Happy Halloween Ghosts and Guardians!

I hope your day is filled with tricks and treats (and no rocks). To my 61 followers this is the final spotlight of the Tale of Ghosts and Guardians Monster Files. It’s a grand one. It’s a powerful one. It’s a frightening one. It is Witches.

Witches are humans who have learned and practiced the difficult art of magic. Magic can be taught to any being, but the lessons are kept secret by the centuries old human organization. Magic is an alteration of the physical world, controlled by the witch, who had offered a totem or part of their spirit to gain that control. Knowing the cost of power, witches utilize social and institutional tricks and persuasion to meet their ends. Witches are very selective, and any magic user who does not practice according to their long established rules will be financially ruined, publicly ostracized, or just plain killed.

Witches operate as a mafia-like organization in A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians. If something supernatural is happening they are usually involved, or they are aware enough to be ready to use the paranormal event to their advantage. When the witches do eventually encounter the characters of A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians, the characters have one clear choice, join the witches or die. 

I hope you all enjoyed these short segments devoted to the monsters of A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians. Much of the joy of writing has been taking these long established monsters and creatures and giving them updated stories and realistic themes. Let me know if there is anything you want to know more about.  

Dear friends and followers,

I have recently heard rumours of orders being made but not going through. So, here’s an important announcement: I ALWAYS THANK EACH AND EVERY READER FOR THEIR ORDERS WHEN I SEE THOSE ORDERS COME IN. I usually do this through e-mail within twenty-four hours; if I’m in conversation with you at the time, I’ll thank you there and specifically say that I saw the order come in--especially if I’ve previously thanked you for expressing an intent to order.

IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A THANK YOU FROM ME, THAT MEANS SOMETHING IS DREADFULLY WRONG.

Or it might mean that I’m out of town and have no access to the internet, but that’s a vanishingly rare occurrence. I’ll acknowledge your order and thank you for it as soon as I possibly can.

Now that’s out of the way, let’s look at the book again. I’ve got another character to introduce: Inspector Horatio Parker, the policeman assigned to the case.

Until next time, have fun, and keep reading.

Late update this week, Ghosts and Guardians... but it’s better than no update!

First, an actual update: Our followers are few (61) and our pre-orders are few (37) so I am not filled with a lot of confidence that I will reach my goal of 250 by November 15. That’s okay, because I am filled with the confidence that A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians is a captivating story with amazing characters that only requires more readers and more advocates. Grassroots, baby! If I do not reach my goal, you money will be refunded, but the campaign will not end. I will keep promoting my work. I will keep asking you to promote my work. I will keep asking everyone I see to fall in love with Kara and Hardy and Beth and Will and Chris and Monique and Maninder as much as I do.

With that said, I owe you another Monster File this week-- Faeries 

Before the end of the first common era millennium, the faerie and dragon populations rivaled humans. Many battles were fought for dominance and humans emerged the victor, with faeries facing near extinction and dragons completely wiped out. Today, because of their endangerment, most faeries are reclusive and only enter the human world to feed or reproduce. Faeries have different strengths and weaknesses, as well as different tastes. They are not a malicious species, rather they are fighting to survive in a world that has moved on from them.

Faeries are an ancillary force in A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians and become much more prominent in A Tale of Beasts and Brothers and later books in the series. 

Next week will be the final Monster File spotlight. It will be on the most powerful group in the world of A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians. It is the group that can turn dragons into myth, reduce faeries to folklore, and banish gods from the earth: Witches. 

See you on Halloween!

Greetings Ghosts and Guardians!

I hope everyone was able to enjoy the Hunter’s Supermoon last night. It was amazing! If you missed you, you might be able to catch the downswing tonight.

Of course, this is the perfect time to spotlight the Monster File on Werewolves. Will is the resident werewolf in A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians. He knows he is different from the other werewolves in the world, and he is featured in Chapter 5 "A Wolf in Man’s Clothing".

Werewolves are humans transformed by the bite of another werewolf, but unlike vampires, they do not have to die and be reborn. They age as a human would, and can be killed in the numerous ways a human can, including (extremely) old age. Their true wolf form is revealed by the light of a full moon, and in that form they have great strength and speed, along with sharp teeth and claws. Werewolves will remember their time in wolf form, but their actions are guided by instinct and hunger, rather than ethics and morals. In human form, their morals may kick back in, and some regret the injuries and destruction they have caused. 

Next week will be a look at the Faerie folk of A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians. Stay tuned!

Greetings Ghosts and Guardians!

I hope everyone was able to enjoy the Hunter’s Supermoon last night. It was amazing! If you missed you, you might be able to catch the downswing tonight.

Of course, this is the perfect time to spotlight the Monster File on Werewolves. Will is the resident werewolf in A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians. He knows he is different from the other werewolves in the world, and he is featured in Chapter 5 "A Wolf in Man’s Clothing".

Werewolves are humans transformed by the bite of another werewolf, but unlike vampires, they do not have to die and be reborn. They age as a human would, and can be killed in the numerous ways a human can, including (extremely) old age. Their true wolf form is revealed by the light of a full moon, and in that form they have great strength and speed, along with sharp teeth and claws. Werewolves will remember their time in wolf form, but their actions are guided by instinct and hunger, rather than ethics and morals. In human form, their morals may kick back in, and some regret the injuries and destruction they have caused. 

Next week will be a look at the Faerie folk of A Tale of Ghosts and Guardians. Stay tuned!