing address and I’ve either opened them at my parents’ home or gathered them together and brought them home for opening with the video camera rolling. My husband crept up the stairs and showed me a box. “Is this what I think it is?” he asked as he snuck back downstairs. I bolted from chair and ran to get it. He proceeded to play keep-away from me with the boys! Once I finally was handed the box, I eagerly ripped it open. I examined the spine first. At a casual glance, I thought I was going to have to redo it. Then I realized it was just the shadow of the box. Next, I read through the back cover. Finally, I turned it over to the front. After admiring the cover, I opened it to make sure the table of contents matched and the page numbers were all there. Once satisfied it looked right, I handed it to my husband to review. With his vote of approval, I hit submit to amazon. The official release date is Tuesday, August 23. That’s when you’ll see more information about Dragon’s Cure and its party.

In the meantime, as a celebration, we’re having a sale all week long. Yes, you heard correctly. All the Dragon Courage books are on sale. Books 1-3 are available on Kindle for only 99 cents. That means you could pick them up, if you haven’t yet, and read them before purchasing Dragon’s Cure on Tuesday. Need to know more about them? Here you go:

Dragon’s Future, Book 1:

Find Dragon’s Future on Sale now.

Dragon’s Heir, Book 2:

You can find Dragon’s Heir on Sale all week.

Dragon’s Revenge, Book 3:

Dragon’s Revenge is on Sale now.

The One Who Sees Me:

I’m also teaming up with thirteen other Christian Fiction authors to offer you a wonderful sale. All of us will have our ebooks on sale for 99 cents this week only. So, check out the sale page here on my website and look into the wonderful books. They’re all great clean reads and will keep you coming back for more.

The One Who Sees Me is on sale this week.