#indiefantasybooks

[travelingcamera95]

This book has everything: Fighting women, sharp weapons, sass, food, a tiger, lush desert cities, and a trio of characters just trying to do their best to survive.

You can find The Assassin of Grins and Secrets on Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, and Barnes and Noble (shop).

[chaoskirin]

Meadow lives on Possum House Ln. It's inhabited by aura possums, which are just lil guys that change color based on what your aura is. meadow's is yellow.

This QotD is the first lines from chapter 1!

[chaoskirin]

SHADECURSED IS IMMINENT

Tonight (at midnight your time) it shall be released unto the world!

Join Meadow, Benji, Ptery, and Luka on a trek across the continent to track down the reason behind a goddess' disappearance. Discover a deadly Shade and its minions--a pack of gnolls who will stop at nothing to annihilate their quarry.

Are you brave, Little Speck?

Get Shadecursed on Amazon TOMORROW, December 19, 2023.

[chaoskirin]

Today's QotD features another song! And the representative images of two interlinked gods--Nebula (the god of space) and Aeoniri (the god of time).

Shadecursed releases THIS TUESDAY!

Also, here's the original image from that QotD because I love it so much:

[chaoskirin]

Today I wanted to talk a little bit about why I picked Dec. 19 as my release date. And this'll get a little personal.

My grandfather died on 12/19/1994.

All through school, I struggled to remember dates, which happened to be the format of a lot of questions on tests.

What date did Washington cross the Delaware? What date did the Civil War come to an end? I could never remember. Moreover, if I DID remember anything regarding a date, I would mix it up. My brain assigns numbers to people, and that becomes the date of their birthday. My mom's number is 12. I know she was born in February. Year after year, I think her birthday is 2/12. It's not. My dad's number is 17. I know he was born in October. Every single year, I think his birthday's 10/17. It's not.

But the one date I remember with clarity is 12/19/1994.

My grandpa raised me because my parents worked to the point where I really only saw them at night. That's just how things are for people who don't have a lot of money. If you don't work, you don't eat.

The problem is, while I understand that now, children... Generally don't. And given my bed time at that age, I saw my grandpa more than I saw my parents. Then he was gone, and so that date became seared into my memory.

Of course there are other dates I remember. 10/31 is Halloween. 12/25 is Christmas.

But along with those stable holidays, 12/19 is the day my grandpa died.

When I was looking for release dates for Shadecursed, it just so happened that 12/19 happened to be a Tuesday.

Book release dates typically happen on Tuesdays. I don't know why; it's just how the industry runs. So I thought to myself, I can use this date to turn a bad memory into a good one. The release date of my first fantasy novel--which I consider to be my best work--can override the sadness I feel on that date. When I think of 12/19 going forward, I can also remember that this was the release date of Shadecursed, and I won't feel so awful on that date anymore.

[chaoskirin]

More Meadow antics in today's QotD!