The Swallows Return
Once again, the little winged tricksters are putting on a display. Oh, and ARC Audible vouchers.
Before I get into all the news, this week I have…
Audio review copy opportunities, including Guile, which is speeding through production.
Review and promo copies for The Piano Tuner’s Song Kickstarter are also available.
So scroll on down for those!
Author News
The swallows have officially returned! For those of you who’ve been following my plight with the tiny feathered friends, who do stunning acrobatics right outside my window above my screen when I’m trying to write, distracting me completely, well, it’s started all over again.
Other than new growth in spring and leaf fall in autumn, we don’t have many strong seasonal markers here in Cornwall. The seasons can be summarised as…
Winter—colder with westerly storms off the sea
Autumn—damp with westerly storms off the sea
Spring—can be warm with westerly storms off the sea
Summer—a bit warmer still with westerly storms off the sea.
But here in my village, we do have the swallow return. Who knows where they go each year. Southern Europe? South Africa? Honestly, if I had the choice I’d be right on their feathery tails.
But one thing is for sure, as certain as the sun rises each day, they do return. And they are such a delight (and a distraction)!
Last time when I wrote about them, I got a number of lovely emails from you guys saying they were distracting me because they wanted an appearance in the book I was writing at the time (Folkloric Guile).
I thought about including them long and hard, and it went something like this:
Evil swallows who dominate the world?
Nice swallows who help everyone?
Swallow magic?
Show-off swallows who distract everyone? (Yep, you can see right where I’m coming from.)
I couldn’t quite picture them as world-destroying supernatural entities, so I was angling for the helpful kind, but as the book is plant themed, I just didn’t manage to work them in.
What they had to settle for was a brief cameo appearance, and actually they were heard not seen. They made the perfect excuse for when Camille forces Lucas out her bathroom window because of SPOILERS.
Feathery extract from Folkloric Guile
“You’ve been cooking? That is a surprise. Is that handmade mayonnaise?” Grampi wiped a finger around the bowl and gave it a lick. “No, hollandaise. I’m impressed. Very good too.”
Crap. It was a total giveaway. I hardly ever cooked.
Clang.
I tried not to wince as the drainpipe by the bathroom window rattled. It hadn’t been made for abseiling.
Grampi peered in its direction.
“Uh, those swallows do bounce around on that gutter,” I muttered.
So they got their mention, albeit a super brief one. And I’m really glad they’re back again. The sun will continue to rise. All is right in the world.
Actually, it’s better than alright, because the hedgerows are blooming and the warm days are here!
And last night at 10pm, Venus was shining bright over Sennen Cove after a very warm day, the scent of wild mint and sea salt all about…
The Piano Tuner’s Song Kickstarter
(Including Promo and Review Copies)
For those who don’t know, Kickstarter is a platform where authors (and other creatives) run limited time campaigns for amazing projects that make available beautiful special edition books.
If you love stunning books with sprayed edges, foiling and all the extras, it’s the best place for it. There are also lots of other creative projects on there too.
You can visit The Piano Tuner’s Song prelaunch page here and find out more about the collector’s edition I’m preparing. Click the ‘notify me on launch’ button to follow and get updates.
I’m doing an ARCs (free advanced reader ebook copies) of the collector’s edition for anyone who’d like to review on Amazon, Goodreads or other places, and also do a bit of promo, whether that be via word of mouth or socials.
Find out more and sign up here.
For those who have already signed up, thank you very much! I can’t wait to get the book to you. It will be my main goal once the audio for Guile is complete (a couple of weeks hopefully).
Audio Review Copies of the Folkloric Series…
Including Folkloric Guile
Find out more and register interest for your Audible review voucher here.
(Estimated release date and when the vouchers will be sent: mid June)
If you’d like to listen and review any of the series, I have copies available on a first-come-first-served basis. (I only have a limited number of vouchers that Audible provides).
It’s not necessary to have listened to all the series on audio, you could dip in and out—read book one, listen to book two etc., but it’s a true series, so you’ll be missing out if you don’t read or listen in order.
The Folkloric Series Audio Review Vouchers (Audible)
(Vouchers will be sent out within the next couple of weeks)
The Folkloric (book one) Audible voucher.
The Folkloric Lure (book two) Audible voucher.
The Folkloric Ruse (book three) Audible voucher.
The Folkloric Trickery (book four) Audible voucher.
The Folkloric Guile (book five)—coming soon—Audible voucher.
Only available for those with UK or US audible accounts.
With love, until next time!
Karenza
For those of you who haven’t read Folkloric yet, the series can be found here. And the prequel novella eBook Folkloric Fae is available as my gift to you on subscribing to my mailing list.
Featured Kickstarter
I’m pretty new to the world of Kickstarter, but I’m loving that there’s so much creative freedom and the possibility for authors and artists to do their thing. As I come across some super campaigns, I’ll add them here.
Tales of Ferrês: Special Anniversary Collection by K.M Jenkins
(you can see why I like this one, can’t you? And look at the wolf on that cover!)
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