Category: books

The Jester’s Apprentice Ebook Giveaway: Day 2

So for day two of The Jester’s Apprentice giveaway, I have a simple multiple-choice question for you. (For details about the giveaway, read this post.) As is the case all week long (until the 14th), everyone who answers correctly, wins. Simple. 🙂 If you’d like to read the first chapter of Jester’s, click here. What are the knights in this illustration doing? A. Steeple chasing B. Jousting C. Dueling To enter, email me at amydsaunders@gmail.com or leave a comment with the following: Your answer Your name Your email address Whether you want your ebook in Kindle (.mobi), EPUB, or PDF […]

The Jester’s Apprentice Giveaway Kicks Off With #SampleSunday!

I’m starting off The Jester’s Apprentice week-long giveaway with a look at the first chapter. If you missed Friday’s post, here’s how the giveaway works. Each day this week, I’ll post a simple trivia question with cheats. Everyone who gets the answer right, wins. The only stipulation is that you can only win once. You have a choice between formats: Kindle (.mobi), EPUB (for Nook, Sony, and most other e-readers and apps), or PDF. So pick your poison and away you go! Today’s answer is found in the first chapter below. Before and after the chapter, I’ll post a super […]

The Jester’s Apprentice came out officially on Smashwords.com yesterday, and is now available on Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble for the Nook! But before you buy, next week is The Jester’s Apprentice giveaway. From August 7-14 (so Sunday to Sunday), you can win a copy right here! Every day next week, I’ll post a super easy trivia question (with cheats!) based on something related to the book. You won’t be able to get the answers wrong, I promise! Everyone who enters and answers the question correctly, wins. Easy-peasy. The only real rule is one win per person. You’ll get […]

The Jester’s Apprentice Cover & Release Info

So I know I’ve had spatterings of information about my upcoming mystery novel, The Jester’s Apprentice, but today I’m pleased to both reveal the cover and offer release details. First things first. The cover. La voila! Now about the release. Jester’s will be available on Amazon Kindle and Smashwords on or around August 5 (uploading time and all that). I’m planning an official giveaway, and I’ll post the specifics closer to the release date. I can’t tell you how excited I am to get this out into the world! I’m working hard on making my final touches and I have to […]

The Changing Face of Bookselling, or R.I.P. Borders

The news that Borders is officially shutting all its doors, and then reading this post on the MaggieCakes blog about the demise of bookshops inspired me to pen this post (figuratively speaking of course). And isn’t it true that expressions like ‘pen this or that’ are becoming more figurative than actual? Many authors start and finish their books and stories and poems today on a computer. And now that is passing over to how readers acquire and often read those books and stories and poems. But let’s go back for a minute to the Borders closing issue. Is it the […]

10 Characters I Wish Would Come to Life

Sometimes I’m reading and just wish certain characters would literally jump off the page and into real life. So today I’m introducing 10 of my favorites in that category. In some cases I’ve cheated and counted a duo as one but that’s because I couldn’t possibly bring one to life without the other. Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth. This one was a no-brainer and there’s no way I can separate them. Mary & James from The Agency series. I don’t know that either of them would qualify as being fun to have around, but I love their interaction and […]

So right now I am consumed with completing the last revisions of The Jester’s Apprentice. I’m planning to do a review copy giveaway at the beginning of July so I’m hustling to get finished! Sleep is optional right now and my head is spinning with all the things still left to do. To keep my sanity in tact and spare you from the drivel I’m pretty sure would come out of me today, I’m posting some photos of cool bookends I discovered instead. 🙂 The Mosman Library in Australia had an entire exhibit devoted to bookends! You […]