Isis Sousa's Blog: Tragic Books' news - Posts Tagged "dark-fiction"

Alright, it has been some time since I made a descent post here. Lately, I have been very busy with work and life stuff (and problems :P ) ... Ad I do have some news & info to share with you all. Here we go:

First to my GR friends and readers of my work:

THANK YOU – I have noticed some of you started following my work (yes, it is always all about my work and not me) and I appreciate it very much. It is definitely a good vibe for the upcoming projects ;) Super thanks and I will do my best to bring about better and better titles for your entertainment!

The Night of Elisa goes Global – During the previous week, TNOW has made it to several shops/webshops around the globe and there is a big chance it is available in your country now – or coming very soon!

Click here to see where it is available and which format: http://thenightofelisa.blogspot.no/p/...

Halloween Giveaways – Tragic Books prepared some cool Halloween giveaways for you on GoodReads, LibraryThing and BookLikes. Click here to participate and win your free copy of TNOE: http://thenightofelisa.blogspot.no/20...

A Cold-Hearted Phoenix – Episode 1: Dark Love: This is the first announcement of a cool title coming on Valentine's next year, a miniseries in 5 episodes. It is under editing at the moment and I already started the illustrations – this time, ink. I don’t have a synopsis to give to you yet, all I can tell is that it is an innovative project in format and writing. It will be packed with illustrations (more than TNOE) and a fancy layout. On The Night of Elisa you have prose with influence of comics and cinema while on this new work it will be a hybrid mix of prose and screenwriting, more screenwriting though, including the formatting. Stay tuned. Oh and the genre? “Urban Gothic” – and it is nothing like you have read before!

>>>>>Now, for the authors:<<<<<<
I have a blog for the sole purpose of promoting indie authors and books: http://storiesofduskland.tumblr.com/

How can I help promoting your work? On the following ways:

- Book spotlight
- Interview
- Interview & spotlight
- Guest post

All with author links and buy links (author bio and pic too, if you want)

I can’t do any reviews at the moment (except for those I have contacted personally – or am reading their books right now). Send me a private message if you’re interested. We can cover 1-3 of your books.
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Cheers and have a great Halloween month, if you don’t care about the dark vibes of this month, then just enjoy yourself as you wish ;)

I have one brand new hardcover with dustjacket PROOF COPY of As Cold As Thorns in spare to giveaway, SIGNED and with dedicatory, together with a Norwegian chocolate to a follower.

Will you be the lucky one???

Before you think about entering the giveaway, I need to stress that this is a PROOF COPY - it means it is a version with a few glitches and not the final version out for sale, however, it is very close to the published editions, apart from the few glitches.

Here are the rules to participate:

1. Must be a follower on GoodReads OR on Twitter OR Pinterest (if you are a follower on the 3 channels... Wow! You rock!)

2. Leave a comment/reply on the giveaway thread on my GoodReads author blog - if you are participating via GoodReads

3. If you participate via Twitter or Pinterest: must retweet/repin the giveaway post/pic
Tweet: https://twitter.com/tragicbooks/statu...
Pin: https://no.pinterest.com/pin/39814642...

4. Must be from one of these locations: Scandinavia, Europe, UK

The winner will be announced on 20th December!



A lucky and awesome follower will be picked at random, I will contact the person to get his/her shipping address and send the package. :D

Thank you for the amazing support! ;)

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And here is the view from the window I took the book snapshots today! A beautiful winter day in Vuttudal, Norway. - See a bigger size on my blog: https://illustratingwords.blogspot.no/

When I first started the creative process for The Night of Elisa, my idea was to have a fully painted portrait for each character in the book as well as paintings of scenes, environments and objects. I actually started some of these illustrations and had to put the dream on stand-by for someday in the future.

Leonhard

At the time – as it is now, I had no funding to take hours and hours to make a fully illustrated/graphical edition of the work. To embark in such endeavour, I would need to stop client work, and doing that would mean I would starve to death and sleep under the bridge before I completed the project and my business as illustrator would come to an end. Such a dreadful reality!

Berenice

There was yet another issue that weighted on me never finishing the original project, and that was the print costs. A fully graphical book the way I wanted would need to be printed in color and due to the length of the story, the final price would be heavy for the readers.

Elisa

Depending on crowdfunding platforms was not an option. I see them as me, the creative mind, being at the mercy of people. In other words: If they backed my project I would make it, if not, I would be frustrated and back to square 1. No! I am not that kind of person. If I want to do something, I just do it, regardless of people’s approval, as long as I have the means to do it.

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Please, continue reading at my website, where you can also see the rest of the concepts :)
https://tragicbooks.com/2017/01/30/th...

Do you like them? Feel free to share your thoughts!

Nightmares, hallucinations, strange happenings and impossible love have all been traits of As Cold As Thorns contrasting with sarcasm, narcissism, art and extravagance. There is a mystery in the story – the key to everything and that is the infamous, elusive Black Rose.

But what really is the Black Rose? Which powers does it possess?

Henrique, the protagonist, goes through a transformation, from a bright artistic mind and kind, cordial man to someone cold, tormented and shrouded in darkness. Is it love, madness or something else inflicting him this pain and twisted state of mind?

For those who followed the ups and downs of the world’s most acclaimed tailor, the sad story of Amelia, the grim drama of Princess Catalyna and the expeditions towards the infamous rose, you shall no longer be puzzled. You shall have your answers in the Spring of 2018 on the sequel As Black As Ice.

Like the first book in the duology, this one will also be illustrated and have the special layout.

At the moment, I am writing its chapters and doing the editing with Clare Diston https://humanvoices.co.uk whom I have worked in (almost) all my books. This October, a team of beta readers gathered by RBTL Book Tours http://www.rbtlbooktours.com and I are starting the beta reading process for the final part of the story.

The cold, dark mood of the Autumn and Winter seasons in Norway are perfect inspiration to help setting the mood during the writing process, and of course, all the amazing energy and support of those who have read the story and helped me making it better.


(I took this photo last week while driving with my husband on a beautiful Autumn morning.)

So stay tuned, for something wicked this way comes… in Spring 2018.

Cheers guys and enjoy life! :-)

Good morning, darklings! Hope all of you have started your week in a great dark mood! ;-) Halloween and The Day of The Dead are in the air... And I am evilly happy in sharing with yo a great news!

Something that means a great lot to me, a huge milestone: My books and I have been featured at the awesome Gothic Beauty Magazine!

I invite you to read the full article here: http://www.gothicbeauty.com/2017/10/t...



And, I would like to wish you all an AMAZING HALLOWEEN and DAY OF THE DEAD (Dia de finados, in Portuguese and Dia de los muertos in Spanish).

Hope all of you have a great time, partying or cozy at home, with lots of great books, films, or petting your black cat or tarantula :-D



And, thank you so much for your great support and friendship! <3

Winners from previews Follorwer's Promo: Janie C and Monique! Congratulations! You won 1 year digital subscription of Gothic Beauty Magazine! I will contact you guys about the prizes! :-D
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*VALENTINE'S PROMOS:*

This 14th February Win a kit with
3 paperbacks: As Cold As Thorns, The Night of Elisa and Eleanor’s Gift
+ 1 year digital subscription (3 issues) of Gothic Beauty Magazine

How to participate: All you have to do is to subscribe to Tragic Books Newsletter. If you have done that already, you are automatically in! Yeah!

One subscriber will be randomly selected and I will contact you to get your shipping address/deliver the Valentine’s Gift.



Your chance to win on Twitter! Follow Tragic Books on Twitter & Retweet the Valentine’s Promo to win one of the 3 Kindle copies of Valencia Noir + 1 year digital subscription (3 issues) of Gothic Beauty Magazine.

4 lucky winners will win one of the announced prizes. I will contact you via Tweeter to deliver the goodies.


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*UPCOMING BOOKS & MORE!*

Hell-o, darklings! Hope all of you have started 2018 in great style! Do you use to make plans for the year ahead or resolutions? Do you make wishes?

I usually make wishes and some planning/strategy. So now I have several things in motion to bring some projects to life. Here are some of them:

– Pere Lachaise – The Art of The French Cemetery (as announced on the Gothic Beauty article http://www.gothicbeauty.com/2017/10/t... is under production, and if all goes as planned, will be published this late Spring.

– As Black As Ice (As Cold As Thorns, book#2) is being written, edited, and beta read, all at the same time and also scheduled for late Spring/Summer publishing. My dear newsletter subscribers will have access to a free e-book copy when this title is out!

– YouTube channel, almost there! I planned to launch it this month… It won’t be possible. But stay tuned for the next couple of weeks, and you may have a surprise! 😉

– An idea for a free story in video format. I’ve been dreaming about making an illustrated book for adults, narrating a girl’s nightmare and most recently, I’ve been asking myself what it would look (and sound) like it was made in video format. How would you, as a fan of books, like such a project? Let me know your opinion. I’d like to publish it later this year, around Autumn.

– New Gothic novel ideas – I have now several ideas for new illustrated gothic novels, which I hope to start writing this year and publish from the next year on. They will be within the subgenres Steampunk, Traditional Gothic and Urban Gothic. I will share more with you in time.

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So, hope you have a brilliant year ahead, with much love, great ideas and creations and much success on your endeavours. Thank you for your support! :-D