Mornings With Marie: July 2023 Special Edition
New Free Short Story, Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week
Happy Sunday, marienettes and friends! 😘 It’s been a busy July, as you might’ve noticed from the bustle of activity around here. Mist Gallows (book 3) is coming along nicely, too — we’re at about the 70K word mark and writing out the climax 😱
Anyway, I have this quarter’s free short story for you all today, and some updates!
Midnight Son: A Prophecies of Ragnarok Story is HERE
I first mentioned this project in June and now Midnight Son is finally out in the world! You can find your free copy below, which I hope you enjoy 🙈 It's 13K+ words and a character-centric prequel to The Prophecies of Ragnarok main trilogy. While you don’t have to read any of the novels before diving into this one, it actually hits different if you’ve already done so. (I’m happy to provide digital copies if you want them! 🥰)
The book’s not graphic, but it contains violence, death, and LGBTQ+ themes. There’s talk of family dysfunction, sibling rivalry, homophobia, war, destruction, vengeance, divinity, religion in some form, death and the afterlife, the apocalypse — as befitting a series that centers on Ragnarok, which in Norse mythology is the prophesied fall of the gods and the end of the worlds.
(There's also some cross-pantheon shenanigans, but I won't say which ones. 🙊)
Prince. Warrior. Son. Brother.
Baldr has always been destined for greatness. As Odin’s heir and firstborn legitimate son, he’s been raised to succeed Odin as king of Asgard and ruler of the Nine Realms, and to lead the worlds into an era of peace and prosperity.
But the brightest of lights casts the darkest of shadows, and in Baldr’s wake looms his younger twin brother, Hodr, who has already betrayed Asgard once before.
This is a prequel short story to THE PROPHECIES OF RAGNAROK trilogy by Meri Benson and Marie Sinadjan, beginning years before and leading up to the events of Hotel Fen, and a retelling of the myths involving Baldr, a Norse god whose death is said to herald the coming of Ragnarok, the prophesied end of the worlds.
[ NOTE: THE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WEB POST - EMAIL ME IF YOU’RE A SUBSCRIBER AND DIDN’T GET TO DOWNLOAD IT 🥰 ]
If you’d like to support me with a purchase anyway, the ebook is available here for $0.99, with the paperback edition coming soon. THANK YOU SO MUCH IF YOU DO! 😘
Monster Ridge Philippine Edition
Meri and I have partnered with 8Letters Bookstore and Publishing to bring The Prophecies of Ragnarok paperback editions to my home country, the Philippines, and yesterday book 2 made its debut at a local coffee and book fair!
Here are the purchase links via 8Letters’ website: Hotel Fen | Monster Ridge
Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week / #SPAAW
If you’re (still) on Twitter, #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek or #SPAAW starts this Monday! Why not show your favorite self-published/indie authors some love? 🥰
Don’t know where to start? Why not check out these books featured during last weekend’s Summer Extravaganza? Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
That’s it for now! Thank you for reading, and talk to you again in about two weeks! 😘
Marie xx