From the flames, we ascend…

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…

A squadron of angels and books descend

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

Back in the Black Between Books

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

The Gray Between Memorials & Angels

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

Kidnapping Angels & Privacy Policies

Hi Readers, This is not your newsletter-dragon. She bungled things last week, so it falls to me to fix things or my brother and nephew will never get rescued and that, my dear friend, is unacceptable. I miss my nephew. Ran and I haven’t had much face time since I only just met him (in terms of the space-time continuum within our book world.) So I want to get him back. And let’s face it, if I see one more email mentioning GDPR, I’ll fling my halo chakram-style at the newsletter-dragon while shouting an ululating war cry. (I didn’t get … Continue reading Kidnapping Angels & Privacy Policies

Disintegrating Dragons & Impertinent Angels

Hi Readers, This is your newsletter-dragon again back for an encore performance because there’s no one to stop me. [Insert evil laughter here. Feel it reverberate through your bones.] 😉 Our kidnapped scribe and cast wish all the mothers out there a happy, though belated, Mother’s Day! We apologize for our tardiness. Our scribe’s had severe eye pain and other vision problems. But she’s on a new medication, and we’re hopeful that will fix the problem. Her eyes are very important to us! One last quick update then back to my primary goal—rescuing the characters you love. Oh, and ignore … Continue reading Disintegrating Dragons & Impertinent Angels

The Angels Are Coming!

Hi Readers! Well, our scribe did it. She finished Auntie Sovvan’s adventure by the deadline. Her first stab at main-character-hood will take her from the formless gray of limbo (the Gray Between) to the gates of heaven as she quests to find out the truth about her death. Of course, she’ll also try to save my Papa and I, but one demon, two dragons, five angels and a pack of memory-eating pachyderms stand in her way. Worry not, my auntie is one plucky soul as you saw in Curse Breaker: Enchanted + Curse Breaker: Falls. Here’s a sneak preview of: … Continue reading The Angels Are Coming!

The Newsletter-Dragon Speaks

Hi Readers, this is your newsletter-dragon speaking. Do not adjust your display properties. I am flying through cyberspace. Where’s Ran? He’s dimensionally challenged right now. That’s why I’m here. I want to save him. Why am I undertaking such a quest? Because I know who really kidnapped Melinda, our scribe. Sarn and Ran walked into a trap this cunning entity set for them two weeks ago. There are some things even J.C. cannot see when he builds a portal, but they can still distract Him. GDPR is one of them. But I am the newsletter-dragon, and I’ve been tracking this … Continue reading The Newsletter-Dragon Speaks

When Scribe-Eating Books Collide

Hi Readers, This is Sarn, Ran’s father. Something strange happened when we pushed through J.C.’s “window into another world” last week. The picture fuzzed and swirled, and reality splintered. “Come back!” J.C. called. “We can’t. We’re trapped.” And my magic didn’t like it. It kept shouting its usual objection, ‘unnatural,’ until I wanted to scream. Instead, I held tightly to my son’s tiny hand. Ran, in turn, clutched his Bear, but the stuffed annoyance had gone limp, and the twinkle had died from his button eyes. Magic was screaming inside my head, making it hard to think. It was also … Continue reading When Scribe-Eating Books Collide

Will Bear Save Us?

Hi Readers! It’s Ran, and I’m writing to you from under the bed. I’m hiding from the germs making our scribe sick. With a book for my pillow, Curse Breaker: Faceted of course, and a flashlight to read by, I’m ready for anything those germs can dish out. Did you hear that? People were screaming. Their legs flashed by then vanished into the darkness falling over everything. Someone kicked Sarn in the side narrowly missing his shivering son. “Do something!” an old woman yelled, but something whisked her away before Sarn could reply. A cold, leathery thing wrapped around Sarn’s ankle. It was … Continue reading Will Bear Save Us?

When Stalactite-Swinging Sleuths Assemble …

Hi Readers! If you celebrated Thanksgiving this past Thursday, we hope you enjoyed it. If you didn’t, we hope you had a great day. We did. Though some of the cast had a better time than others. While you weren’t looking, Jerlo went skulking about the nether regions of Mount Eredren seeking answers. He met with a whole lot of trouble and one of our stranger cast members. Read on to find out what happened. [Note: the cast of the Curse Breaker Series does not recommend trying this at home. Only professional Rangers should go about swinging on stalactites.] Jerlo: The … Continue reading When Stalactite-Swinging Sleuths Assemble …

7 Ways to Survive Turkey Day – A Character’s Guide to Food, Fun + How Not to be Demon-Food this Holiday Season

Hi Readers! The cast of the Curse Breaker series would like to wish you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving. Feast with care this holiday season because food (and its preparation) can be deadly. I should know. (This is Ran, if you hadn’t guessed.) I’ve been involved in a fair amount of food-related capers in my short fictional life. To keep you safe this holiday, I’ve compiled a list of tips to help you arrive alive to your chosen bounty. So here we go. 7 Holiday Survival Tactics from the fictional pros (me): The wait can be deadly. Keep … Continue reading 7 Ways to Survive Turkey Day – A Character’s Guide to Food, Fun + How Not to be Demon-Food this Holiday Season

Ghosts Surprise Cast and Giveaway Stuff

Hi Readers! “Come and see. Oh, come and see—” As their haunting refrain repeated, the pawn tipped over so the wind could flip open our book, Curse Breaker: Faceted, and turn its pages. Light cascaded out and words leaped from the page. They caught Papa and me (ahem, *Ran*) in its spell. And now, I bring you an excerpt from Curse Breaker: Faceted. Ghostly Surprises “Papa, I want to go now. I’m scared.” Ran huddled close, pressing his small body tight against Sarn’s side. Something had changed the dynamic down here. Shadows strengthened, growing larger and bolder. They tapped gray fingers against the … Continue reading Ghosts Surprise Cast and Giveaway Stuff

Come & See What His Dark Deeds Have Done

Hi Readers! We hope you had a great week. Thank you to all who bought a copy of Curse Breaker: Faceted. We hope you’re enjoying it as much as we are. And now back to where you last saw us–on our way out of a scary castle after an equally scary dude appeared. (Said hooded man appears in Curse Breaker: Faceted, where he shows off his sickle-smiling mug and lures just about everyone to their doom. What game is he playing? How does it affect me and my dad? You’ll have to read Curse Breaker: Faceted to find out.) Yes, the Adversary somehow made … Continue reading Come & See What His Dark Deeds Have Done