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Allure of the Gypsies Blog Tour Volunteer of the Day: Nerd in the Brain

Our second volunteer of the day is all about education and fun.  They even have an Etsy store full of educational kits and knitted clothes that you can go to HERE!  Even zombies have a special page on their site. … Continue reading

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Goal Post: The First Week Finished

The first week of release for Legends of Windemere: Allure of the Gypsies is done.  It was a slow build, but I finally saw this when I checked this morning: #95 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & … Continue reading

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Allure of the Gypsies Blog Tour Volunteer of the Day: John W. Howell

Not even sure where to start with today’s volunteer.  He’s an author, a dog lover, a poet, a master of wit, and someone I’m happy to have met.  Check out his recently published short story in The Paperbook Collective. So, … Continue reading

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Allure of the Gypsies Blog Tour Volunteer of the Day: Tuan Ho

Here is today’s volunteer for the Legends of Windemere: Allure of the Gypsies blog tour.  Check this guy out at his wordpress site and at the Noif Matrix.  He writes great reviews of movies and books, is an author himself, … Continue reading

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Character Origins: John Chandler

Months ago, I posted about an idea called The Ninja Never Wins.  Briefly, this was a series of books that spoof fighting games.  Strange fighters with bizarre, over the top backgrounds in tournaments that seem to have no real purpose.  … Continue reading

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Thieves of Every Flavor

One of the most common and popular character types in fantasy is the thief.  Now, you normally see these as comic relief, the betrayer, the criminal with a heart of gold, and other roles.  Honestly, it’s difficult to make a … Continue reading

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Allure of the Gypsies Blog Tour Volunteer of the Day: Aldrea Alien

Today’s volunteer is a prolific young writer who runs Thardrandian Thoughts: Dark One Duology out of Blogspot.  She is working on several fantasy series that are described on her blog.  I actually stopped typing this because I got lost wandering … Continue reading

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Facing the Music of the Past

It’s been a while since I took up a poetry challenge and Bastet made a really good one.  The style is called a Terzanelle and I’m going to give it my best shot.  Yes, I’m using a subplot of Legends … Continue reading

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Character Origin: Nyder Fortune the Evil Gnome

Early on in Legends of Windemere: Allure of the Gypsies, new villains are introduced.  All of them are allies of the Lich and are on equal footing with him, but they tend to stay more to the shadows.  All of … Continue reading

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Allure of the Gypsies Blog Tour Volunteer of the Day: S. K. Nicholls

One of today’s volunteers is a fellow Indie Author whose Historical Fiction novel just came out in paperback.  Seriously, this happened last night.  She’s worked really hard on this story, so give it a read.  If the cover above is … Continue reading

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