Category: - Mell Eight's Writing Blog

Blog Tour--Babes in Boyland

2/6/2013

My blog tour to promote Stealing the Dragon has begun! Today I'm visiting Babes in Boyland. They were nice enough to give me the opportunity to talk about my most favorite main character ever, a little dragon named Tori. Tori stole my heart from the very first moment I put him into print. He's always happy and vivacious, with an eagerness to explore and experience new things, and I was helpless against his constant onslaught of cute. Tori is easily my favorite character in the entire Dragon's Hoard Series and Babes in Boyland gave me the chance to explain why.

Check it out: http://mjandpiper.blogspot.com/2013/02/guest-post-stealing-dragon-by-mell-eight.html?zx=8d1535f034695cd4

Stealing the Dragon

2/5/2013

Stealing the Dragon will arrive in stores tonight! I am going on a blog tour and hosting a giveaway in celebration!

Tell me all about your favorite dragon mythos as you enter to win a copy of Finding the Wolf or Stealing the Dragon!
Follow me across the blogosphere as I guest post on some very wonderful blogs. I'll be visiting Babes in Boyland tomorrow!
Then sit back and relax as you enjoy my brand new release, Stealing the Dragon!

News

1/17/2013

1/17/13

Stealing the Dragon is in the publisher's hands. LT3 will have it ready for pre-order very soon! I will be going on a blog tour to promote Stealing and the rest of the Dragon's Hoard Series starting in February. More info to follow so stay tuned!
I've been working with LT3 to get the print version of my submission to Kiss Me at Midnight, Hadash Aviv, ready for publishing. I expect it to come out sometime in early February, but those dates are subject to change. I can't wait to see it, because I know it will be excellent!

News for the New Year

1/11/2013

Here's the great news for the New Year!

As of 1/9/13, LT3's Kiss Me at Midnight anthology part 1 is out!!! Please check out my submission: Hadash Aviv

New beginnings come in many different forms. Aviv's started with a bomb in Gaza and a friendly American soldier who turned his life around. But pomegranate trees only bloom in the spring and aviv is a long way off. Can a chance meeting at anew year's party finally bring Aviv's new beginning into flower?

On 2/6/13, book three of my Dragon's Hoard Series, Stealing the Dragon, will be out

Stealing from a dragon's hoard is never a bright idea, but stealing from a baby dragon's hoard can lead to tears, sniffles,and smoke in the middle of a busy marketplace.

Jerney, a witch who does work for a well-known thieves' guild,knows exactly who's to blame for the brazen theft. With no other choice in the matter, he quickly becomes entangled in trying to help the baby dragon. What he doesn't expect is that his own heart might get stolen in the process.

I also have three more books hanging around LT3's editing boards: My submission to their Rocking Hard Anthology, My Truest Love. The fourth, and final, book in the Dragon's Hoard, Melting the Ice Witch is set to arrive in stores 6/4/13. And, my newest book, Road to Revenge, has been accepted by LT3 as well! Check out my Coming Soon section on my website for more info! I'm hoping all three will be out this year.

My final piece of news is that I have the cover for the print addition of The Dragon's Hoard. This paperback book will be all four stories in the Dragon's Hoard series bound together into one delicious volume. I have no idea when it will be out, only that it will be sometime after Melting the Ice Witch. Isn't the cover beautiful!!

Hadash Aviv

1/9/2013

1/9/13

LT3's Kiss Me at Midnight anthology is out!!! Please check out my submission: Hadash Aviv.

New beginnings come in many different forms. Aviv's started with a bomb in Gaza and a friendly American soldier who turned his life around. But pomegranate trees only bloom in the spring and aviv is a long way off. Can a chance meeting at a new year's party finally bring Aviv's new beginning into flower?

The edits are done for Stealing the Dragon and are heading back to the publisher for final formatting today. Keep an eye out for the pre-order at the end of this month!

News

12/31/2012

12/31/12

This is my last post in 2012! I hope everyone has a wonderful New Years celebration. I'll see you again in 2013!
In just a few days my contribution to LT3's Kiss Me at Midnight story, Hadash Aviv, will be out. It is currently available for pre-order. Please check it out!
I am currently working on the final round of edits for Stealing the Dragon, book three of my Dragon's Hoard Series. It's still my favorite book of the series and I'm actually having a difficult time with the edits because there is an entire wonderful scene I need to delete to maintain continuity. It's hard to cut out something I love! Check back here a few days after StD is out for a deleted scene!

News

12/8/2012

12/8/12

Happy Hanukkah!
I submitted Road to Revenge and LT3 accepted it! I don't know yet if it will run as an e-book or a serial, but it'll be awesome. I'll keep everyone updated on the story's progress!
I'm still waiting for round two of edits for Stealing the Dragon, Dragon's Hoard book three. This is my favorite book in the series, so I'm very excited to finish working on it.
Right now I'm trying to decide which story to work on next. I have a fairytale, another series, or one of LT3's open anthology calls. I have great ideas for all of them, but I have to settle down with one and I don't know which! I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually...

News

10/22/2012

10/22/12

The edits for the Jack-O'-Lantern's Grin are complete! It's all ready for publishing and will be available in stores in just a few weeks! Keep an eye out at LT3!
I have also finished the first round of edits for Stealing the Dragon, book three of my Dragon's Hoard Series. The manuscript has gone back to the editor for another round, but so far it's turning out wonderfully. I think this one might be the best book in the series! It's also running way ahead of schedule. I didn't expect to get any edits until December. I'll keep everyone informed if the release date gets moved up to compensate!
I think I've lost a bit of control over Road to Revenge. It was only supposed to be 35K, but it's heading to 40K and beyond. I seriously thought I'd be finished writing it by now so I could start editing and preparing for submission to LT3. Instead I haven't even reached the big action scene at the end. I've a ways to go still, but my goal is to have it submitted before Thanksgiving.

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!