Category: - Mell Eight's Writing Blog

LT3's Birthday Sale and Giveaway

4/7/2014

4/7/14
LT3 is turning five and to celebrate they are holding a huge giveaway! All of their books are on sale and from April 7-10 they're giving away dozens of books for free. Road to Revenge will be given away on April 9 and Finding the Wolf on April 10. Get your free copies today and don't forget to stock up on all the other books too! Click on the banner below to be sent to more information.

News: Audiobooks, Release Dates, and Writing

2/8/2014

2/8/14

Finding the Wolf is officially available as an audiobook! You can purchase it right now from Red Planet Audiobooks. It will roll out to all third-party vendors starting on its scheduled release date of February 15th. LT3 will link to other vendors as the audiobook becomes available. The rest of the Dragon's Hoard series will follow next month!
I have an official release date for Wings of the Stars. It will be ready for sale on April 2, 2014. Look for pre-order sales to start sometime in March!
I have written a good chunk of The Oracle's Golem. I have an idea of where I want the story to go and I'm getting ideas for book four of the series as well. My goal is to have Golem in LT3's hands before Hatchling comes out on March 5th. I think it's very doable!
Just a reminder, there's only a few more days to buy My Truest Love, part of Rocking Hard Volume 2, for a 15% discount. It goes on sale February 12th. Paint, Guns, Money, and Love will also start running on LT3's serial section on February 12th. There's so much to look forward to next week!

News: February Plans

2/2/2014

2/2/14

January was a pretty good month in terms of writing! I finished writing Road to Home and now it's somewhere in LT3's editing queue. Heartbeat was also accepted for their Satisfaction Guaranteed anthology. I've finished the edits for The Oracle's Hatchling, due out in March, and Heart's Tournament, due out in May.

Magnified has exploded in terms of size and depth this past month, with no signs of slowing down any time soon. I've also started work on a new paranormal fantasy about fae and singing called If A Butterfly Don't Fly.
My goals in February are simple enough: write a lot! I would like to finish Magnified and The Oracle's Golem. I would also love to finish all the research I need for Butterfly and Kelpie Blue. At some point I would also like to get my Trickster's Eye series going, but that's on the bottom of my to-do list.

February also has some exciting releases to keep an eye out for! Rocking Hard Volume 2 is already available for pre-order. If you buy it now you can get 15% off. It arrives in stores on February 12. Paint, Guns, Money, & Love will begin running in LT3's weekly serial section on February 12. If you have a serial subscription be sure to check it out! On February 15 Finding the Wolf will come out in audiobook, which is amazing. I'm really looking forward to hearing the finished product. As always I will post more February news as I learn it!

News: Pre-Order, Editing, and voting

10/3/2013

10/3/13

Bloody Kiss is available for pre-order. You can get 15% off if you buy before October 9! Make sure to check out all the other great vampire books, including Bundle 2 which has six wonderful books, mine included.
The edits for Oracle's Flame are completed and back with LT3 for final formatting. It will also be ready for pre-order within the next month or so.
I am currently editing Wings of the Stars, my submission for LT3's Mecha anthology. I don't yet have any information on release dates (mostly because the anthology call just closed), but when I do I'll make sure to post it here.
Finding the Wolf is one of LGBT Fantasy's October books of the month! Yay! I hope they like it. Thank you to everyone who voted.
It doesn't look good for the Dragon's Hoard or Road to Revenge at the Rainbow Awards cover contest, but I think you can still vote if you want. (I don't see anything stating that the poll is closed.) Thanks to everyone for their support and thank you to the amazing cover artists who made it possible for both books to get into round two!
I haven't heard anything about Magnified, but I'm sure it's somewhere on LT3's submissions reading list. It's still early to hear back, but I'm hoping they like it.

Two Fun Things: Vote for My Books

9/28/2013

9/28/13

Two fun things:

The Dragon's Hoard and Road to Revenge are up for vote at the Rainbow Awards, Round Two. I literally just noticed the poll has been there for a long while. There's very, very few days left to vote, so please head there right now.
Finding the Wolf is up for vote for October book of the month at LGBT Fantasy Fiction on Goodreads. If you're part of the group or are interested in joining, please have a look at their poll.

News: Discount on the dragon's hoard series

5/28/2013

LT3 is getting in on the excitement! Melting the Ice Witch is coming very soon and in celebration they're offering a 20% discount off of Finding the Wolf, Breaking the Shackles, and Stealing the Dragon. If you don't have them yet, now is a great time to save a bundle! It's only available until June 5th, when Melting arrives in stores.

You can still preorder Melting the Ice Witch at a discount. Go check it out!

The Dragon's HOard Giveaway

2/17/2013

The giveaway is closed. Congratulations Cornelia and Snowy1677!

This was originally published at my old blog. Comments are still available for reading there.

~Mell

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You've come to the right place if you're searching for The Dragon's Hoard Giveaway! For those of you familiar with my dragons, you'll know that when a dragon gives a piece of his hoard to another person they are showing their deepest love and affection. You, my dearest fans, deserve to have some of my hoard!

Therefore, I am hosting two giveaways:

One free electronic copy of Stealing the Dragon in the winner's preferred format.
One free electronic copy of Finding the Wolf in the winner's preferred format.

To enter:

Comment on this post. Include your favorite thing about dragons; ie. factoids, dragons from myth and history, favorite dragon character, favorite dragon themed book, etc.
State clearly which book(s) you are interested in winning. You can enter for both books with one post.
Include a valid e-mail address so I can contact the winners.

Winners will be chosen via Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

This giveaway closes on February 17th, 2013.

Enjoy,

Mell Eight

Finding the Wolf

6/27/2012

Dragon's Hoard Book One: Finding the Wolf is out today! Please go buy it from LT3's book store.

When Prince Leon disappears and his people are
unable to find him, they turn to the dragons for help.
Nyle is the unlucky dragon tasked with finding the missing
prince, a duty he dreads as it forces him into the confounding
human world and away from his collection of pretties.

Locating a missing prince should be a simple matter,
but if Nyle has learned anything about humans since
being forced out among them it's that they needlessly
complicate everything. When he finally locates the errant
prince, however, what Nyle finds is a treasure worth all
the complications—worth protecting at all costs.

News: Dragon's Hoard Covers

5/18/2012

So, covers for my Dragon's Hoard Series! Aren't they super shiny? Click on the pics to head to my website for more info about each book. On another note, my fairytale Cinder-Elle has four chapters up in LT3's serial section and will be included in Fairytales Slashed Volume Four! I'm doing a small happy dance right now. I've got stories appearing in the Bestiary and the Kiss Me At Midnight Anthologies at LT3 too. Lots of writing and other fun things are happening over in Mell Eight world right now!

News: Release Dates

2/2/2012

My fairy tale, Cinder-Elle, is set to run on LT3's serial page from 3/14/12 - 5/9/12. I've just sent back my return edits to the editor so this story is still on track. Here is a summary:

Blinded as a child and forced into servitude in his own home by his cold stepmother after his father's untimely death, Elle Marchcant lived for the few stolen moments he had with Theo. But when noble mothers plot to have their sons marry, Elle's lonely world is turned upside down. Balls, dresses, and intrigue surround Elle, but that elusive happily ever after may remain firmly out of reach.

My other story is the first book in a series I'm writing titled The Dragon's Hoard. Book one is titled Finding the Wolf and is awesome. I haven't gotten the first round of edits back just yet, but it should still be on track for a timely release. The release date is 6/27/12! Here is a summary:

Nyle was sent to find the missing human Prince, but he didn't expect the Prince to be so pretty! And Pretties must be carefully shined and protected- at all costs.