For our next interview with an author from The Elementals, we have Heather Young-Nicols.



15 Tuesday Dec 2020
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in27 Friday Nov 2020
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C.M Kane, D.A Lascelles, Heather Young Nichols, knox publishing, Russell A Smith, The Elementals, Timber Phillips
Tomorrow is the long anticipated release day of The Elementals!
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.
Get your copy here:
24 Tuesday Nov 2020
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Elemental magic, knox publishing, Pacific North West, The Elementals, Timber Phillips, water elemental
In case you may have missed it on the many times I mentioned it already, The Elementals comes out on the 28th November – this coming Saturday! To celebrate this release I have interviews with some of the authors who have stories in the anthology. We are kicking things off with Timber Philips!
Things I learned from this interview – I was not the only one in this anthology to use characters from an existing series and there are now two characters called Ashlyn or Ash in this book. Great minds think alike…
The anthology theme is ‘Elementals’, what does this mean to you and how did you interpret it in your story?
I interpreted it as just what it is, the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. I already have a witch series that the four of them each have been born with an affinity for a particular element. I decided to focus on Water for this anthology piece, and thus decided to focus on the back story of my water witch Ashlyn Tremblay.
Where is your story set? Is it a real world location or one you made up? What drove you to set your story there?
All of my witches are from the fictional small town of Loving, Massachusetts. Ashlyn has since moved on from Loving and so I have her and this particular story set in the nearest big city which is Boston.
Are there any personal experiences in your story? Things you have done, people you have met etc.?
LOL no. I used a friend of mine’s name for the lead bad guy in this story, but there is in no way any other resemblance to the actual person.
What drives the main characters of your story?
Loss, grief, and the need to be the good guy. Ash is a very mixed up character. A good person who has just suffered a pretty tremendous personal loss. She is trying to find her way in the world, just like everyone else, she just has the added complication of being a water witch.
What was your writing ‘method’ for this anthology? How did you progress from initial idea to the final, published story?
You know, I always get this question, and I never have a good answer. I don’t know how I do it. I just sit myself down and write. I just do it.
Describe the premise of your story.
Ashlyn Tremblay is a mess. Her twin sister has died, her circle is broken, and she has taken to reckless behaviors in order to mask her pain. Her boss, Hatchet, is less than thrilled, and though Ashlyn knows she’s ready to go solo in their bounty hunting endeavor, Hatchet’s saddled her with a babysitter for her next job… his son, Stone.
Release date for The Elementals is 28th November 2020.
You can pre-order (or buy if its past the 28th!) on Kindle from this link:
23 Monday Nov 2020
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Elemental magic, F.D Lee, Heather Young Nichols, knox publishing, Liz Knox, Russell A Smith, Super Relaxed Fantasy club, The Elementals, Timber Phillips
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…
04 Sunday Oct 2020
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Cover reveal, Elementals, knox publishing, Lurking Miscellany, new release, Russell A Smith, Transitions
Way back in January 2019, long before the pandemic, I was involved in an anthology called ‘Out of this World Alphas’ for Knox publishing. This was a collection of novellas about dominant men and my entry for this (Gods of Diplomacy, in which Rachel Drake from Gods of the Deep pulls off a James Bond) managed to get some good reviews. So, on the back of the success of that, I jumped into another anthology from the same publisher called ‘The Elementals’. Not only that, but I dragged Russell A Smith along for the ride too…
The bulk of the work for this has now been completed. We are just waiting on final edits and have a release set for sometime in November, 2020 so not long to wait. Until then, you may have a cover to look at…
The brief for The Elementals was to create a story that involved someone who could manipulate the elements in some way. I don’t (yet) know how some of the other authors have done this (though I did get the chance to read through Russell’s entry before submission) but I can tell you how I did it.
My story is called ‘Transgressions’ and is the third in the series that began with Transitions and was continued with Transformations in Lurking Miscellany. I have brought Helen, Tina and Ash back together for more supernatural shenenighans, this time set in Manchester rather than Birmingham, and thrown in a character who may be familiar from another story in Lurking Miscellany – Simon the elementalist.
I will be announcing more about this anthology as and when they happen so stay tuned for more! Release announcements coming!
22 Saturday Dec 2018
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inI’m stealing the mike over at The Siren’s Lounge today where I am talking about Out of this World Alphas, an anthology I’m involved with. Pop over there to say hi.
My story in this is an Arcroc tale of spies and possession and parties… called Gods of Diplomacy.