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I write young adult fantasy fiction. Visit my author page at www.cindachima.com
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The tour for Flamecaster is over, Shadowcaster is basically done, and I'm working hard on Stormcaster, book 3 in the series. But I will be out and about, meeting readers, starting THIS WEEKEND!
Friday, Jun 10, 6-8 pm
Author Appearance and Signing
Jackson City Library
21 Broadway St.
Jackson, OH 45640
Sat. Jun. 11, 2016, 10 am to 5 pm
Pickerington Teen Book Fest
Pickerington North High School
7800 Refugee Rd,
Pickerington, OH 43147
Akron, OH
Geekfest Mini Comic-Con
Saturday, August 6, 2016, noon to 4 pm
Akron-Summit County Library
60 S High St, Akron, Ohio 44326 |
Atlanta, GA Sep 2-5, 2016 DragonCon, details to follow Dragoncon.org |
Saturday, Oct 22, 2016 11-5 PM
Lloyd Memorial High School
Erlanger, KY
http://www.kentonlibrary.org/teens/nk-ya-fest
Buckeye Book Fair
Wooster, OH
Saturday, Nov 5, 2016 9:30-4 pm
Fisher Auditorium
http://www.buckeyebookfair.com
Yallfest 2016
Charleston, SC
Friday and Saturday Nov 11-12, 2016
Scads of YA authors, panels and more
More info coming soon!
http://yallfest.org
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Well, my tour for #Flamecaster is winding down, but I wanted to make sure you knew about some upcoming events. Then I'll be staying home writing STORMCASTER for a while...
Chicago Area
Thurs, April 28, 2016, 7:00 PM
Anderson's Bookshop Naperville
123 W Jefferson Ave,
Naperville, IL 60540
630-355-2665
Join me at this event!
Chicago Area
Apr. 29-May 1, 2016
Wild, Wild Midwest Conference
Chicago Marriott Naperville
1801 N Naper Blvd
Naperville IL 60561
I’ll be teaching intensives and breakouts at this regional SCBWI conference.
Cary, NC
Monday, May 9, 2016 7-8:30 PM
Author Appearance and Signing
Barnes & Noble, Cary Commons
760 SE Maynard Cary, NC 27511
919-467-3866
Perry, OH
Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 8:30 am - 3 pm
YA Litcon 2016
Author panels, breakouts, autographing.
Perry High School
1 Success Blvd
Perry, OH 44081
Jackson, OH
Friday, Jun 10, 6-8 pm
Author Appearance and Signing
Jackson City Library
21 Broadway St.
Jackson, OH 45640
Pickerington, OH
Sat. Jun. 11, 2016, 10 am to 5 pm
Pickerington Teen Book Fest
Pickerington North High School
7800 Refugee Rd,
Pickerington, OH 43147
http://pickeringtonlibrary.org/teen-book-fest-2016/
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UK, have I ever told you what an Anglophile/Caledoniphile/Cambrophile/Hibernophile I am? I am English, I am a Scot, I am Irish, I am Welsh--the majority of my ancestors came from those places in the scepter'd isles very early on -- most likely in chains. My ancestors were the kind of people that realms wanted to get rid of, apparently.
Yet I can't help but feel that my roots, and my history, is there. I took an English literature through England when I was in college, and it absolutely changed my life. I am still mining those experiences today.
So, in honor of that connection, and in collaboration with Harper360, publisher of the international edition of Flamecaster, I am announcing a UK-ONLY PREORDER GIVEAWAY!
Anyone who preorders #Flamecaster from a UK bookseller (brick and mortar, on line, wherever books are sold in the UK) is eligible to enter to win a signed PAPERBACK set of the UK edition of the Seven Realms series, plus a limited edition pen, temporary tattoo, Epic Reads bookmark and Epic Reads poster. Since the Shattered Realms series is a stand-alone spinoff of the Seven Realms series, it will give you the chance to build a complete collection.
DO NOTE:
Giveaway open to residents of the United Kingdom and Ireland
Must be ordered from a UK retailer.
Entries must be received by 4 May 2016
Books will be signed using bookplates
Need a link to a UK retailer? Here's Amazon UK to start with amazon.co.uk http://amzn.to/1WhoRgq
4. If you would like to receive a signed bookplate, bookmark, etc include your snail mail address.
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The incorrect address was listed for the Mysterious Galaxy event this Saturday in San Diego. Here is the correct information:
Mysterious Galaxy
Author Reading and Signing
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I've had a super response to this giveaway -- thank you so much for joining in! We have randomly selected two winners!
The winner of the Seven Realms Hardback (US edition) signed set is BRENDA GRAY of FT WORTH, TX!
The winner of the Seven Realms UK edition signed set is KAELA ESHENBRENNER of Henderson, NV!
Congratulations, Brenda and Kaela. If you didn't win, don't despair. Every single one of you will receive a swag pack including a signed bookplate, bookmarks, and temporary tattoos. All of these prizes are winging their way to you as I write this.
I hope you will ALL enjoy Flamecaster. And, whatever you do, keep reading!
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P.D. James once said that "All fiction is autobiographical" ("and much autobiography is, of course, fiction.”
I think that's true. Where else do we get unique material but from our own lives--the people we meet, the experiences we have, the places we've been--and the stories handed down through family.
Many people believe that fantasy writers draw on some (drug or psychosis-fueled?) inner well of make believe in order to create fantastical stories. I've had more than one talented writer tell me, "I could never write fantasy." Sometimes this is accompanied by a kind of shudder that tells me that the tagline is, "and I would never want to."
I find that certain elements of my own story worm their way into my fiction again and again. It's not an intentional thing. Stories suffer when writers set out to teach a lesson or prove a point or make readers feel this way or that way. I never set out with an agenda. But when I'm staring at a blank screen with a deadline in front of me, I tend to gravitate toward certain kinds of characters and certain themes.
My grandfather is third from left |
Like how my grandmother's sisters owned a honky-tonk bar by the roadside and played banjo and fiddle in a hillbilly band. Or Uncle Vinnie Nash who used to steal his wife's shoes so he could go out and dance with other women. Like how my great-grandfather got drunk and went to the barn and was kicked by a horse, and he died. Or my great uncle who got drunk and set fire to himself and he died. Or my great-uncle Claude who was killed in a slate fall when he was forty-one years old.
The women were strong -- they had to be! Like my several times removed cousin who filed a paternity suit in 1871 against her employer's brother. Despite being called into court, where she was quizzed about relations with other men and forced to describe every time they "did" it, she won her suit. Strong women populate my stories--women of whom little is expected, who accomplish much.
Some people are born to privilege, and squander that opportunity. Others are born to fail, and find a way to succeed. I'm intrigued by how some people change and survive, while others don't. In my Seven Realms series, the streetlord Han Alister finds ways to repurpose the skills he learned on the mean streets of the Fellsmarch slums to survive among enemies in a ruthless court.
Readers of my fantasy stories might notice that coal mines and miners show up repeatedly. In the Heir Chronicles, set in contemporary Ohio, one of the characters is trying to protect her Appalachian mountain home from a mining company that wants to "mountain-top" it in order to access the veins of coal underneath. In Flamecaster, the first novel in my Shattered Realms series, one of the characters is a blaster in a coal mine who uses those skills as a saboteur fighting against the oppressive Ardenine empire.
I'm a first generation college graduate. I've never stopped transforming myself. I've worked hard, I've been lucky, and I've done better than I ever could have imagined. And yet I've never lost my inbred mistrust of "the man" and the feeling that I'm just a slate-fall away from disaster. Those are the kind of characters I write about. Those are the kinds of stories I tell. Welcome to a world where survival and transformation stories have an overlay of magic.
Welcome to the Shattered Realms.
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Wanna meet Adrian sul'Han, a main character in #Flamecaster ? Head on over to Dark Faerie Tales for an excerpt from the book and an "interview" with Adrian.
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Email from an Heir Chronicles fan awaiting publication of the Seven Realms: I just know there's going to be a MAP in the front of the book.
Like that's a bad thing. I must admit, maps are the hallmark of high fantasy. I mean, I could put a map of Ohio in the front of my Heir Chronicles books for all the left and right coast people who don't know where it is.
And, eventually, of course, the final map!
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Hi, everyone! There have been some additions and changes to my Flamecaster tour schedule since it was originally posted. I've updated that posting and you can check it out here
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When you preorder a book...it's like a gift you give your future self, right? Well, here in the Realms, we're all about gifting. Now that Flamecaster is just a month away, it's time to roll out the gifts and prizes.
So here ya go:
Everyone (US and Canada) who pre-orders FLAMECASTER from ANY retailer–local, chain, online, hardcopy, digital–is eligible to win your choice of two epic prize packs:
- A signed first edition hardcover set of the Seven Realms quartet (now out of print.)
- A signed first edition set of the Seven Realms quartet (UK edition.) You choose either 3 hardbacks and a paperback of Crimson Crown (the UK edition wasn't published in hardcover) or four paperbacks if you like books that match.
- Grand prize winners will also receive other swag, including a signed bookplate for your shiny bright copy of Flamecaster, signed bookmarks, a limited edition Flamecaster keychain/purse charm, and temporary tattoos.
- The first 150 entries will receive a signed bookplate and other swag--just for entering--if you include your mailing address with your entry.
- This offer good only in the US and Canada. I'll be working with my publisher in the UK on a giveaway for those of you across the pond.
4. If you would like to receive a signed bookplate, bookmark, etc include your snail mail address.
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Flamecaster is just a month away! If you would like to pre-order a signed copy of FLAMECASTER (in fact, any of my books,) you can order from my local bookshop, The Learned Owl, here If you would like the book personalized, let them know that in the comments of an online order or on the phone. I'll be throwing in some juicy swag along with.
You can probably also pre-order a signed copy of FLAMECASTER from any of the bookshops I'll be visiting on tour. My tour schedule is here Contact your choice of store and see what's involved in placing an order.
Anyone preordering Flamecaster from ANY retailer will be eligible to enter my Flamecaster Grand Prize Giveaway. What's that, you say? Stay tuned tomorrow.
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All right, then! You'll find it here
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I'll be posting a fantastic giveaway in this space on Monday. It's open to everyone in the continental US. So stay tuned.
But -- want to put the odds EVEN MORE in your favor? Newsletter subscribers be eligible for their own PRIVATE giveaway. Instructions for entry will be included in the next newsletter, which comes out next Tuesday, February 16. This newsletter will also include appearances this spring through fall after the release of Flamecaster.
So...if you want to get in on your own private giveaway, sign up for my newsletter here before Tuesday!
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Full review is here !
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APRIL 2016 EVENTS
If you don't see your city listed, all is not lost! You can pre-order signed copies from most of the bookstores listed below. Please support the stores that support authors! I'll be scheduling other appearances, too, so consider signing up for my newsletter, Twitter & Instagram @cindachima to keep up with the latest.
Kent, OH
Six District Educational Compact
Reading and Writing Festival
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Kent State University Student Center
http://www.smfpl.org/teen_services/reading_and_writing_festival
Perry, OH
YA Litcon 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 8:30 am-3 PM
Author panels, breakouts, autographing.
Perry High School
One Success Blvd
Perry, OH 44081
http://www.oelma.org/
Pickerington, OH
Pickerington Teen Book Fest
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 10 am to 5 pm
Pickerington North High School
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Books are a delightful way to brighten the deep midwinter. You can pre-order an autographed copy of Flamecaster (release date 5 April 2016) or order signed copies of any of my other books, hardcover or paperback, through my local independent bookstore, The Learned Owl Bookstore . Just indicate in the comments how you would like the book to be personalized or signed. Call the store if you have questions about your order.
If you're ordering for holiday giving, get your order in as soon as possible so we can make that magic happen in time.
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I'll be at Rodman Library this Saturday 2-4 pm for my last event of 2015. Giveaways, signing, books for sale! Winter is coming!
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Saratoga Springs City Center
522 Broadway Saratoga Springs NY 12866
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Saturday, October 24, 2015, 1-4 pm
Erlanger Branch of Kenton County Public Library
401 Kenton Lands Road
Erlanger, KY 41018
859-962-4000
http://www.kentonlibrary.org/teens/nk-ya-fest
OK, I know I'm not on the list on the website, but I AM on the tee shirt and I WILL be there.
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