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The XIIIth hour at Duskland (Stories of Duskland) - 2nd Edition - Revised is now available for FREE at Smashwords!

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

This is the introduction - of the upcoming short story series/illustrated book "Stories of Duskland", out by the end of March.

Have a good read! :)

The XIIIth hour at Duskland (Stories of Duskland) - 2nd Edition - Revised now FREE @ Amazon/Kindle through price match!

http://www.amazon.com/The-XIIIth-Hour...

Have a cozy read :D

Greetings, GR fellows! :)

The Blog Tour for The Night of Elisa has started before this weekend, but there is still time for you to come, join the tour, read interviews and participate on giveaways :)



The tour ends this Friday, the 13th! ^.^

Would you like to win this unique and Artsy giveaway?



Then, check out the super cool interview/book spotlight for The Night of Elisa @ Fang-tastic Books Blog!

http://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.no/2...

But hurry, the giveaway ends in 7 days!

Author and illustrator Isis Sousa talks about “The Night of Elisa”, in a 15 mins fun video on Youtube. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWp4E...

Halloween is coming, and with it, mood and inspiration related to the occult and supernatural. Most people choose to talk about spooky stories and stuff…

But if you’d like to read about something spooky, powerful and beautiful such as Eternal Love, don’t miss this exclusive guest post by Isis Sousa @ Nyx Book Reviews. Ah, It has also a giveaway ;)

http://www.nyxbookreviews.com/posts/o...

Indulge also in the other special posts Celine Nyx prepared for this Halloween Season. Loads of cool stuff!

Fantasy author Nathan Barham tells about his inspiration for the locations of his series "Alora's Tear Vol. III - The Voice Like Water" - is coming for sale this 9th August! The paperback and e-book versions will be available on popular book retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and so on. Check www.barhamink.com for more info.
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* * * Locations - A Guest Post by Nathan Barham * * *
Click on the links to see pictures and more info about the real life places.

I’ve always hoped the places my characters visit feel real and lived-in. Often, I tell my students that their characters shouldn’t simply be disembodied heads floating around empty rooms. But more so than having the places feel inhabited, I want Vladvir, Tolarenz, Grafmark, and the rest to be characters that readers know and understand in the way they understand John or Brâghda, Thomas or Askon.

If Tolarenz is empty, we should feel not just Askon’s loneliness, but the loneliness of the valley itself. Grafmark should threaten and glower, irritated that our heroes dare set foot within its bounds. King’s City should go on without taking notice, bustling and busying itself with the mundane, the everyday, even as fleeting moments of the fantastic pass through its streets. --

>>>>>>> Continue reading on Illustrating Words and discover which real locations inspired the beautiful places of Fragments!



I painted this cover and the previous two of the series as well as the map :D Isn't that cool? :)

A little protest: I have always thought about it, since I made my author profile… However, I always forget to write about the matter!

The thing is, authors have Blogs here at GoodReads, while non-authors simply don’t have the feature. I wonder why – and I want to tell GoodReads I am disappointed about it.

Not that everybody will be blogging loads – but hey, there are lots of people who have things to share and many non-authors who are also bloggers, so why not give this space to them?

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Spotlight with Elizabeth Morgan: So I had the pleasure of doing an interview with indie author Elizabeth Morgan.

She writes in a variety of genres and is just re-releasing On The Rocks – a short story I have reviewed (you can read it here: )

And I invite you to read a cool interview on Elizabeth’s work and life as a writer on my Creative Blog: https://illustratingwords.blogspot.no/

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Follower’s Giveaway: While I am cooking my upcoming novel, As Cold As Thorns – coming closer to writing the end – started the illustration process and am doing beta reading with an amazing group organized by RBTL Blog Tours, I don’t want to say goodbye to Elisa! Not just yet!

So, if you’d like an e-book copy of The Night of Elisa - An Illustrated Gothic Novel (though not as nice as the print editions!) – you can participate following these rules: 1) You need to follow my work here at GoodReads and 2) leave a hello or a comment on this blog post :)

I am giving away 5 e-books (you can choose the format Kindle or Epub). The winners will be announced in two weeks: 29th August!

I am really happy to announce that As Cold As Thorns is now OUT for sale on Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble and other indie shops worldwide!

More info + book preview HERE: http://tragicbooks.com/as.html

The e-book and paperback are available, while the hardcover with dustjacket may take a few days more to be out for sale.
Do you like Gothic classics? As Cold As Thorns may be a story for you!
Do you like character driven stories? You may want to read this guest post about Henrique, the lead @ Whispering Stories Blog: http://whisperingstories.com/guest-po...

Buy it/Look Inside @ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1533467692
Buy it at an indie shop worldwide: http://tragicbooks.com/buy.html

Now, I am really curious to know how people will react to the story...

I came across Harry Whitewolf's work here at Goodreads. I noticed several friends adding his work to their to-read lists and/or reading it and of course, it got me curious. So I went to check it for myself and read his Poetry book New Beat Newbie - which i totally recommend, even for those who do not like Poetry, like me! (You can read my review HERE https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... .) Since then I have admired his work :) I invite you to learn more about Harry's great mind, through the interview we did for my blog:

1 - When did you start writing? And why did you pick up Poetry/Travel and Children's Fiction?
I’ve always written things. Even as a small child I was coming up with stories and poems, and as a young adult, I was writing a lot of poetry and often performing it. So poetry has always been something that’s just within me. The travel books weren’t something I particularly planned. I just started writing about my Argentina trip and before I knew it, I discovered I had the makings of a book (Route Number 11), which then paved the way for its sister book The Road To Purification; set in Egypt.

Although I published my kids’ books after those travel books, I had actually written the drafts for them a few years before. I haven’t promoted my humorous children’s books (which I write under the pen name of Mr. Wolf) as much as my other work, as I see it as a sort of sideline. Writing kids’ books is most definitely just good fun though. I enjoy the process so much more than writing my other stuff, as my imagination can just run riot and I feel like I’m in a cosy bubble.

2 - You have published several books, which one do you consider your best and why?
I consider The Road To Purification: Hustlers, Hassles & Hash to be my best. I had constructed a new and unique way of writing with Route Number 11, so I was then able to improve and refine that with its successor. I have minor quibbles about my other books, but I feel Road To Purification is exactly how it needs to be. It was also the hardest book to write, ‘cos it wasn’t easy reliving my mad fucked up Egyptian trip!

And I think Two Beat Newbie is my best poetry book. I feel like I reached my apex with my poetry in that one, and I’m not sure I can do any better. That’s why (seeing as I always attempt to improve my writing with each project) I decided to take a sideways step with its successor Rhyme and Rebellion and make a few minor changes to the way I wrote.

3 - How's your writing process, from drafting to finished books?
I write in a mad flurry of blurriness where I can’t get the words down quick enough. Then I edit, rewrite, edit, rewrite etc. for as many drafts as it takes. I’ll have read my books dozens of times before they take shape as the finished articles.

4 - What is your biggest challenge as indie author?
I guess it’s the same as any other indie authors: trying to get noticed! And I guess ‘cos I write non-genre-friendly stuff, it’s a little more difficult too. (i.e – My travel books read more like beat-ish fiction and are mostly enjoyed by people who don’t read travel and my poetry books are enjoyed by people who mostly don’t read poetry!)

5 - And your biggest dream?
The big dream for myself is to earn a modest living solely from writing books. But the biggest dream of all is for world peace. Obviously. :)

6 - Which genres do you like most as a reader?
Yeahhh… see, I’m not really a genre person. Like, I don’t read much fantasy but I love Lord of the Rings, and I don’t read much sci-fi but love 2001 and Vurt. I like Beat stuff, I like Irvine Welsh, Anthony Burgess, William Blake, Mervyn Peake, Sue Townsend, Douglas Adams, George Orwell, Richard Bach, Douglas Coupland… The list goes on, of course. I like specific writers and specific books more than any genre.

7 - How do you get inspired?
By living!

Smoking a fatty boom blatty doesn’t hurt either.

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CHECK OUT HIS BOOKS!
Rhyme and Rebellion Awards: 50 best indie books of 2016, readfree.ly

Where to find Harry's work:

Read Two Beat Newbie for free

Read Mr. Wolf’s The Top Secret Cheese for free

Harry’s books on Amazon.com

Harry’s books on Amazon.co.uk

Website: www.harrywhitewolf.com

Mr. Wolf’s website: booksforchildren.wixsite.com/mrwolf

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And a small news to I wanted to share: I have started a new photo-portfolio in form of a blog. I had one before under the name "YggdrasilFoto.no" and now I reshaped it into Sousa & Neshaug Photography and invite you to take a look :) There's a lot of cool pictures coming!

https://sousaneshaug.com/