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The Elementals: Heather Young Nicols interview

15 Tuesday Dec 2020

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For our next interview with an author from The Elementals, we have Heather Young-Nicols. Heather Young-Nichols is a USA Today Bestselling Author of YA and contemporary romance author and a native of the great and often very cold state of Michigan. She is better known at home and to her friends as the Snarker-in-Chief, a job she excels at beyond anything she could have imagined. She loves many things, but especially cold coffee, hot books, and baseball. But not necessarily in that order. You can find out more about her on her website: http://www.heatheryoungnichols.com You can also see more on her Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads and Instagram accounts. And don’t forget, you can buy The Elementals from Amazon UK and Amazon US! An image of the Elementals cover in a setting representing waterThe anthology theme is ‘Elementals’, what does this mean to you and how did you interpret it in your story? Elementals to me revolve around the elements. As this is an elemental witch anthology, I focused on a witch that can use the elements from another series of mine. Where is your story set? Is it a real world location or one you made up? What drove you to set your story there? The story is not in a real world location. As the first story takes place in a fictional town called Warwick, and the warlocks came from another fictional town, I created a third for Devious Magic. Are there any personal experiences in your story? Things you have done, people you have met etc.? There are some personal experiences in the story, but they aren’t unique to me. There’s a carnival/fair. There are rides. Things of every day nature that most people can place themselves. What drives the main characters of your story?40410982. sy475 My characters are driven by a few things. The desire to do a good job. The desire to have their owns lives, but in the end, they are driven by taking down a dark coven. What was your writing ‘method’ for this anthology? How did you progress from initial idea to the final, published story? My process is always the same. I have a concept, plot it out (which is crazy as a former pantser), then get to writing. Then comes editing, more editing, even more editing, proofing, and bam. Finished book. Describe the premise of your story. Oliver is sent to keep Mila safe from a dark coven trying to recruit her. She has no knowledge of the world of magic. Which means, Oliver not only needs to protect her, he must also teach her about the abilities she has no idea of. All the while, he must also fight his growing feelings for her.

Release day tomorrow!

27 Friday Nov 2020

Posted by D.A Lascelles in Publicity

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Tomorrow is the long anticipated release day of The Elementals!

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Those of you who have pre-ordered (and still time to do so!) should be getting their copies delivered to your Kindles on the day. The rest of you can just order it and get it straight away.

This week I have been doing interviews with some of the authors. We have already had Timber Philips and C.M Kane answer questions, next week we will see answers from others including Heather Young Nichols, Russell A Smith and myself!

Yes, I am going to be interviewing myself… and trust me, it is going to be an indepth and brutal interrogation. You see, I know all my secrets…

If you have pre-ordered or plan to order, feel free to comment here to tell me. Also, any and all reviews of this book would be very welcomed.

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SRFC – Interview with Russell Smith and F.D Lee

23 Monday Nov 2020

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So, on Friday, 20th November the Super Relaxed Fantasy club (a London based group that used to meet in physical space but during the Pandemic has been doing virtual events instead) played host to myself, Russell Smith and F.D Lee while we promoted The Elementals and discussed random stuff about Urban Fantasy and History. The video is above for you to watch.

I had great fun doing this but it was very nerve wracking. I much prefer doing things like readings and Q&As in person and this was the first time I had done anything like it on video. Turned out it wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be…

The Elementals is released this coming Saturday on the 28th November. You can pre-order the Kindle edition now by following this link:

It includes a selection of 13 stories by different authors, all on the theme of ‘Elemental magic’. It includes my entry – ‘Transgressions’ – and Russell’s ‘The Social Contract’ as well as stories by Liz Knox, Timber Phillips, Heather Young Nichols and others.

Starting this week I am going to be hosting interviews with some of the authors so keep an eye out for those…

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