Hey, I hope you enjoyed the sale before it ended. And now for the cover reveal I promised you. This will be the cover for the Christmas book I mentioned last week: Now you know what Papa looks like when he gets silent and intent and stares off into the middle distance. You’re welcome. He drives me crazy when he does that because I can see he’s thinking hard about something, but he’s not saying anything about it. What’s Stars & Angels Sing about? We find out about Christmas, and I dive into that head-first so I can enjoy all … Continue reading That book I mentioned

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode L.L. Nelson is joining me to talk about her book, Priestess of Herculaneum. What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL3KZ2CT 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: Priestess of Herculaneum

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode Caitlin Denman is joining me to talk about her new release, Blood Queen. 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: Blood Queen

(No characters were harmed by this blast as far as we know.) Hey, I don’t usually pop into your inbox on a Friday, but I wanted to update you on a few things. First off, thank you for taking our poll last week. The minute we got one vote, I swung into action. And on Monday, I might have the cover to show you for our Christmas adventure (in poems)! (When I say ‘I’, I mean Ran, son of Sarn, the quiet Curse Breaker.) I also stopped by tell you about a FREE & 99 cent Weekend Sale of some … Continue reading Weekend Blast

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode Stephen M. Wallace is joining me to talk about his book, A Meeting Of Monsters. What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Meeting-Monsters-Family-Thunder-Story-ebook/dp/B09TS4H8RG/ 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 with A Meeting Of Monsters

And their Scribe shook from fear… (Just kidding! No Scribes were scared by this.) Hey, Your friendly fictional character is back with an idea that’s a little crazy but holiday appropriate. Could I run my idea by you real quick? I don’t know if you knew this, but way back in November 2015, my Scribe, Melinda, wrote a holiday adventure where we team up with a certain jolly fellow to save Christmas. (By ‘we’ I mean Sarn (my papa) and me, his son, sidekick, and your narrator for this email, Ran. No one else was invited.) Why am I just … Continue reading Twas a month before Christmas when Characters had an idea

Hey, This is Ran, your fictional host for this newsletter as usual. I know I don’t need to keep saying that, but if I don’t tell you who’s writing this newsletter, then how will you know? Maybe that question doesn’t keep you awake night, but it does that to me. I just want credit where credit is due. (Please don’t tell my papa, Sarn, from the Curse Breaker series about this newsletter or that there’s a whole lot of books about him. I love him, but if you told him, it would land me a lot of trouble, and I’d … Continue reading A dragon walked into a post office

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, I’m talking all about Rogue Gods Trilogy and why the characters demanded that I write it now. What’s this episode about: 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 … Continue reading Are We Summoning the Gods? – Rogue Gods Update

(A new book and a surprise twist to end last week’s story) Hey, Before I get back to my story about my latest blunder, which I started in last week’s email, I need to give you some book news! This week, we’re sending all the rewards to all the backers who backed our first Kickstarter project for a reward. It took a bit of clicking around to find the results of the surveys so we could find out where to send the rewards to. But your favorite character (Ran, Sarn’s son from the Curse Breaker series) was on the job! … Continue reading A Halloween Wish For You

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode Deborah Jarvis is joining me to talk about her book, Wolves Running. 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 5 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, … Continue reading Fantasy, Lore, & More: Wolves Running

Hey, Welcome back to our regularly scheduled newsletters. We’re back to our once a week schedule, and I have can confirm that I got into lots of trouble for your entertainment. In case you forgot, I’m Ran, the fictional son of an equally fictional mage from the epic fantasy Curse Breaker series. I’m also his unofficial sidekick, but I’m taking steps to become officially recognized. But I might have backslid a little and did something that might disqualify me if my dad ever finds out. What did I do? Let’s put a pin in that came back to it later. … Continue reading A Furball and a Dragon walk into a portal

Hey! Well, we did it! Thank you to everyone who pledged and helped us reach our goal. Our Kickstarter funded! So what happens next? Hi, I’m Ran, Sarn’s son from the Curse Breaker series. I’m a fictional character from a fantasy book, so I shouldn’t know the answer to that question. But since I donned a cape and mask and became our official promoter, I actually do know! Okay, I’ll stop stalling and tell you. I just had to toot my little horn a little because the Kickstarter represents over a year of work. We didn’t fund high enough to … Continue reading The end…? And I’m in trouble again…

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Carol Carman is joining me to talk about her book, Twicetime.  What’s it about? What’s in this episode: Where to get the book: Where to find Carol Carman: About your host, Melinda Kucsera: I am Melinda Kucsera, an indie fantasy author who wrote and published 20+ books since 2016 across 5 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 … Continue reading Fantasy, Lore, & More: Twicetime

Hey, I’m back to entertain you and remind you that our Kickstarter campaign ends in 48 hours on Oct. 14 at 10:56 AM Eastern Time. So now’s your last chance to back this project. Curse Breaker: Special Edition Hardcover Omnibuses 9 action-packed fantasy adventures full of found family and reluctant heroes collected into 3 limited edition hardcover omnibuses. Back it now! You’ll get backer perk #1, an ebook copy of When Worlds Collide, a short story where Papa and I go to our Scribe’s office and interrupt a meeting. (This is Ran, Sarn’s son from the Curse Breaker series, and … Continue reading The Kickstarter ends in 48 hours