Category: Fantasy

Fantasy

Getting Clarity

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers!   We were hoping to show you a draft of the cover for Sundered using our 3D doubles today, but the first render (mon night) was too dark, the second render (Tuesday night) was out of focus and the third render (Wednesday night) rendered from the wrong camera so it’s dark, fuzzy and we’re really far away from the camera.   We have high hopes that tonight’s render (Thursday) will finally be right. So keep your fingers crossed!   Who knew 3d software packages came with cameras and that you have to adjust these bizarre things like f/stop, … Continue reading Getting Clarity

Fantasy

When Stories Bubble up…

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, Today, we have a special presentation for you. So without further ado, let’s get to it. When you last saw us, Papa tried to be a hero, and that didn’t work out so well for him. J.C. and I, (Ran, son of Sarn and his most trusted sidekick), must find a way to rescue him and our scribe, Melinda, before their fall ends in tragedy. If you missed an episode, all our back issues are conveniently listed in reverse chronological order here. If you’re looking for our books, they’re all here, and they’re chock full of magical mayhem. … Continue reading When Stories Bubble up…

Fantasy

A Squadron of Flying Books, Oh My

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, We’re still experimenting with your suggestions. Unfortunately, 3D renders take about 21 hours on our PC. So we don’t have any covers to show you yet. Progress is slow, but we’ll get there. We love this series and hope someday it earns enough to pay people who know how to create covers so they can do that, and we can just have adventures. Until then, we’ll just do the best we can and hope for the best. You can’t fly if you don’t fall first. Even though we fall a lot, we’ll keep getting back up and trying … Continue reading A Squadron of Flying Books, Oh My

Fantasy

Off the Chain With Tentacles

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, For those in the US, we hope you had a happy Fourth of July. For those enjoying the World Cup, we hope your team’s winning. I’m rooting for Team Bear. Oh, my scribe just informed me there’s no Team Bear. 😦 Apparently, you need more than one spirit guide to make a team, and Bear has yet to introduce us to his noncorporeal friends. (If he has any. We still don’t know for sure, but Bear hinted in Faceted, that there might be other spirit animals out there. Maybe I’ll collect them all. Or maybe not. Bear’s giving … Continue reading Off the Chain With Tentacles

Fantasy

Tentacular Spectacle!

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers! We’re really sorry we’ve been absent these last few days. The Fiverr designer sent us some proofs, and they made me so mad. I’m too embarrassed to show you. They also angered my scribe and she dove into 3d determined to make something better.  I helped. I just want that on record. 😉 I suggested she do one of my fav scenes from Faceted, our third book and I might have drawn a stick figure diagram to get her moving in the right direction. So here, for your viewing pleasure is what we’ve been tinkering with. This is … Continue reading Tentacular Spectacle!

Fantasy

I Knew She Had Magic

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, Thank you for writing in an expressing your opinions on our covers. We’re so grateful for the feedback. You pointed out things we hadn’t noticed. Thank you. And yes, for those who are wondering, we try to answer every email we receive within 24 hours. So check your spam folders if you don’t see our friendly faces in your inbox. This week, we don’t have a cover update. We haven’t heard anything from the designers. They might be hiding from us. We are a formidable lot! Book Update Before we dive back into the story so far, we’ll … Continue reading I Knew She Had Magic

Fantasy

From the flames, we ascend…

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, I’m baffled and hope you can help. Last week, I told you we put out a hit on our old covers—I mean—we floated the request for a new cover around Fiverr and received some bids. One of the designers really impressed us. She totally got who we are and what we stand for. So we hired her to recover Enchanted. (Enchanted is still free, or it should be. Amazon tends to change the price without notice. So that link will take you to our site where there’s a failsafe for that. We’ve learned our lesson.) We asked the designer … Continue reading From the flames, we ascend…

Fantasy

Happy Father’s Day

Melinda Kucsera

The cast and our scribe wish everyone a happy Father’s day! And this fictional character would like to wish his equally fictional father a happy Father’s Day too. But you might want to open that present before it jumps off the table…Bear doesn’t like enclosed spaces… 😉   — Ran, son of Sarn, “the well-wishing character” (Want more about Bear? Watch him save Papa and me from some serious evildoers in Curse Breaker: Faceted.) Continue reading Happy Father’s Day

Fantasy

Angels & Magic: Limited-Edition Collections

Melinda Kucsera

^Angels & Magic: A Limited-Edition Collection of Angel Fantasy Novels  11 books of mayhem, magic and angelic awesomeness. It includes His Angelic Keeper, the first book in a companion series starring my aunt. She’s rubbing shoulders with some bestselling authors in this one. Get it on: Amazon | Elsewhere ^Angels & Magic: The Bonus Collection 7 stories featuring angels and magic (We’re not in this one, but we love the cover.) Get it on: Amazon | Elsewhere ^Wings & Wonder  4 stories with angels exclusively on Amazon. (We’re not in this one, but we’re cheering from the sidelines.) Get it on: Amazon ^His … Continue reading Angels & Magic: Limited-Edition Collections

Fantasy

A squadron of angels and books descend

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, Before we dive back in, I just wanted to give you a quick rundown of what’s been going on. Here’s your status update: The cast commissioned a new cover for Enchanted. Since Melinda was kidnapped by a book a month ago, we don’t have official sanction from our fearless scribe nor her valuable input. Please join our Facebook group and help us! We’re getting the next round of changes in a few days, and we’re not good judges of covers. Books in Progress Curse Breaker: Sundered Tagline: Magic’s stronger when it’s broken Because the Adversary broke Papa’s magic … Continue reading A squadron of angels and books descend

Fantasy

Back in the Black Between Books

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, I’m back. It’s Ran, your lovable narrator, and sidekick. I’m taking back my newsletter because 1) our scribe got so sick she needed two antibiotics, and 2) the newsletter-dragon got so turned around by GDPR, she created two privacy policies. And, most insulting of all, no one rescued us. Papa and I are still hanging out between worlds, and it’s cold here! Papa’s voluminous cloak can only do so much to warm me since we went from a rainy accident scene to this weird place in between worlds. “I want to go home,” I said into Papa’s chest. “I … Continue reading Back in the Black Between Books

Fantasy

The Gray Between Memorials & Angels

Melinda Kucsera

Hi Readers, where am I? Everything was gray and blurry and refused to clarify. Where was I before I arrived here? When she tried to remember, she found nothing, not even a hint of a clue. Her mind had been scoured clean of everything except that one conviction—I was just somewhere else in the middle of doing something important. That wrenching feeling of displacement was so strong, there was no denying it. But it gave her something to go on, some mental ground to build on. She clung to that scrap of information and searched for more. My mind can’t … Continue reading The Gray Between Memorials & Angels