Showing posts with label sequel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sequel. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Back to School with The Dawnflier of @KimHeadlee (Fall 2019)

I don't know about you, but my summer flew by for several reasons, book-related and otherwise. The wolf spider that gave my husband medical issues for weeks didn't help things any!

Snow in July by Kim Iverson Headlee.
Audiobook performed by Mark Delgado.


In book news, the audiobook edition of Snow in July went live in (what else?) July. It is available on Audible, iTunes, Google Play, Nook Audio, Kobo Audio, and various cloud subscription services.

The votes are in, and work has begun on my next full-length fiction project, King Arthur's Sister, the Once and Future Queen (sequel to King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court). To complete the trilogy, I have published a Pendragon Cove Press companion print edition of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Upcoming:
  • 31 Aug–2 Sep: Maryland Renaissance Festival, "Meet Author Kim Iverson Headlee" special book signing, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day of Labor Day Weekend, 1821 Crownsville Rd, Annapolis, MD. Come celebrate my return as an author-guest of the Page After Page Bookstore of Crownsville, MD after an absence of nigh on two decades. Huzzah!
  • 12 September: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Business of Writing presentation and book signing, Galax-Carroll Regional Library, 610 West Stuart Drive, Galax, VA.
  • 14 September: Olde Salem Days, Main Street, Salem, VA. My booth—one among 500 vendors—will be located at 121 West Main Street, toward the center of the event.
  • 21 September: BW Country Store "Meet the Author" book signing, noon – 4 p.m., Big Walker Lookout, Wytheville, VA.
  • 6 October: Connecticut Renaissance Faire, "Meet Author Kim Headlee" book signing and sale, 1 – 3 p.m., 122 Mack Rd, Lebanon, CT. Come celebrate Time Travelers Weekend with me; huzzah!
  • 19 October: Dragon Festival, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA: vendor table.
  • 26 October: NRCC Comic-Con, New River Community College, Edwards Hall, 5251 State Rd 373, Dublin, VA: vendor table.

Autumnal blessings to you!

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Spotlight on Colonel Brandon's Widow and Willoughby by Marianna Green #Austensequel

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BOOK INFORMATION

TITLE – Colonel Brandon's Widow and Willoughby: a Jane Austen 'Sense and Sensibility' sequel
AUTHOR – Marianna Green
GENRE – Historical
PUBLICATION DATE – August 2015
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) - 33,000
PUBLISHER – Self
COVER ARTIST – Period Images/ Nancy Design

BOOK SYNOPSIS



Mrs Brandon, the former Marianne Dashwood, is now a widow, and not yet twenty-five. Her former admirer Willoughby is as unhappily married as ever, and the thought that she is free to marry again drives him to distraction. He has continued in his dissolute lifestyle, which Marianne abhors, while his wife Sophia's life has been poisoned by jealousy of Marianne.



Marianne urges him that the only possibility of happiness for Willoughby and his wife is for him to give up his empty pursuit of pleasure - but now the Colonel is gone, Marianne finds that she can no longer push aside thoughts of Willoughby easily herself; she must find some way of occupying her own empty hours.


Willoughby retains his rascally charm, which an older and wiser Marianne is determined to resist; Elinor and Edward are as astute as ever, while Sir John and Lady Middleton are as foolish. Mrs. Jennings remains determined to marry off all her associates as before, while Sophia Willoughby is even more sour as the wife of the man she wanted, and Willoughby's friends are suitably cynical rakes.


This sequel to Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' strives to emulate some of the light ironic touch of the inimitable style of Jane Austen; it is both funny and sad, and is told as dark comedy.

Colonel Brandon - Cover 

BUY & TBR LINKS



EXCERPT
'The union of the Willoughby’s only resembled that of the Brandon’s in being childless. Unlike the latter couple, they had no common interests to compensate, unless an unfortunate tendency to over indulge in wine and other stimulants could count as a mutual source of diversion.


It is true that they did share in common a manner of relating to each other that involved raised voices behind slammed doors, angry silences and periods of cold civility; but this shared inclination brought them no closer together.


It could be further urged on their behalf , that in this conduct, they provided society with the diversion of much talk, and their staff with constant entertainment; - for Willoughby’s confidential valet knew all about his improper pursuits, while his wife’s lady’s maid could recount how Mrs Willoughby had cursed him for a fortune hunting libertine in full hearing of the servants, and of how savagely he had kicked shut her sitting room door before retorting that, ‘Devil take it, in his whole worthless life, he had only cared for Mrs Brandon, and he’d be damned if he pretended anything else to please a scolding…’ But the reader does not wish to hear any more of this.


Seemingly their staff lacked any discretion, and soon enough, the content of the Willoughby’s exchanges leaked out into polite society, which showed still less decorum in repeating them assiduously. Many a man had dined out for a month on his knowledge of episodes that ought to have been cloaked in decent silence, and Miss Steele was one of many maiden ladies agog for the latest outrage.'


AUTHOR BIO

'Marianna Green lives in Wales, UK. She has long been fascinated with the classics of English Literature, and particularly admires the trenchant wit of Jane Austen'

AUTHOR FOLLOW LINK



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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Bringing in the Sheaves with The Dawnflier (Nov. 2014)

The Queen Visits Her Brother (c) 2014 by Jennifer Doneske
Writers often talk about creating the book of their heart. Please permit me to introduce you to King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court: the book of my soul.

Today marks a milestone in the seven-year journey to create the sequel to Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court—the e-book edition's release. The watermarked illustration on the left is but the first of many wonderful works of art created by Jennifer Doneske and Tom Doneske. The e-book edition contains fifteen original pieces; the hardcover edition, to be released in another year, will contain more than 100. The audiobook edition is also forthcoming, and I will keep you updated on its progress.

I call King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court (KASIWC) the book of my soul because it forced me to examine and overcome my deepest insecurities as a writer. We are fragile creatures at best, and in my case, the single doubt that I could successfully emulate the father of American literature caused me to halt all my writing projects for three years. I played a lot of electronic mahjong during those three years. I'll not belabor how I overcome this particularly pernicious bout of writer's block, but you may read about it in KASIWC, the section titled "About the Ghost's Writer," if you feel so inclined.

All month I invite you to celebrate with me by visiting the blog tour stops arranged by My Family's Heart, where you'll find spotlights, guest posts, character interviews, reviews, and more.

And don't forget to enter the giveaway to win a KASIWC e-book; the Rafflecopter box is below the tour schedule.

Speaking of giveaways, please join me in congratulating the winners (already notified) of last month's contests: Shaina, Michael (Dawnflight e-book); Kimberley, Laura, Angie, Becca, Lourie, Tori, Amy, Diana, Kimberly, Miranda (Snow in July e-book); Jody, Mary, Brandi, Kai, April, Victoria, Niki, Shadow, Raeline, Laura (Snow in July note card); Jaime, Angie, Erica, Rochelle, Sarah (Snow in July autographed paperback). There are more chances to win this month!

Tour Schedule

a Rafflecopter giveaway



As always, for more chances to win, you are invited to...
— Follow me on Twitter
— Add me to Google+
— Subscribe to my YouTube channel
— Leave a comment on any page of The Maze, especially if you have done the Twitter and/or YouTube follow
...and each action this month is good for one chance to win an e-book copy of KASIWC. Please enter often, and good luck!
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