Monday's Musings: Air Quality, Secret Books and Author Connections

The air hates us right now but we have books!

books

The air is trying to kill us this week.

We went from hot weather to some smoky air. In the case of my husband with allergies and asthma - it’s pretty rough. Thankfully, it's only going into the red toward the end of this week but we will see. I hope it clears up before then.

That means its an inside week until we get green air quality in a few days. Usually that means getting all of the words done, but this week is special.

I joined the Inkfork Publishing Derby earlier in the summer and we are in the home stretch. Over the past two weeks, my secret book has been getting beta read and now I have feedback to edit the book with. So, that's this week - polishing this secret story and trying to get it into the best place before publishing.

If you are interested in getting ARC(Advanced Reader Copies), you can sign up here! ARC are where readers get free books and in turn, they leave honest reviews. These are super helpful during the release week of a new book to gain ground.

So, it’s gonna be a busy week for me!

What’s going on in From Pages to Portals:

Character Interview: Sisal

Character Interview: Sisal from The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir by 

C.D. Houck

For the past thousand years, the dragon Vakandi has watched the people of Vakfored grow from a wandering band of refugees to a glorious city of art and magic. Under his protection, the city has survived monsters, floods, and wars all without building an army, dam, or even a wall. But time changes everything and now the citizens of his beloved city want him dead.

Vakandi spends his last day telling his assassin why he loves them, and why it's his time to die.

I launched the Fantasy Free-For-All and I’m looking for fantasy authors to join in. Check out whats going on:

Over on MEOW, we are getting a look at actual magic: