Hi and welcome back! It feels like a long time since we talked since we sent last week’s newsletter on Sunday instead of Monday. Occasionally, we have to do that when we participate in big things. But we’re back to our regular schedule now, and new podcast episodes start on Oct 5. So that’s exciting. (As always, this is Ran, the son of the Curse Breaker, and probably his biggest fan since he is my father. And now back to my update!) There was some upheaval at Melinda’s (my scribe’s) day job unrelated to my father’s death that led to … Continue reading Rough days and Write Nights

Hi I hope you are having a good September, and I hope we all have a good October. Right now, the hits keep coming. Buckle up because it’s been a crazy week. Last week, my scribe, Melinda, (she typed this newsletter for me. I just pace around her small apartment and talk at her, and she kindly types for me. Actually, this week, I jumped up and down on the new cushy mats she got for the kitchen since they are a not far behind her chair. Who am I? Hi there! I’m Ran, the sunny child from Curse Breaker … Continue reading Hacked and Slashed

Hi and welcome back! It’s been a rough week for the Scribe with so many arrangements still to be made. There’s a lot of paperwork involved when someone leaves this life and many details that someone needs to handle. It’s sad work, but necessary. So she muddles through as best as she can. Melinda said goodbye to her father on Wednesday at probably the weirdest church service ever. (This isn’t just my opinion. The other attendees agreed.) What was so weird? Well, it wasn’t the date. The funeral mass took place on Sept. 11, which is still a big thing … Continue reading What did he do to impress the man?

Hey, Before we set off on our quest to catch the scribe, I have some updates for you. First, this is the last week to get copies of the illustrated Rogue Gods Trilogy. Late pledges end on Saturday, Sept 1. The Scribe is still struggled to end Rogue Gift, book 5 of the Robin of Larkspur series. But the characters don’t want it to end, so they aren’t cooperating. No change there since last week. It looks like it’ll be battle to the end. No surprise there. Melinda made some progress on the Robin of Larkspur special editions this past … Continue reading We’re taking you on an adventure

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Shannon Holly is joining me to talk about her book, The Door to Trilesk. What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: Where to find our guest: About your host, Melinda Kucsera: I am Melinda Kucsera, an indie fantasy author who wrote and published 20+ books since 2016 across 6 series. I write epic fantasy adventures about families and magical creatures who’re just trying to survive in a world that hates and fears magic but is steeped in it. My books are full of magic … Continue reading Fantasy, Lore, & More: The Door to Trilesk

Hey, Another week begins! And guess what? We got the final proofs for the Rogue Gods Trilogy and they are so pretty! The post delivery person threw the box at the door, startling my scribe, so that wasn’t so great. But the books were packed so well, they were absolutely perfect despite the delivery person hurling the box they were in like it was a shot put or a javelin. They should practice for the 2028 olympic trials with their own mail, not ours! The books survived this abuse and they are gorgeous! The printer upgraded their machines and possibly … Continue reading Books so shiny, you’ll want to pet them!

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Dante is joining me to talk about her book, The Base – Book 1. What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Base-Book-1-Dante-ebook/dp/B0D8V7HBG9/ Where to find our guest: About your host, Melinda Kucsera: I am Melinda Kucsera, an indie fantasy author who wrote and published 20+ books since 2016 across 6 series. I write epic fantasy adventures about families and magical creatures who’re just trying to survive in a world that hates and fears magic but is steeped in it. My books are full of magic and … Continue reading Fantasy, Lore, & More: The Base – Book 1

Hey, It’s been an Olympic week and your favorite characters have been watching clips of the various events because the scribe wouldn’t pay for a streaming service so we could watch it in real time. Congratulations to all the athletes for qualifying for the Olympics! Whether you medalled or not, you’re all amazing. And do you know what else is amazing? Book news! We didn’t get a gold medal, but we have gold foil on our books, so that counts as gold, right? And you can get some bling for your bookcase by ordering a copy of the illustrated edition … Continue reading Take home some gold too!

Hey, Melinda was sick this week so I was a nice character, and I didn’t beg her for more page time. It took all my willpower to leave her alone, but I can be the bigger character. Well, not physically since I am the smallest and youngest character in the Curse Breaker series. You guessed it, this is Ran, Sarn’s sunny son. Yes, that’s alliteration, and no, I’m not sorry about it. But I am still plotting behind the scenes. I didn’t give up on my plans to take over the writing queue. I just paused them to be nice … Continue reading The Plot Thickens

Hey, Another week flew past. Thankfully, it was relatively quieter. What have your favorite characters been up to this past week? I’m glad you asked! I’m Ran, Sarn’s son from the Curse Breaker series and Guerren, the morally gray, “I will help you if there’s something in it for me,” ex-war god has been hanging around this week, polishing his sword. No, that’s not a euphemism. He’s been polishing a real sword and smiling that “I know something that you don’t” smile a lot. But he’s not doing either of those things in a threatening manner. He’s just doing them … Continue reading He was polishing his sword

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Kel E Fox is joining me to talk about her book, The Secrets We Save. What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kelefox/the-secrets-we-save-illustrated-romantic-fantasy-hardcover/ Where to find our guest: About your host, Melinda Kucsera: I am Melinda Kucsera, an indie fantasy author who wrote and published 20+ books since 2016 across 6 series. I write epic fantasy adventures about families and magical creatures who’re just trying to survive in a world that hates and fears magic but is steeped in it. My books are full … Continue reading Fantasy, Lore, & More: The Secrets We Save

Hey. It’s been a week, hasn’t it? Lots of things happened. This is Ran, Sarn’s son from the Curse Breaker series as usual, and no, I did not cause the outage on Friday. I know you were wondering. But I can say with complete honesty, it wasn’t me. I had nothing to do the Crowdstrike update fiasco thing that gave a lot of computers the blue screen of death. But I can’t tell if my nemesis, a digital dragon who’s supposed to just deliver our email and ebooks and do nothing else, had anything to do with it. Why don’t … Continue reading Did the dragon do it?

Hey, Thank you so much to everyone who backed the Rogue Gods illustrated trilogy Kickstarter! It ended on Friday, and now we need to finalize the stretch rewards because there were a lot of them that got unlocked. Then we can order new proofs to check that everything is okay for the physical copies of the trilogy. If you missed it, you can still order copies for another few weeks while Melinda gets the stretch goals completed for each book and waits for new proofs to make sure the new sections and new art added to each book look great. … Continue reading Thank You, Author Drama, and Characters Plot

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, L. L. Nelson is joining me to talk about some drama in the indie author world. Recently, there were some changes in leadership at Ream, a subscriptions for authors platform. Since both Laura and I were experimenting with using using, we had to talk about it. Where to get Modern Day Muses by L. L. Nelson: Where to find our guest: About your host, Melinda Kucsera: I am Melinda Kucsera, an indie fantasy author who wrote and published 20+ books since 2016 across 6 series. I write epic fantasy … Continue reading Fantasy, Lore, & More: Indie Author Drama