I saw something about how you can’t be a great writer unless you read, and I realized that I don’t talk about what I read. And I read a lot of books. So far this week, I listened to: I didn’t enjoy Nine Lives Mysteries but I loved Danielle’s other series about Beachwood Manor. I bought and listened to all 12 books of that series last week. Nine Lives is very cringe most of the time. I almost dnf’d so many times but I didn’t like the first book of her Beachwood Manor series either. So I pushed through the … Continue reading The Scribe’s Reading Log

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Sarah Chislon is joining me to talk about her book, Tattoo of Crimson. 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 and … Continue reading Fantasy, Lore, & More: Tattoo of Crimson

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Amelia Nichole is joining me to talk about her book, Shadows Of The Ambassadorial Halls. What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: https://talesfromvalomir.webstoryworld.com/Chapters 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: Shadows Of The Ambassadorial Halls

I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this special New Years episode, I read and comment on our annual New Years newsletter and take a look back at the year! 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 mayhem, but somehow, even the darkest adventure always ends well. ⁠⁠⁠Join … Continue reading Happy New Years & Ran Rants

Hey, Happy New Year! May your year be epic and full of books! (Preferably ours) This is Ran, Sarn’s son from the Curse Breaker series back to welcome you to our holiday issue! Let’s start with some well wishes for the new year! You can also listen to this newsletter on our podcast, and Melinda comments on it. Listen on YouTube. Listen on Spotify. Last week, you wrangled a 30% off discount from me, so that’s still happening. At checkout, use code CBS30 for 30% off ebooks and audiobooks that are 2.99 and up, excluding Stars & Angels Sing. Since … Continue reading Happy New Years and What’s Next For Us

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode. Angie Grigaliunas is joining me to talk about her book, The Midnight Prince. What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3J4DP9Q 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 Midnight Prince

It’s time to stock your ereader! Head over to the sale for a chance to win ONE Fantasy Book Lover Prize Pack with A Collector’s Edition of Carival, a paperback edition of Throne in the Sky, a Pirate King Tea Strainer, a Rin inspired trinket dish from The Poppy War, A Snow and Oak necklace inspired by The Black Witch Chronicles, a Blaze of Desire papercraft, and $25 Barnes and Noble Gift Card. Shop the sale now: Continue reading Stock Your ereader!

Wraithmarked is hosting a holiday sale. This year, the sale benefits the Mary Cariola Center for cancer research. There’s over 600 books that are free or 99 cents during this 2-day sale. Authors (myself included) will donate based on the number of books sold or downloaded. Ran volunteers the Curse Breaker series for everything. 😂 I always donate 100% plus whatever extra I can spare from sales of my books during this yearly event. I hope you’ll check out the sale. My books are listed on lines 170-173 on the spreadsheet or head to my site (melindakucsera.com) and click any … Continue reading Stuff your ereader with free and 99 cent books to raise money for charity!

Merry Christmas! And welcome to our annual Christmas edition of our newsletter! Before I get into the holiday madness, and you know there is some because we wouldn’t be the characters you know and love if we could just chill out on the holidays and stay out of trouble. So first off, let me send extend a warm holiday greeting from us to you! Now I need to admit something. I think you know what I’m going to say because I say it a lot lately. But here goes. (And yes, I waited until Christmas day on purpose so I … Continue reading Merry Christmas! (And some merry trouble too!)

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, I talk about: Where to get the book: 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 mayhem, but somehow, even the darkest adventure always ends well. ⁠⁠⁠Join me⁠⁠⁠ every week for a new story. What series do I write? Where … Continue reading Merry Christmas & Stars and Angels Rant

Hey, It’s your favorite fictional character, (Ran, son of Sarn, from the Curse Breaker series, of course) and I’m back to regale you with tales of my Christmas adventure, Stars & Angels Sing. So what’s happening with that book, you might be wondering. I’m so glad you asked because I’ve been hard at work behind the scenes cajoling our Scribe, and I need to tell you about that. So what did I argue for? First let me go over where we are with the different formats, then I’ll get to that. I promise. The Audiobook The audiobook has a 53 … Continue reading Racing Toward Christmas

Well, we did it! The Kickstarter is fully funded, all credit cards are charged and now it’s time to get the books to their new homes! That’s the good news. But there’s bad news too, and my scribe is sad about it. What happened? Well, Melinda got some bad news about a loved one. After a long talk with them about their options and what they could be done, she went back to working on Stars & Angels Sing, specifically the audiobook since it ended up being a larger project than we realized. Then she had to pause that to … Continue reading The Button that Saved Us