Character Cards: Emily and Duncan

Ahh! I’ve fallen behind on updating my blog.

I have character cards for the characters of the In Her Dreams series and last week I surveyed those who receive my newsletter about who they wanted to see first (Emily, Duncan, Lucy or Andrew)

I was surprised that the overwhelming winner was… Duncan!

I really love Duncan too! He is such a sweet friend/boyfriend but if you know who he is and what he endured and his patience, etc, etc, then you know that he's a REALLYsweet friend/boyfriend.

So I'm definitely showing you Duncan today, but I also want to show you Emily since she's… you know, the main character and all.

Emily is the one character I've written who is most like me. Not exactly, since I can't… you know… time travel while I'm sleeping and all, but our personalities are similar and some of her experiences (in dreams AND in her waking life) come directly from my own life.

If you're interested, I could tell you which ones actually happened to me.

Okay, enough talking about them. Here they are!

 

Do they look like you imagined?

I know some of you are curious what Andrew looks like since he is described as looking similar to Duncan, so I'll show you him and Lucy next week!

I can't wait!

And here's a link to the In Her Dreams series in case you want to check it out.

IN HER DREAMS

Exiling a Fae Queen Release!! (And New Years resolutions)

Do you make New Years resolutions? I know, I know… New Years was WEEKS ago, but I've been thinking about goals a lot this month. I'm trying to follow the method of 1% this year. Meaning, if I can be 1% better each day at something, it will add up to something amazing.

A friend recently broke it down for me. She said if you're awake for twelve hours, and you spend seven minutes doing something different/better, etc. that's 1% of your day!

Seven minutes a day doing something better or something I have been dragging my feet to do is definitely doable!

Did you make any New Years resolutions? Have you kept up with them? If not, it's not too late! Just keep trying!

EXILING A FAE QUEEN, the prequel novella to the Raven Court series, was in the Realms of Fae and Shadows anthology, and many of you have had the opportunity to read it, but now it's officially available on Amazon!

Get it here—-> EXILING A FAE QUEEN

Exiling a Fae Queen (Raven Court prequel) Announcement!

If you've read EVADING A FAE QUEEN, you know there's a big twist at the end. Some information about Aria's past gets brought up that's kinda huge and more will be revealed in book 4.

But… the major things that happened in her past all happen in the prequel, EXILING A FAE QUEEN. Many of you might have read it while it was in the REALMS OF FAE AND SHADOW Anthology in 2020 (which is no longer available), but it will be released on Amazon next week!

You can preorder it here: EXILING A FAE QUEEN

Evading a Fae Queen has released!!

I just got back from a lovely snowy vacation with my family. We left the day after Christmas and returned the day after New Years. There was lots of sledding, kids running around with cousins, guitar playing, celebrating the new year, and games!

I was working a lot of it because of my release (which I now realize I forgot to update here!), but still managed to have a great time!! (And I've come home to a disastrous house that wasn't properly cleaned up after Christmas, but it was worth it.)

To everyone who preordered and bought EVADING A FAE QUEEN, THANK YOU!! If you haven't had a chance to buy it yet, here's the link:

EVADING A FAE QUEEN

The reviews are beginning to trickle in and so far they are great!!! Thank you!! If you've followed me for a while, you know this series has stretched me and this book was no different. but some of the reviews are warming my heart!

*****This is by far my favorite book in the series so far. --Jennie K., Amazon Reviewer

*****The way this tale is fleshing out, with the attention to detail in the world building and the incredible character developments, I can't wait to get my hands on book 4! – Alicia, Goodreads Review

Reviews help indie authors like me so-o much. So if you read Evading a Fae Queen(or any of my books), please leave a review!

Here are some links:

AMAZON

GOODREADS

BOOKBUB

Counting Down... (and my interview!)

The holiday's are in full swing and my kids are counting down to a certain day… but I'm counting down to something else!

In less than two weeks is the release for EVADING A FAE QUEEN: RAVEN COURT BOOK 3!!

ARCS will be sent out next week (if you're not on my ARC list and want to be, send me an email), but I'll also sneak peek the first chapter in my next newsletter, so sign up and stay tuned!

Also…

Make sure you listen to the Reading Queens Podcast this week! It doesn't come out until tomorrow, but it was my turn to be interviewed and it was so fun!

I talk about how I started writing, a little bit about the Raven Court Series, my Kindle Vella story and my guitar!!

You can listen—> HERE

12 Days of Kindle Vella!

I'm so excited to tell you about a fun 12 Days of Vella raffle I'm a part of! It began on December 1st, but there is still plenty of time to enter.

Myself and eleven other Kindle Vella authors have teamed up to do a giveaway raffle. Entering is easy and consists of visiting our Instagram pages for secret words, trivia questions from our Kindle Vella stories (and always within the first three FREE episodes), joining other email newsletter lists for additional entries and a few other ways. We have two links, one for days 1-6 and the other for days 7-12:

RAFFLE LINK #1

RAFFLE LINK #2

Good Luck!

Do you love FREE book swag?

Do you love book swag? Because if you’re in the US I want to send some to you!

-A never-before-seen Art Print

-A map of Faerie,

-FOUR character pics (Aria, Sterling, Tien and Carys)

-A Raven Court Bookmark.

I have two ways you can get book swag:

— First, if you're on Instagram and/or Facebook (or any other social media platform) and would be willing to share the swag on your feed, fill out this form: BOOK LAUNCH FORM

— Second, the first 50 people who preorder Evading a Fae Queen and send me a screenshot of their preorder and their mailing address will get some free swag! (You can email me at joanna@joannareeder.com)

Preorder Announcement: Evading a Fae Queen

It's time to announce the preorder for EVADING A FAE QUEEN, book 3 in the Raven Court Series!

It's been a long time coming (I blame Kindle Vella… lol) But it's almost here!

EVADING A FAE QUEEN:

RELEASING DECEMBER 28, 2021

I thought I’d be safe.

I thought my sacrifice would be temporary.

But now I’m imprisoned in a Winter Court cell.

I was told a human couldn’t even enter the Winter Court. Lies. Now I’m trapped in a prison, in literally subzero temperatures.

All I want is to go back to my world. To my home.

When I stumble upon an ability to become invisible, I take my chances and escape.

Conveniently, Captain Tien was on his way to save me, and now he has more questions about who I truly am. After all, what human can do that sort of magic?

He’s right, I want to know more about who I am. But I just want to feel safe again and I won’t be distracted by those gorgeous eyes and our undeniable connection.

But going home isn’t as easy as I’d hoped. Because now, I’m being hunted. And the Winter Queen won’t stop until she makes me suffer.

Preorder HERE <—-

Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing some NEW Character cards for the series and an amazing character art I had commissioned. I'm so excited to share them with you!!

Facebook Live event AND Book Sale!

Jesse Booth and I are presenting at an event on Thursday, October 21st at 7pm MDT to talk about our experiences writing the Shifter Academy and the Reclaim series.

It will be in person and on Facebook live!

~If you live near Ogden, Utah and would like to attend in person, email me and I'll send you the address

~If you would like to watch us and interact on Facebook live, here's the link: FACEBOOK LIVE EVENT

In tandem with this event, the first book in the Reclaim series is on sale for only $0.99!

You can get it HERE <—-