Welcome to A.V.A- LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION PRE-ORDER

Description:

The year is 2060 and the world has moved into a digital world. Everything has gone into the digital age. Robots run large corporations. Cars drive themselves, and can run errands for their owners. Phones are obsolete as everyone has a microchip that turns their hand into a screen. Even glasses have received an upgrade as they display the internet, local news, social media, and can change how the viewer sees the weather around them. In this new technological advance world, people can go on dates anywhere they want, with the help of VR technology. And they can visit deceased loved one’s so long as their soul has been installed into the mainframe known as A.V.A (artificial virtual afterlife). With A.V.A people can visit deceased loved ones, and even install them into A.I. technology that works with the program, so it’s like their loved one never passed. This technology also allows for one to visit those that we’re in the public eye while alive, but for a price.
What would you do if your memory could literally live on forever? Would you install yourself into A.V.A?

Release Date: January 31, 2022

Price- $3.99

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Featuring Stories from:

• Chasity Nicole
• Natalie Painter
• Rebecca Lovell
• Nikki Landis
• DJ Shaw
• Whitney Anderson

Publisher- Ink Dragon Publishing

Tell No Tales- LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION PRE-ORDER

Description:

Pirates have ruled the seas for centuries. Within this set you’ll see a new set of pirates that take to the sky in search of an illusive treasure. Pirates that battle the seas in search of lost love. All on a mission to reclaim the treasure that has long since been lost and forgotten at sea. 

Release Date: July 31, 2021

Price- $3.99

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Featuring Stories from:

• Chasity Nicole
• Nadiyah Muhaimin
• A. R. Summers
• Jordan Elizabeth
• Marie Andreas
• Elvira Bathory
• Deborah Christie
• Rebecca Lovell
• DJ Shaw
• Alyssa Daring

Publisher- Ink Dragon Publishing

What Lurks Inside- Limited Edition Collection Pre-Order

Description:

The year is 2045 and scientists discover a cave hidden deep in Himalayan Mountains. The cave is shutoff from the world and has been sealed tight for a few million years. The scientists manage to crack open the cave to find creatures living within the isolated walls. This collection is a composite of what the scientists found lurking in the cave.

Release Date: June 30, 2021

Price- $3.99

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Featuring Stories from:

• John Donald Carlucci
• Edeline Wrigh
• DJ Shaw
• Katherine Tomlinson
• Chasity Nicole

Publisher- Ink Dragon Publishing

Ink Dragon Publishing Sale

Until the end of August 2020 I’m holding a sale on all my services. That’s 30% off everything; covers, editing, posters, 3D character rendering, formating, logos, business cards. You name it, I can create it. Also, this sale also goes for bookings for future need. So if you need a cover created soon, book now and save. 

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Interview with Rhys B. Crabtree

Rhys B. Crabtree was born and raised on the Gulf Coast where he developed a love for reading, writing, and the Pagan practices found in the heart of New Orleans and the great swathes of country lands north of I-10. Fènwa World is the first novel in The Seven Worlds series (which is currently planned to have a total of seven books) and is his first published novel-length work.

More information and insider knowledge can be found at his WordPress website http://www.thesevenworlds.net (including rough draft peeks at the first three books, random facts, pronunciation lists, and a working glossary). Mr Crabtree is also on Instagram and Facebook, both under his name and The Seven Worlds series’ title.

 

1. Tell us a little about yourself.
   1. I’m a trans man (female to male), former Navy meteorologist, and a Pagan High Priest for my Tradition (known as the Greywalker Tradition which is where I got the race one of the main characters hails from). I’m the youngest of four for my adoptive father, youngest of five for my birth father, and am my mother’s only child. I’m a DoD trained victim advocate as well as trained by a local victim advocacy support organization. I’m also polyamorous and currently have a partner and datefriend. I also am diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (I’m known as a multitude which essentially means my “Alters” whom I refer to as “Others” and I share a symbiotic relationship, each of them are their own separate people with their own emotions and memories rather than facets of my own main personality. It’s also an exceptionally rare form of D.I.D.); this disorder is also where I came up with the setup of kè and their Others/the race of Otherborn. I’m known as a medical anomaly because I was supposed to be the mirror twin to my identical twin brother but instead consumed him in utero; as a result, I have smaller than average kidneys, my heart is located slightly left of my sternum, extra joints alongside several primary ones, and above average healing/recovery time to name a few. I also suffer from severe fibromyalgia, costochondritis, major depressive disorder, and complex PTSD and was officially diagnosed as a sexually sadistic sociopath (meaning I experience sexual pleasure from the pain/discomfort of others, more particularly my sexual partners but not always limited to them, and have no empathy whatsoever as well as limited emotional ranges and what emotions I do feel are skewed/different from a non-sociopathic individual).
2. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
   1. .. when I was I want to save 7yrs old? I wrote my first technically chapter story while my mum did Saturday detention at the high school where she taught at. It was a ghost/horror story set in the school itself but done in an alternate reality of sorts. When my mum read it she encouraged me to write more, said she loved it, that it was really good. I don’t know how truthful that was hahaha but hey, it worked. When I picked up the very first truly fantasy book in 2001 when I was 11 years old called The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass, I became determined to share the stories I had in my own head to build a World as expansive as what she had and put it to paper for others to read and enjoy.
3. How long does it take you to write a book?
   1. I think the shortest time frame is roughly 7 months from prologue to final entry (I call them entries while still penning the rough draft, chapters once completed). Though I’m on track to likely beat that time frame with book four (which I’m currently working on). But it all depends on how my schedule ends up playing out given there’s a lot of upheaval in my personal life at the moment.
4. Were there any challenges in getting your first book published?
   1. A bit. If only because I was torn between wanting to go the “traditional” route of submitting to a publishing house or self-publishing through places such as Amazon. In the end I went with Amazon because I’ve been working on this series for over a decade and a half and I’m impatient. After that… it became a matter of trying to figure out formatting for the book itself. I’m not 100% pleased with how it came out, but I plan to republish with a better cover and fixed formatting soon as I can.
5. What is the most difficult part of your artistic process?
   1. Finding music that fits whatever emotional impact I’m aiming for in an entry/chapter or block of entries/chapters. As well as getting my muses to fixate on one singular idea at a time instead of all of them at the same time, hahaha. And well not having unrelated personal issues affect my mood when I sit down to write new content, especially if the mood I bring to my office doesn’t mesh with the mood I’m supposed to be in for whatever I’m working on.
6. What is your work schedule like when you’re writing?
   1. Insane? We’ll go with that. When I’m writing new entries/doing overhaul edits on a finished first draft, I can sit at my desk anywhere from 2 hours to 8 hours straight, with obvious bathroom breaks and breaks taken to fill up my water bottle. I think the longest I sat focused on writing was like 10 to 12 hours with minimal breaks. That was during the first draft writing of Fènwa World (book one) towards the end because I was in a crunch to finish it before I went on vacation.
7. What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
   1. If I’m interrupted when writing the rough draft of an entry before a certain point where I have the majority of the base of what I want it to contain, I will lose the entirety of it and have to start from scratch. Problem is, I never know where that line is until I’ve passed it. So sometimes it can be 300 words in, sometimes 2k, sometimes 5k.
8. What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
   1. Spend time with my datefriend (when they can come down, they live out of town in Columbia, SC, about 1.5 hour drive from me) and my partner (when he isn’t working). I also enjoy going to the gym, harassing my three fur children (I have a Maine Coon named George and two black cats named Tarzan and Turk), and reading.
9. What has influenced you the most as a writer?
   1. That’s a tough one. I wanna say probably my friend Devin Ladner (author of the book Anaya, which can be found on Amazon). When she was first writing Anaya she posted it on WordPress and it gave me the idea to do the same. Not only to keep me accountable and track my progress but also to get instant feedback from readers. And having that kept me writing, even when I had a period where personal life issues made me step away for some four months and nearly lose the draft, I had finally gotten started.
10. Do you have any suggestions to help other’s become a better writer? If so, what are they?
    1. Honestly this answer would depend on what you’re struggling with writing-wise. Though the key piece of advice I always give authors is when it comes to writing, write like you’re verbally telling the story. And by all the gods, people watch. People watch and, in your head, try and describe how they’re moving, how they look when they talk, when a certain emotion crosses their face, their change in tone, body language, etc. But when you do, do so in a way that with your eyes closed you can picture exactly what you first saw. Then take that description and write it. Boom! Movie-like descriptions. This also works for dialogue, too, though that tends to be trickier.

       Also read. Read books both in your preferred writing genre and outside of it. Read fanfiction about your favorite books and TV shows and movies. Notate while you do what elements you like, what annoy you, what common mistakes are, what writing styles just speaks to you and which ones don’t. And then take those elements and apply them to your writing as it stands, then make adjustments as needed/accordingly.

11. What do you think makes a good story?
    1. The relatability. Sometimes this is found in the realistic quality of the characters (even in the fantasy genre), sometimes it’s found in the situations characters are put in and how they get themselves through/out of those situations. Other times it’s found in the setting. But that’s only the half of it. The other half comes in the impact all of the story itself and the relatability it carries. A really good story sticks with a reader from the second they put it down for a break until they pick it back up again; it burrows deep into their mind so that even years, decades even, after they’ve finished reading it, they still think about it. They dream about it, they read fanfiction about it, write fanfiction about it. Look for fan art, make fan art. A really good story doesn’t just hold on to you while you’re reading it, it keeps holding you even once you’ve stopped.
12. As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
    1. Ironically enough, I wanted to be a writer.
13. What is your writing Kryptonite?
    7. Being unable to find the right music I’m looking for when writing a new entry/doing edits. And being interrupted before I reach that crucial point where I can safely step away and not lose what I’m working on like I mentioned in #7.
14. How do you conquer writer’s block?
    1. Depends on how bad it is. Either I’ll read over previous entries/chapters/books in the series I’m working on or just old content of mine in general that contains the mood/emotions I’m aiming for. Or I’ll just step away and read a book, watch a TV show or movie on Netflix, or go out with friends and let the ideas come back when they come. Because forcing them gets me nowhere and frustrated.
15. What is your favorite genre to read, and why?
    1. That’s a tough one. I love horror above all others but fantasy horror comes in a very close second. Horror is my favorite genre to read because there is so much you can put into it. And I love seeing how other writers view the psychological and emotional responses characters/people have to certain horror-typed situations and how, or if, they differ from mine. I’m also an adrenaline junky and horror gives me that perfect fix without me having to deal with the phobia I have of heights and ride a rollercoaster or something.
16. As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
    1. An animal from my series called a snakat; a creature with the body of a snake, cat-like ears and head with a front set of paws. Largest known one in the Worlds per canon was 6ft long and weighed nearly 150lbs.
17. What is your favorite childhood book?
    1. Hands down The Wayfarer Redemption series by Sara Douglass. I tend to not have a favorite book but rather a favorite series, hahaha.
18. Tell us about your upcoming novels, or what you’re working on.
    1. Basically I’m working on the continuation of The Seven Worlds series following Rhyshladlyn Ka’ahne and others. The next book to be published would be book two titled Txitweb World with Imèn World and Anglë World (books three and four respectively) following after.
19. Do you have any advice to give to aspiring writers?
    1. Remember that not everyone who reads your work will like it and that’s okay. Just like you don’t like every single thing you read; others are the same. Don’t let critics make you feel like you’re doing a disservice to your characters or the story overall. You are the writer and what you do to/with those characters and the Worlds in which they operate is up to you and no one else. Don’t give up.
20. Is there anything else you’d like us to know?
    1. Not that I can think of right now. Oh! Wait. If y’all write or have written fanfiction of my work? Send a link to the official Facebook page and I will happily check it out. Same with fan art.

 

Share a few links to where readers can find you online. (These can be Amazon links, Facebook, Instagram, etc.)

Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/rhysbcrabtree

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSevenWorldsSeries/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARBonx888O3xp02Lzz3rIphpWSOL4mrCeWEXCsxhTiRCE_tJtifXEAXlUY32bWLU6yvNzRTUBt0hkDO8

Instagram both mine and the series’: @official_rhysbcrabtree_author and @official_thesevenworlds_series

WordPress: www.thesevenworlds.net

Ebba-Viva Fairisles: Immortal Plunder Review

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Blurb from Goodreads:

There are three types of people in the Exosian Realm—males, females, and pirates.

I’m a pirate. One with six overprotective fathers for a crew. And if I’m telling the honest truth, not just the pirate truth, having so many fathers is working pretty well for me so far.

When I’m caught eavesdropping on the pirates of Malice, they retaliate with violence, and my fathers become set on revenge. But simple payback cascades into shattering misfortune.

Unexplainable magical happenings and impossible creatures propel me toward a fate much darker than stealing plunder. A terrible beast drags forth horrible truths of my fathers’ pasts which call my entire life into question. Now, my sheltered upbringing is swelling into a furious storm that I must, for the first time in seventeen years, navigate without my crew.

An intense russet-haired landlubber seeks to help me. A savvy silver-eyed Malice pirate strives to hinder me. But the further I drift, the more I wonder—am I helping or hindering myself?

Can I stand on my own two feet to claim victory?

And if so. . .what will that victory cost?

Prepare to sail into a realm of gritty high-stakes adventure, swashbuckling characters, forgotten magic, and slow-burn romance. A story full of heart, with a large twist of humor, scroll up and one-click to discover this exciting new tale by USA Today Bestselling author, Kelly St Clare, today!

My Review:

Immortal Plunder is an absolutely fantastic read. It has everything one could want when it comes to a novel surrounding pirates. And it’s done in a manner that engulfs you so much that you feel as if you’re actually there with the crew. From the very first page you’re transported into the world created by Kelly St. Clare.

You feel Ebba-Viva’s frustration with other pirates as they belittle her six fathers. You feel her turmoil as things go awry and she must figure out what to do. You feel her stomach churn as she’s trapped in a carriage with a lady that just wants to change her into a ‘proper lady’. The writing is so beautifully done that you feel all the characters emotions with them and want to be by their side as they go on their journey throughout Immortal Plunder.

I highly recommend this novel and series to anyone that loves pirates. It’s absolutely brilliant.

Sins of the Fae Submission Call

Sins of Time Anthology: Volume 4
Theme: Sins of the Fae

Sins of the Fae. Stories should be based around the world of fae. Keep in mind that stories should not only contain the fae element but also an element of horror as well.

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Word count between 1,000-5,000. All stories must be edited to the full extent of the writer’s abilities. Stories need to have indentations of .2 (if you use the tab feature for indentions that is fine, we can fix that quickly to reflect the appropriate indentation.) 1.5 spacing between lines. Typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font. All stories need to have the title and author name in the beginning as well. Also if you break between scenes please include either bullets, asterisks, even chapters so that we know where the breaks are, because all stories will be formatted in the end to reflect the same breakage format.

Stories are to be submitted by July 31st, 2019. We look to have Sins of the Fae released on October 31st, 2019. Please allow us up to three weeks after final submission date for acceptance/rejection letters.

Email subject line should be Sins of the Fae/Your Name/ Story Title
Emailed to: sinsofthepastanthology@gmail.com

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

 

Previous Sins of Time Anthology Publications:

Sins of the Past

Sins of the Future

Sins of the Gods

Whispers in the Night: A Collection of Short Stories Cover Reveal

Whispers in the Night: A Collection of Short Stories

Release Date: March 21^st, 2018

Blurb:

What happens when a fairy has lost their way? Or an evil head mistress runs a boarding school where children are disappearing? What about dreams that feel so real you wake up to find it wasn’t a dream after all? How about talking pants? Find out in these nine twisted and dark tales written by Chasity Nicole, previously published in other anthology collections.

Featuring Stories:

A Ghostly Haunting: Originally published in Sins of the Past

Graduation Day: Originally published in Sins of the Future

The Lost Fairy: Originally Published in Darkly Never After

The Hexed Pants

And many others…

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Frogs & Fae: A Frog Prince Retelling (Tales of Fae) Book Review

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My Review:

Five Stars

I quite enjoyed this retelling of The Frog Prince. Each chapter left you craving the next and made this story hard to put down. And you couldn’t help but love the characters. In the beginning I was worried about some of Lillian’s choices as I feared Dylan to be mischievous. But as I kept reading my opinion of him changed greatly. The only character my opinion didn’t change on was uncle- he’s ruthless and cruel.

This was a fun novel to read with a different spin on the world of fame and I highly recommend it.

Sins of the Gods Cover Reveal

October 31^st 2014 we released our first Sins of Time collection titled Sins of the Past. A year later we released our second titled Sins of the Future. This year we’re releasing Sins of the Gods. Sixteen tales of Gods and the mayhem that follows them. Each author takes you on a journey with a different God as you dive into an unknown world of chaos.

When the paths of gods and men cross, then the skeins of fate twist. And none more twisted than the sixteen stories of mayhem, horror and the plain weird in these pages.

Sins of the Gods features:

Heart Eater Mirren Hogan

Black Dog Misha Burnett

Coils Valery Riddle

To See Her Ana Marija Meshkova

Gorgon’s Daughter Stephanie Barr

Dikē Ian Richardson

Raising Hel Chasity Nicole

Roleplay Don Miskel

Minos’ Sin Kerry E.B. Black

Once I was a God Fiona Skye

Diana Louise Sorensen

Midas Rae Lyn Bardon

Shades of Black Debbie Manber Kupfer

The Dream R C Larlham

House at the End of Eternity Jen Ponce

The Watcher Angela Nolan

Now that you know about our collection, it’s time for the moment you’ve all been waiting for- the cover.