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FraeLea Conversations #10 – Cover Reveal(s)

March 29, 2018December 7, 2018 | Video Journal
FraeLea Conversations #10 – Cover Reveal(s)

Watch as we reveal the cover art for the first five novels in our Ascending Mage series! And as always, we are flawless in our delivery. Right? Transcript for FraeLea Conversations #10: F: Hi, and welcome to FraeLea Conversations. I’m Frank and this is RaeLea. Today we’re going to do a cover reveal. R: Actually, five! F: Five covers revealed….

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Advice for Creatives from Ira Glass

February 12, 2018December 7, 2018 | Inspiration
Advice for Creatives from Ira Glass

I get stuck in a gloomy creative rut sometimes. Often it’s because I’m just not happy with the quality of my prose. I’ll edit and revise and re-edit ad nauseum, knowing that I’m not measuring up to my own standards. It’s a deeply frustrating place to be, that rut. Talking with some of my creative friends, it turns out that’s…

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FraeLea Conversations #9 – Gratitude and Fan Art

October 19, 2017December 7, 2018 | Video Journal
FraeLea Conversations #9 – Gratitude and Fan Art

We’re so lucky to have such great friends supporting our storytelling. I think these two pieces constitute our very first fan art! Find them online at Vigilante Woodworks and USB Micro. Transcript for FraeLea Conversations #9: RaeLea: Hi, welcome to FraeLea Conversations. I’m RaeLea and this is Frank. We’d like to do a short video to express some gratitude for…

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FraeLea Conversations #8 – The Marmite Experience

October 17, 2017December 7, 2018 | Video Journal
FraeLea Conversations #8 – The Marmite Experience

As authors, we’re all about authenticity. Being the stalwart troupers that we are, we’re here today to sample the infamous British delicacy of Marmite. We did this because we thought it would be great to have our protagonist love the stuff (she’s English). Kids, don’t try this at home. Transcript for FraeLea Conversations #8: Frank: Hi, and welcome to FraeLea…

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FraeLea Conversations #7 – Writing Experiment Success

October 16, 2017December 7, 2018 | Video Journal
FraeLea Conversations #7 – Writing Experiment Success

In our previous FraeLea Conversations video, we talked about our writing experiment: to write and edit a full novel in one month. Fast forward, and Spark of Justice is finished! That’s a full-length novel of 81,000 words written and edited in about 30 days. This experiment was an absolute success. Some discoveries (some were expected, most were pleasant surprises): Being held…

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PDF Version of “Fog Over Mandaree” now available

August 30, 2017December 7, 2018 | Updates
PDF Version of “Fog Over Mandaree” now available

By popular demand (and some recurring nudges from an ever-so-patient fan), a PDF version of our first novel, Fog Over Mandaree, is now available for download. In addition to ebook versions in Kindle, iBook, and Nook formats, this PDF version is another option. All are downloadable for free by subscribing to our mailing list (you can unsubscribe at any time, though…

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FraeLea Conversations #6 – Our Writing Experiment

August 30, 2017December 7, 2018 | Video Journal
FraeLea Conversations #6 – Our Writing Experiment

We are taking too long to get our next novel edited. We think we’ve figured out a solution, but we need your help! If you are interested and are willing to indulge us with this experiment for the next 34 days, you’ll be formally credited in the published book, and you might even have a character named after you. Above…

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Preview: Changeling Justice Chapter 1

August 30, 2017December 7, 2018 | Updates
Preview: Changeling Justice Chapter 1

Enjoy this preview of Chapter 1 from our work-in-progress novel, Changeling Justice: Chapter 1 “Don’t lose him! The Transmute Spell is nearly worn off.” Ember wordlessly obeyed the directive from her new partner and kept running as fast as her short legs could carry her. She feared losing the suspect they pursued—or maybe worse, catching up to him after the spell…

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Poll: What Should We Call Non-Magic Humans?

April 13, 2017December 7, 2018 | Catfacery

We want your opinion! What should we call non-magic humans in our upcoming modern fantasy series? In the new modern fantasy series we are writing (Magic City Chronicles), the people who have developed the ability to use magic refer to themselves as Druw (a reference to their druid ancestors). We need a term to refer to “normal” or non-magic humans…

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FraeLea Conversations #5 – Cover Art for Our First Novel

April 8, 2017December 7, 2018 | Video Journal
FraeLea Conversations #5 – Cover Art for Our First Novel

After publishing our first novel a little over a week ago, we thought you might enjoy seeing the cover art concepts for Fog Over Mandaree. Also: one of us may have accidentally unveiled a squirrelish surprise. Also #2: Euleycat decides to weigh in on the cover art discussion. Apparently we were taking too long with this episode, and he was…

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