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Frostfire Quotes & Other Info
It's just over two months until Frostfire comes out on January 6, 2015, and I am getting crazy excited. So I thought a fun thing to do would be once a week until the book comes out, I'll post one of my favorite quotes from the book. So here's the first one:
This is definitely one of my favorite quotes, because Bryn doesn't mess around.
If you're as excited for Frostfire to come out as I am (and I am very excited) here are some other fun things you can do until the release:
Check out the excerpt from Frostfire posted at Wattpad
Enter to win a copy of Frostfire
Listen to the soundtrack for Frostfire
Read troll facts and other info about the Kanin Chronicles at WorldofAmandaHocking.com
Join the Trylle re-read at Goodreads (they just started on Torn today)
Visit the blog I did where I answer FAQs about Frostfire
Preorder Frostfire in ebook or paperback
Stay tuned to my blog, Facebook, or Twitter for my updates and sneak peeks on Frostfire
This is definitely one of my favorite quotes, because Bryn doesn't mess around.
If you're as excited for Frostfire to come out as I am (and I am very excited) here are some other fun things you can do until the release:
Check out the excerpt from Frostfire posted at Wattpad
Enter to win a copy of Frostfire
Listen to the soundtrack for Frostfire
Read troll facts and other info about the Kanin Chronicles at WorldofAmandaHocking.com
Join the Trylle re-read at Goodreads (they just started on Torn today)
Visit the blog I did where I answer FAQs about Frostfire
Preorder Frostfire in ebook or paperback
Stay tuned to my blog, Facebook, or Twitter for my updates and sneak peeks on Frostfire
Pinning & Winning
So, as I mentioned in an earlier blog, I've been working on Pinterest boards. I have a few boards up there, for things I enjoy like books, movies, tattoo ideas, travelling, etc. You can follow me over at www.pinterest.com/aehocking
But I also have Frostfire board where I posted inspiration pics from the book. It has a lot of cool stuff over there, like character inspiration, wardrobe ideas, locales, and even music. Honestly, it was so much fun to make. (As many of you may know, Pinterest can be super addictive).
If you love Pinterest or you're just excited about Frostfire , check out the board.
Follow Amanda's board Frostfire on Pinterest.
But I also have Frostfire board where I posted inspiration pics from the book. It has a lot of cool stuff over there, like character inspiration, wardrobe ideas, locales, and even music. Honestly, it was so much fun to make. (As many of you may know, Pinterest can be super addictive).
If you love Pinterest or you're just excited about Frostfire , check out the board.
Follow Amanda's board Frostfire on Pinterest.
It's Frostfire Day!
Frostfire
is finally here!!! Some people have found copies of Frostfire in bookstores, but today is the first official day that
Frostfire
is released into the wild ebook, paperback, hardcover, and audio form. Here's a just few places where you can order your copy: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes
For those of you that haven't heard of Frostfire , here's the description:
The first book in the new trilogy the Kanin Chronicles is set in the world of the Trylle. Hidden deep in the heart of a snow-covered wilderness lies the secret kingdom of the Kanin—a magical realm as beautiful as it is treacherous... Bryn Aven is an outcast among the Kanin, the most powerful of the troll tribes. Set apart by her heritage and her past, Bryn is a tracker who’s determined to become a respected part of her world. She has just one goal: become a member of the elite guard to protect the royalty. She’s not going to let anything stand in her way, not even a forbidden romance with her commander, Ridley Dresden. But all her plans for the future are put on hold when Konstantin—a fallen hero who she once loved—appears to be up to something dangerous...
Also, fun fact: the second book of the Kanin Chronicles - Ice Kissed - will be in May 2015 and the final book in the trilogy - Crystal Kingdom - will be out August 2015, so there's hardly any wait time at all between books.
If you've already finished Frostfire , or you just want to find out more about the world of the Trylle and the Kanin, here's some other fun things you can check out:
Read about the characters of Frostfire at Wattpad
Check out the inspiration board for Frostfire at Pinterest
Listen to the soundtrack for Frostfire
Watch the pronunciation guide and intro video for Frostfire
Find out more tribes and other troll facts at World of Amanda Hocking
For the post few weeks, I've been posting teaser quotes from Frostfire , and I thought since today's the pub day, I would finish the post with a few of my favorites ;)
For those of you that haven't heard of Frostfire , here's the description:
The first book in the new trilogy the Kanin Chronicles is set in the world of the Trylle. Hidden deep in the heart of a snow-covered wilderness lies the secret kingdom of the Kanin—a magical realm as beautiful as it is treacherous... Bryn Aven is an outcast among the Kanin, the most powerful of the troll tribes. Set apart by her heritage and her past, Bryn is a tracker who’s determined to become a respected part of her world. She has just one goal: become a member of the elite guard to protect the royalty. She’s not going to let anything stand in her way, not even a forbidden romance with her commander, Ridley Dresden. But all her plans for the future are put on hold when Konstantin—a fallen hero who she once loved—appears to be up to something dangerous...
Also, fun fact: the second book of the Kanin Chronicles - Ice Kissed - will be in May 2015 and the final book in the trilogy - Crystal Kingdom - will be out August 2015, so there's hardly any wait time at all between books.
If you've already finished Frostfire , or you just want to find out more about the world of the Trylle and the Kanin, here's some other fun things you can check out:
Read about the characters of Frostfire at Wattpad
Check out the inspiration board for Frostfire at Pinterest
Listen to the soundtrack for Frostfire
Watch the pronunciation guide and intro video for Frostfire
Find out more tribes and other troll facts at World of Amanda Hocking
For the post few weeks, I've been posting teaser quotes from Frostfire , and I thought since today's the pub day, I would finish the post with a few of my favorites ;)
Happy Birthday!
As many of you may know, many of my main characters share a birthday with one of my best friends, Valerie. I can't remember exactly when it started or why (other than the fact that I think Valerie is super neat), but it's something that I've started to incorporate in all my books. Like how basketball players sometimes have special socks they wear, or they have rituals they do before each game.
That makes today - January 9th - the birthday of Harper from Watersong, Wendy from the Trylle Trilogy, Remy from the Hollows, Alice from My Blood Approves, and now Bryn from the Kanin Chronicles.
With most of my books, I've tried to use a floating timeline - meaning it's always present day, regardless of when the book was written. So even though today is Harper's birthday, she hasn't really aged, because I haven't grounded her with a birth year.
I started out trying to use that same approach with the Kanin Chronicles, but eventually I realized that since past events effect so much of the present day, and there's discussions about previous royalty and history that, I felt like I had to ground it in a timeline. In doing so, I had to ground the history of the Trylle in a timeline too.
For perspective, the Trylle series takes place between October 2009-January 2010. (These dates aren't specifically mentioned in the Trylle series, but the beginning of Frostfire does set the date of the end of Ascend in that time). The Kanin Chronicles, meanwhile, takes place in 2014, aside from the prologue in Frostfire.
That means that unlike many other of my characters, Wendy and Bryn have actual birth dates, with years. Wendy was born January 9, 1992, and Bryn was born January 9, 1995.
Another thing that separates the Kanin Chronicles from some of my other series is that the characters are a bit older. The three main female leads - Bryn Aven, Tilda Moller, and Ember Holmes - are all relatively young. Bryn is nineteen,Tilda is twenty (though I don't if ever specifically mention her age in the book - I think she's simply alluded to as being roughly the same age/grade as Bryn), and Ember is sixteen turning seventeen at the outset of Frostfire.
It's more the supporting cast that's a bit older than normal, particularly the Kanin King and Queen, Bryn's love interest Ridley Dresden (27), and her nemesis Konstantin Black (29). The reason I decided to make them a bit older is two-fold.
One, I thought they're characters needed to be older to have accomplished the things that they have. It would be unrealistic for Ridley to be in charge of all the trackers at the age of twenty, or Konstantin to have risen up the ranks of the guard as a teenager. I also thought that given Bryn's age, experience, and maturity, it would be reasonable and acceptable for her to be attracted to someone several years older than her.
Two, I wanted the book to be a bit more mature than the Trylle series. Not exactly New Adult, but more like a bridge between Young Adult and New Adult (which I know is really splitting hairs at this point). And even though Ridley is a bit older, I still think he's definitely a young adult - he's still figuring who he is and what he wants out of life. In fact, even though Bryn is younger than him, she has a better grasp on both those concepts (or at least she thinks she does at the beginning of the series.)
Ultimately, I think the main characters in the Kanin series are figuring out who they are, what matters the most to the them, and what right and wrong mean to them - and how far they'll go to make things right. And I think that despite their various ages, these are things that most young adults are struggling with (and many older adults too).
The great things about these concepts is that they're so fluid - who Bryn thinks she is and what matters and even what she thinks right and wrong are on page one of the first book is going to be so much different than what she thinks on the final page of the series.
But that's all part of growing up. So with that, I want to wish Valerie and Bryn a very happy birthday. :)
That makes today - January 9th - the birthday of Harper from Watersong, Wendy from the Trylle Trilogy, Remy from the Hollows, Alice from My Blood Approves, and now Bryn from the Kanin Chronicles.
With most of my books, I've tried to use a floating timeline - meaning it's always present day, regardless of when the book was written. So even though today is Harper's birthday, she hasn't really aged, because I haven't grounded her with a birth year.
I started out trying to use that same approach with the Kanin Chronicles, but eventually I realized that since past events effect so much of the present day, and there's discussions about previous royalty and history that, I felt like I had to ground it in a timeline. In doing so, I had to ground the history of the Trylle in a timeline too.
For perspective, the Trylle series takes place between October 2009-January 2010. (These dates aren't specifically mentioned in the Trylle series, but the beginning of Frostfire does set the date of the end of Ascend in that time). The Kanin Chronicles, meanwhile, takes place in 2014, aside from the prologue in Frostfire.
That means that unlike many other of my characters, Wendy and Bryn have actual birth dates, with years. Wendy was born January 9, 1992, and Bryn was born January 9, 1995.
Another thing that separates the Kanin Chronicles from some of my other series is that the characters are a bit older. The three main female leads - Bryn Aven, Tilda Moller, and Ember Holmes - are all relatively young. Bryn is nineteen,Tilda is twenty (though I don't if ever specifically mention her age in the book - I think she's simply alluded to as being roughly the same age/grade as Bryn), and Ember is sixteen turning seventeen at the outset of Frostfire.
It's more the supporting cast that's a bit older than normal, particularly the Kanin King and Queen, Bryn's love interest Ridley Dresden (27), and her nemesis Konstantin Black (29). The reason I decided to make them a bit older is two-fold.
One, I thought they're characters needed to be older to have accomplished the things that they have. It would be unrealistic for Ridley to be in charge of all the trackers at the age of twenty, or Konstantin to have risen up the ranks of the guard as a teenager. I also thought that given Bryn's age, experience, and maturity, it would be reasonable and acceptable for her to be attracted to someone several years older than her.
Two, I wanted the book to be a bit more mature than the Trylle series. Not exactly New Adult, but more like a bridge between Young Adult and New Adult (which I know is really splitting hairs at this point). And even though Ridley is a bit older, I still think he's definitely a young adult - he's still figuring who he is and what he wants out of life. In fact, even though Bryn is younger than him, she has a better grasp on both those concepts (or at least she thinks she does at the beginning of the series.)
Ultimately, I think the main characters in the Kanin series are figuring out who they are, what matters the most to the them, and what right and wrong mean to them - and how far they'll go to make things right. And I think that despite their various ages, these are things that most young adults are struggling with (and many older adults too).
The great things about these concepts is that they're so fluid - who Bryn thinks she is and what matters and even what she thinks right and wrong are on page one of the first book is going to be so much different than what she thinks on the final page of the series.
But that's all part of growing up. So with that, I want to wish Valerie and Bryn a very happy birthday. :)
More Giveaways
The big
Frostfire
giveaway is still underway, so you should enter for your chance to win one of five Grand Prize packages and one of fifteen Runnerup Prize packages. (It's called Runnerup, but it's still pretty sweet.) If you want to enter, go: here.
A new giveaway has also started today, this time for the UK Editions of Frostfire and Trylle: The Complete Trilogy . It's open internationally, because I think the UK covers are lovely, so I wanted to give everyone a chance to get their hands on them. If you want to enter, go: here.
I'm going to be adding more giveaways throughout the month, so be sure to keep checking the Giveaways & Contests button on the main page of www.HockingBooks.com
A new giveaway has also started today, this time for the UK Editions of Frostfire and Trylle: The Complete Trilogy . It's open internationally, because I think the UK covers are lovely, so I wanted to give everyone a chance to get their hands on them. If you want to enter, go: here.
I'm going to be adding more giveaways throughout the month, so be sure to keep checking the Giveaways & Contests button on the main page of www.HockingBooks.com
Giveaways, Q&As, and an Excerpt - Oh My!
I'm doing a Q&A over at Wattpad. How it will work is from April 27th (today) until May 3rd, go to this page here, titled Ask Me Anything, where you can ask me anything - about Ice Kissed, my writing process, my dog Isley, whatever.
The only thing I'll ask from you is to please check my FAQs first to see if I've already answered the question. I don't mind answering the questions again, but I do get really excited and do a happy dance every time I encounter a question I haven't had before. Ask me questions: here .
Then May 4th, I'll be answering the questions that have collected on Wattpad. I'll try to answer most of them, but it depends on how many questions I get, and how long it takes me answer. And I'll be giving away 5 signed bookplates to my favorite questions!
You can also check out my Wattpad profile and other excerpts, including the newly posted excerpt from Ice Kissed. You can read it: here , and you can check my Wattpad profile out: here .
There are two new giveaway starting today - one for the entire Watersong quartet, and a quick one for an ARC of Ice Kissed . Go here to enter the Watersong giveaway, and go here to enter the Ice Kissed ARC giveaway.
Be sure to keep checking the Giveaways & Contests button on the main page, because I'll be adding more throughout the summer (including a really fun one next week). The giveaway for the UK editions of Frostfire and Trylle: The Complete trilogy has ended and winners have been contacted.
The only thing I'll ask from you is to please check my FAQs first to see if I've already answered the question. I don't mind answering the questions again, but I do get really excited and do a happy dance every time I encounter a question I haven't had before. Ask me questions: here .
Then May 4th, I'll be answering the questions that have collected on Wattpad. I'll try to answer most of them, but it depends on how many questions I get, and how long it takes me answer. And I'll be giving away 5 signed bookplates to my favorite questions!
You can also check out my Wattpad profile and other excerpts, including the newly posted excerpt from Ice Kissed. You can read it: here , and you can check my Wattpad profile out: here .
There are two new giveaway starting today - one for the entire Watersong quartet, and a quick one for an ARC of Ice Kissed . Go here to enter the Watersong giveaway, and go here to enter the Ice Kissed ARC giveaway.
Be sure to keep checking the Giveaways & Contests button on the main page, because I'll be adding more throughout the summer (including a really fun one next week). The giveaway for the UK editions of Frostfire and Trylle: The Complete trilogy has ended and winners have been contacted.
TBT with Frostfire
Ice Kissed is only a few days away, so I thought it I would take things back to the first introduction to Bryn Aven back in November 2014 with this teaser quote from Frostfire.If you haven't gotten Frostfire yet, here's some ways to do it:
iBookstore – for ebook
Barnes & Noble – for paperbook, ebook, hardcover, & audio
Amazon – for paperback, ebook, hardcover, & audio
Target – for paperback
Walmart – for hardcover
Indiebound – for paperback, hardcover, & audio
Booktopia (Australia) – for paperback
Waterstones (UK) – for paperback
If you haven’t preorderd Ice Kissed yet and you’d like to, here are some ways you can do it:
iBookstore – for ebook
Barnes & Noble – for paperback, ebook, hardcover, & audio
Amazon – for paperback, ebook, hardcover, & audio
Target – for paperback
Indiebound – for paperback, hardcover, & audio
Booktopia (Australia) – for paperback
Waterstones (UK) – for paperback
Barnes & Noble – for paperback, ebook, hardcover, & audio
Amazon – for paperback, ebook, hardcover, & audio
Target – for paperback
Indiebound – for paperback, hardcover, & audio
Booktopia (Australia) – for paperback
Waterstones (UK) – for paperback
