Erich's Plea:Book One of The Witchcraft Wars

[traceya]

Hi all,
Erich's Plea: Book one of the Witchcraft Wars is the first in a trilogy of fantasy novels set in the mythical world of Kaynos.

Erich's Plea has gotten some fantastic reviews, 20 to date with a 4.5 star average 


Although I'm busy working away on the new series I haven't forgotten this little gem which is the beginning of The Witchcraft Wars.  At only $3.45 it's a bargain - check it out for yourself.

Cheers,
Trace

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[traceya]

Hi all,
Actually starting to get some sales, not huge amounts but enough to keep me encouraged - love some reviews now

Anyway for a newbie I couldn't be happier

Cheers,
Trace

[traceya]

Hi all,

I've written a new blurb for Erich's Plea, I'm beginning to learn that the right kind of product description is critical.

Amazon haven't updated yet so I'll give you first peek 


The Kingdoms of Kaynos have been at peace for nearly a thousand years.  Now the ambitions of a dark sorceress armed with a new, deadly type of magic called witchcraft threaten to tear the Kingdoms to pieces.

Locked deep in the bowels of Zeaburg's infamous, horror-filled  subterranean prison the young druid Slade is haunted by a strange, recurring dream.  A dream in which his beloved father, High King Erich of Vestland, pleads for Slade's help. 

Convinced of the dreams truth Slade must somehow attempt the impossible and escape the inescapable Zeaburg prison in order to find and save his father. 

Gathering an unlikely assortment of allies along the way Slade must not only find a way out of Zeaburg prison but must also find a way to prevent what threatens to be the bloodiest, most brutal war in the history of all the Kingdoms of Kaynos.

Will an unimaginable alliance, an unlikely friendship and a forbidden love be enough to save the Kingdoms of Kaynos?

Personally I think this is a better blurb than the first one but whether that will translate into higher sales remains to be seen - humbly invite your opinions though 

Cheers,
Trace

[traceya]

Hi all,
The new & improved illustrated version of Erich's Plea is now available 

The dark ambitions of a beautiful and talented elven sorceress are pitted against the combined might of a strange and unlikely group of heroes.  Can the young druid Slade and his companions stop Shallendara from her evil threat to plunge the Kingdoms of Kaynos into a brutal war of conquest?  Will the Grand Knight Lord Michael's unlikely alliance with Nexus, the powerful mage of Bhaal find a way to combat the new and deadly form of magic called witchcraft?  Will High King Erich of Vestland be found in time or will his oldest son Ulrich destroy everything that Erich worked so hard to achieve?

All this & now, far, far more in Erich's Plea: Book One of the Witchcraft Wars - still only $1.99

Here's a short snippet from the book:-


Two months ago he had arrived at Ostland’s Zeaburg prison complex and been immediately deposited in this subterranean dungeon with its smooth stone walls, mazes of corridors, very little lighting and the constant smell of death, blood, waste and decay in his nostrils.  Every day he had been alternatively beaten and tortured for hours, his own screams blending with the cries, screams and moans of the other, unseen, sufferers in Zeaburg's nightmarish torture chambers.  Even the rats eschewed Zeaburg, although the fleas showed no similar scruples and were an additional constant torment.  Slade’s body was covered from head to toe with tiny bites from the multitudes of the invidious creatures.  Slade would not have believed it was possible for a place like Zeaburg prison to exist if he had not seen the horrors of it with his own eyes.  Zeaburg prison well deserved its evil reputation.

Zeaburg also had a reputation for being inescapable; no one, in all its long history had ever escaped from its confines, except in death.  Slade had never believed half the rumors that had surrounded Zeaburg before, now he saw clearly they were all true and worse.  He also knew why those imprisoned here died and, it was said, they were glad to, death being preferable to daily life in Zeaburg.  Each day that passed for Slade saw his strength being sapped; his once lean and muscular frame becoming daily more wasted.  Between the pitiful amount of barely edible food, the near constant beatings or other, more inventive types of torture Slade had become a shadow of his former self.  Only two things had so far prevented Slade from succumbing completely to the horrors of Zeaburg.  Physically he found himself relying on the strengthening exercises practiced by the warrior monks of the Black Lotus and taught to Slade, when he was still at court, by Solomon, the current head of the monastery.

Emotionally and mentally Slade had relied upon his memories of Ming to survive each passing hour.  Slade shook his head slightly at the irony, that Ming, who he had spent the past five years trying so hard to forget now haunted his every thought, waking and sleeping.  It was the memories of Ming that had, for the past two months since his arrival in this demon haunted prison, given Slade the courage to endure the beatings and torture and the cold, hard stone of his underground cell.  Now, for the first time, with the memory of his father’s voice still ringing in his ear Slade was grateful to Ming and to her memory, for keeping him alive.

I hope you will enjoy Erich's Plea.  Book Two in the series to be released at the end of June.

Cheers,
Tracey

[David McAfee]

Actually that doesn't look bad in a thumbnail at all...

[Kristen Painter]

Looks really good!

[traceya]

Actually that doesn't look bad in a thumbnail at all...

I'm really, really happy with it and it fits the storyline so well, much better now that I think of it than the drawing of Trunk.  Of course you still have to read it to understand the significance of the witchy hand...... hint, hint.

Looks really good!

I wish I could thank you Kristen but all credit to David McAfee who took the artwork and made it an actual book cover.... round of applause for the vampire man. 

Cheers,
Trace

[Ann in Arlington]

Great News, Tracey. . . .I merged your new thread with the existing book thread for this book.  We recommend you make it a bookmark/favorite in your browser so you'll be able to add to it in the future.

[JennaAnderson]

Tracy and David - LOVE the cover! I've been seeing it around the forum and had to find the right spot to tell you how much I like it.

Jenna

[traceya]

Tracy and David - LOVE the cover! I've been seeing it around the forum and had to find the right spot to tell you how much I like it.

Jenna

Thanks Jenna - I'm really happy with the cover, it seems to pop right out at you.  Took a while though and, of course lots of help 

Cheers,
Trace

[nomesque]

Trace, is Erich's Plea on Smashwords?

[traceya]

Trace, is Erich's Plea on Smashwords?

It is but the non-illustrated version - the drawings wouldn't convert for some reason and I'm still trying to figure out why    It's a good book without the drawings, says she so very modestly, but I just think they add a little something.

Cheers,
Trace

Oh, BTW - meant to tell you earlier - both my nieces absolutely loved Maisy May, as did I, and, perhaps even better both agreed it was pretty close to the mark in terms of being a teenager and a Christian.   

 

[Archer]

Trace:

My books are illustrated. The illios converted fine. What form are your pics in?

[traceya]

Trace:

My books are illustrated. The illios converted fine. What form are your pics in?

Hi Archer,
I added them as .jpg's to the Word doc - should I be doing something different?

[nomesque]

It is but the non-illustrated version - the drawings wouldn't convert for some reason and I'm still trying to figure out why    It's a good book without the drawings, says she so very modestly, but I just think they add a little something.

Cool, I'll pick it up when I get paid. I would've just searched, but smashwords is borked again - sigh.

Umm... I guess the main questions are: what format are your drawings in, how were they put into the word file (linked or imported?), and what sort of text alignment?

Oh, BTW - meant to tell you earlier - both my nieces absolutely loved Maisy May, as did I, and, perhaps even better both agreed it was pretty close to the mark in terms of being a teenager and a Christian.   

Woohoo! That warms my heart. Thanks for letting me know. Can't talk them into writing an Amazon review, can you?

[traceya]

Cool, I'll pick it up when I get paid. I would've just searched, but smashwords is borked again - sigh.

Umm... I guess the main questions are: what format are your drawings in, how were they put into the word file (linked or imported?), and what sort of text alignment?

Woohoo! That warms my heart. Thanks for letting me know. Can't talk them into writing an Amazon review, can you?

Are you kidding    They're 14 - you'd get something along the lines of 'um, well, I really, you know, liked it'

I must write one for you, just haven't gotten around to it, my bad 

[nomesque]

Are you kidding    They're 14 - you'd get something along the lines of 'um, well, I really, you know, liked it'

I must write one for you, just haven't gotten around to it, my bad 

LOL - well, hey, if that's what speaks to teens, that's fine. Even if it's 'Dude, like, whatevz.'

No rush. I know the feeling - I've read a few indie books lately (now that i have an ebook reader - bliss!) and I'm behind on reviews - eep! Also have a beta read to do, and trying not to feel guilty about.

Hey, how'd we get onto talking about MY book on YOUR thread? Geez, I win rudeness points tonight!

[David McAfee]

Tracy and David - LOVE the cover! I've been seeing it around the forum and had to find the right spot to tell you how much I like it.

Jenna

Thanks, Jenna. It was fun to do.

[traceya]

LOL - well, hey, if that's what speaks to teens, that's fine. Even if it's 'Dude, like, whatevz.'

No rush. I know the feeling - I've read a few indie books lately (now that i have an ebook reader - bliss!) and I'm behind on reviews - eep! Also have a beta read to do, and trying not to feel guilty about.

Hey, how'd we get onto talking about MY book on YOUR thread? Geez, I win rudeness points tonight!

Do not give it a second thought - at least we're talking about books  
Cheers,
Trace

[David McAfee]

Hey, how'd we get onto talking about MY book on YOUR thread? Geez, I win rudeness points tonight!

Sheesh, nomesque. *shaking head and going Tch tch Tch*

[Betsy the Quilter]

Hey, how'd we get onto talking about MY book on YOUR thread? Geez, I win rudeness points tonight!

I'm sure there's a rule about that...
 

Betsy

[David "Half-Orc" Dalglish]

Uh oh, run guys. Soon we'll be deluged with scary hats and horse poop!

David Dalglish

[Archer]

Run away! RUN AWAYYYYYYYY!!!

(brandishes coconuts)
clop-clop! clop-clop! clop-clop!

Trace: My illios are jpgs, too. Wonder what the deal is? Did you convert to HTML?

[traceya]

Run away! RUN AWAYYYYYYYY!!!

(brandishes coconuts)
clop-clop! clop-clop! clop-clop!

Trace: My illios are jpgs, too. Wonder what the deal is? Did you convert to HTML?

Aaah, that's what I did wrong - fixing as we speak, er type 
I was so tired when I first tried to upload it to Smashwords I wouldn't have been surprised if I'd tried to do it in Klingon 
Moral of the story is think before pushing buttons.
Cheers,
Trace