THE NEW EMPEROR'S CONCERTO Blog Tour

It's time for the official blog tour for my newest book, The New Emperor's Concerto! I've got a lot of fun stuff lined up for this week, and I hope you will all join in on it, including the Instagram photo challenge, and the live Q&A I will be doing on Thursday with Claire Banschbach (who is also touring with her new book, Winter Spell, this week!)

Follow the official schedule to see what's going on:

Monday 4/20

Tour Intro- Here at Character Purgatory

Book Spotlight at Claire Banschbach's blog

Tuesday 4/21

The New Emperor's Concerto as Gifs- Here at Character Purgatory

Book Spotlight & Author Interview at Not Unworthy

Book Spotlight at The World of the Writer

Wednesday 4/22

Book Review at The Page Dreamer

Author Interview at M. H. Elrich's blog

Thursday 4/23

Lysander and Flynn's Bizarre Concerto (an art post)-Here at Character Purgatory
Book Review at Worlds of Fiction

Book Spotlight at E. E. Rawls Blog

Author Interview at The Labyrinth

Instagram Live Q&A with Claire B. at 8:30 pm EST

Friday 4/24

An interview with Lysander and Flynn- Here at Character Purgatory
Book Spotlight at The Labyrinth

Author Interview at Worlds of Fiction

Book Spotlight at E. Paige Burks's blog

Don't forget to join in on the Instagram Photo Challenge!

Post your photos for the prompts with #ConcertoPhotoChallenge and enter to win these prizes:

One person will get a signed paperback and swag pack, and another will get an ebook copy and swag pack!

(Swag pack includes two bookmarks an, art print, and a letter from the author)

And don't forget to tune in to the live Q&A I will be doing with Claire Banschbach where we talk about our new releases!

The Butler's Story a prequel short story, is also free this week! So grab a copy HERE

You can also enter a giveaway for the same prizes as I'm giving away for the photo challenge. One person will receive a signed copy and swag pack and the another will receive an ebook and swag pack.

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Links

 Add Concerto on Goodreads

 Goodreads Author Page

Find me on Twitter

 Find me on Instagram

Get a Copy of Concerto

 Kindle

 Paperback

 Smashwords

If you subscribe to me on Ko-fi this month you will get to read an exclusive sneak preview of the next book in the Concerto series, Requiem in Red as well as view past exclusive subscriber content.

Check it out HERE

Flower of the Underworld Blog Tour

It's here! The start of the blog tour to celebrate the release of Flower of the Underworld! I hope you all will join in because we've got a lot of cool things planned. 

Every tour stop will bring you a different excerpt so make sure you check them all out. You can also comment on each blog post for extra chances to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway for a signed copy of the book.

Tour Schedule

(Day One-April 23rd)
Introduction at Character Purgatory

Feature and Excerpt at The Page Dreamer
Character Q&A at The Labyrinth 

(Day Two-April 24th)

Feature and Excerpt at Not Unworthy

(Day Three-April 25th)

Feature and Excerpt at The Reading Hedgehog

Review and Excerpt at The Labyrinth 

Live Q&A on my Instagram & Twitter 8PM (EST)

(Day Four-April 26th)

Feature and Excerpt at The Overactive Imagination

I will be hosting a live Q&A on my Instagram account on Thursday night (April 25^th) from 8-9PM EST so get your questions ready! I will also be taking questions from Twitter for those who don’t have an Instagram account during the same time. Feel free to ask questions about Flower of the Underworld, or just writing and books in general, I'm not afraid to go off topic. If you’ll be asking questions on Twitter please make sure to @artfulscribbler with the hashtag #FlowerQ&A.

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Excerpt

Olympus Landscaping was a huge, multi-million dollar business that did jobs all over the country, especially for celebrities and the Hollywood types. And who wouldn’t want their yards done up in such a fantastic way? I might consider it myself if I lived in a clime that could support grass and green things. There were several branches of it open across the country, but this one, near New Olympus, was the one I liked best…for various reasons.

I strolled straight out to the garden, hands in my pockets, enjoying the afternoon sun while I could. I did get tired of the sun easily, but when you hadn’t seen it for weeks on end, even I could be really appreciative of stuff like that.

The garden was so lush and green. Trees gave shade, and flowers spilled out onto the sidewalks in perfectly constructed disarray. The garden culminated into a small courtyard, which was my favorite part, because it had a pond in the middle with a bunch of happy goldfish. I imagined having one of these in the Underworld but figured they would be happier in the sun.

I sat down on the bench near the pond with a contented sigh, and simply closed my eyes and turned my face up toward the sun. Of course, my whole pale body could use some sunlight, but it would look a little strange coming back to the Underworld with a tan. And it wasn’t like I had time to go to the beach either.

I was just enjoying soaking up the sun when I heard a voice.

“Oh, hello. I haven’t seen you around for a while.”

My eyes flew open and saw the girl standing in front of me. She had honey blond hair and green eyes, and a pleasant smile that told of a good nature but also seemed to hold a good sense of humor. She was dressed in a light sundress with green leggings and short fashionable boots with the tops turned down to show her chunky knitted socks. She was also holding a pot of bright pink flowers, completing the breath of fresh air she always was.

Yeah, so I did say that I had other reasons for coming here than to just enjoy the fishpond.

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Follow the rest of the tour for more excerpts!

Purchase Links

Add it on Goodreads

Smashwords
Kindle
Paperback link Coming Soon!

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Kendra Ardnek's Epic Cover Reveal!

Hey everyone! I'm excited to be participating in Kendra Ardnek's epic book cover overhaul cover reveal. All of her books are getting brand new covers and I'm going to share them with you today! I am definitely loving all the new covers, I think they look amazing!

First, though, a little bit about Kendra:

Kendra E. Ardnek loves fairytales and twisting them in new and exciting ways. She's been or acting them on her dozen plus cousins and siblings for years. "Finish your story, Kendra," is frequently heard at family gatherings. Her sole life goal has always been to grow up and be an author of fantasy and children's tales that glorify God and His Word.

Links

Weebly

Author's Blog

Amazon Author Page

Goodreads Profile

Facebook

Twitter

The Books

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Sew, It’s a Quest:

Two twins in a fairy tale world must find their Fairy Godmother before their eighteenth birthday, lest they forever be stuck with the other’s gift.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20327470-sew-it-s-a-quest

https://www.createspace.com/3615224 - paperback

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/731321 - FREE ebook

Revision notes: I sent this book to my kindle, tore it to shreds, then retyped the whole thing, making every word fight to stay in the book. I completely rewrote one chapter, and added/expanded several scenes, focusing on character development and pacing, in particular Robin’s character.

 Do You Take This Quest?:

A prince’s quest for allies against his misery uncle and a madcap race to get home for a wedding

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17832394-do-you-take-this-quest

Revision notes: This book has one added chapter, a few (potentially) added scenes, and a severe edit. Again, focus is going to Robin’s character development. I hadn’t the maturity to completely handle her emotional situation when I wrote this book, and now I intend to fix that.

(H.W. I think this cover is very cute :)

My Kingdom for a Quest:

Prince Arthur’s quest to take back his kingdom, and Casperl’s quest to find out how, exactly, he’s a prince.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23563093-my-kingdom-for-a-quest

Revision notes: This book was mostly clean … but it’s getting a part two. AKA, book 3.5, The Quest for a Quince, AKA, Casperl’s story. There will be a edit to part one, though.

The following three books were designed by Alea Harper: http://elvishpensfantasticalwritings.blogspot.com/

The Ankulen:

Jen knows she had an imagination once – how far will she go to get it back?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18331720-the-ankulen

Revision notes: Mostly just a thorough edit. I don’t foresee any great changes.

Water Princess, Fire Prince:

When two teens are pulled into another world, fire and water must work together to defeat a dragon.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24022364-water-princess-fire-prince

Revision notes: Again, mostly a thorough edit, but there will be a few continuity fixes, and I’ll be adding a bonus scene to the extra stuff at the end.

(H.W: This might be my favorite cover of all of them!)

Lady Dragon, Tela Du:

Only the Tela Du stands in Amber’s way for ruling Rizkaland forever. Petra would much rather find her long-lost sisters than fight a Lady Dragon.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25873539-lady-dragon-tela-du

Revision notes: Edits mostly.

(H.W. This is my second favorite, but it's pretty hard to really pick)

Giveaway!

Kendra is holding a giveaway grand prize of a complete and signed collection of her books, so definitely go and check that out HERE

Any comments you make on this blog post, or any of the others during this cover reveal and on Kendra's blog (and other places listed on the link above) until October 31st will go toward an entry in the giveaway so go check out the rest of the blog posts as well and leave your comments!

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Check out the other bloggers participating in the cover reveal:

www.elvishpensfantasticalwritings.blogspot.com

Www.morganhuneke.blogspot.com

www.thefloweringvales.blogspot.com

http://briedonning.com

https://thepagedreamer.wordpress.com/

http://dreams-dragons.blogspot.com/

www.Writtenrest.wordpress.com

http://jenelleschmidt.com

http://agwerff.blogspot.com