New Audiobook: Stories of Sprits by Teresa Garcia

The collection of short stories in "Stories of Spirits" is in production through a partnership between THG StarDragon Publishing and Heartsong Studios. The producer expects to have the first 15 minutes ready to be approved by this weekend, which is exciting. A month has been scheduled to have the completed production done within, so a few week after that it should be hitting stores.

Stories of Spirits explores the spirit world on a few levels. In "Ancestors" we find a grandmother overhearing the conversation between her daughter and grandson at her gravesite. "Dragon Dance" centers around some Japanese dragons and their big lesson on the importance of dance. Some stories explore the possibility of a being that was once a mythical spirit being born into the world of man, and the possible ramifications.

As short stories, they are intended to be standalone stories, although some characters do appear in other stories, and they are tied by a common theme.

Dragon Shaman: Taming the Blowing Wind Cover News

The cover artist just showed me a couple preliminary sketches on the new cover from Dragon Shaman Book One: Taming the Blowing Wind. I am so looking forward to seeing it completed, and of the two options it was the second that will be continued.

Victoria Davis even picked up on a detail for Ryu that was not outright stated in the book... but I won't point out what that is until the cover is done and revealed. ;) I will say though that I obviously did my job correctly since she picked up on it. Also, the expressions are great!

AyaMayA's promo is over

AyaMayA's free Kindle promotion is over, and it is back up to $3.99. A grand total of 268 downloads of the promotion copy were picked up on Amazon.com, 31 at the UK site, 9 in Deutschland (Germany, really?), 2 in France, 1 in Spain, 1 in Italy, and 5 all the way over in Canada. That is excellent distribution and so exciting to see people in so many countries showing interest. Yesterday it was ranked #7 in Religious Studies, and #1 in Comparative Religion for the free books. Thank you all for your support of Mr. Abraxas. Having it rank up so high in the list is, frankly, astounding.

Don't forget those reviews, they really are so important to help out an author. I know it will take a while to get through the whole thing, and it's quite a lot to chew on. I know that I certainly had to take some time to process while I was editing, and there are areas that were discussed that I will go into further research on just for my own edification. I would not mind adding some other non-fiction books to the catalog in the spirituality section.

AyaMayA and Selkies' Skins

AyaMayA

Since midnight May 1st to this current point AyaMayA has enjoyed a total of 227 downloads and is sitting at number one in its niche. That is pretty pleasing, and has gone up since I mailed Mr. Abraxas about it. Thank you for supporting his work like that, and don't forget that tomorrow will be the last day of the promo pricing. I'm looking forward to when the reviews start coming in on it.

I'm pretty happy with the amount of promo copies out there, and looking forward to the reviews. This one was the most difficult for me to go through, in order to make sure that the particular English variety was proper in spelling, punctuation and grammar for that variety. Layout of the print version had me working hard as well so that it would look its best.

Kindle: $3.99 normal (current: FREE till 11:59 p.m. May 5, 2013)
Amazon Paperback: $12.99
Createspace Store Paperback: $12.99

Selkies' Skins

The second part of chapter 23 (Pay Better Attention Kirsty) is available for your perusal. What happens after breakfast fights back? It's a good thing for Kirsty she is where she is, depending on your point of view...

To clear up some confusion about the name...

The THG in front of StarDragon is actually an important part of the name of the publishing company, as is the capitalization. The proper name is "THG StarDragon Publishing" and that is how it is written on official paperwork.

THG are my initials from the time that I started going public with the enterprise, so those went in to differentiate my enterprise from any other StarDragon out there. Star and Dragon are symbols very important to me, thus they also went in.  Thus, THG StarDragon Publishing.

I don't know why those three first letters sometimes disappear.

AyaMayA Kindle Promotion

The Kindle version of AyaMayA by Ayam Yogi Abraxas will be available free (versus the $3.99 normal price) from midnight on May 1st, 2013 to midnight May 5th, 2013. To celebrate the launch of the book. If you do not own a kindle, there is an app that can be downloaded to read on your computer.

http://www.amazon.com/AyaMayA-ebook/dp/B00CDGMZVG

If you do grab this while it is free, please leave a review for the author. He is new. Also, please remember that the editing is for an overseas English variant, and not American English.

OR:
You can also take advantage of a 10% discount on the paperback version with code JCQ7NMU6 at
https://www.createspace.com/4055858 through the Createspace store.

Edited as it ate the Kindle link previously (I must have hit the wrong key trying to get done too fast with everything that was SUPPOSED to get done today).

Selkies' Skins, Chapter 23 part one is live

Section two of Selkies' Skins is progressing nicely. Since this weekend will be busy for me (this whole week has been busy, today most of all) I made this period's installment available a few days early.

In installment 40 of the serial we begin Chapter 23, Pay Better Attention Kirsty. But what is happening that our young half-selkie should be paying attention to? When does she get to go back to the sea? You'll have to read to find out.

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Fantasy not your thing? Ayam Yogi Abraxas' debut spirituality/comparative religion book, AyaMayA, is new and ready for you at Amazon in both Kindle and Paperback.