rileyjddanvers
rileyjddanvers
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rileyjddanvers · 8 months ago
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Updates and New Developments
Hello everyone! It has been a while since I’ve posted, but before 2024 comes to a complete close, I wanted to drop in and give you all an update on where I am with my writing projects, and what you can expect going forward into 2025. Firstly, I am still working on the revision of A Shift of Crimson. I am now on draft four and the revisions, as extensive as they are, are coming along nicely. After…
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rileyjddanvers · 11 months ago
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Changing Seasons and Open Doors
The weather is starting to shift, and that means we’re nearing the end of summer and heading into the beginning of autumn! This is my favorite time of year. The leaves change colors, the weather gets cooler, crisper, and the everything comes alive with magic. It might be basic to say, but autumn is and always has been my favorite season. Yesterday I even went and got a manicure, and now my nails…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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The Art of Going Slow
I’m entering a new phase in my life. There’s a lot going on in so many different aspects of my daily existence, and I can sense that it means there’s a shift coming. Big or small, there are things getting set in motion that will lead me in a new direction, and I am excited for it. One of these shifts is in education: I am returning for yet another masters degree, only this one is explicitly meant…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #10
A Hold of Spectres Part 4 Chapter 1 Rhaean found herself staring down a long corridor. It was dimly lit by torches with small flames lining stone walls. It reminded her of Fire’s Hearth, and indeed, she thought she was in Fire’s Hearth, but it was not the fortress she knew at all. The darkness was all consuming, the result of an eerie twilight of gray and blue that had fallen over the fortress…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #9
A Hold of Spectres Part 3 Chapter 3 “In extreme circumstances, your body will try to overpower your mind,” said Mother Andromeda as she paced back and forth in front of the three recruits. “It does not matter the circumstances you are facing – extreme weather, unexpected complications on an assignment, or even guilt over what you must do in a given moment – your job is extreme…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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August Skies and Long Goodbyes
So much has happened in my life since the last time I gave an update, it’s hard to know where to begin. Sometimes I wonder if life fills with dips and hills and switchbacks just to keep us on our toes. Let’s start with the biggest change: I ended a four year relationship about three weeks ago. My ex-partner was and is a good person, but that doesn’t mean the relationship was healthy for either of…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #8
A Hold of SpectresPart 3Chapter 2 Another few weeks passed, and the voices came and went, sometimes bothering her relentlessly every single day, and sometimes leaving her alone for days at a time. It was aggravating; just when she felt as though she was free of them, they would return, and usually with a new voice joining the others. There had been as many as six voices, but mostly she was…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #7
A Hold of SpectresPart 3Chapter 1 It had been one week since the voice returned, and Rhaean had been unable to do anything about it. She tried the spell again, and when it didn’t work, she tried another. And then another. But nothing seemed to be strong enough to dispel the spirit. Nothing she could perform, at any rate. There weren’t many such spells that non-magical people could use to access…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #6
A Hold of SpectresPart 2Chapter 3 The voice had, indeed, disappeared after that, much to Rhaean’s relief. Everyone knew Passing’s End and Fire’s Hearth were haunted. How many people had died in the rooms of the isolated fortresses? How many women had succumbed to childbirth? How many children had fallen ill and met their fates? Both fortresses had existed for centuries. So many lives had come…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #5
A Hold of SpectresPart 2Chapter 2 Rhaean sat alone at breakfast the next morning, her head throbbing with an impending headache. She had found several texts relevant to her concerns, and had spent the entirety of the rest of the morning reading by candlelight. She had gone straight from the library to the dining hall to break her fast, and now, as she sat and spooned her porridge and milk into…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #4
A Hold of Spectres Part 2 Chapter One The next morning, Rhaean awoke, startled from slumber by a strange sound. As she opened her eyes and tried to reorient herself, she saw something moving back and forth in the darkness, scraping the stone floor of her room. She sat up, her eyebrows furrowed, still unsure of what it was she was seeing. The fire in her hearth had died out and offered no light by…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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Stuff Your Kindle Day - June 2024 Dark Fantasy Edition
It’s Stuff Your Kindle Day! I’m partnering with some amazing authors today and tomorrow to bring you some incredible FREE dark fantasy ebooks! I know I’ve been sending a lot of emails with free ebook promos, but this one is a bit different. I’m partnering directly with three other authors (their book covers can be seen in the above image) to bring some amazing fantasy books to you! My two…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #3
A Hold of SpectresChapter Three Life at Passing’s End from that point forward was lonely. Extremely so. She was closer to the other Mothers than she was to any of the other girls she trained with. If they didn’t resent her skills, they feared retaliation from Kyndra if they got too close. And she couldn’t blame them. She didn’t blame them. Her mother, while good at what she did, was a ruthless,…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #2
A Hold of SpectresChapter Two She had made one such friend in her second year of training with a girl named Scarlet. Rhaean had been incredibly shy, which was why it took a year before the two girls actually became closely acquainted. Once they had, they were inseparable. She smiled softly, remembering the day they had really spent time with each other. The girls had all been taught embroidery…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT #4
A Hold of SpectresPart 2Chapter One The next morning, Rhaean awoke, startled from slumber by a strange sound. As she opened her eyes and tried to reorient herself, she saw something moving back and forth in the darkness, scraping the stone floor of her room. She sat up, her eyebrows furrowed, still unsure of what it was she was seeing. The fire in her hearth had died out and offered no light by…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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Author Events and Other Things
This weekend, I have my first author event of 2024: I was invited back to a bookstore where I signed and sold copies of A Kiss of Glass last year, to sign and sell more. I’m excited because this time, I will have copies of A Kiss of Glass and The Duke of Ithaca, which has me extremely excited. The Duke of Ithaca is much slower to take off (because I have no idea how to market a Regency romance,…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 year ago
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BONUS CONTENT FOR A KISS OF GLASS
This was sent out in my newsletter a few months ago, and I thought I’d also post it here for everyone to enjoy. I am going to be publishing this into an ebook and paperback soon, so there will also be a copies for sale once I’ve completed revisions, but for now, here is what I have so far. Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter to get these bonus content emails sooner than everyone else! A Hold…
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