Frank and RaeLea Hurt, Fantasy Authors
Genuine Modern Fantasy set in North Dakota
As we re-launch our video series, we thought it might be a good time to change the name of our show.
We’re calling it: FraeLea TV
Though it bears a new name and (slightly) more professional intro and outro sequences, you can be assured we won’t be getting more polished with our banter. Why start now, right?
Transcript coming soon!
Perfect for coffee (or breakfast beer), in this latest video we’re proud to show off our book covers in ceramic mug form.
We also draw the name of a lucky reader who’ll be getting one of these sexy mugs!
R – Well, that’s a nice looking mug.
F – Why, thank you.
R – Ah, no, no, no. I mean that one.
F – Oh, but I’m pretty too, right?
R – You’re very pretty.
F – Ok. You’re talking about this coffee mug?
R – I am!
F – That is pretty sexy. But you’ve got a pretty nice looking one as well.
R – I love it!
F – Well, we’ve got plenty of options, because these are the covers from our books. And, we’re going to show you them today.
INTRO
F – So, we recently decided to get a collection of coffee mugs with our book covers on them.
R – We have.
F – An entire set.
R – And they are amazing.
F – We might be a little biased. But, not too much, though.
R – Yes. Yes.
F – So I’m actually hold holding the Fog over Mandaree cover, which is our prequal.
R – And, I have have AM6.
F – Which is being worked on right now.
R – Yes, it is. I love it.
F – And, we’ve got, I guess, seven total that we’ve got the designs for.
R – Right.
F – And, we’ll be adding more as we get more books out. More book covers. Because some people like the swag. Whether or not –
R – I love swag. I love giving away swag!
F – That’s true too. But whether you read or not, everybody drinks coffee or breakfast beer. Or, whatever it is that you prefer. These work equally well for breakfast beer or coffee.
R – They will.
F – I can attest to both.
R – He can.
F – Thank you. And, in fact, we’ll probably have on the screen right about now, the collection so you can ooh and aww over them. And, we actually have them on our site, too, at frhurt.com/shop, I think that’s where we have it at.
R – Yes, we do.
F – Mmmm, we should have practiced this, maybe. But, they’re on our website, anyway, for anybody who actually is curious about them. We’re possibly going to add other things, eventually. Like, I don’t know what, like ah, mittens.
R – Mittens?
F – Or bibs. I’m just thinking things that are appropriate for –
R – Well, you’re really just thinking North Dakota, though.
F – Well, yeah, with winter coming. Winter is coming. I think maybe that was used with another series. Winter is coming.
R – Yeah.
F – So we probably won’t say that. We’ll probably add other things, other than mugs and whatnot. So.
R – Well, did you want to play Vanna?
F – Oh, I do want to play Vanna! So, what she’s talking about, I don’t know which mug we put them in here, even. We’ve got –
R – I believe this is where – yes.
F – When we announced this to our newsletter list and if you didn’t hear that about this, then you probably should subscribe to our newsletter, our ‘Memo’. Or, at least get it out of your spam folder if you are subscribed. But we offered anybody who wanted to get in the drawing for a free mug of one of these. So, we went and set that up.
R – I think this is our first swag giveaway.
F – I think it is, actually.
R – Yeah.
F – Yes.
R – So, this is fun.
F – So, should I draw?
R – I think you’ll draw.
F – Alright! I feel like we should have a drumroll here.
R – But, you’ll insert one.
F – Yah, right.
R – I like how you’re actually looking away.
F – I’ll insert one right here. Yeah, I’m looking away! And, the lucky winner is….Shawna Auster. Congratulations, Shawna! You win a very sexy coffee mug that you can use for…
R – Breakfast beer!
F – Breakfast beer or serving to your best guests. Like if you ever have Royalty come visit.
R – Oh, yeah. Because we have a lot of that.
F – Definitely. Well, we don’t know Shawna. Maybe she is friends with the queen, or something. And, if the queen ever comes and visits, you’re going to want one of these mugs. So, you’re going to let us know which one you want and we will send that to you. So, congratulations. And, for the rest of you who didn’t win, I’m not going to say that you’re a loser….
R – But, it’s implied.
F – I just insulted every single reader, other than Shawna. You could get one if you want, if not, you can wait until we do another give away.
R – And where?
F – At frhurt.com, our website.
R – Shop.
F – Well, frhurt.com/shop.
R – Perfect.
F – Oh, we’re professionals.
R – We are!
F – Don’t you miss us? Aren’t you glad we’re back in video form? We’ll get better at this.
R – With your pretty mug.
F – With my pretty mug, yeah. Thanks for joining us. We’ll see you next time. And, who knows what sexy mugs we’ll have then.
R – And what other kind of giveaways.
F – And, how much more professional we’ll get to be.
R – I don’t think that’s going to happen.
F – Probably not. Thanks for watching. See you next time.
Have you ever wished you could drink from the skull of your enemy?
err, me neither.
But how about drinking coffee (or your breakfast beer–we don’t judge) from a classy ceramic mug featuring artwork from your favorite urban fantasy series?
No, not Harry Potter. We’re talking Ascending Mage!
Our new swag shop features mugs of different sizes and styles, each emblazoned with cover art from Fog Over Mandaree and each of the Ascending Mage novels (thus far).
Go on, check out the new swag shop!
This weekend, Frank sat down for a chat with local comedian (and longtime friend) Brock Anderson.
That chat evolved into a quick-cut interview–the first in a series of profiles Brock plans on doing with notable local personalities.
Watch, and you’ll get a glimpse into the deadpan style of a fellow storyteller:
I’m a bit of a map nerd (he said proudly), and I just love creating worlds. World building is easily my favorite part of storytelling. I spend untold numbers of hours (weeks, really) researching geography, history, animal and plant evolution, and mythological origin stories, all so I can create our own.
We refer to Aedynar throughout our stories, from the prequel novel Fog Over Mandaree onward. If you’ve read Ascending Mage 5: Changeling Uprising, then you know that Aedynar isn’t just a throwaway plot device.
It’s a real fictional world. So, of course, it needs a real fictional map!
So as a new bonus, here’s a glimpse at the work-in-progress map of Aedynar (if that sort of thing is of interest to you).
And whether or not that’s of interest to you, you can expect more Aedynar lore as time goes by. I’ve got physical binders overflowing with scribbles and sketches on this evolving world. There’s even an origin story (“Before The Beginning”) which I’ll be sharing with you soon.