New in 2019: The Gimmal Ring by Karen Koski

First up for 2019 is Karen Koski’s The Gimmal Ring. You may remember us discussing this title before as it was originally slated for a late 2018 release. Well, it will now be launching this middle grade urban fantasy set in the Windsor-area on March 17th, 2019! Yes, you read that right, The Gimmal Ring...

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The Majestic by J.A. Dowsett – Part 7/9

Hello! If you're just starting this story, here's Part 1. Otherwise, read on! Hours later, Xendri was gone, making her rounds inspecting the ship and its cargo, and Nell and Elise were busy chatting over a hand of cards. They’d made it through the Terran gate with no issue and were now well on their...

Interview with local author of The Thinking Machine, Ben Van Dongen

You may already know Ben Van Dongen from Adventure Worlds Press. He's the other half of the collection of science fiction short stories in No Light Tomorrow, and one third of the crime fiction stories in All These Crooked Streets. Now, he's written a pocket-sized sci-fi novella entitled, The Thinking Machine. The Thinking Machine A...

An Interview with YA author, Sharon Ledwith

You may already know Sharon Ledwith. She's an author, a time traveler, a psychic, and a super sleuth. And we've published all of her books, because they're awesome. If you haven't checked out Sharon Ledwith's work yet, you should. She's the author of not one, but two great young adult series. The first is The...

Spellhaven by Sandra Unerman is here!

The Unseen Spirits must be entertained, so that the city may prosper... In the summer of 1914, Jane Fairchild, a young English musician, is kidnapped by magic and sent to Spellhaven, an island city ruled by magicians. Here, peace and prosperity are maintained with the assistance of Unseen Spirits bound to the service of the...

The Hunting Dog by Rita Monette – Part 2

Find Part 1 here! Or find Rita Monette's Nikki Landry Swamp Legends books here! Me and Lydia sat in her tree house and talked about her cat and my dog until I heard Papa driving up the gravel road. I ran to meet him as fast as I could. I took a quick gander into...

How I sell books (Part 1) – A Guest Post by David McLain

(Spoiler: It doesn't involve the internet much) Hello, for those of you who don't know me, I'm David McLain. I'm the author of, among other things, the Time Traveller's Resort and Museum, available from Mirror World. I made enough money last year off of the sale of books to make maybe two payments on the...

MW Recommends: The Sun God’s Heir by Elliott Baker

You may remember Elliott Baker from his query letter, which we used to show you what a well-written query letter looks like. Well, Elliott is now celebrating the re-release of his novel The Sun God's Heir: Return and we want to help. So take a look at what Elliott Baker has to offer:  The Sun God’s...

My Love Affair with Writing

I am often confronted by the question, ‘why do I write?’ and I don’t feel the answer is one that is easily put into words. Yet, despite not having an easy answer to this question, I know for certain that I have to write. I would feel incomplete without it. So why is that? Well...