tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16073795154788061862024-03-05T09:11:04.426+00:00Neha YazminMulti-genre author (multicultural romance, epic fantasy, strong women), blogger (writing, publishing, life), bookworm (eclectic), mum of 1. UCL Psychology grad.Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-9864043132324507202022-02-26T09:24:00.005+00:002022-03-01T11:25:28.999+00:00Real Characters. Epic Journeys. True Love.<h1><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">My blogs are on </span><a href="https://nehayazmin.medium.com" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Medium</a><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">. My <a href="http://books2read.com/ap/xbkZ2B/Neha-Yazmin" target="_blank">books</a> are below.</span></h1><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Epic Royalty Fantasy</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_7mexO51tKpHF2iTxKzzCWY3J6KYxNRMGq5lQCB9liMbAkH8WihzGPgUoDJ_HQGw7FwAndFodwAtU2PbqAJP8JpyDgWc00bBAn90GOMI6ryvb1hFvTCqijGXoWfPTPbMBNE5latsOu8/s1392/DB145223-0764-4662-B4F0-7542D76EF668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_7mexO51tKpHF2iTxKzzCWY3J6KYxNRMGq5lQCB9liMbAkH8WihzGPgUoDJ_HQGw7FwAndFodwAtU2PbqAJP8JpyDgWc00bBAn90GOMI6ryvb1hFvTCqijGXoWfPTPbMBNE5latsOu8/w381-h640/DB145223-0764-4662-B4F0-7542D76EF668.jpeg" width="381" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">————————————————————————</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1><span style="font-family: georgia;">Epic Musical Romance</span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GQiCA9Vzv4hFI_pnyvMVh1bUCd3t1DeVLGC7lbNTo0dfNZNKyHOc1NxDdFKBkUjlDgusJcJuX30Y0PZ8CkMgyCqUdpnieKB6wHYI3rziQn1vFVHuJfuN0o86HOH0aOy86Jwh5h_ImSk/s1376/E0D2B801-1B4E-4D08-8A66-8D7233C205E2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="755" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GQiCA9Vzv4hFI_pnyvMVh1bUCd3t1DeVLGC7lbNTo0dfNZNKyHOc1NxDdFKBkUjlDgusJcJuX30Y0PZ8CkMgyCqUdpnieKB6wHYI3rziQn1vFVHuJfuN0o86HOH0aOy86Jwh5h_ImSk/w352-h640/E0D2B801-1B4E-4D08-8A66-8D7233C205E2.jpeg" width="352" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://books2read.com/Mukti" target="_blank">>>Buy Book 1 Now<<</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">⬇️ >><a href="http://bit.ly/PRINTss1" target="_blank">Also in print</a><< ⬇️</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SEIczh3c0O38bgY87mhpMMTmpUXI3Ksyh5dwtUfJ4VYf5r4Qb-yKDR-T7pj_0juQhUvicB1AUm9LemsmxJuOtC6RKodadyv8KW0zhJUyNHUlH1i3AKlX2MdzZkcEJD1n79SlhaNvoM8/s1500/F857C3F8-FE7C-4019-A04F-CD194F299B24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1500" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SEIczh3c0O38bgY87mhpMMTmpUXI3Ksyh5dwtUfJ4VYf5r4Qb-yKDR-T7pj_0juQhUvicB1AUm9LemsmxJuOtC6RKodadyv8KW0zhJUyNHUlH1i3AKlX2MdzZkcEJD1n79SlhaNvoM8/w400-h186/F857C3F8-FE7C-4019-A04F-CD194F299B24.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span face=""><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: normal;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: normal;"><b>**Note: e-book editions of all my books are available for your local library to order for you. Just ask and see what they can do :)</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: normal;"></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Read my blogs on <a href="https://medium.com/@NehaYazmin" target="_blank">Medium</a> | </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Follow me on:</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/NehaYazmin" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://bit.ly/NeYazIG" target="_blank">Instagram</a> |</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6432950.Neha_Yazmin" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://mailchi.mp/74b7f5775120/2021" target="_blank">Subscribe to Mailing List</a></h2></div>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-49786482907774701952021-07-26T21:59:00.006+01:002021-07-29T11:55:30.023+01:00Thatcher’s Thoughts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Based on the career Mukti ended up becoming successful in, I thought I’d pay tribute to the character—or some would say “non-character”—that nudged her in that direction: Thatcher, the teacher of her evening art classes. So, as part of the five-year anniversary celebrations, I’m sharing this snippet from </span><i style="text-align: left;">Soulmates Saga Book 2</i><span style="text-align: left;"> where we get his POV. I’m sure Mukti would mention him in her Acknowledgments, too *wink*</span></div><p></p><p>Sure, this might seem odd to some: <i>Why give a POV section to a non-character, someone that isn’t involved in driving the plot?</i> Well, I actually do this in my third person POV books when I need to give readers an unbiased assessment of something, something the key characters won’t be able to provide, not honestly.</p><p>All the POV characters in the second book of this Saga are heavily invested in Mukti and care about her deeply. As such, their opinions on her artwork would be biased and positively glowing. The reader might not trust their judgment. Mukti herself would be an even worse judge of her abilities because she has self-doubt and confidence issues when it comes to her art. I decided that her art teacher would be the best person to relay all this—and more—to the reader, so that when her success came, the reader would know she was gifted.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8sbUjV44kLVFNBKgHAiBjVUdFkBV8q4fje2JJ-H-yiMzYUWfMPZ0bnSJxcTlRcKpnTHPI0ngjher_-oSnsJ8TdJlJRK3U3ZESzSt78X_KOtX8FJ_Gsc3M974gx7wyvJYsr1NyQajTSs/s1500/30A680A5-F60A-492A-A93C-BCB54A5D41CF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8sbUjV44kLVFNBKgHAiBjVUdFkBV8q4fje2JJ-H-yiMzYUWfMPZ0bnSJxcTlRcKpnTHPI0ngjher_-oSnsJ8TdJlJRK3U3ZESzSt78X_KOtX8FJ_Gsc3M974gx7wyvJYsr1NyQajTSs/w400-h134/30A680A5-F60A-492A-A93C-BCB54A5D41CF.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I hope you enjoy this excerpt from Chapter 4: Calling :) Remember, you can get all three books for the price of one this week (the bundle is under 3.99, actually) from your favourite ebook stores. >><a href="http://books2read.com/ELPOY" target="_blank">Click to buy</a><<</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEev9Sp9aymiFCDbRcPiM4EYGaipc8f6RUISSOaZHnQJkjBcpg5ffCAEG5xN46KDRhEzQxwnrxyB_9QHa0CotbOJP_-IwCJDGnE3dyFzRMm6EU7qRcYKvdZT8dfRywOep__RR7_wl4rfw/s828/9A3825D2-2ADD-4727-9ED3-F03A57B01BA9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="120" data-original-width="828" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEev9Sp9aymiFCDbRcPiM4EYGaipc8f6RUISSOaZHnQJkjBcpg5ffCAEG5xN46KDRhEzQxwnrxyB_9QHa0CotbOJP_-IwCJDGnE3dyFzRMm6EU7qRcYKvdZT8dfRywOep__RR7_wl4rfw/w400-h58/9A3825D2-2ADD-4727-9ED3-F03A57B01BA9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span face="Charter-Roman">Thatcher knew he was a great teacher, but he was an even better artist. He also recognised talent when he saw it—and he saw it in this girl Mukti. She always sat at the back of the art class and never spoke up, but he knew she was the brightest, the most gifted student in the class. </span><span style="font-family: Charter; font-style: italic;">Art is her calling</span><span face="Charter-Roman">. Mukti wanted to learn her craft, hone her skills, </span><span style="font-family: Charter; font-style: italic;">become</span><span face="Charter-Roman"> an artist, he could tell. </span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">Interestingly, when he told them in their first lesson that he would teach them how to become an artist, Mukti seemed the most sceptical. Clearly, she didn’t think people could </span><span style="font-style: italic;">become</span><span face="Charter-Roman"> artists—you either were or you weren’t. Thatcher agreed. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Not everyone has the gift</span><span face="Charter-Roman">. But, Thatcher believed, especially in this day and age when beauty really was in the eye of the beholder, since all humans with rational thought were capable of having at least one interesting thing to say, they could sell art. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">To the right buyer, of course</span><span face="Charter-Roman">.</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">Walking around the high school’s largest art classroom, a table of random objects in the centre and easels and students arranged around it, Thatcher didn’t think he could help any of his pupils sell anything </span><span style="font-style: italic;">resembling</span><span face="Charter-Roman"> art in the near future. Not based on what he saw on their canvases. At Mukti’s work area, however… She had great drawing skills, her shading and capturing of light was excellent, she had a good eye for proportions, and was way ahead of the class.</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“Mukti.” His greeting made her jump. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Lost in the moment of creation</span><span face="Charter-Roman">…</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“Sorry, Thatcher. I didn’t see you there.”</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">He smiled at the pretty face and sighed. His long pony-tailed strawberry-blonde hair, round face, and grey eyes didn’t do much for Mukti, so he returned to inspecting her drawing. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Besides, she has a boyfriend</span><span face="Charter-Roman">. When Thatcher saw him drop her off on the first day, his initial thought was, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Doesn’t he own a comb?</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“Impressive.” Thatcher used his college professor tone as he spoke.</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“Thanks.” Her voice shook and pink bloomed on her cheeks—another sign of self-doubt. “But I’m very slow.”</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“Better to take the time and get it right. How’s the journal coming along?”</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“I haven’t been able to focus on the diary…” She looked guilty. The pink on her cheeks deepened, making obvious what had kept her from her journal. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The boyfriend</span><span face="Charter-Roman">…</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“I suggest you make more effort with that, Mukti, particularly if you’re serious about art. I told you I think you have potential.”</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">“I will.” But she didn’t assure him that she was serious about art.</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman">Thatcher knew what this meant: She didn’t know if she was good enough. Did that boyfriend not encourage and compliment her? Did they just lock themselves in the bedroom every night? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">I suppose I can’t blame them</span><span face="Charter-Roman">. They were young and beautiful and in love. Life rarely got better than that.</span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Charter; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 16px;"><span face="Charter-Roman"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqLL1q2BZdpiPnVWgU24WE5B9wvNeSPxItULRKTFUqXdMeWb4LL5A54VtcEeOm_R_h1-jIRJCkDSLAiQszHqXHwgQX91Nwp80OsHhhuUZGuZ3ObsK5BoCA1N6ctqv4N6qXrgekd1NHz8/s1500/8361A679-2011-4D20-A2F3-6811B6769D5C.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1500" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqLL1q2BZdpiPnVWgU24WE5B9wvNeSPxItULRKTFUqXdMeWb4LL5A54VtcEeOm_R_h1-jIRJCkDSLAiQszHqXHwgQX91Nwp80OsHhhuUZGuZ3ObsK5BoCA1N6ctqv4N6qXrgekd1NHz8/w400-h186/8361A679-2011-4D20-A2F3-6811B6769D5C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-56145956079771691832021-06-03T11:12:00.004+01:002021-06-15T16:29:55.184+01:00Upcoming Release: Fire to the Sea<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">This is just as much a surprise to me as it is to you: I have a new book up for pre-order now, wow! </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Fire to the Sea</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> (</span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Heir to the Throne #2.1</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">) will come out on July 3rd, 2021—on the one-year anniversary of the release of </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Keys to the Realm</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> (</span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Heir to the Throne #3</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">).</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">This project is one of the two pieces I put together to celebrate this milestone. Really, it’s a belated celebration of this trilogy, something I didn’t feel like doing last year due to the pandemic. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">I’m glad I feel like commemorating it now because there’s actually a lot to celebrate about this series:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">1️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">It was the first story idea I got after my son was born in December 2017.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">2️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">It was the first new story I started writing after my son was born.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">3️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">It’s the first epic fantasy series I’ve written in my adult life.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">4️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">It was the first series I managed to write from start to finish without any significant delays, which basically means I didn’t have any personal crises or tragedies to deal with during the two years it took to write it. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">5️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">It was the first series I managed to publish in the same year.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">6️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">The third book in the trilogy hit no.1 in its category at Apple Books Australia on release day thanks to pre-orders. My older books have hit no.1 before at Apple Books (which only has seven fiction categories compared to the thousands at Amazon), but they didn’t debut at no.1.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">7️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">Three people bought the print editions of these books, which </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">never</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> happens with my paperbacks! I only create print editions so I can have a copy on my bookshelf LOL.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">8️⃣</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">Two libraries in the US bought this series in ebook format. Wow! I’m so grateful to the readers that requested this series at their local library—thank you, whoever you are!</span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">So yeah, a lot of things to celebrate. And how does a writer celebrate their writing milestones? With more writing, of course! Haha.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">What’s with the “2.1”?</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> I hear you ask. Well, </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Fire to the Sea</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> is a collection of key scenes from Book 1 and 2 of this trilogy from Wyett’s point of view and includes a bonus scene that’s not in the main series. It’s for fans that want an extra glimpse into Wyett’s head through those scenes (so it’s not compulsory reading), it doesn’t follow on from the events of Book 2, and of course, it has spoilers for the first two books in the series.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">Readers discovering this epic fantasy trilogy after July 3rd will have the option to read </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Fire to the Sea</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> after Book 2 if they want, though it can also be enjoyed by readers that have previously finished all three books. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">This will be the cover (and blurb) on release day; the existing cover at the retailers is to match the H1 2021 editions of the <i>Heir to the Throne Trilogy</i> covers⬇️</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTdb0YT11pWQ7HyQ2Ms0z7ugpiXIr20mBCGGM8Y2WkIFkgdPVRB5lU5jpZFnVdr7dlXQyZoFVYeUGiUB2751t1NqhnFYVpKZGDgZ6uYaAlnOj3wJ-19ru7DiuFAYkih6uh7DJxgIWFLE/s2048/B233C6B0-3B58-411C-A1CA-665790E02FF3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTdb0YT11pWQ7HyQ2Ms0z7ugpiXIr20mBCGGM8Y2WkIFkgdPVRB5lU5jpZFnVdr7dlXQyZoFVYeUGiUB2751t1NqhnFYVpKZGDgZ6uYaAlnOj3wJ-19ru7DiuFAYkih6uh7DJxgIWFLE/s320/B233C6B0-3B58-411C-A1CA-665790E02FF3.jpeg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">“I don’t break hearts, only bones.”</span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><i>Fire to the Sea</i> is a collection of key scenes from Book 1 and Book 2 of the </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Heir to the Throne Trilogy</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"> from Wyett’s point of view and includes a bonus scene that does not feature in the trilogy.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">This bundle is not compulsory reading and does not follow on from the events of Book 2. It includes spoilers for the first two books in the series and therefore should be read after Book 2, though it can also be enjoyed by readers that have finished all three books.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #073763;">1. SHOT WITH SILVER</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;">Prince Wyett and his siblings, Seth and Quin, are waiting for their father in the Throne Room. King Keyan has just returned from Sidkat Castle after attending to some business in the South—but he has brought someone with him. Who is this stranger with golden skin and eyes that look like water shot with silver? And what does Wyett think of her?</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #073763;">2. HARMONY DANCE</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">It’s the King’s birthday and as per tradition, the Court is celebrating it with the Harmony Dance. Which means Wyett has to dress up as an angel for the lavish ball and dance. With </span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">her</span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">. It could not possibly go well. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #073763;">3. FLAMING FEATHERS (NEW BONUS SCENE)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;">What happened after Wyett introduced the flaming feathers to the newest member of his father’s Court?</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #073763;">4. FINDING CEREMONY</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">The</span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"> finding ceremony</span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"> at Moon Lake during the harvest festival has always been the bane of Wyett’s existence. Tonight, he is in a particularly bad mood because his little brother seems to be upset about what Wyett’s future might hold. The only thing that would make the night worse for Wyett would be if he had to dance with </span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">her</span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;">. Or would it?</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #073763;">5. THE DEAD FOREST</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;">Wyett didn’t know that the legends of the Isle of the Damned were actually true—and he might end up losing something he never had because of the cursed Dead Forest.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">Also from July 2021, readers of </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Keys to the Realm</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> will be able to read the scene that takes place immediately after the Epilogue. I always know what happens after </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">The End</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> of all my series so I thought I’d share this with my readers as part of the one-year anniversary celebrations. Here’s a little sneak peek of the cover for this short:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQSe7Z6l1THkcx_kIf5OzFD3QlqEOtHGtE09OjohNGcbPoNY9hlFnq9JJv44lBoJGHx1hvIJ68_6N9vpWXdqsNSXW_-X7k-SXDhn9a4ETVx5lnz4J4IusR3vLrnrNAqm5yoD9j_HJNqc/s465/F3D4938D-4838-4BB8-BC01-86409992E310.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQSe7Z6l1THkcx_kIf5OzFD3QlqEOtHGtE09OjohNGcbPoNY9hlFnq9JJv44lBoJGHx1hvIJ68_6N9vpWXdqsNSXW_-X7k-SXDhn9a4ETVx5lnz4J4IusR3vLrnrNAqm5yoD9j_HJNqc/s320/F3D4938D-4838-4BB8-BC01-86409992E310.jpeg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></p>And of course, </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Curse to the Kingdom</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"> (</span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Heir to the Throne #0.1</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">) is still free to download; you can get into this series with this novelette:</span></span><p></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/CTTKap" target="_blank">Apple Books</a></span></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/CTTKkobo" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/CTTKno" target="_blank">B&N Nook</a></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">Or read an excerpt >><a href="http://bit.ly/CTTKexcerpt">here</a><<</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5_Y62STsEvX_nYvZ08VJM0_auHXHSnzwkDnbX64X9aXkSA-H36zPACQhD52mNqb-HLpxvf4l9ZugqUL5sp6vyVzj6_suSvVnbDYNnTe7BVh2bYwCmJ9uhmPhTvwWqOEEYQOKHCFnrng/s1085/17CB9785-1B95-41D4-AB5B-F2F7DE53BAEC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="696" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5_Y62STsEvX_nYvZ08VJM0_auHXHSnzwkDnbX64X9aXkSA-H36zPACQhD52mNqb-HLpxvf4l9ZugqUL5sp6vyVzj6_suSvVnbDYNnTe7BVh2bYwCmJ9uhmPhTvwWqOEEYQOKHCFnrng/w256-h400/17CB9785-1B95-41D4-AB5B-F2F7DE53BAEC.jpeg" width="256" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">That’s it from me now. Have a great weekend and I’ll speak to you soon.</span></p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-69089767319427021602021-04-27T15:20:00.003+01:002021-04-27T15:24:18.351+01:00Book Review: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer<p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">I finished reading <i>Midnight Sun </i>a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t post a review because I don’t think it will be useful to potential readers </span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">and I didn’t give it a rating on Goodreads because I had no idea how to go about rating it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-_U5kSafiaygv6AHNYJXMERMA79fJ6cIKtBEuoCtU-hGl27TYAjBOhzHUYOxBE9J41ecKXoX3DQ2HLuYw5J15eY5XEc28iyX5QTtXnJs1Jq-KVQyxOZIvmgkiM98Ur-GhXgp0hyagtk/s1440/B87C668B-4408-4D48-9CE5-FA2CCCC9C3D5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1440" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-_U5kSafiaygv6AHNYJXMERMA79fJ6cIKtBEuoCtU-hGl27TYAjBOhzHUYOxBE9J41ecKXoX3DQ2HLuYw5J15eY5XEc28iyX5QTtXnJs1Jq-KVQyxOZIvmgkiM98Ur-GhXgp0hyagtk/w320-h237/B87C668B-4408-4D48-9CE5-FA2CCCC9C3D5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;"><i>Midnight Sun </i>is<i> Twilight</i> (<i>Twilight Saga #1</i>) from Edward’s POV, right? Well, I’ve read <i>Twilight</i> over 20 times. I’ve read the entire Saga over 10 times. I read the leaked chapters of <i>Midnight Sun</i> over 5 times. I devoured everything Stephenie shared about the characters, esp. Edward, and obviously watched the films loads of times for Robert Pattinson.</span><p></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">As such, <i>Midnight Sun</i> was so familiar to me; it felt like I was reading a book I’ve read many times already and I can’t <i>measure</i> how much I enjoyed each chapter/section of the book—it would be unfair to <i>measure</i> it because it’s not the book’s fault that I was <i>obsessed</i> with this series. </span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">A lot of the new scenes didn’t feel that new because Edward mentioned a lot of them in the other books, and so they felt familiar, too.</span></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">YET from the baseball game onwards, OMG, I was totally hooked!! During the action sequences following the match, I was on the edge of my seat, wondering, gasping, hoping everything would be alright. Like I know how it ended but my heart was still pounding and I felt as though I didn’t know what would happen. So damn gripping!! Like Stephenie Meyer did that. She did that to me. Any old author can’t pull that off for me. I wanted the rest of the Saga in Edward’s POV, afterwards. </span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">So, that segment was 5-stars, hands down. </span></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">It’s just really difficult to rate how much I enjoyed the rest of it. The familiar scenes are 4-stars? The <i>really</i> familiar ones are 3-stars? How am I supposed to average it out and give an overall rating for the whole book? Not gonna do it.</span></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">I will say this though: How happy am I that this book was published? 5-star level happiness. How happy am I to have read this book? 5-star level happiness. For that, and for everything else your books have done for me, Stephenie, thank you so much.</span></p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-22249531109433029142021-03-10T19:43:00.003+00:002021-03-10T19:43:29.483+00:00Book Review: Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6t24WQ2O0HrmV1h6U3PsazHWuJQj6gAnsOk_lkx0j3bYar5G5MjKQaMetwUE7n3IFu823a2T4cwuvKoHUMFWan-6AXipBONHTCmMIVe5T54nhtubsGrnz1mHXYhjh7xO8Z0vjEnhbT-k/s1724/3625987E-B954-4517-B4FF-2140F97F2CD0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6t24WQ2O0HrmV1h6U3PsazHWuJQj6gAnsOk_lkx0j3bYar5G5MjKQaMetwUE7n3IFu823a2T4cwuvKoHUMFWan-6AXipBONHTCmMIVe5T54nhtubsGrnz1mHXYhjh7xO8Z0vjEnhbT-k/w323-h400/3625987E-B954-4517-B4FF-2140F97F2CD0.jpeg" width="323" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">This will be a short review. I can’t say much without spoilers and if I were to write down how I felt about <i>Chain of Iron</i>, it would almost be an identical review to the one I posted for Book 1 of <i>The Last Hours Trilogy, Chain of Gold</i>, which you can read <a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2021/01/Chain.html?m=1" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The few additional comments I have (that I can dare share), are below:</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I loved that we got a few new POVs in this one, yay. And dammit, the special art within is gorgeous!</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I wish there were more than a few paragraphs from Matthew’s POV—because I absolutely love this character! But I understand why his POV was limited; still, being a Matthew stan, I couldn’t help hoping for his POV section to be longer. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I said I wanted to give <i>Chain of Gold</i> 500-stars because I loved it 500 times more than <i>Lord of Shadows</i>, which I rated 5-stars, making it my favourite <i>Shadowhunter</i> book ever (until <i>Chain of Gold</i>). While reading <i>Chain of Iron</i>, I loved it and enjoyed it as much as Book 1, so I was ready to dole out another 500 stars.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">But then I read the final chapter.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">“No,” I said. “I don’t think I can give <i>Chain of Iron</i> 500 stars.” This chapter. My gosh. I. Absolutely. Freakin’. Loved. It. Enjoyed it so so much. “Yes!” I kept saying while I read. “Yes, yes, yes.” It felt a bit like how the Epilogue of <i>Clockwork Princess</i> elevated that book for me from a 2.5-star rating to a 3-star—but on a much more colossal scale. So, yeah, what I’m saying is I want to give <i>Chain of Iron</i> 600 freakin’ stars.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The only downside is that I have to wait a year till the next—and final—book in the series comes out. Suddenly, reading this book as soon as it came out, and so quickly, isn’t looking like a great decision LOL. A decision I can’t regret, of course.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I said this book would probably kill me and it might just be a slow and painful year-long death for me as I wait for <i>Chain of Thorns</i>. If you’ve received your copy: What are you waiting for? Go read it. Now.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And here’s a bonus review:</span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRysT7pymgTCfa6EUAkvwptakn3J9RKb3AclrqN3RMG-2blHTNvzenZBHpwb2x62X6nTXVYIoHeel6iFj1Ob4Byt24Ga6jch0JMnWbEc1UCSCacfzA1bzhhsrgYJMYv8PHte3swM_EOs/s475/62B7F3A5-3592-45E3-9E21-36E202F537F2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRysT7pymgTCfa6EUAkvwptakn3J9RKb3AclrqN3RMG-2blHTNvzenZBHpwb2x62X6nTXVYIoHeel6iFj1Ob4Byt24Ga6jch0JMnWbEc1UCSCacfzA1bzhhsrgYJMYv8PHte3swM_EOs/s320/62B7F3A5-3592-45E3-9E21-36E202F537F2.jpeg" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Nothing but Shadows (novella by Cassandra Clare & Sarah Rees Brennan)</span></h3><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I </span>admit, I had no intention of reading <i>Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy</i>. After reading <i>Chain of Gold</i>, however, I was very eager to read Nothing but Shadows. I really wanted to see how my now-beloved Merry Thieves bonded at the Academy. And for more of Matthew. And of course, more James. And whatever Easter eggs the authors may have hidden in it for <i>The Last Hours Trilogy</i>. I think Matthew and James might be my favourite fictional Best Friends? Definitely my favourite parabatai.</p><p>No surprises here: I had so much fun reading this! I laughed out loud at some of the interactions between the key characters and I couldn’t wait to follow them into <i>Chain of Iron</i>! Loved it.</p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-41368708604832303682021-03-09T19:43:00.005+00:002022-02-26T09:38:46.036+00:00My Writing & Publishing Timeline (because I’m starting to forget the dates)<p><b>Mid-90s</b>: Started writing my first full-length “novel”.</p><p><b>Late 90s</b>: The beginning of my first “writer’s block”, which lasted around 10 years! </p><p>↪️Storytime post: ><a href="https://nehayazmin.medium.com/block-178a3d193490?sk=36471ca5f07e28cc6fe2b093cb7bc797" target="_blank">That Time I Had Writer’s Block. For 10 Years</a><</p><p><br /></p><p><b>August 1, 2010</b>: Started writing <i>Soulmates Saga #1</i>, four days after my 26th birthday.</p><p>↪️More details in this post ><a href="https://nehayazmin.medium.com/the-story-behind-chasing-pavements-26ed2aa86fdf" target="_blank">The Story Behind Soulmates Saga #1</a><</p><p><br /></p><p><b>H1 2011</b>: Wrote <i>Soulmates Saga #2</i> and started writing the <i>Poison Blood Series</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>H1 2012</b>: Started writing <i>Soulmates Saga #3</i>, worked on the <i>Poison Blood Series</i> in parallel.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>June 30, 2012</b>: Published <i><a href="http://bit.ly/SS1ap" target="_blank">Soulmates Saga #1</a> </i>🥳🥳🥳</p><p><br /></p><p><b>August 26, 2012</b>: Published <i><a href="http://bit.ly/PB1ap" target="_blank">Vampire Revelation</a></i> (Poison Blood #1) 🥳🥳🥳</p><p><br /></p><p><b>October 1, 2012</b>: Published <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39293059-poison-blood-book-2" target="_blank">Vampire Absolution</a></i> (Poison Blood #1.5. Only available to subscribers) 🥳🥳🥳</p><p><br /></p><p><b>December 2012</b>: The beginning of another “writer’s block”, which lasted almost three years.</p><p>↪️Storytime post: ><a href="https://medium.com/swlh/indie-f9d65b776ba4?sk=4bce61dd510a86fa11691d038bc92ad0" target="_blank">This Is Why I Almost Didn’t Become An Indie Author</a><</p><p><br /></p><p><b>November 26, 2015</b>: Finished writing a <i>Soulmates Saga #3</i>.</p><p>↪️Read what happened when my BFF read the first draft of this book ><a href="https://nehayazmin.medium.com/friend-d055360d52f9?sk=acfee869e0dc47613f7353dc1b9e7136" target="_blank">That Time My Best Friend Stopped Talking To Me Because of My Book</a><</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Q1 2016</b>: Finished writing <i>Vampire Prophecy & Vampire Apocalypse</i> (final books in the Poison Blood Series).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Q2 2016</b>: Started writing the <i>Witch’s Blood Series</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>July 27, 2016</b>: Published <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39289667-every-little-piece-of-us" target="_blank">Soulmates Saga #3</a> 🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>Halloween 2016:</b> Published final two instalments of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Poison-Blood-Book-Apocalypse-Vampire-ebook/dp/B01JS887JK" target="_blank">Poison Blood Series</a> 🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>H2 2016</b>: Wrote <i>If I Say Yes</i> (Love & Alternatives Duology #1) and started writing the conclusion, <i>If I Say No</i>.</p><p>↪️The first series I started writing after recovering from brain surgery ><a href="https://medium.com/an-idea/brain-e6e269d18e5d?sk=181da1eb998eb3601d0833b380492625" target="_blank">That Time Doctors Said I Could Die If I Sneezed</a><</p><p><br /></p><p><b>May 15, 2017</b>: Published <i><a href="http://bit.ly/IISYk" target="_blank">If I Say Yes</a></i> on Amazon 🥳🥳🥳</p><p><b>November 11, 2017</b>: Published <i><a href="http://bit.ly/IISYa" target="_blank">If I Say Yes</a></i> at all other retailers 🥳🥳🥳</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Q1 2018</b>: Finished writing the first two books in the <i>Witch’s Blood Series</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>June 12, 2018</b>: Published <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Blood-2-Book/dp/B07DCDFNGC" target="_blank">Witch’s Blood Series</a>, Books 1 & 2 🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>September 2018</b>: Started writing the <i>Heir to the Throne Trilogy</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>February 4, 2020</b>: Published <i><a href="http://bit.ly/AusHTTT" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne #1</a> 🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>March 3, 2020</b>: Published <i><a href="https://books.apple.com/au/book/tied-to-the-crown/id1482820398" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne #2</a> 🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>April 2020</b>: Wrote <i>Curse to the Kingdom</i> (An Heir to the Throne Companion Novelette).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>July 3, 2020</b>: Published <i><a href="https://books.apple.com/au/book/keys-to-the-realm/id1501021681" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne #3</a> 🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p><i>↪️</i>This book hit no.1 in it’s category on release day ><a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2020/06/book-release.html" target="_blank">Release Day Ramblings</a><</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>H2 2020</b>: Finished writing <i>If I Say No</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>September 4, 2020</b>: Published <i><a href="http://bit.ly/CTTKap" target="_blank">Curse to the Kingdom</a> 🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p>↪️My first high fantasy novelette ><a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2020/08/blog-post.html?m=1" target="_blank">Read Excerpt Now</a><</p><p><br /></p><p><b>January 29, 2021</b>: Published <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CCZSBVF" target="_blank">If I Say No</a></i><i>🥳🥳🥳</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>March 2021</b>: Started new WIP, which may or may not go anywhere, we’ll see🤔</p><p><br /></p><p><b>July 3, 2021:</b> Published <i><a href="https://books2read.com/FTTS" target="_blank">Fire to the Sea</a></i> (<i>Heir to the Throne #2.1</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>September 15, 2021</b>: Started new novel😊</p><p><br /></p><p><b>November 20, 2021</b>: Started new novel😊</p><p><br /></p><p><b>February 15, 2022</b>: Started plotting new novel😊</p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-81095850323944649562021-01-28T21:43:00.023+00:002021-03-15T14:40:30.697+00:00Book Review: Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mnieaVi9DQ9s0NogRCgv0adZb18fK60srbMoPIAa6biW3klHAXDM55bHthWQgemErKOz9kbSDK6ZpPFzSJc-uHFpjApa-QoLiDEC8J7vpzWAMYIH5WqYHuGv64Cxx9AAz0kDNzY0kNA/s2048/55608EA5-0247-48B8-B0A8-E69A1ED2CC91.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mnieaVi9DQ9s0NogRCgv0adZb18fK60srbMoPIAa6biW3klHAXDM55bHthWQgemErKOz9kbSDK6ZpPFzSJc-uHFpjApa-QoLiDEC8J7vpzWAMYIH5WqYHuGv64Cxx9AAz0kDNzY0kNA/w320-h400/55608EA5-0247-48B8-B0A8-E69A1ED2CC91.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">I flew</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">through this book and finished it in under a week.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Three nights in a row, I read until 4am because I just didn’t want to put it down. Couldn’t put it down. Couldn’t leave the world and the characters that I fell so instantly in love with.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">From the first page, I knew this book was going straight for my heart, and when I finished Chapter 1, it had gripped my heart quite tightly.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Chapter 2, and I knew my heart wouldn’t be in one piece when I was done with this book—and it wasn’t.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">By the time I got to the end of Chapter 3, I knew I’d re-read it as soon as I finished it. I just knew. And you know what? I did. It’s just that good!</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I loved it so much! Loved everything about it—every character, every sentence, every little thing. And the writing was amazing, of course. Cassandra Clare’s writing gets better and better with every book and in this one, it was faultless.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I gave <i>Lord of Shadows </i>5-stars, my favourite <i>Shadawhunter</i> book ever; I wasn’t expecting to like <i>Chain of Gold</i> more than that because I always enjoy the second book in all her trilogies the most—and also because <i>The Last Hours</i> trilogy is the sequel series to <i>The Infernal Devices</i> trilogy, which is my least favourite trilogy in the <i>Shadowhunter Chronicles</i>. So, I want to give <i>Chain of Gold</i> more than 5-stars. Maybe 500 stars because I enjoyed it that much more than <i>Lord of Shadows</i>?</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Here are some thoughts I had while reading and re-reading this book:</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">“I didn’t know this book included a trope I’ve been craving!”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">“These boys and their friendship! I need more books with friendships like these!”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">“Will’s not the only one that’s biased towards the Carstairs. All my favourite Shadowhunters are Carstairs!”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">“I need Anna to send me some of those dresses!”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Needless to say, I couldn’t wait for the sequel to come out, especially with the way things played out at the end, wondering if Book 2, <i>Chain of Iron</i>, would follow the pattern of being my favourite of the trilogy. “If so,” I thought, “it will be epic and I might just die.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Read my review of the sequel </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">>></span><a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2021/03/book-review-chain-of-iron-by-cassandra.html" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><<</span></p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-11586578194889177512021-01-28T19:25:00.008+00:002021-08-04T12:38:20.277+01:00New Release Ramblings<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The conclusion to my <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087JFHJBJ" target="_blank">Love & Alternatives Duology</a></i> is out! Fans that pre-ordered <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CCZSBVF" target="_blank">If I Say No</a></i> will soon find out how this two-part wedding romance is wrapped up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #073763;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iTrwxBUewrtEYcHmvCYFfATXCSf8DcyAewhZLRq6573V-VcaC1AFGrMxdWgTFIIMB5WxxfJ5nzybw1F17Aoox7-pYaOP2R8uA2h7D8sF7p_tcZAd0e7Z7arqk5aKgAperzA4VFPOf_s/s1500/iisn+kindle.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="1500" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iTrwxBUewrtEYcHmvCYFfATXCSf8DcyAewhZLRq6573V-VcaC1AFGrMxdWgTFIIMB5WxxfJ5nzybw1F17Aoox7-pYaOP2R8uA2h7D8sF7p_tcZAd0e7Z7arqk5aKgAperzA4VFPOf_s/w258-h235/iisn+kindle.png" width="258" /></a></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For some, it’s been a very long wait and I’m reminded of the long gap between the release of the first books in my <i><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/vampire-revelation/id562723136" target="_blank">Poison Blood Series</a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074CBKHSZ" target="_blank">Soulmates Saga</a></i> (H2 2012) and the conclusion of those series (H2 2016). Luckily, fans of those series were happy with the finales. It might be a different story for this <i>Duology</i>. <b>And I’m not afraid to admit that I’m very nervous right now</b>. More nervous than I’ve been for any other sequel.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><br /></div><div>Readers that grew attached to the characters in this wedding romance or became invested in the story have an idea of what they hope and want to happen in the concluding part, what they think should happen, and what they think will happen. Some fans might be left feeling a little underwhelmed if the events in the book don’t align with their expectations and desires—especially as they’ve had so long to ponder on it—or if they just don’t like what happens, thus feel cheated out of the finale they were waiting for. I mean, <b>my best friend stopped talking to me for a bit because things in my <i>Soulmates Saga</i> didn’t pan out the way she wanted them to. </b>So yeah, I have plenty to be nervous about. Eek.</div><div><br /></div><div>The only thing I can promise you is that <b>the writing quality is heaps better in this book</b>. I’ve written six books since writing <i>If I Say Yes</i> in 2016; I know I’ve improved. I understand the genre conventions much better now, too. I also had longer to work on <i>If I Say No</i>; it’s been a bigger labour of love than the first book. If fans don’t like the conclusion as much as they liked Book 1, at least I know it won’t be because the writing isn’t as good. We’ll see. <b>Just keep an open mind, I suppose, and try to appreciate the story for what it is</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiC7B1kCLw9hU2di9TX3jNcNNFI-8Y9imwY0Rz9ILjyFBScAQ-1EKcCrRw02kuWmrMq8aCpnnZMkyoYw9HdoGFXzkhQMDAoI6UktAP09qyG6Fsyvj28JugVxrxsIIXMZcW-8qj0AOrlaM/s1500/banner+JPEG+post+release.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiC7B1kCLw9hU2di9TX3jNcNNFI-8Y9imwY0Rz9ILjyFBScAQ-1EKcCrRw02kuWmrMq8aCpnnZMkyoYw9HdoGFXzkhQMDAoI6UktAP09qyG6Fsyvj28JugVxrxsIIXMZcW-8qj0AOrlaM/w494-h165/banner+JPEG+post+release.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Why I Delayed Completing <i>If I Say No</i></b></div><div>This book has been in my head for four years and it feels good to finally pull it out of my imagination and throw it onto the page. Some of you know why I didn’t finish writing <i>If</i> <i>I Say No</i> immediately after writing <i>If I Say Yes</i>, but most of you don’t. I think I owe you an explanation.</div><div><br /></div><div>Quick answer: <b>It looked as though no one read or liked <i>If I Say Yes</i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Within the first two of years its release (published in May 2017), <i>If I Say Yes</i> was downloaded by almost 10,000 readers on <b>Amazon US</b> alone (plus ~5,000 readers on <b>Smashwords</b>). Without any paid advertising. Before November 2019, however, there was only one positive review at Amazon US and one positive review at Amazon UK (4-star and a 5-star reviews, respectively). The other retailers didn’t have <i>any</i> reviews or ratings in that time. <b>“No one’s reading it. No one liked it if they did read it. No one wants the sequel,” I assumed</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>With my other free series starters—where there weren’t many reviews, either, but a lot of ratings at Apple Books and Nook—I could tell readers were enjoying them based on the paid sales of the sequels. I mean, they wouldn’t pay $3.99 for a sequel to a book they didn’t like, right? Because <i>If I Say Yes</i> didn’t have a published sequel, I had no way of determining reader sentiment and assumed the worst. As a lot of writers are prone to do *shrug*</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, I know this goes without saying for most of you reading this, but I’m still going to say it because, you know, some people might twist my words around: This is not me complaining or blaming anyone—especially not my readers—for not reviewing my book. <b>You know I don’t think readers owe authors book reviews</b>. I’m just saying that this is what went through my head. Some would argue that I should have finished the series regardless, but I had a newborn baby (born December 2017) and had to stop writing <i>If I Say No, stop writing completely</i>, in the few months leading up to his birth and in his first few months in the world due to health conditions and you know, pregnancy and motherhood.</div><div><br /></div><div>When the Baby settled into a routine of napping during the day, I finished writing <i>Witch’s Blood, Book 2</i> and published the <i>Witch’s Blood Series</i> in summer 2018. This was the series I had to stop writing because <i>If I Say Yes</i> “demanded” to be completed first. When <i>If I Say Yes</i> didn’t “take off”, it made more sense to use what little free time I had to write the witch books instead of completing a <i>Duology</i> that no one seemed to be reading.</div><div><br /></div><div>The <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DBFX58Z" target="_blank">Witch’s Blood Series</a></i> is the follow-up to the vampire books that people were enjoying, paying for, so it already had an audience, so to speak. Other companies discontinue certain products that people don’t like and focus on producing the items that customers want—and they’re multinational companies! I’m just one person. I followed my gut and my heart, as I tend to do with my books, and put <i>If I Say No</i> on-hold.</div><div><br /></div><div>I got the idea for my epic fantasy series soon after the <i>Witch’s Blood</i> books came out and I spent the next couple of years writing the<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YQ5C9Y2" target="_blank"> Heir to the Throne Trilogy</a></i> instead of completing <i>If I Say No</i>. No one seemed to be reading <i>If I Say Yes</i>, so I felt little guilt over postponing it further. I was eager to write my new fantasy books, so I did it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6IQbtNnYUP_UkwfF0e46z1Z_DDL5FYnpOf0PnMAFpar4ueURIRp2jKN84mlg8h-Ql9sltgfjUFgHRvDAs41ClksBcZcBA64uzmUJSPUwccrtRG3EdLaDsBUYabioUSlzzZHAc5qz8qU/s1200/707108E8-B681-4513-B879-F55964BCB17B.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1200" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6IQbtNnYUP_UkwfF0e46z1Z_DDL5FYnpOf0PnMAFpar4ueURIRp2jKN84mlg8h-Ql9sltgfjUFgHRvDAs41ClksBcZcBA64uzmUJSPUwccrtRG3EdLaDsBUYabioUSlzzZHAc5qz8qU/w564-h188/707108E8-B681-4513-B879-F55964BCB17B.jpeg" width="564" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Why I Decided To Publish <i>If I Say No</i></b></div><div>Towards the end of 2019 and early 2020, I received several DMs in quick succession from readers saying they loved <i>If I Say Yes</i> and were desperate for the sequel. <b>One person even said they re-read it around two years after their first read!</b> Like what? Someone re-read <i>my </i>self-published book? Seriously? I know I only re-read my most favourite books, the ones I love, the ones that have great sentimental value to me—how could someone re-read a book <i>I </i>wrote?! <i>Me</i>! Wow.</div><div><br /></div><div>My mind was officially blown. It’s like the coolest thing ever. The best feeling. “If I never make it as a writer,” I said to my husband after reading the below comment, “I can still die with the knowledge that I wrote a book that one person re-read.”</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkiuAL4U9Cw33YiZe7xJpNCx30e2DGLyupiJdSTO8dXm1Jiq5vNXpfT5Y3gCcLBelVjlBcWG74zAXGCidf4r8YydjaxLRLIwcbhRZGNlrZzSAv3xuP7UcLWVLwRxVRxd6yMluM2cjQmQ/s604/blogger+comment+IISY.JPG" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="80" data-original-width="604" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkiuAL4U9Cw33YiZe7xJpNCx30e2DGLyupiJdSTO8dXm1Jiq5vNXpfT5Y3gCcLBelVjlBcWG74zAXGCidf4r8YydjaxLRLIwcbhRZGNlrZzSAv3xuP7UcLWVLwRxVRxd6yMluM2cjQmQ/w543-h72/blogger+comment+IISY.JPG" width="543" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I had no idea that book had resonated with people in that way, had no way of knowing that readers were eagerly awaiting the conclusion to Shell’s story. A couple of positive reviews trickled in around about this time, too. Together, they painted a much more positive picture of the series.</div><div><br /></div><div>I’m thankful for those messages because at the start of 2020, I actually decided to hit Unpublish on <i>If I Say Yes</i>. <b>That’s right: I decided not to write the sequel and pan the series altogether</b>. I didn’t want to leave the series starter at the retailers, for free or otherwise, when I knew I wasn’t going to complete the <i>Duology</i>. It would have annoyed anyone that read to the end and saw “Book 2 isn’t happening anymore. Sorry.” I wrote it as part 1 of a 2-part story with a specific (intended) reading experience in mind, and half the series wouldn’t have done it. Besides, my epic fantasy series was about to come out and I didn’t think I wanted to write contemporary romance anymore, especially not the sequel to a book that no one seemed to be reading (or enjoying if they did read it).</div><div><br /></div><div>So, yeah, this is a finale that wouldn’t have been written if it wasn’t for the readers. Because of them, I ended up writing <i>If I Say No</i> in the year I’d decided not to write it at all LOL.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBopkSCWJXTpZzNy8pFZ7rK-dKz2KXeu-OLcMUHlPFmXPtroWC5Y5KgxIJPqXP4MGA4kYcxDsNo3EdsWjK262EFt-yBf2jr3-FV9I0d1effGaIP9_thBCfxiOFmhpizX0iPqOw9anR9E/s828/ded.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBopkSCWJXTpZzNy8pFZ7rK-dKz2KXeu-OLcMUHlPFmXPtroWC5Y5KgxIJPqXP4MGA4kYcxDsNo3EdsWjK262EFt-yBf2jr3-FV9I0d1effGaIP9_thBCfxiOFmhpizX0iPqOw9anR9E/s320/ded.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>*Wipes away tears* Anyway, here are the links at the various retailers:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CCZSBVF" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a></div><div><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/if-i-say-no/id1522146839" target="_blank">Apple Books</a></div><div><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-i-say-no-neha-yazmin/1137300927" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble Nook</a></div><div><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/if-i-say-no-1" target="_blank">Kobo</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Free Book to Celebrate</b></div><div>To celebrate the release of my sequels, I usually make the series starter free for a limited time. However, <i>If I Say Yes</i> has always been free and will be free until further notice, so...</div><div><br /></div><div>Book 1 of my other contemporary romance series, <i>Soulmates Saga</i>, is free for a limited time at <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/every-little-piece-of-you/id1487096215" target="_blank">Apple Books</a>, <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/every-little-piece-of-you-neha-yazmin/1130012336?ean=2940163101740" target="_blank">B&N Nook</a>, and <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/every-little-piece-of-you-1" target="_blank">Kobo</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bear in mind that it’s a completely different story to <i>If I Say Yes</i> and has a different feel to it. A bit more grown-up with some darker themes. The overall series does have some <i>Wuthering Heights</i> vibes to it, too! It will always be special to me and I’m glad the readers that reviewed Book 1 over the years were touched by it. Don’t miss out on discovering this epic musical <i>Saga</i> with a touch of Bollywood-esque romance! You’ll get the revised 2020 edition of this book, which I uploaded the other day, complete with an extended preview of the sequel (first eight chapters).</div><div><br /></div><div>As some of you know from this <a href="https://nehayazmin.medium.com/editing-backlist-1b9bffdd9fcb?sk=a095930341c8eced4083095f3131187d" target="_blank">post</a>, I edit and re-publish my older books when I launch a new novel in that genre, so that new readers can get the best version possible. That’s what I did with the <i>Saga</i> in the lead up to this release. I wanted to re-write my 2012 publications as though I got the ideas now, but time was an issue, so I did in-depth line edits, improving and adding to what’s already there—as well as deleting some stuff, too, of course.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you download it from Apple Books (for your iPhone or iPad), you’ll be able to update it to every future version I upload. That’s why I personally prefer to buy ebooks from Apple Books—I don’t always get to read everything I download straightaway, but when I do get around to reading them, I can always update the file to the latest version before flipping to page 1. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Praise for Soulmates Saga #1</b></div><div>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div>"A truly fantastic read. The two main characters are cleverly crafted, impeccable. Their depth makes them feel real."</div><div>—Author, I.C. Camilleri</div><div><br /></div><div>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div>"Very well-written. I felt like I knew the characters myself!"</div><div>—Kobo Review of Smashwords Edition</div><div><br /></div><div>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div>"I cannot believe this is Neha’s first book. It is perfect."</div><div>—Blogger, Charlotte Lynn Reviews</div><div><br /></div><div>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div>“I loved the book. It touched me in such a way that I felt lost for a while without having Jamie and Mukti in my life. I can’t believe that this is the author's first book; the way it’s written is excellent.”</div><div>—Blogger, RosieReview</div><div><br /></div><div>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div>"Touching, moving, unique love story."</div><div>—Apple Books UK Review of Smashwords Edition</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1YR1I5RygwiGL5ougVMMT64QEoEwv5VQXL1fHMlttHguXInd7QxD7oSQjIm1tmucWlQLsU2IfqHhjq-QvVNk93U9y4quCY0Ms2_j8b2Bc8nTQhwqF4j9XrcuwExOoV0shmrka5SaylI/s1500/C4FB5461-CC3F-49F0-B5AB-601568388DCC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1YR1I5RygwiGL5ougVMMT64QEoEwv5VQXL1fHMlttHguXInd7QxD7oSQjIm1tmucWlQLsU2IfqHhjq-QvVNk93U9y4quCY0Ms2_j8b2Bc8nTQhwqF4j9XrcuwExOoV0shmrka5SaylI/w400-h134/C4FB5461-CC3F-49F0-B5AB-601568388DCC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>And these comments on <i>If I Say Yes</i> are just as lovely—who wouldn’t complete a <i>Duology </i>after reading these? LOL. These are the people to whom I’m dedicating <i>If I Say No</i>:</div><div><br /></div><div>Amazon US reviews:</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM2ffcKAAc3YzLi2owbPms__JyMfE86SXjTIrkNAQicxTitr1XXuCjhSw5IoxwpmsdOW-aoNwjBbebJo24E1ukZg6ODeH5n5MeDenis9gm6KpQc6Y5pjblo_3u5Im02UlkZhnnl5IvtA/s612/2+Kindle+US+reviews.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="612" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM2ffcKAAc3YzLi2owbPms__JyMfE86SXjTIrkNAQicxTitr1XXuCjhSw5IoxwpmsdOW-aoNwjBbebJo24E1ukZg6ODeH5n5MeDenis9gm6KpQc6Y5pjblo_3u5Im02UlkZhnnl5IvtA/w462-h278/2+Kindle+US+reviews.JPG" width="462" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R151219VOQOOUA/" target="_blank">Amazon UK</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaexCaZfd5gitjxGetTwewhlm5j-Nzb3GBfRQMBgecYeebyH9vFjHHzzTEcwxBkPEaAUR_63K97BHCXeCJvjwTpqPyzh4OClqaa-Cj6DxLjUVGm2hCN3jbY7qG_LxObidRSjvYvFvT-I/s320/Facebook+comment+IISY.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Apple Books US:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVhmk4fXyu495PxdnGS2WEzQUT8aGRRHsPGVBkguIs329Sdi8F9N8dBZ-LSwWFA9o67mzAdqzcEnM6OgavoTGJATHwzS-UZEbW2wH4l0eXUnwevUh_JPXX_Vg2dE-O-dCZ41uiG6nD14/s328/iBooks+US+review.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="328" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVhmk4fXyu495PxdnGS2WEzQUT8aGRRHsPGVBkguIs329Sdi8F9N8dBZ-LSwWFA9o67mzAdqzcEnM6OgavoTGJATHwzS-UZEbW2wH4l0eXUnwevUh_JPXX_Vg2dE-O-dCZ41uiG6nD14/w400-h244/iBooks+US+review.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.scribd.com/book/364248802/If-I-Say-Yes" target="_blank">Scribd review</a>:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0O9dNpc8IN3qcDv2K64T-n9DyBGSCFScr5_b1msY6SlIdkovSsubvlmR6PvaLYuPzi3Fa5XZxXZwL3mq2GgWy4ERBuLWnAsBpEQaNFNKs6HkF0x-LUOB3iseaWW6CUuBzfSMeZUQLoc/s861/scribd.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="828" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0O9dNpc8IN3qcDv2K64T-n9DyBGSCFScr5_b1msY6SlIdkovSsubvlmR6PvaLYuPzi3Fa5XZxXZwL3mq2GgWy4ERBuLWnAsBpEQaNFNKs6HkF0x-LUOB3iseaWW6CUuBzfSMeZUQLoc/w385-h400/scribd.jpeg" width="385" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3IA70UYBUV6HQ" target="_blank">below review</a> was posted on Kindle US after the sequel was announced but it seems they may have read it before I decided to write the conclusion. How cool that this reader experienced <i>If I Say </i>exactly as I wanted readers to. It’s good to know I achieved it for this reader *wink.*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQdNSeCFd9Pp4l-e67m9i2HZhJeRO2bNM6-3-uLMk1he4O2SlSM1jCb0_ymzt5Ru9lold_kB1-qyqdz8BQ9p-fR1SrgvcgLomzcmCQWomsE1R3PW7m98d9btz3jJP-T_PikhiphVO2xY/s1342/Kindle+US+review.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="1342" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQdNSeCFd9Pp4l-e67m9i2HZhJeRO2bNM6-3-uLMk1he4O2SlSM1jCb0_ymzt5Ru9lold_kB1-qyqdz8BQ9p-fR1SrgvcgLomzcmCQWomsE1R3PW7m98d9btz3jJP-T_PikhiphVO2xY/w584-h124/Kindle+US+review.JPG" width="584" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When I first told my mailing list that <i>If I Say No</i> was coming out and explained the delay, I received great responses; this was my favourite: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RYZKh-BM3I-j3zbHnXW62Et1GLRc1jgXPtJ7kgA5CuTXj1Hijw3jYD9Q2ODEhLi0J1fyV_AFMRVc7aGRquh3qfyZJ2lU8LGlkr7aLu5SDYb8VktwKqZg7Y8t31XJiw07wfcV3clfDRI/s828/83C250A3-4C01-4025-B8B9-1FBCACF2110D.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="828" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RYZKh-BM3I-j3zbHnXW62Et1GLRc1jgXPtJ7kgA5CuTXj1Hijw3jYD9Q2ODEhLi0J1fyV_AFMRVc7aGRquh3qfyZJ2lU8LGlkr7aLu5SDYb8VktwKqZg7Y8t31XJiw07wfcV3clfDRI/w355-h337/83C250A3-4C01-4025-B8B9-1FBCACF2110D.jpeg" width="355" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks to everyone at Apple Books US for these ratings:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5FTpeGTVKGm-eE5YCEIjDc-JbLqtHMQj2wpgpxutnbILVG6f62WChbTe-B8QSMC4n2Fk0Iepc5yL7B_5zUmumKf5SInIjnu6M6vKEitcg9j0j5NdcxezmABxuCYm9kIhUd9qw0YhKpA/s604/iisy+ibooks+us.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="503" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5FTpeGTVKGm-eE5YCEIjDc-JbLqtHMQj2wpgpxutnbILVG6f62WChbTe-B8QSMC4n2Fk0Iepc5yL7B_5zUmumKf5SInIjnu6M6vKEitcg9j0j5NdcxezmABxuCYm9kIhUd9qw0YhKpA/w360-h432/iisy+ibooks+us.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, check out <a href="https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCEhi7zrIMsUBm_q7wXdipGg" target="_blank">Courtney Young’s YouTube channel</a>, which is where I first got the idea to ramble on my release days. Courtney films what she’s feeling and thinking on the days she releases her books to look back on them later.</div><div><br /></div><div>My previous release day ramblings posts:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2020/02/release-day-ramblings-writers-voice-and.html" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne #1</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2020/06/book-release.html" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne #3</a> (when the finale to this trilogy hit no.1 on release day!)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2020/08/blog-post.html" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne #0.1</a> (inc. sample of <i>Curse to the Kingdom</i>)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for reading!</div><div><br /></div><div>EDIT: And here’s a treat if you’ve read this far: The first review for <i>If I Say No</i> was posted on January 30, 2021 on Goodreads, a day after release! This is the fastest review ever for any of my books! And I was right, this reader <i>was</i> hoping for the sequel to go in a different direction—and is no doubt, one of many readers that felt this way—but thankfully, they enjoyed it to 4-star level, yay! Read the review >><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3652550052?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank">here</a><< and the same reader’s review on the first book >><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3342857151?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank">here</a><<</div><div><br /></div></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-55847078125551891122020-08-09T22:38:00.169+01:002022-02-26T09:58:03.438+00:00Free Epic Fantasy Novelette—Read An Excerpt!<p><i style="font-family: georgia;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQQ2P-arjjsTlyjoD1nDXXeWDnbe-VUmJM6eIso-7p8IvOUgj1xFrOJJN5k5RzxNlk0OWCUZn0uN_Pm8WS_fF5N-6m6eY_olCpUoPhscQH4BCpvZSJUrWKHaaoi-dNvslugvFOXu6Pc/s1200/CCACA1E7-A799-4071-B70D-F92EFF030652.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNQQ2P-arjjsTlyjoD1nDXXeWDnbe-VUmJM6eIso-7p8IvOUgj1xFrOJJN5k5RzxNlk0OWCUZn0uN_Pm8WS_fF5N-6m6eY_olCpUoPhscQH4BCpvZSJUrWKHaaoi-dNvslugvFOXu6Pc/w400-h225/CCACA1E7-A799-4071-B70D-F92EFF030652.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Curse to the Kingdom</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, a novelette set in the world of my </span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/au/book/heir-to-the-throne/id1482405213" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne Trilogy</a></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">, is out now! It’s </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">free</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> to download </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">exclusively</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> at </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/curse-to-the-kingdom/id1522146606" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">Apple Books</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><a href="https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/curse-to-the-kingdom-neha-yazmin/1137300912?ean=2940163073023" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">B&N Nook Store</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, and </span><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/curse-to-the-kingdom" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">Kobo</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The cover, blurb, and the first three chapters of this story are below. If you check it out, I hope you enjoy it—it’s the first time I’m posting an excerpt of any of my books here and it might be the first time a lot of you are reading ‘my fiction’ for a change. A little nervous about what you’ll think...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>“Some rituals really shouldn’t be practiced anymore, especially if someone could die by the end of it.”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two extraordinary ceremonies are about to change 18-year-old Cyvishi’s life forever in this novelette set in the epic fantasy world of the <i>Heir to the Throne Trilogy</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Luckily, Cyvishi has a plan, one she will execute if the Kingdom’s customs and traditions force her into a life-or-death situation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>“I will <i>not</i> suffer the same tragic demise of Queens from centuries past.”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Curse to the Kingdom</i> gives fans an extra glimpse of the fantasy world of the <i>Heir to the Throne Trilogy</i>—and is an excellent introduction for readers that have yet to discover this royalty fantasy series. This story can be read as a standalone at any point in the series—no spoilers for the main trilogy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Read the first three chapters now:</span></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQDd-HdikyuIDFZCd7d2LAEGB57rOzglwFLuHX_8WejT71eJHllqqRHSJ_27hWOXCUoPIeO-MfjDykwqNeA17ibGVGkyYLINueteU17N6poWSnioBs3r4ZfOCQbTYfF7_leD5V0cK0rg/s828/0FCCB395-EE9A-406A-8286-4A5822179629.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="828" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQDd-HdikyuIDFZCd7d2LAEGB57rOzglwFLuHX_8WejT71eJHllqqRHSJ_27hWOXCUoPIeO-MfjDykwqNeA17ibGVGkyYLINueteU17N6poWSnioBs3r4ZfOCQbTYfF7_leD5V0cK0rg/w328-h216/0FCCB395-EE9A-406A-8286-4A5822179629.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_pjNOgzmS2-GHdSEjpOZYjy4Ugciyab6GQ6Aaz09z9R5WQ1ugcQsy9JR1sLqsRcIpwg7GeP2cxb6AqquvgotEiuJhQ03wGfuy1kFj0Pkyqu300Tx0aO0LcOKZdWgHqTyK43Bqx7l6Sk/s828/26ABCE89-C443-4169-8F06-09BF6408E669.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="828" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_pjNOgzmS2-GHdSEjpOZYjy4Ugciyab6GQ6Aaz09z9R5WQ1ugcQsy9JR1sLqsRcIpwg7GeP2cxb6AqquvgotEiuJhQ03wGfuy1kFj0Pkyqu300Tx0aO0LcOKZdWgHqTyK43Bqx7l6Sk/w328-h322/26ABCE89-C443-4169-8F06-09BF6408E669.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6I3Mzw5t8wlCz8XFJYEHhYS4ltwhLdLGTlQPZgk6sg9MmJAIc4vDAbSDgW1Mrbn0G5C-R_v0CQU5FNIfUrUh8YbqhtHbDkptPzhEFRhAUIXYtFD02YbZuxw3MekdHH8QXsCWN4ypBNl4/s828/EAC28264-403A-4B9E-A0FF-F499CB4D9FFC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="828" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6I3Mzw5t8wlCz8XFJYEHhYS4ltwhLdLGTlQPZgk6sg9MmJAIc4vDAbSDgW1Mrbn0G5C-R_v0CQU5FNIfUrUh8YbqhtHbDkptPzhEFRhAUIXYtFD02YbZuxw3MekdHH8QXsCWN4ypBNl4/w410-h206/EAC28264-403A-4B9E-A0FF-F499CB4D9FFC.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some rituals really shouldn’t be practiced anymore, especially if someone could die by the end of it. The thought was disturbing enough that her arrow missed the bullseye by an inch. Cyvishi Deyati nocked another arrow in her bow and sent it soaring towards the same target. <i>Bullseye</i>. She plucked another arrow from her quiver and paused, sighed. Her heart just wasn’t in it today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Archery was the Island’s favourite pastime, the skill that most people in Walsdan excelled at—it was in their blood. <i>Blood</i>. Would she bleed—</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Stop</i>. She wouldn’t die tonight, but why should she partake in this savage ritual, anyway? <i>I’m not even betrothed to a King!</i> This trial was for the women that got engaged to the man sitting on the Throne. Cyvishi’s betrothed wasn’t even sitting on King Deklin’s Council. <i>Norhan just happens to be His Majesty’s most beloved friend</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">That’s why Cyvishi’s family had been so delighted that she and Norhan, son of Lord Rothson, had stumbled upon each other in the Finding ceremony a couple of weeks ago. He was a much better suit for her than they’d been aiming for. All her life, she’d known that her family were looking to get her married to the son of some Lord or Duke, but they couldn’t have dreamt that someone so close to the King would choose her. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">If the King of Walsdan had taken a liking to Cyvishi... Her parents would have <i>died</i> from happiness, but the dream of a Deyati marrying into the Royal Family was an impossible one. <i>At this present time</i>. But in the future? The Deyatis would try to move towards that reality, one generation at a time. That was the the final rung on the social ladder they were climbing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">In fact, they would have achieved their ultimate goal by now if their ancestors weren’t immigrants. Well, <i>ancestor</i>. Apparently, the Deyati that had emigrated to Walsdan all those years ago had been a young woman from the neighbouring Kingdom of Roshdan—and she’d come here with nothing more than the clothes on her back.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Clothes</i>. Cyvishi should go home and start getting ready for the ritual. It would take her at least an hour to get her <i>gaghri</i> looking right. Her parents had probably figured out that she was no longer in her room. It was a miracle that her brother hadn’t turned up—</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Cyv!”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">She sighed. Her brother <i>had</i> turned up. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“I’m coming, I’m coming.” She jogged up to the target to retrieve her arrows.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Though, she’d graduated from this archery school earlier this year, the teachers let her come and practice here whenever she liked. The trees lining the training ground gave the right amount of cover from the wind and the targets were already set up in the lush green field. She simply had to bring her bow and arrows. This was one of the best institutions in the Kingdom’s history and it had always felt like home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Mother and Father are ready to kill you.” Ryat shook his head at her when she walked up to him at the edge of the training ground. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">He was three years younger than her, but he’d grown so tall this past year that he looked much older than Cyvishi. By the time winter hit, he’d probably be twice her height. <i>A fifteen-year-old has no right to be that tall</i>. He was in his winter cloak, his golden hair hidden under its hood. Ryat held up her jacket for her—she’d discarded it when she’d started training.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Though autumn had only just arrived—the Harvest Festival a fortnight ago had marked its beginning—it was getting rather chilly. Still, Walsdan’s weather was nowhere near as cold as some of the other Islands in the north. People said that Roshdan, which was a fortnight’s sail north from Walsdan, had only two seasons: Winter and summer. And apparently, the summers there were very short—and not very hot, either. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thankfully, Walsdan enjoyed decent heatwaves in the hearts of its summers. Temperature-wise, there were clear distinctions between the four seasons, too. This year’s hot season had been one of the best of Cyvishi’s life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">She sighed inwardly. Marriage would mean that she couldn’t enjoy summers in the same way again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Marriage would mean that she’d never get to explore the seas that surrounded the Kingdom—that surrounded all the Island Kingdoms of the world. She would never see what life was like in other lands...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Why had she let herself dream of sailing around the world? Sailing south? To Islands like Majdan and Adgar, where life was believed to be so different from the land where she’d grown up...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">As they left the academy behind them, Ryat murmured, “I was hoping I wouldn’t find you there.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“What? <i>Why?</i>”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“I was hoping—when we realised that you’d snuck out of your window—I was thinking that maybe you’d run away...” He seemed serious.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Why would you think that, Ry?” She stopped walking and took hold of his elbow to stop him. “Why would you <i>want</i> that?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swallowing painfully, he whispered, “I don’t want you to die tonight.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">She sucked in a ragged breath. “I won’t.” She was pretty sure she’d survive tonight’s trial.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“You really don’t love anyone?” he asked, suddenly sounding like the older sibling. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cyvishi frowned. “Ry...”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Apart from us. You really don’t love anyone?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“I really don’t.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AdukU2ALSZWb8mZ_NOBhR4BoiXDZOSBXi_vc3KPs_hXCzGMu0_gZWrlJjzLT_xnE2DaC6ti3qjQ912kHAR5RTBP4MCRYO4m6WJac5lhUBm77kcMrBuAg8GNq6nAnb_p5cgsop-Txrbo/s828/FA924DB7-09AC-438B-B543-18B6243A3924.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="828" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AdukU2ALSZWb8mZ_NOBhR4BoiXDZOSBXi_vc3KPs_hXCzGMu0_gZWrlJjzLT_xnE2DaC6ti3qjQ912kHAR5RTBP4MCRYO4m6WJac5lhUBm77kcMrBuAg8GNq6nAnb_p5cgsop-Txrbo/w410-h206/FA924DB7-09AC-438B-B543-18B6243A3924.jpeg" width="410" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yvala really loved him. With all that she was. She had loved Alek her entire life, but only in the last couple of years had she realised just how much. And in how many ways. It took her breath away whenever he told her that he felt the same way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">As she lay in the forbidden waters of Eena’s Lake, soaking up the last of the afternoon sunshine, Alek told her for the millionth time since their courtship began that he couldn’t wait to marry her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Really?” Yvala teased, kicking the water with her bare feet. “Why haven’t you asked my father for my hand, then?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of course, he replied with, “You ask only for things that aren’t already yours.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">He was perched on a large boulder at the edge of the Lake, his clothes still wet from when they’d... <i>played</i> in the water earlier. His shadow on her body felt like a cool, protective blanket. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“You and I, we’re already one, Yva.” He jumped into the Lake, splashing water all over her. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">She was already wet, so it didn’t matter. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Besides, we’ve already promised ourselves to each other,” he whispered as he lay down on top of her. His damp curls tickled her face. “With the Sea Goddess as our witness.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Yes, Eena has witnessed the many things we’ve done and said to each other in her Lake</i>. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Their mouths connected and Yvala forgot where she was for several seconds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The water in this part of the Lake was shallow, smooth rocks and boulders allowing them to lie half-submerged in the water. Use as a bed...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">At last year’s Harvest Festival, a cleric had somehow realised that the holy water had been dirtied—Yvala and Alek had started coming here from the year before. Suspecting that it was children, the cleric had called for a change in the name of this most sacred landmark, from <i>Eena’s Lake</i> to <i>Goddess’s Lake</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The term <i>Goddess </i>would supposedly instil more fear in people’s hearts than the Sea Goddess’s name itself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yvala and Alek harboured fear and respect for Eena, for this place, but they couldn’t be alone together anywhere else. Courtships were forbidden. Even the Royal Family were prohibited from having love affairs, both before and after marriage.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you liked someone, you couldn’t do anything with them until you married them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you couldn’t marry them, and you still wanted to spend time with them, you had to be very careful when you snuck around together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eena’s Lake was the perfect place for them to meet. It only opened to the public once a year—on the day of the Harvest Festival, after sunset. This year’s gathering was just a few hours away. <i>We have to leave soon</i>. The clerics would arrive early to clean the nearby Worship House and prepare it for tonight’s ceremonies. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“And tonight,” Alek said as he broke away from her lips, “when we find each other during the—”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“<i>If</i> we find each other.” They hadn’t found each in the last two Finding ceremonies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“We will,” Alek insisted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">She couldn’t see the gold flecks in his brown eyes right now, but she could imagine how they would have sparkled if his back wasn’t to the sunshine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Because this year will be our third Finding ceremony,” he went on. “The third year that we made our secret offerings to the Sea Goddess. And the third year of us confessing our love to one another. It will be third time lucky. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When Eena blesses our love tonight, no one can stop us from getting married.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Indeed, it was the only way that her family would allow her to marry him—if they found each other during tonight’s ceremony. Stupid really, considering how much her parents liked Alek. He just wasn’t from the <i>right family</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yvala’s father wasn’t hoping for her to marry a Prince or a nobleman, but as the Island’s foremost archer, running the best archery academy in Walsdan, he had a reputation to think about when he married off his eldest daughter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“What will you do if the Goddess <i>doesn’t</i> bring us together tonight?” she asked as she rolled on top of him, wanting another breathless kiss. Probably the last one before they had to sneak out of the park.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, she marvelled at those golden streaks in his eyes as they gleamed in the light. <i>So beautiful</i>... Her brown eyes were simple in comparison, so dark they were almost black. Her hair was also black, but because she worked outside on a daily basis, helping her father’s students practice archery, the sun had browned it somewhat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Then, I will run away with you,” Alek told her quite seriously. “I don’t want to wait another day to be able to call you mine.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Her heart thudded at the need in his voice, the <i>want</i>. It mirrored her own desires.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yes, they’d been doing a lot of things with each other—<i>Forgive us Eena, for sullying your Lake</i>—but the ultimate act of love was something they’d vowed to save for their wedding night. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Will you come away with me?” he asked her, desperation in his voice, longing in his stunning eyes. “With the Sea Goddess as your witness, promise me Yva, that you will come with me.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“With the Sea Goddess as my witness, I promise you Alek, that I will.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TSkeMz6qur3dKNVJ5UKOXd37GeaeXTmMlx7MF-IJ_bDDQuo8GHwai6RCa7rE5gOaQxzA1Ws6a_ou_c15xyDRUMLuh7u4nK2nSdgUxn8lbhpmcUnu7kbgNgrRZaTAt06-82paWdarMQg/s828/8D70488B-C50B-4A28-8556-2AB33BB0ABF7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="828" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TSkeMz6qur3dKNVJ5UKOXd37GeaeXTmMlx7MF-IJ_bDDQuo8GHwai6RCa7rE5gOaQxzA1Ws6a_ou_c15xyDRUMLuh7u4nK2nSdgUxn8lbhpmcUnu7kbgNgrRZaTAt06-82paWdarMQg/w410-h208/8D70488B-C50B-4A28-8556-2AB33BB0ABF7.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The gaghri was in the most <i>hideous</i> colour. In Cyvishi’s opinion. Most girls her age liked this colour; maybe she’d even liked it as a child. Tonight, she couldn’t help wrinkle her nose at it in distaste. <i>It’s so bright</i>. Looking at it hurt her eyes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Pink really is the wrong colour for you, Cyv,” Ryat chuckled.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">They were in their front room, waiting for the carriage that would take them to Goddess’s Green, the park through which ran Goddess’s Lake. It was nearly time for her trial...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Shh,” rebuked their mother, “it’s traditional to wear pink for the trials.” She smoothed her heavily embellished <i>kurta</i> suit—a knee-length tunic with matching flared trousers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Despite the fanciness of her mother’s dark-blue outfit, Cyvishi wished she was wearing that instead—it’s what women wore to balls and family gatherings these days. The more lavish the event, the more beads and jewels were sown onto the kurta suits. The simplest version of the suit was what women wore on a daily basis. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Gaghris are traditional for a Queen-to-be,” Cyvishi murmured to her mother. “I’m not engaged to a King.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Norhan is better looking than the King,” her mother pointed out. <i>True</i>. “He’s the dark to your light.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Hmm.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">In terms of looks, Norhan really was the opposite of her—dark eyes and hair, tall and wide—but he’d insisted that he was an excellent archer like her. “We have that in common,” he’d murmured during the Finding ceremony a fortnight ago. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">He seemed straightforward, innocent. He had to be; Lord Rothson was a very strict, traditional man.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">In that regard, Cyvishi was probably the dark to his light.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Besides, you look nice in pink—it makes your blue eyes brighter,” her mother said, admiring the gaghri and not her eldest daughter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cyvishi had to allow that. The gold embroidery on her outfit <i>was</i> very pretty, matching her gold-blonde hair perfectly. Gaghris had gone out of fashion years ago, though. The only people that wore them now were the women that got betrothed to a King of Walsdan. And only on the day of their trials.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">She ran her hands over the sparkly beads and gems on the full-length skirt of her gaghri, careful not to scratch her skin on the sharp edges of the crystals. She then made sure that her stomach was hidden behind the matching shawl. It was pinned to the shoulder of her blouse and draped across her front like a curtain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sleeveless pink blouse was short and skimpy to say the least, tight and revealing. This was the most provocative thing she’d ever worn!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Why had a Queen from centuries ago donned such an outfit for her first Harvest Festival as Queen? People were more conservative back then. No, that Queen wasn’t responsible for Cyvishi’s current appearance; the clerics were. They insisted that the girls on trial should pay homage to the Queen that Walsdan would never forget.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>End of Preview. I hope you enjoyed it.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">To continue reading straightaway, download the full novelette for <b>free</b> from </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/curse-to-the-kingdom/id1522146606" target="_blank">Apple Books</a>, </span><a href="https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/curse-to-the-kingdom-neha-yazmin/1137300912?ean=2940163073023" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">B&N Nook Store</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, or </span><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/curse-to-the-kingdom" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">Kobo</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I talk about the inspiration behind this story in this <a href="https://medium.com/@NehaYazmin/story-b145b32cb97f?source=friends_link&sk=cbbf44e4feb71176d0ec599b14419669" target="_blank">blog post</a>, so check it out if you’re interested :)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KGSj7J5UWgeSLI0RJfuQRA1Er6FxkQHcmZEvcfQDxTbxgj-usUZO7Wn_C4W1Xw72wJMu9pithJZreB6248DCtW_XByk2xHaSVwwzmnFzaQcqelDLdZUbg4Ef1-hZq8sE_G68_hDIcLs/s1387/6C90FA2E-64C5-4E00-A095-0ED5864334FA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="828" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KGSj7J5UWgeSLI0RJfuQRA1Er6FxkQHcmZEvcfQDxTbxgj-usUZO7Wn_C4W1Xw72wJMu9pithJZreB6248DCtW_XByk2xHaSVwwzmnFzaQcqelDLdZUbg4Ef1-hZq8sE_G68_hDIcLs/w306-h512/6C90FA2E-64C5-4E00-A095-0ED5864334FA.jpeg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-20659567194072991732020-08-08T23:50:00.002+01:002020-10-01T08:06:22.594+01:00Halloween Book Sale<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1">O</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;">n Halloween 2016, the final two books in my </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-size-adjust: auto;">Poison Blood Series</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> came out. This October will mark the four-year anniversary of this vampire series coming to a conclusion. Yay :)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUO9BV5fcvtvBg1D4FwggyLwrjZN4r3PnpI9X9IzLKiwifagbhSjC9R8YNkQYLKt4w9mj4-i153FhibXLChhNnIxT3zDIxkY9fBVRnf1T6gpA0U1V48w3A6Tftu5Ie9LvxqOwvcpOHp8/s1500/banner+JPEG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUO9BV5fcvtvBg1D4FwggyLwrjZN4r3PnpI9X9IzLKiwifagbhSjC9R8YNkQYLKt4w9mj4-i153FhibXLChhNnIxT3zDIxkY9fBVRnf1T6gpA0U1V48w3A6Tftu5Ie9LvxqOwvcpOHp8/w400-h133/banner+JPEG.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></div>To celebrate, </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vampire Prophecy</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> and </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vampire Apocalypse</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> are both half-price (1.99 each) at these e-book stores for the month of October:</span></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/vampire-revelation/id562723136" target="_blank">Apple Books</a></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B074CK86LF" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://m.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Poison%20Blood%20Series%22?Ntk=P_Series_Title&Ns=P_Series_Number&Ntx=mode+matchall" target="_blank">B&N Nook</a></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poison%20Blood%20Series&fcsearchfield=Series&seriesId=6e5c21c2-c428-5c88-bd4d-18520b034c59" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;">It’s a good time to get into this series—and into the Halloween spirit. </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/vampire-revelation/id562723136" target="_blank">Vampire Revelation</a></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> (Book 1) is always free to download everywhere; if you read it and like it, grab the sequel while it’s on sale. There are details in Book 1 on how to get </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-size-adjust: auto;">another</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> free book, so you could get </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-size-adjust: auto;">four books</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"> for under $4/£4 this month.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px;">Also, I hope you like the new covers. Back in 2012, when I was making covers for this series in time for the release of Book 1, I wanted something like this. I mean, look at this girl wearing Ellie’s brown coat and carrying Ellie’s sword! It’s perfect. I can’t believe I finally found the stock image from my dreams. And it was a PNG! Made life a lot easier for me when putting these covers together.</span></p><p><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Start this fast-paced YA urban fantasy with vampires, slayers, and witches with a free copy of </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-size-adjust: auto;">Vampire Revelation</span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;">:</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/vampire-revelation/id562723136" target="_blank">Apple Books</a></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B074CK86LF?" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://m.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Poison%20Blood%20Series%22?Ntk=P_Series_Title&Ns=P_Series_Number&Ntx=mode+matchall" target="_blank">B&N Nook</a></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poison%20Blood%20Series&fcsearchfield=Series&seriesId=6e5c21c2-c428-5c88-bd4d-18520b034c59" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wzW4u-Vc2wphW8IPgkufgXgeiumaODjbU7odHwqhzNzc3hoj0jhC4AYgvi5PvnOO3UpERIMo0UbKtdOh1huNQkSCo4FPwR0jCqP_G3ub6xGyOUta4vw8uLjk0aQxMKrrpqFQqmsRBq0/s1500/poster+pb1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="1500" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wzW4u-Vc2wphW8IPgkufgXgeiumaODjbU7odHwqhzNzc3hoj0jhC4AYgvi5PvnOO3UpERIMo0UbKtdOh1huNQkSCo4FPwR0jCqP_G3ub6xGyOUta4vw8uLjk0aQxMKrrpqFQqmsRBq0/w400-h364/poster+pb1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Ellie ran away from home just days before her 18th birthday</b>, and now she can’t go back. Because she’s been turned into a vampire by the mysterious and handsome immortal, Christian.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thrust into the supernatural world, full of magic and danger, Ellie doesn't want to be a killer. She doesn't even like to drink blood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Christian had his own agenda for turning her</b>, a secret that her own mother was hiding from her: Ellie was never an ordinary teenager, and now, she's no ordinary teen vampire. When she discovers why she isn’t like others of her kind, she realises that her life is about to change all over again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>And the world as she knows it will never be the same...</b></span></div></div><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Enjoy and happy Halloween 🎃 </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 9px 0px 8px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-35156844925095321602020-08-03T10:03:00.003+01:002021-08-06T17:59:22.271+01:00Spoiler-Free Q&A on #PoisonBloodSeries Book 1<div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">You guys know me by now. <b>I like <i>Twilight</i></b>. It kinda changed my life. <b>I'm excited about <i>Midnight Sun</i></b>. I thought I was over it and was just going to buy a copy of the new book for my collection. Then, Stephenie started posting snippets of it on her website and... no, I might not be over it, after all. <i><b>Guess it's never really over</b></i>, right, Katy Perry? :)</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">I also get nostalgic. As such, I've reverted back to the 'original' covers I had for this series back in 2012, with a few minor upgrades. Only for the month of August, though, so it's not a permanent change :)</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">And while we're at it, let's take a little walk down memory lane and see how <i>my</i> most successful series of books came into existence with a Q&A on the series opener, <i>Vampire Revelation</i>. No spoilers. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><u><b>Q: What was the main inspiration behind the <i>Poison Blood series</i>?</b></u></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">A: Short answer: Ellie. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">Long answer: I’d wanted to write a vampire romance for a while and I considered the idea of writing a series of short stories about vampires living on the London Underground. These characters wouldn’t necessarily be friends or hang out together, but have their own tale to tell. One of the characters I thought up was Ellie. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">However, I didn’t start writing anything until I woke up one morning with Ellie talking me through her life. This was a few days after I listened to the band <i><b>Linkin Park</b></i> for the first time in years so I think it was their songs that triggered the <i>instinct</i> to write Ellie’s story.</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">Quickly, it became clear that Ellie’s story wasn’t as short and sweet as I’d initially planned. She had a lot more potential than I expected, which was great, though it meant I had to put <i>my Vampires on the Underground</i> collection on the backburner. It’s still on the backburner now. Oops, lol.</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><br /></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><b>Q: Why did you publish a paranormal romance so soon after publishing a contemporary romance novel?</b></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">A: It’s usually the characters and how strongly they present themselves to me, how clearly I hear their voices in my head, that determine <i>when </i>and <i>what </i>I write. Even if I plan to write something, like a compilation of short stories about vampires making the underground transport system their home, unless I can <i>see</i> that world, <i>hear</i> the characters speak to me, the narrative doesn’t flow as well. I tend not to commit to a project unless I find myself immersed in the story. And when a character beckons to me, lets me into her mind and the world she lives in, keeps talking to me about her life, I try not to ignore her. That’s my process *shrugs*</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">But why follow-up a contemporary romance with a vampire book? Well, why not? If we enjoy reading an eclectic mix of books, I see no harm in exploring different genres when we write, provided we apply the same level of dedication, effort, and enthusiasm for each story. As authors, we should do that for every book we write. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">As a young child, my favourite genre to read was paranormal/fantasy, and as a teen, I was a huge fan of TV shows such as <i>Charmed</i> and <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i>. Unfortunately, like so many others I knew, I stopped reading regularly when I was at college and Uni. Upon rediscovering my love for books, I found myself reading contemporary fiction, lit fic, crime, comedy/satire; the only fantasy novels I’d read in recent years were the <i>Twilight</i> and <i>Harry Potter</i> books. These I loved so much that I wanted to write for this genre, particularly about <i>vampires</i>. But I didn’t venture into this area until Ellie <i>came to me</i>.</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><br /></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><b>Q: The vampires in <i>Poison Blood</i> are extremely similar to the <i>Twilight</i> vampires. Was this intentional?</b></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">A: Yes. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">There are a range of vampire myths—from those that burn to ashes in sunlight and can be slain by driving a stake through their hearts, to immortals that sleep like the dead during the day and hunt by night—but my favourite is, of course, the one explored in the <i>Twilight</i> <i>Saga</i>. I knew that if I was going to write about vampires, I would conform to most of the rules set out in these books. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">I wasn’t going to set my books in the <i>Twilight</i> world, though. So, I invented my own vampire government (<i>The System</i>), one which has modernised over the years and now operates like an institution the humans would be proud of. A few restrictions needed to be in place, though (such as vampires not being able to enter a house without invitation), so that these indestructible creatures didn’t go around slaughtering an entire council estate in one night. And of course, there had to those that would try to stop these demons from doing what they liked.</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">The other certainty for me was that the stories would be set in contemporary society, specifically London. Although it’s exciting creating a whole new world, one in the future or in another dimension altogether, what appeals to me more is the idea that the world we live in now could be full of magic and mystery, amazing creatures with supernatural abilities. Though, I enjoyed writing my new epic fantasy trilogy (<i>Heir to the </i></font><i style="font-family: georgia;">Throne</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">), urban fantasy is my favourite type of fantasy to write. </span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><br /></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><b>Q: Did you plan to end <i>Vampire Revelation </i>on a cliff-hanger?</b></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">A: Absolutely. Every novel in a series needs almost all of the plot threads tied-up by the end of it, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with leaving the reader with a question right at the end, one which entices them to read the next book for the answer. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">It’s also a good idea to have an unresolved issue that continues throughout a book series, or if it’s resolved in book 2 or 3, a new plot thread can be introduced to run into the next few installments.</font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">Cliff-hangers like the one at the end of <i>Vampire Revelation</i> work well if many of the main themes explored in the novel come to a conclusion. Such as Ellie finally realising who she is, making sense of the life she had before she <i>turned</i> into a vampire, and discovering why she became the vampire she is. Basically, almost every question raised in the book was answered by the end of it. </font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><br /></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><u><font face="georgia"><b>Q: Why did you write <i>Vampire Absolution</i>—it’s pretty much book 1 from another character's POV?</b></font></u></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><font face="georgia">A: Initially, I hadn't planned on writing this book, but I realised that I did want the readers to be aware of a lot of things that Ellie wasn’t aware of. As <i>Revelation</i> is written entirely from her POV (in the first person), the reader only knows what she knows, and I thought it would be good for them to see things from Christian’s perspective. It would also save long paragraphs where he’d have to tell her everything she needs to know (I always find those <i>info dumps</i> boring to read in novels where it’s from one character’s POV).<br /><br />Thanks for reading :)</font><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="georgia"><a name='more'></a></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="georgia"><b><br /></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="georgia"><b>Download this e-book for </b><b>FREE from your favourite retailers:</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="georgia"><b>>><a href="http://books2read.com/PB1" target="_blank">Click here</a><<</b></font></div><font face="georgia"><div><br /></div></font></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"></div>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-30481587341368870142020-07-22T14:47:00.001+01:002020-07-22T14:47:27.185+01:00If I Say No is available for Pre-Order :)<div><font face="georgia">Psst... guess what?</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">The book that so many of you have been waiting for is up for pre-order! <i>If I Say No</i>, the sequel to <i>If I Say Yes</i>, can be pre-ordered from all the major e-book stores right now.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">The expected release date is <b>January 29, 2021</b>. The pre-order price is only <b>99c/99p</b> to make up for the delay in getting this book out to you and as a way for me to say thank you for rooting for this Duology all these years. Post release price will be $3.99/£3.99. So, definitely take advantage of this low pre-order price :)</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">If you previously subscribed to my newsletter, then you would have received a longer message about this last night, and I'm glad that some of you are as excited for January 2021 as I am :)</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">The links are below:</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CCZSBVF" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/if-i-say-no/id1522146839" target="_blank">Apple Books</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-i-say-no-neha-yazmin/1137300927" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble Nook</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/if-i-say-no-1" target="_blank">Kobo</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">PS. Don't get too attached to these covers, I might be changing them a little...... :)</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj0gsU3_Pzi2MYOKvNdPypCawD7KEoOKobuXxU15mjA-_x5s0j-y2eDqKmSgFAeGmoZ33Lz8cOVTpTPljNuAwXUhoxJF93B4xkg-LKDyY4ADcXc9VuN3UkukJFzRjWrYqhrR707P7XDg/s2048/IISY+JPEG+v1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj0gsU3_Pzi2MYOKvNdPypCawD7KEoOKobuXxU15mjA-_x5s0j-y2eDqKmSgFAeGmoZ33Lz8cOVTpTPljNuAwXUhoxJF93B4xkg-LKDyY4ADcXc9VuN3UkukJFzRjWrYqhrR707P7XDg/s320/IISY+JPEG+v1.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJMhntiReY8hIaoFSCoLrwjRld6_h_0bZBBHRspYbubAp5M7SPvQUOPbHxyUiEbL8ZmBLpY5r11klVnHt-LDl9mt11t9X1m4VEAuznxZC2wV9fju6CvvRfSn9Lyg6ZUqHrPfHzO1xQsA/s2048/IISN+JPEG+v1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJMhntiReY8hIaoFSCoLrwjRld6_h_0bZBBHRspYbubAp5M7SPvQUOPbHxyUiEbL8ZmBLpY5r11klVnHt-LDl9mt11t9X1m4VEAuznxZC2wV9fju6CvvRfSn9Lyg6ZUqHrPfHzO1xQsA/s320/IISN+JPEG+v1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="georgia"><b style="background-color: white;">Shell didn't want an arranged marriage.</b><span style="background-color: white;"> Until it was arranged with Imran. <i>If only his best friend Seb wasn't trying to sabotage the wedding</i>.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">Seb never set out to hurt his best friend.</b><span style="background-color: white;"> Or lose him over a girl. <i>Little did he know that he might end up losing everything that ever mattered to him</i>.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><i style="background-color: white;"><b>If I Say No</b></i><span style="background-color: white;"> is the concluding part of the </span><i style="background-color: white;"><b>Love & Alternatives Duology</b></i><span style="background-color: white;">, a contemporary wedding romance set in London.</span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="georgia"><br style="background-color: white;" /><b><span style="background-color: white;">Praise for </span><i style="background-color: white;">If I Say Yes</i><span style="background-color: white;">:</span></b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"I loved this story & inhaled all its goodness of love, friendship & culture!"</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">~Apple Books US Review</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br />"Great story. It kept me really Engaged through out the entire novel. Cannot wait for book two to be released!"<br /></font><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">⭐️</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">~Amazon US Review</b><font face="georgia"><br /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"Sweet, cute romance with a serious edge to it sometimes."</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">~Apple Books UK Review</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"I loved this story! I was up into the early hours wanting to read more to know what happens next. I read it in just a few days because I just couldn't put it down. It was refreshing to have a slightly different take on romance from a Bengali point of view and I was really interested in learning a little bit about the culture and traditions too. The storyline really did keep me on my toes, not knowing what the characters were going to do next, and I loved the fact the main character (Shell) really came out her shell (ha!) as the story progressed too."</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">~Amazon UK Review</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"Honestly, I am fumbling for words to convey how I feel after reading this book, and what I really want to say is "Damn it Sebastian open the door!" I really did enjoy this book. I hope the second one comes out soon."</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">~Amazon US Review</b></font></div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-25257668666679899672020-07-05T16:50:00.002+01:002020-09-10T21:21:45.598+01:00From A Single Image To An Entire Trilogy<div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who would have thought that 2020, the year of the global pandemic, would be the first year in which I published an entire series? 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<span><font face="georgia">I still find myself surprised that it was a stock image that got me writing epic fantasy for the first time in my adult life. Of course, there were a number of other factors that helped shape the premise and plot of the <i>Heir to the Throne Trilogy</i>, but what put things into motion for me was the image of the girl on the original cover of <i>Book 1, Heir to the Throne</i>. I saw it on the Pixabay site in March 2018 and downloaded it immediately.</font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia">Obviously, the girl wasn’t appropriate for the covers of my contemporary romance novels or my urban fantasy books. “I’ll just have to write a book about her, then,” I’d joked to myself. Almost instantly, my brain came up with various ideas for how to go about it. I couldn’t stop thinking about a story that my mum used to tell me when I was a kid, and I wondered if I could do a retelling of that bedtime tale. <i>Fairy tale retellings are in at the moment, aren't they?</i></font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia">“Once there was a very vain King,” my mum used to say. “And he would always ask his daughters how much they loved him and why. One day, when he asked his daughters this question and they started likening their love for him to sweet things—sugar, honey, syrup, molasses, and so on—one of the Princesses said that she loved him like she loved salt. The King threw a tantrum at that and banished her from the kingdom.</font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia">“She was taken in by a family in a faraway land and didn’t see her father until years later, when he visited the people that she lived with. The King didn’t know that the daughter he'd disowned years ago was a part of the household that had invited him for dinner, and the ex-Princess took the opportunity to teach her father a lesson. She cooked an inedible banquet using sugar, honey, syrup, etc. in the place of salt, and the only dish that the King was able to eat and enjoy was the last one brought to the table. It was the only one that used salt for seasoning and nothing sweet.</font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia">“He remembered the daughter that had loved him the way she loved salt and understood her point of view. The King told his hosts about the daughter that had obviously loved him just as much as his other children and openly regretted banishing her.” Which was the cue for the chef/Princess to reveal herself. Overjoyed, the King took her back with open arms.</font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia">As a child, I thought my mum had made up the story, or her mum had, or her mum’s mum. In my teens and young adult days, I came to the conclusion that it must be a classic bedtime story that Bangladeshi women have been telling their daughters for generations, to drill in the importance of seasoning our food: The amount of salt in a curry can make or break the dish.</font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia">Seen as I was contemplating doing a retelling of this bedtime story, I thought I should Google it. <i>If I'm going to tell people that my book is inspired by a classic Bangladeshi folk tale, </i>I thought<i>, I should do a fact check, shouldn’t I?</i> What I found was that this story is typically referred to as “The King and his Daughters”, and various cultures around the world have their own renditions of it. I’m glad I did the research, but it’s not because I can now say that <i>Heir to the Throne</i> is a retelling of <i>The King and his Daughters</i>. Technically, it’s not a retelling, but I have taken inspiration from certain elements from the story I grew up with—a King with quite a few daughters, the favourite Princess wrongly getting punished—and the stock image helped me make a few other decisions.</font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia">Within the space of a couple of days, I had a mental outline for the book and started fleshing it out on the MS Word app on my iPhone when I wasn’t running around after The Baby (Toddler now). I can’t remember when I actually stopped outlining and started writing the book (maybe September 2018, or end of August?), but the bulk of the drafting took place in October and November 2018 (my first NaNoWriMo!).</font></span></div>
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<span><font face="georgia"><span>Get the series from your favourite ebook store (Book 1 free at selected retailers for a few more days):</span><span><br /></span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/author/neha-yazmin/id541808171" target="_blank">Apple Books</a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Neha%20Yazmin%22?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall" target="_blank">B&N</a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/search?query=neha%20yazmin&fcsearchfield=Author" target="_blank">Kobo</a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nehayazmin" target="_blank">Smashwords</a><span>, and </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Neha-Yazmin/e/B009277U8C/" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span>.</span></font></span></div>
Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-80702879556854077552020-07-03T10:18:00.009+01:002023-01-29T23:17:51.028+00:00Release Day Ramblings (again)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6T0ithuOKktiwpFylJvM4o6s6CkkwU-mkyRI4-P1IsxboiUIDAvp__DjNxWBh0Rro_EtqCESpNI87cBZezvie9nWedZXD0O-X9RjJ_1i3f33wD0hV2rH8TAJK0nX9aq0LPV65EQCKcaosei_XpO8LDRLVHP4YRiN6qn_A6ozLWXxKfIXsE2SCcmp0/s1500/3349B43F-F6BE-432A-AE37-C2138125FCEE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6T0ithuOKktiwpFylJvM4o6s6CkkwU-mkyRI4-P1IsxboiUIDAvp__DjNxWBh0Rro_EtqCESpNI87cBZezvie9nWedZXD0O-X9RjJ_1i3f33wD0hV2rH8TAJK0nX9aq0LPV65EQCKcaosei_XpO8LDRLVHP4YRiN6qn_A6ozLWXxKfIXsE2SCcmp0/w400-h134/3349B43F-F6BE-432A-AE37-C2138125FCEE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i>Happy Friday!</i></b> Today, the final book in my latest series came out. The <i><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heir-to-the-throne-neha-yazmin/1133952196?ean=2940160844060" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne</a> </i>trilogy is complete. That’s <b>a trilogy of complete trilogies</b> for me, yay!</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This is the first time, though, that I’ve published an entire series in the same year (my life keeps getting in the way, doesn't it? This year, Covid 19 tried to interfere). Nothing went to plan in 2020 but at least this series is out there. <b>I want to take this opportunity to <i>thank you</i></b> all for reading, commenting, sharing, and retweeting my blogs and tweets this year (some of you have been doing so since 2012!). <b>I really appreciate it</b>. I don't always get to thank you all personally (I just RT you back, don't I?), but that doesn't mean I’m not thankful. Thank you and <b>good luck with your writing and publishing endeavors</b> *hugs*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I almost delayed the release of the series finale, <i><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/keys-to-the-realm-neha-yazmin/1136593497?ean=2940162801627" target="_blank">Keys to the Realm</a></i>, until next year due to the global pandemic, but in the end, I didn’t want the people that pre-ordered <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085DW8F3D" target="_blank">Book 3</a></i>, to wait that long. And I wanted it out of the way so I could move on with my other projects. A series doesn't feel done unless it’s out in the world!</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><font face="georgia">So, how’s release day going? Good, thanks. Would have been better if it wasn’t the year of the COVID 19 pandemic, but I’ve consoled myself all year with these words: <i>It wasn’t meant to be</i>.</font><div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Thanks to the pre-orders at the <a href="https://books.apple.com/au/book/keys-to-the-realm/id1501021681" target="_blank">Apple Books Store Australia</a> (all but one of those pre-orders being placed before the lockdown period, though; pre-order <i>and</i> post-release price: 4.99), <i><a href="https://books.apple.com/au/book/keys-to-the-realm/id1501021681" target="_blank">Keys to the Realm</a></i> charted at <b>no. 1 </b>in the <b>Sci Fi & Fantasy</b> category in Australia. </font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSZQuixgrAJiyKnPb9T7zzk1pPa-oEygt2Wxn1rQ7i3eDzntASk7c_SJm4ZAW9Zv8yWau1B-qo_4IPA6gBVaqVSfj4hVWQ8lkOpGZcaDgiAdwb2VnHlT3acCvMnG7ZO4eR9eD8blCkUU/s1553/7C50BB5C-F7F7-444B-9CEA-448DC62524A6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="828" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSZQuixgrAJiyKnPb9T7zzk1pPa-oEygt2Wxn1rQ7i3eDzntASk7c_SJm4ZAW9Zv8yWau1B-qo_4IPA6gBVaqVSfj4hVWQ8lkOpGZcaDgiAdwb2VnHlT3acCvMnG7ZO4eR9eD8blCkUU/w335-h625/7C50BB5C-F7F7-444B-9CEA-448DC62524A6.jpeg" width="335" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">And <b>no. 66</b> in the overall Apple Books Australia chart </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">⬇️</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Not bad for someone that writes on her phone while lying in bed (degenerative lumbar spine disease, chronic back pain). And only when the Toddler is napping or has gone down for the night. Plus, it was only on pre-order for a couple of months before release :)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFU-raD8wmnWSrHRHVGJ1RvlwCw0cqYvdA4dyVGyU16MgtIyaYxw-RqFk98AC6BiFzJ74Smbk1eJcnH3Dddrhb0p6iwLRTtCaE2f15LPDdbKuB2pVNg1M3emFPU9iQtbwK7WSRDUvHMU/s1792/3B01107A-9DD5-4365-8A56-A4D39A2416D3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="828" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFU-raD8wmnWSrHRHVGJ1RvlwCw0cqYvdA4dyVGyU16MgtIyaYxw-RqFk98AC6BiFzJ74Smbk1eJcnH3Dddrhb0p6iwLRTtCaE2f15LPDdbKuB2pVNg1M3emFPU9iQtbwK7WSRDUvHMU/w231-h500/3B01107A-9DD5-4365-8A56-A4D39A2416D3.png" width="231" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Unlike Amazon, which has over 3,500 categories, Apple Books only has 14 category bestseller charts </font><span style="font-family: georgia;">(+ the overall chart, of course) in each territory, with seven of them being fiction categories. A book can only chart in one category: the primary category selected during publishing (so my book couldn’t chart in the YA category chart as well as the SFF chart, even though YA is one of the non-primary categories tagged to it). And as far as I know, chart positions are based on the number of sales/downloads; Apple doesn’t use any other method to calculate chart positions. No fancy algorithms and whatnot.</span></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBkuqOiPzutYLDCRQbBTsRJTyISZZIaBkQoIgSyiFWAeCzktN4hVeqxc65EIqh_5wek6v2eoJE0vBGqAo_izjwA1YDPTH7QaqRmGzsrK09nhRJcCMuoDtDsxjDHMfdLJSTzQ09E-rwCY/s1736/IMG_0923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="828" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBkuqOiPzutYLDCRQbBTsRJTyISZZIaBkQoIgSyiFWAeCzktN4hVeqxc65EIqh_5wek6v2eoJE0vBGqAo_izjwA1YDPTH7QaqRmGzsrK09nhRJcCMuoDtDsxjDHMfdLJSTzQ09E-rwCY/w239-h500/IMG_0923.jpg" width="239" /></a></div></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">The pre-orders for the finale mean that the Australians that read the first two books liked them; at the very least, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YQ5C9Y2" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne</a> </i>and <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YVNG5F5" target="_blank">Tied to the Crown</a></i> were 3-star reads for them. Reasonable assumption, right? But look⬇️ no ratings or reviews for <i>Book 1</i> at the retailer at this time. See, I told you—my readers seem to fall into the group that just don’t rate or review books—the 99% of readers that don’t rate/review books they read. I accepted this a long time ago *shrug* </font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7E_zDeuz3jRdYw8sUZoONQKGHSdV5u-HZXNG-Ppa4ahbMDly7xYm1_oJB4Lxv4gAgPfZPoKtaBYckaGbhHN2nkltnXudanZpasb-NFcTyli16TcxVXl0kIdxI9zixSS7JTowkW2WDyA/s717/HTTT+Aus.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="717" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7E_zDeuz3jRdYw8sUZoONQKGHSdV5u-HZXNG-Ppa4ahbMDly7xYm1_oJB4Lxv4gAgPfZPoKtaBYckaGbhHN2nkltnXudanZpasb-NFcTyli16TcxVXl0kIdxI9zixSS7JTowkW2WDyA/w400-h338/HTTT+Aus.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">The thing is though, if I’d known back in 2019—or even in January 2020—that 2020 was going to turn out like this, I wouldn’t have released these three books in February, March, and July respectively. Or even in 2020. This trilogy deserved to be launched under better circumstances. I genuinely believe it has the potential to become more successful than my <i><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Poison%20Blood%20Series%22?Ntk=P_Series_Title&Ns=P_Series_Number&Ntx=mode+matchall" target="_blank">Poison Blood Series</a></i>. And if I’m completely honest, I would have given into my husband’s nagging and queried literary agents for these novels.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">With every reader DM I get about my books, my hubby nags me to pursue traditional publishing. No matter how many times I explain the whole <i>right of first refusal</i> thing to him. While I was writing this trilogy, though, he was pushier than ever about me trying to get an agent—seen as these books weren’t published yet. <b>Confession</b>: I did give in and do some research on agents and I even thought I had one very suitable agent I could query. Out of all my books, I thought I was writing one that might fit the trad pub model. “Just let me polish up <i>Book 1</i>,” I kept telling my husband—and myself.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">But then, this dream agent suffered bit of a tragic twist in her life and I took that as a sign that perhaps I wasn’t meant to pursue that avenue at all. And I put the first two books in the series up for pre-order when I was done writing them.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A7RsIbtxJwgO3TBJ49L-h1dUpe0ZBrHzvOYZ1jCBv50bLEpdRPaWazhtNigVxrCMml115HiZrQruuDwbMJ0IIwnlGA-LMTwYSkouMpVopRr-NiihxyAHwn5JfFV5vcZMkoN9lnPuSgg/s2924/print+books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2776" data-original-width="2924" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A7RsIbtxJwgO3TBJ49L-h1dUpe0ZBrHzvOYZ1jCBv50bLEpdRPaWazhtNigVxrCMml115HiZrQruuDwbMJ0IIwnlGA-LMTwYSkouMpVopRr-NiihxyAHwn5JfFV5vcZMkoN9lnPuSgg/s320/print+books.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><font face="georgia"><div style="text-align: center;">~Print copies arrived last night :)</div></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">One of the best things about self-publishing is getting to market fast. Capitalising on reader appetite and market trends, but with the people of the world slowing down due to the pandemic and lockdown, <b>getting to market fast in 2020 became irrelevant</b>. That’s why, if I hadn’t released <i>Books 1 </i>and <i>2</i> in the first week of February and the first week of March respectively, I think I would have started querying agents with this series during the quarantine period.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Anyway. I didn’t know last year what I know now, so again, I tell myself this: <i><b>It wasn’t meant to be</b></i>.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">What I’m doing now—rambling on release day, July 3, 2020, <i>this </i>is what was meant to happen all along. And it’s okay. I’m so thankful for what I’ve achieved, and for all the things I have in my life at this time, <b>the <i>what ifs</i> are forgotten almost as soon as I think of them</b>.</font></div><div><div><font face=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></font></div><div><font face=""><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRltADIiItwHaXF54ZlIKgwmJqCU79p2ydwU8AWO8IS4CEHHcFUuzSrJF5Sg-bWYvwDdgF1rVIwqJ86nOMguXmYnKESTkYRcaTNyggij6Mxqbd-IP8CvALeq9vtN5oHQIVhG9h_cOK5A/s902/59D395C8-BDC5-4B46-BED9-C29163D7CBAD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="827" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRltADIiItwHaXF54ZlIKgwmJqCU79p2ydwU8AWO8IS4CEHHcFUuzSrJF5Sg-bWYvwDdgF1rVIwqJ86nOMguXmYnKESTkYRcaTNyggij6Mxqbd-IP8CvALeq9vtN5oHQIVhG9h_cOK5A/s320/59D395C8-BDC5-4B46-BED9-C29163D7CBAD.jpeg" /></a></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">~The Dungeon Keeper’s Rhyme</span></div></span></font>
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I may not even have written this series in the first place if it wasn't for a stock image! A stock image got me <b>writing epic fantasy for the first time in my adult life</b>. Of course, there were a number of other factors that helped shape the premise and plot of the <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z6NXHMZ" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne Trilogy</a></i>, but what put things into motion for me was the image of the girl on the original cover of <i>Book 1,</i> <i><a href="https://books.apple.com/au/book/heir-to-the-throne/id1482405213" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne</a></i>. I saw it on Pixabay in March 2018⬇️ and downloaded it immediately:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Obviously, the girl wasn’t appropriate for the covers of my contemporary romance novels or my urban fantasy books. “I’ll just have to write a book about her, then,” I’d joked to myself. Almost instantly, my brain came up with various ideas for how to go about it. I couldn’t stop thinking about a story that my mum used to tell me when I was a kid, and I wondered if I could do a retelling of that bedtime tale. Fairy tale retellings are <i>in</i> at the moment, aren't they?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">“Once there was a very vain King,” my mum used to say. “And he would always ask his daughters how much they loved him and why. One day, when he asked his daughters this question and they started likening their love for him to sweet things—sugar, honey, syrup, molasses—one of the Princesses said she loved him like she loved salt. The King threw a tantrum at that and banished her from the kingdom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">“She was taken in by a family in a faraway land and didn’t see her father until years later, when he visited the people that she lived with. The King didn’t know that the daughter he disowned years ago was a part of the household that had invited him for dinner, and the ex-Princess took the opportunity to teach her father a lesson. She cooked an inedible banquet using sugar, honey, syrup, etc. in the place of salt, and the only dish that the King was able to eat and enjoy was the last one brought to the table: The only one that used salt for seasoning and nothing sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">“He remembered the daughter that had loved him the way she loved salt and understood her point of view. The King told his hosts about the daughter that had obviously loved him just as much as his other children and openly regretted banishing her.” Which was the cue for the chef/Princess to reveal herself. Overjoyed, the King took her back with open arms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">As a child, I thought my mum had made up the story, or her mum did, or her mum’s mum. In my teens and young adult days, I convinced myself that it must be a classic bedtime story that Bangladeshi women have been telling their daughters for generations, to drill in the importance of seasoning our food: The amount of salt in a curry can make or break the dish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Now that I was contemplating doing a retelling of this bedtime story, I thought I should Google it. <b><i>If I'm going to tell people that my book is inspired by a classic Bangladeshi folk tale</i>,</b> I thought, <i><b>I should do a fact check, shouldn’t I?</b></i> What I found was that this story is typically referred to as “The King and his Daughters”, and various cultures around the world have their own renditions of it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m glad I did the research, not because I can now say that <i>Heir to the Throne</i> is a retelling of <i>The King and his Daughters</i>. Technically, it’s not a retelling or a re-imagining of that story, but I did take inspiration from certain elements from the tale my mum told me—a King with quite a few daughters, the favourite Princess wrongly getting punished—and the stock image helped me make a few other decisions about genre, setting, etc.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Within the space of a couple of days, I had a mental outline for the book and started fleshing it out the plot on the MS Word app on my iPhone—when I wasn’t running around after The Baby (Toddler now). I can’t remember when I actually started writing the book (maybe September 2018, or end of August?), but the bulk of the drafting took place in October and November 2018 (my first NaNoWriMo!).</span></div><div><font face=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></font></div><div><font face=""><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYMRsuB5cetj-xZAYNlYGy0ROHhZ_67Upm0hqUWRms3hlh3y5JWVloYcA0DbQMaTK7HIGBA0hdifj9PkGXyoD2UtKe6fEbU48c4ilssYKKxTRb2RRSZ_Y9SZoVZVjIIWiHrZ7JWYw378/s1280/800AB46C-8FA8-41C2-92C2-FBF6A22C4422.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="791" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYMRsuB5cetj-xZAYNlYGy0ROHhZ_67Upm0hqUWRms3hlh3y5JWVloYcA0DbQMaTK7HIGBA0hdifj9PkGXyoD2UtKe6fEbU48c4ilssYKKxTRb2RRSZ_Y9SZoVZVjIIWiHrZ7JWYw378/s320/800AB46C-8FA8-41C2-92C2-FBF6A22C4422.jpeg" /></a></div><span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">~Our brooding love interest <3</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></span></font>
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">A message to my fellow <i>Throne of Glass</i> fans: <i>Heir to the Throne</i> can be put into the same bucket as <i>Throne of Glass</i> because both of these series are set in alternate historical fantasy lands and revolve around Kings and Queens and Princes and Princesses—hence the cover of <i>Heir to the Throne</i> was designed to say, “Yes, you’re right, this cover <i>is</i> reminiscent of the <i>Throne of Glass</i> covers, and that’s because this book might provide a similar experience to the <i>Throne of Glass</i> series. So, if you liked those books, you might enjoy this book, too.” My series has a completely different story line, though, different characters, and is not a re-hash of Sarah J Maas’s work. You'll see that very quickly when you start reading it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVkQgbyp4BCGZ2e86BvtnIkbm7NkuPFrZRGxd_EnknCft62oPboaEQd11dOaLOToM0Z1kjkDl_IYuAVtzNczscMsQp-uqDZnN7ZifyoC9BL-fZmfAy5P4Je8-Ay0FWovi8NPPWP67twdJNtaU_kOQUxhjjClaxACFA_Qazi-vo1DeFoBE4E_bt-GB/s1500/A80DCA33-9F95-4D98-9615-7C38E440F057.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVkQgbyp4BCGZ2e86BvtnIkbm7NkuPFrZRGxd_EnknCft62oPboaEQd11dOaLOToM0Z1kjkDl_IYuAVtzNczscMsQp-uqDZnN7ZifyoC9BL-fZmfAy5P4Je8-Ay0FWovi8NPPWP67twdJNtaU_kOQUxhjjClaxACFA_Qazi-vo1DeFoBE4E_bt-GB/w400-h134/A80DCA33-9F95-4D98-9615-7C38E440F057.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~Alternative cover editions (ebook)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">If <i>Heir to the Throne</i> had started off as a retelling of <i>The King and his Daughters</i>, the series would still have ended up as something else entirely. Most of the books I write evolve into something much bigger than I expect, and this trilogy was no exception. Believe me when I say that the series finale, <i>Keys to the Realm</i>, is <b>EPIC</b>, so give this trilogy a try if you’re interested in this genre. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Here are five things you can expect from these books:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>One)</b> This series revolves around mythical sea creatures. Think <i>Game of Thrones/Throne of Glass</i> with “mermaids” (but with my own spin on the mythology).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Two)</b> I love a good origin story—I like to explain how the magical beings in my stories came to exist—so this trilogy has one, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Three)</b> No corsets. These books are set in a completely made up fictional world—they’re not inspired by a particular time or place in history—so why would I include something that I don’t believe in? There’s no mention of corsets in this trilogy because they don’t exist in this world. (Nor do guns or bullets!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Four)</b> There’s forbidden romance, enemies-to-lovers (hate-to-love), and friends-to-lovers, too. But I won’t tell you which couple gets which trope :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Five)</b> The lead character’s body shape is not typical for YA. Usually, the girls are “tiny” compared to the big, bear-like love interests, or they’re “of medium height, have a small waist and great boobs”. Aaryana—like all her sisters—is very tall, flat-chested, hardly has any curves, and her training has helped her gain a strong, powerful, muscular, athletic body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I really hope readers take to Aaryana like they have to Ellie, Mukti, and Shell from my other three series and that they enjoy a trilogy that was inspired by just a single image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Get the series from your favourite ebook store:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">>><a href="http://books2read.com/Aaryana" target="_blank">Click Here</a><<</span><br /></div><div><font face=""><br /></font></div><div><div><font face="georgia">So, what’s next for me? Well, I have another release scheduled for this year—I’m thinking September time, but I’ll actually have to sort out my dashboard with a concrete date! The project needs just a little more polishing, but it should be ready for the first week of September if I stick to that date. A few more surprises in store for 2020 too, so keep your eyes peeled.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Also, I am finally, <i>finally</i>, trying to finish the highly anticipated—highly anticipated by the readers that have DM’d me about it over the years, that is, LOL—conclusion to my <i>Love & Alternatives Duology</i>. And to ensure that I don’t stray from this project as I have since <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0716DH3BM" target="_blank">If I Say Yes</a></i> came out in 2017, I will put it up for pre-order, with a tentative release date of... <b>drum roll please</b>... last week of January 2021! Hopefully, that will give me the urgency to finish this story at last. Now, I actually have to put it up for pre-order... Maybe this weekend...</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA96vIgPcH-lnzz47G1g9pVwDKoVaxG5sKWQnMiEiHbZsX12gc4gJLT_ZldgttIlIuzwO0YLwIUfmjHX1r_hCEUu6aU09XbLh3uCyyG30yQKPBXmflnz7xW66zUL-CzNMJMd993pFczkdf9ym-ZWNlSldve0j6PNECMvcJAYUy9us9kp6coeFtIHKH/s1500/01BAE8BC-BA85-41C3-9589-43FADFE9E230.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA96vIgPcH-lnzz47G1g9pVwDKoVaxG5sKWQnMiEiHbZsX12gc4gJLT_ZldgttIlIuzwO0YLwIUfmjHX1r_hCEUu6aU09XbLh3uCyyG30yQKPBXmflnz7xW66zUL-CzNMJMd993pFczkdf9ym-ZWNlSldve0j6PNECMvcJAYUy9us9kp6coeFtIHKH/w400-h134/01BAE8BC-BA85-41C3-9589-43FADFE9E230.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><font face="georgia">There are a few more projects I have planned for next year, but I won’t divulge too much about them just yet. Things never go to plan in my life—or my writing/publishing journey—and it’s best that I just take it one day at a time.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">With regards blogging, I hope to continue posting new content every week, as I have been so far this year, but once I run out of ideas for articles... it will probably be on an ad hoc basis :)</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Until next time, cheerio xx and here are those links again to my trilogy :) and some cool artwork reflecting the series finale </font><span style="font-family: georgia;">⬇️</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Get the series from your favourite ebook store:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">>><a href="http://books2read.com/Aaryana" target="_blank">Click Here</a><<</span></div></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-37664589013237521482020-06-27T11:13:00.005+01:002021-08-25T18:58:44.105+01:00Best Series Finales<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">There’s something about the last installment in a series... <i>Game of Thrones</i> fans thought the final TV series was rushed and were a little disappointed by it. I myself have found the finales of some bestselling book series a little disappointing, too. I have this strange thing with Cassandra Clare books: I always enjoy the second book in her trilogies the most and don’t get along well with the final book in any of her series. That changed with <i>Queen of Air and Darkness</i> (The Dark Artifices #3), as I did really like it, but I would still rank it as third favourite in that trilogy *shrug*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Although I really liked Sarah J Maas’s <i>Kingdom of Ash</i> (KOA; the final book in the <i>Throne of Glass</i> series), there were a couple of books in that seven-book series that I loved more than the last book. And of course, I wasn’t alone in feeling a little underwhelmed by <i>A Court of Wings and Ruin</i> (ACOWAR), the third book in Maas’s <i>A Court of Thorns and Roses </i>trilogy.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This shows that wrapping up a series is no easy task.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">When you find yourself writing rather <i>unusual</i> endings to your fantasy series, like yours truly here, the days and weeks leading up to the release of a series finale of your own can be a very nerve wracking time. Ever since I wrote the last sentence of <i><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/keys-to-the-realm/id1501021681" target="_blank">Keys to the Realm</a></i>, which released Friday 3rd July, 2020, I’ve been stressing out about what readers will think of this conclusion to my <i><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/heir-to-the-throne/id1482405213" target="_blank">Heir to the Throne Trilogy</a></i>. Will it be a <i>KOA </i>or a <i>ACOWAR</i>? <i>A Good Place</i> or good riddance?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">To distract myself from this anxiety, I compiled a list of my favourite series finales from the world of books and films. And so, in no particular order...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">All but the last two <i>Breaking Dawn</i> films were a disappointment for me and the last film was by far the best of the lot. I won’t say much more about this series; I know us Twihards are a dying breed...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>The Raven Cycle</i> is one of my favourite YA (magical realism?) series, and I was very happy with how it was wrapped up. Especially as it ended in a way that I hadn’t been able to predict. The author did something different with it, like I try to with my series finales, and it played out wonderfully. Highly recommend this series for fans of YA!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">When it comes to the <i>Hunger Games</i>, I prefer the film adaptations over the books, even though I read the books first. When I read the series, I wasn’t that into dystopian fiction (still not that into this genre these days, either) and I thought the books were alright. I didn’t like the main character but I appreciated why she was written that way. I applaud the author for being brave enough to write that kind of character in a YA series. It’s so easy to write a <i>likable</i> hero in this genre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Christopher Nolan. Christian Bale. Enough said. But I have to say a bit more: This film trilogy is one of my all-time favourites and will always be in a league of its own. The last film in this series was fantastic, even Anne Hathaway couldn’t ruin it for me. I am a huge fan of Robert Pattinson, so I’m excited about the new Batman film he’s going to star in. I wonder how it will compare to Nolan’s films...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This could easily have gone in the wrong direction because the first two books were so cute and were wrapped up quite nicely with a fluffy bow, but I really enjoyed the last book in this YA contemporary trilogy. One of the series that I re-read whenever I’m in a reading slump or need some feel good vibes. I wrote reviews <a href="http://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2018/02/bookreview-to-all-boys-ive-loved-before.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">My favourite YA dystopia series is <i>The 5th Wave trilogy</i>. The last book was really, really good. I wrote a review <a href="http://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2018/01/bookreview-5th-wave-trilogy-by-rick.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Ascend (book)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I really loved the <i>Tryll Trilogy</i>, and the last book in the series was an excellent wrap-up. Amanda Hocking really paved the way for indie authors and these three books of hers will always have a special place in my heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I haven’t included any TV series because most of the ones I've watched/enjoyed didn’t finish quite so strongly. That said, the last ever episode of <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> was pretty amazing, even though that final series wasn’t my favourite of the show. Or even second favourite. Still an awesome show—my all-time fave :)</span><div><font face=""><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMSlZ52d0PBUeGZ1L8wRewTHCjmAl0cmhm2lH2vKPFnCFY-kW9gTWvYvl2CeEVeoWJTUo45evVpas60cP_osLNuBdJaImHzgy5mxpKeYkGGg0oZzUDxweYklwRNqhegZyMdJAIS4SgjY/s165/buffy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="128" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMSlZ52d0PBUeGZ1L8wRewTHCjmAl0cmhm2lH2vKPFnCFY-kW9gTWvYvl2CeEVeoWJTUo45evVpas60cP_osLNuBdJaImHzgy5mxpKeYkGGg0oZzUDxweYklwRNqhegZyMdJAIS4SgjY/w200-h258/buffy.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><font face=""><br /></font><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What are your favourite series finales?</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Thanks for reading and I hope you get to check out the books I’ve mentioned if you’re into these genres. If you’re interested in my work, you can check out my books >><a href="https://bit.ly/NeYaBooks" target="_blank">here</a> <<</span></div></div></div></div></div>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-76356523368410969302020-06-22T04:00:00.006+01:002022-04-30T08:53:43.809+01:00Epic Fantasy #BookRecommendations with #BookReviews<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzL5TAIHfLf4w84-hOyaQu4wmIcqNyHUmocdTZhT-Kt2pQj6lOZyESdJUf93pEeaVO5sobK16HoYVFH0CcICLgRwVGFZDNShHhD3BXmPPYOLEKgtCinuGvCrq_w0S55QQnX7NcR2WoAo/s428/fantasy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="428" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzL5TAIHfLf4w84-hOyaQu4wmIcqNyHUmocdTZhT-Kt2pQj6lOZyESdJUf93pEeaVO5sobK16HoYVFH0CcICLgRwVGFZDNShHhD3BXmPPYOLEKgtCinuGvCrq_w0S55QQnX7NcR2WoAo/w400-h191/fantasy.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">I have three epic reads to recommend if you like reading high fantasy—or if you’re like me and read an eclectic mix of genres. If you want to give epic fantasy a try for the first time, I personally, think these books are easy to get into. Mini book reviews for my recommendations are provided, too :) I hope you’ll give them a try if they’re not already on your TBR.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font face="georgia">Favourite Standalone</font></h3><div><font face="georgia"><i><b>The Priory of The Orange Tree</b></i></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Samantha Shannon (2019)</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><b>ADULT FANTASY</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__PZH6uSNLkcWBsjepg0CsBtSW6dmIlq0F5yqhm0xNw3yX7jE1MDciw2lh4fBo_xTAiyeNbn72unMEtV9SKx6hjPrt0SNOJZYGcYRKkCo3YzW2wvDRHQqmYqtVfiWVoDudVggsiUEMTI/s475/priory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__PZH6uSNLkcWBsjepg0CsBtSW6dmIlq0F5yqhm0xNw3yX7jE1MDciw2lh4fBo_xTAiyeNbn72unMEtV9SKx6hjPrt0SNOJZYGcYRKkCo3YzW2wvDRHQqmYqtVfiWVoDudVggsiUEMTI/s320/priory.jpg" /></a></div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">This book was as stunning as its cover. Beautiful writing, a gripping story, a big cast of intriguing characters, a HUGE world. <i>A grown up fantasy for the sophisticated reader</i>. I enjoyed it so much. It’s a standalone, but I wouldn’t be surprised—in fact, I’d be very happy—if the author announced a sequel or a companion novel in the future. This epic world has SO MUCH potential. Samantha Shannon’s other series is going on my TBR.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">>><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Priory-Orange-Tree-Samantha-Shannon-ebook/dp/B07DFFQ2WQ" target="_blank">Amazon Link</a><<</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font face="georgia">Favourite Series</font></h3><div><font face="georgia"><b><i>Throne of Glass Series</i></b></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Sarah J Maas (2012-2018)</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><b>YA/NA CROSS-OVER</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIe8o-uUK91bmnz2XW9VhS62b0jQNVAoAVXKw0Yqt1FX0h9scEnOIM563nqHXfb9_yTsbt1bzp7WYt6pqdtKL5Zeq9GJzF-nbxTcSILEZd2FWP9FtVyJGGStWpHbcygCTNak-XsSlNcw/s475/eos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIe8o-uUK91bmnz2XW9VhS62b0jQNVAoAVXKw0Yqt1FX0h9scEnOIM563nqHXfb9_yTsbt1bzp7WYt6pqdtKL5Zeq9GJzF-nbxTcSILEZd2FWP9FtVyJGGStWpHbcygCTNak-XsSlNcw/s320/eos.jpg" /></a></div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">This seven-book series is one hell of a ride. <i>Ten years in the making and it shows</i>. You can see on the page all the love and care that Sarah J Maas put into her characters and this world. <i>Book 1</i> foreshadowed a lot of the themes in <i>Book 7</i>—that tells you she knew exactly what she was doing from the start.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">Personally, my favourites in this series were <i>Book 4</i> (<i>Queen of Shadows</i>) and <i>Book 5</i> (<i>Empire of Storms</i>). I loved every chapter in EoS, every story arc, every character—the supporting cast more so in this book than the lead protagonist (even though she is one of my favourite female fiction characters ever)—every <i>thing</i>.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">My favourite thing about SJM is how she really takes the time and makes the effort to develop her supporting cast. They have interesting pasts and grow and change and really influence the story line, driving it forward just as much as the protagonist does. In EoS in particular, I think SJM did a brilliant job with the peripheral characters, all having a role to play and pushing the story forward. I didn't once find myself skimming through sections that were from the supporting cast's POV, which sometimes can happen if the sub-plots and peripheral characters aren't interesting enough.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">>><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BJ3RP2" target="_blank">Amazon Link</a><<</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font face="georgia">Favourite Book</font></h3><div><font face="georgia"><b><i>A Court of Mist and Fury</i></b> (A Court of Thrones and Roses #2)</font></div><div><font face="georgia">Sarah J Maas (2016)</font></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;">NA/ADULT CROSS-OVER</b></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBnqO-V1uUlAZekVq9ZV7aRIqkAxm5TCfdq20WOGKJ6Aga54egBznP59PdkgCoOpay6P7UdERm56R1wXdfbSoQuCBUGeVPPwxhxjcOZJ9sXBV4_0VHAv2Tpo8BiwQdW-Xku2B-RB-ays/s475/acomaf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBnqO-V1uUlAZekVq9ZV7aRIqkAxm5TCfdq20WOGKJ6Aga54egBznP59PdkgCoOpay6P7UdERm56R1wXdfbSoQuCBUGeVPPwxhxjcOZJ9sXBV4_0VHAv2Tpo8BiwQdW-Xku2B-RB-ays/s320/acomaf.jpg" /></a></div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">I love this book more than all the books in the ToG series and more than <i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i>—so I guess I have to recommend the ACOTAR series, too. Why isn’t this series my favourite series, though? The first book and the final one in the series were 3-star reads for me, whereas all the books in the ToG series were 4- and 5-star reads, so that’s why ToG won that race. But the ACOTAR trilogy is worth reading just for the second book in the series—it’s that good.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">ACOMAF had everything I wanted it to have and more. The writing, pacing, romance, action, humour, all of it was excellent. I enjoyed it even more when I re-read it. Plus, it won a Goodreads Choice Award, too.</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">>><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R32ZP0I" target="_blank">Amazon Link</a><<</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">There you go. My high fantasy book recommendations. I hope you’ll give them a try if epic fantasy is your jam :)</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia">My <i>Heir to the Throne Trilogy</i> (“<i>Throne of Glass</i> with mermaids-ish”) is available at the below retailers:</font></div><div><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/heir-to-the-throne/id1482405213" target="_blank">Apple Books</a>, <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heir-to-the-throne-neha-yazmin/1133952196?ean=2940160844060" target="_blank">B&N Nook</a>, <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/heir-to-the-throne-11" target="_blank">Kobo</a></font></div>Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comLondon, UK51.5073509 -0.127758323.197117063821153 -35.284008299999996 79.817584736178844 35.028491700000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-66007408373565349212020-04-15T07:14:00.000+01:002020-04-15T07:14:24.595+01:00Happy Easter :)<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Taking a break from blogging this week, but I have three free fiction books that you can download in the meantime:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">To refrain from spoiling Book 1 for you, I won't post the blurb of Book 2 here, but here's a little teaser:</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">In the Kingdom of Adgar, the King or Queen's firstborn is not automatically named Heir to the throne; any of their children can become the next ruler of the land. If they are deemed worthy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">17-year-old Aaryana has competed against her siblings from a young age and is a firm favourite to take the Throne. However, just days before her father is expected to name her his Heir, a scheme is devised to not only take Aaryana out of the running, but also to ruin her reputation completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Will her enemies succeed in cheating her out of the throne that she was destined for or will Aaryana and her friends manage to save her from disgrace?</span><br />
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Neha Yazminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673763616098342722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607379515478806186.post-63364113610269600552020-02-04T10:43:00.000+00:002020-02-04T11:19:45.652+00:00Release Day Ramblings: writer’s voice and brand, memorable characters, and more...<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Heir to the Throne</i>, the first book in my brand new <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YQ5C9Y2" target="_blank">royalty fantasy</a> series, is available to download from your <a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/p/upcoming-release-epic-high-fantasy.html" target="_blank">favourite retailers now</a>. Books 2 and 3 are releasing soon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am always excited and nervous on release day—well, release <i>week</i>—but with this book, this series, I am more so than usual. That’s probably the reason behind my ramblings today! This is my first high fantasy/<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YQ5C9Y2" target="_blank">epic fantasy series</a>—a genre I haven’t written in since my childhood days—so, I’m eager to see what readers think of it. And scared of what they’ll think of it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There have been more pre-orders for this book than all my previous pre-orders combined, so I know that people are eager to get their hands on it. Just a little pressure, but it’s very welcome. Needless to say, I’m very proud of this trilogy and I believe it will satisfy its target audience. Think <i>Throne of Glass</i> without fae; <i>Game of Thrones</i> without dragons—but with a different mythical creature instead.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The style of writing in this trilogy is different to that of my six <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096SM014" target="_blank">urban fantasy books</a>, and of course, the story is worlds apart from my four <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0716DH3BM" target="_blank">contemporary romance novels</a>. I switch up my style—and therefore my ‘voice’—depending on the genre I’m writing in and the story that I’m telling. Perhaps that means I don’t have a ‘voice’? And perhaps that’s not a good thing? Rest assured, my ‘voice’ within each individual series is consistent.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One thing that is always the same in all my works, regardless of genre, is the character-driven aspect of them. I try to ensure that my characters are well thought-out and well-developed, and whether or not you agree with the decisions they sometimes make, I ensure that you understand those decisions. That the characters’ actions make sense to you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Funnily enough, the romance in my fantasy books is subtle; the love story is a proper sub-plot to the action, suspense, and drama—maybe because my contemporary romance novels revolve around the love story, while the action, suspense, and drama form the sub-plots? Still, the characters are the stars of the show; they’re the ones that stay with the reader.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That’s my brand—<i>characters that feel so real, you’ll forget you’re reading fiction</i>. (Catchy little tag line for my author brand, don’t you think? I must get around to making a banner with it. I came up with it ages ago!) My writing ‘voice’ might change a little—or a lot—with the genre, and you might not recognise it when you read my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YQ5C9Y2" target="_blank">fantasy novels</a> after reading my contemporary romance books—or vice versa—but you’ll know it’s a Neha Yazmin book because of the depths to the characters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For me, it’s very important that the audience understands the people in my stories as well as I do—without spending half as much time with them as I do. I give my characters a lot of time, think about them for hours and over days, care about them as though they’re real, and I show that on the page. If they’re not real to me, how will the reader believe them? Why would they care? Why should they spend time with my characters if I didn’t bother to spend enough time on them to make them worthy?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Apart from well-rounded characters, here are a few more things that readers can expect from this trilogy—without giving too much away:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1)</b> This series revolves around mythical creatures that <b>I haven’t written about before</b>, with my own take on them. [Hint: I’ve written about vampires (<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096SM014" target="_blank">Poison Blood Series</a></i>), witches, wizards, and shifters (<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DBFX58Z" target="_blank">Witch’s Blood Series</a></i>). I don’t think that I’ve mentioned these creatures in any of my projects, actually. As I said earlier, you can think of this trilogy as ‘<i>Throne of Glass</i> with ______ instead of fae’ or ‘<i>Game of Thrones</i> with _______ instead of dragons, and none of the sexual content, either.’ I’ll fill in the gaps in a future post</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">—I want you to discover this while reading</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">).]</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Two)</b> I love a good <b>origin story</b>—I like to explain how the magical beings in my stories came to exist—so this trilogy gets one, too. [We learned how the vampires in my <i>Poison Blood Series</i> came about, and we’ll discover how the witches in the <i>Witch’s Blood Series</i> came to exist when I complete that series.]</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Three)</b> No corsets. These books are set in a completely made up fictional world—they’re not inspired by a particular time or place in history—so why would I include something that I don’t believe in? There’s <b>no mention of corsets in this trilogy</b> because they don’t exist in this world. [The best way to describe the setting of these books is “alternative historical fantasy world”.]</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Four)</b> The lead character’s body shape is <b>not typical for the genre</b>. Usually, the girls are tiny compared to the big, bear-like love interests, or they’re of medium height, have a small waist and “great boobs”. Aaryana—like all her sisters—is very tall, flat-chested, hardly has any curves, and her training has helped her gain a strong, powerful, muscular, athletic body.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I really hope that readers take to Aaryana like they have to Ellie, Mukti, and Shell, and that they enjoy a series that was inspired by just a single image (below) that I found on the web (see my ‘story behind the story’ blog post <a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/2019/10/from-single-image-to-entire-trilogy.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">17-year-old Aaryana has competed against her siblings from a young age and is a firm favourite to take the Throne. However, just days before her father is expected to name her his Heir, a scheme is devised to not only take Aaryana out of the running, but also to ruin her reputation completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">In the Kingdom of Adgar, the King or Queen's firstborn is not automatically named Heir to the throne; any of their children can become the next ruler of the land. If they are deemed worthy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">17-year-old Aaryana has competed against her siblings from a young age and is a firm favourite to take the Throne. However, just days before her father is expected to name her his Heir, a scheme is devised to not only take Aaryana out of the running, but also to ruin her reputation completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Will her enemies succeed in cheating her out of the throne that she was destined for or will Aaryana and her friends manage to save her from disgrace?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In the Kingdom of Adgar, the King or Queen's firstborn is not automatically named Heir to the throne; any of their children can become the next ruler of the land. If they are deemed worthy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">17-year-old Aaryana has competed against her siblings from a young age and is a firm favourite to take the Throne. However, just days before her father is expected to name her his Heir, a scheme is devised to not only take Aaryana out of the running, but also to ruin her reputation completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Will her enemies succeed in cheating her out of the throne that she was destined for or will Aaryana and her friends manage to save her from disgrace?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Heir to the Throne is a new epic high fantasy that’s perfect if you’re getting Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms or missing the Throne of Glass series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello everyone, long time, no proper blogging! But the baby (well, he's a toddler now; he'll turn 2 in December) is napping, so I thought I'd write a quick '<i>story behind the story</i>' post in relation to my upcoming novel, as I usually do when I introduce a new book/series to you. So, let's get into it :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>In the Kingdom of Adgar, the King or Queen's firstborn is not automatically named Heir to the throne; any of their children can become the next ruler.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>17-year-old Aaryana has competed against her siblings from a young age and is a firm favourite to take the Throne. However, just days before her father is expected to name her his Heir, a scheme is devised to not only take Aaryana out of the running, but also to ruin her reputation completely.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Will her enemies succeed in cheating her out of the throne that she was destined for or will Aaryana and her friends manage to save her from disgrace?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were a number of factors that helped shape the premise and plot of this story. </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What put things into motion for me was the image of the girl in the <i>Heir to the Throne</i> book cover. I saw it on the Pixabay stock image site in March 2018 and fell in love with it. It was just a PNG of a girl with her sword and cloak, but I thought it was stunning and immediately downloaded it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I really wanted her on a cover for one of my books, but she wasn’t appropriate for any of my contemporary romance novels, <i>obviously</i>, and as my fantasy books are in the urban fantasy sub-genre, she couldn’t go on the covers of my <i><a href="https://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/p/poison-blood-series.html" target="_blank">Poison Blood Series</a></i> or <i><a href="http://nehayazmin.blogspot.com/p/witchs-blood-series.html" target="_blank">Witch’s Blood Series</a></i>, either.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I’ll just have to write a book about her, then,” I thought to myself jokingly, but almost instantly, my brain came up with various ideas for how to go about it. Quickly, I asked and answered a bunch of questions—who and what is she? What does she do? Why is she holding a sword? Why is she dressed like that? <i>Where </i>and <i>when </i>exactly is she?—and built up a mini character profile for her in my head. I decided that she was a Princess, and came up with reasons as to why she was dressed for combat, rather than in a pretty gown. It was clear that she belonged in an alternative historical high fantasy-type setting, and the world-building began.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Once there was a very vain King,” my mum used to say. “And he would always ask his daughters how much they loved him and why. </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One day, when he asked his daughters this question and they started likening their love for him to sweet things—sugar, honey, syrup, molasses, and so on—one of the Princesses said that she loved him like she loved salt.” My mum always mentioned this daughter last—she used to say that this Princess was the King’s favourite child, too—so, I assumed that she was the youngest child. However, she could have had siblings that were younger than her; we just didn’t get around to hearing from them because the King threw a tantrum due to the salt comparison and banished her from the kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“She was taken in by a family in a faraway land,” mum would say, “and didn’t see her father until years later, when he visited the people that she lived with. The King didn’t know that the daughter he'd disowned years ago was a part of the household that had invited him for dinner, and the ex-Princess took the opportunity to teach her father a lesson. She cooked an inedible banquet using sweets like sugar, honey, syrup, etc. in the place of salt, and the only dish that the King was able to eat and enjoy was the last one brought to the table. It was the only one that used salt for seasoning and nothing sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“He remembered the daughter that had loved him the way she loved salt and understood her point of view. The King told his hosts about the daughter that had obviously loved him just as much as his other children and openly regretted banishing her.” Which was the cue for the chef/Princess to reveal herself. Overjoyed, the King took her back with open arms.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As a child, I thought my mum had made up the story, or her mum had, or her mum’s mum. In my teens and young adult days, I came to the conclusion that it must be a classic bedtime story that Bangladeshi women have been telling their daughters for generations, to drill in the importance of seasoning our food: The amount of salt in a curry can make or break the dish.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was only when I was contemplating doing a retelling of this bedtime story that I thought of Googling it. <i>If I'm going to tell people that my next book is inspired by a classic Bangladeshi folk tale</i>, I thought, <i>I should do a fact check, shouldn’t I?</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What I found was that this story is typically referred to as “The King and his Daughters”, and various cultures around the world have their own renditions of it. I’m glad I did the research, but it’s not because I can now say that <i>Heir to the Throne</i> is a retelling of <i>The King and his Daughters</i>. Technically, it’s not a retelling, but I have taken inspiration from certain elements from the story I grew up with (a King with quite a few daughters, the favourite Princess wrongly getting punished) and the stock image helped me make a few other decisions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway, within the space of a couple of days, I had a mental outline for the book and started fleshing it out on the MS Word app on my iPhone whenever I had an hour here or a half-hour there in-between running around after my baby. I can’t remember when I actually started writing the book (maybe September 2018, or end of August?), but the bulk of the drafting took place in October and November 2018 (my first NaNoWriMo!).</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because I was working on a novel, I couldn’t read <i>Tower of Dawn</i> and <i>Kingdom of Ash</i> by Sarah J Maas (the last two books in the <i>Throne of Glass</i> series) until 2019, when the first draft of <i>Heir to the Throne</i> was done. I’d had the e-book of <i>Tower of Dawn</i> for a while but didn’t want to read it until the series finale was released on October 23, 2018. When it did come out, I was <i>in the zone</i>, writing my book, and I had to postpone reading those books back-to-back.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, some of you might be wondering, <i>Why's she gone off on a tangent?</i> Some of you <i>Throne of Glass</i> fans might be thinking that it’s about time that I mentioned my favourite high fantasy series. Clueless as to where I’m going with this? Let me explain. I’ve been wrongly accused of copying other authors’ stories enough times to feel that I have to say this: I read <i>Tower of Dawn</i> <b>after </b>finishing the first draft of <i>Heir to the Throne</i>. I didn’t copy one of the tiny elements in that book and put it in my own. It <i>is </i>possible that two writers can have similar ideas for their books.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And for you <i>Throne of Glass </i>fans, <i>Heir to the Throne </i>can be put into the same bucket as <i>Throne of Glass </i>because both of these series are set in alternate historical fantasy lands and revolve around Kings and Queens and Princes and Princesses—hence the cover of <i>Heir to the Throne </i>was designed to say, “Yes, you’re right, this cover <i>is </i>reminiscent of the <i>Throne of Glass</i> covers, and that’s because this book might provide a similar experience to the <i>Throne of Glass</i> series. So, if you liked those books, you might enjoy this book, too.” My series has a completely different story line, though, different characters, and is not a re-hash of Sarah J Maas’s brilliant work. You'll see that very quickly if you sign up and read the sample.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Right. With that out of the way, let’s get back to business. As I said earlier, <i>Heir to the Throne</i> is not a retelling of <i>The King and his Daughters</i>, and even if it had started off as that, the novel would have ended up as something else entirely. Most of the books I write change and evolve into something much bigger than I expect, and this book was no exception. I’m working on the series finale now and it is going to be EPIC. So, watch this space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In the Kingdom of Adgar, the King or Queen's firstborn is not automatically named Heir to the throne; any of their children can become the next ruler of the land. If they are deemed worthy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">17-year-old Aaryana has competed against her siblings from a young age and is a firm favourite to take the Throne. However, just days before her father is expected to name her his Heir, a scheme is devised to not only take Aaryana out of the running, but also to ruin her reputation completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Will her enemies succeed in cheating her out of the throne that she was destined for or will Aaryana and her friends manage to save her from disgrace?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Heir to the Throne is a new epic high fantasy that’s perfect if you’re getting Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms or missing the Throne of Glass series.</span></div>
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