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Hi!

I’ve got a couple of small updates.

First of all, the Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk Kickstarter reached its second stretch goal! The first stretch goal was an extra story in the anthology, and now, as we’ve reached 100 backers, every one of them will get to see their name in print in a special thank you section at the end of both volumes. If that’s something you would like for yourself, or if you’re simply interested in preordering steampunk Sherlock Holmes stories, there are 4 days left to do so here. (For my non-American friends who would like paperbacks or hardcovers, it may be of note that they will be available on Amazon later once the anthology is released, so at that point shipping costs may be lower.)

Secondly, still on the subject of preorders, the Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove anthology will be up for preorder here until the end of this month. The link will be taken down on April 1. After that, print copies won’t come with an included e-book, and the limited hardcover edition will no longer be available, so be quick if you’d like to get those!

And finally, a small treat that doesn’t require any ordering at all: the new edition of Paranatellonta is online since yesterday. For my new readers: Paranatellonta is a project where my friend Fie takes a photo which inspires a 10-sentence short story written by me. We post new editions on the 1st and 15th day of every month. I don’t always announce the posts here on my blog, but I really like this newest one, so I thought I’d remind you all of the project while I was blogging anyway. ^^ You can read it here for free. Enjoy!

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Love & Bubbles is out now!

20 October 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

Since last Thursday, Love & Bubbles is out in the wild!! I couldn’t post this on the day itself because I was having an awesome time in London – Hamilton was great! And I even found the courage to tell the people at the Gay’s the Word bookshop that Love & Bubbles was coming out. *proud*

Anyway, now you can buy this collection of queer underwater love stories on Gumroad, Amazon.com or Amazon.de (and the other Amazons worldwide, of course). At the moment I’m typing, the paperbacks haven’t been listed on Amazon yet, but they should be up soon and they’ll be available through the same links. So if you don’t see the physical books listed yet, return to the page in a couple of days and you should be able to order your copy (shipping cost-free in many countries)!

I hope you’ll enjoy the anthology!

Remember, aside from buying the book, the best way to support projects like this is by leaving reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads, so more people will hear about its existence. Thank you!

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Cover reveal: Love & Bubbles!

15 October 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

Hello everyone!

It’s been a while since I made a blog post (oops), but now I’ve got awesome news: the Love & Bubbles anthology is coming out this Thursday, October 18!!! It contains my story, “Summoned”, about a water demon and a merman, and what I’ve read of the other stories so far was great too!

You can still preorder it here, but for my European friends who want a physical copy it might be wise to wait until after Thursday, so you can order via Amazon and won’t have to pay high shipping costs. I’ll post the buying links next weekend, when I’m back from London to see Hamilton (the musical) 😀

The book cover was also revealed this weekend! It was designed by Kyra J. Wolff and I think it looks awesome.

The official cover reveal was done on the following blogs – check them out!

Barely a Blogger

Zigzag Timeline

Mehek Writes

Small Queer, Big Opinions

That’s all for now – see you after release day!

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Love & Bubbles Preorders!!!

13 August 201813 August 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

Yes yes yesss! You can now preorder Love & Bubbles! It’s available both in paperback and ebook format. In the Gumroad shop you can also find some awesome Love & Bubbles-themed t-shirts and Jaylee James’ previous anthology, Circuits & Slippers. There’s only one of the cross-stitch artworks by Jennifer Lee Rossman left at the moment I’m typing this, so be fast if you want that!

Get ready to dive into romance with these thirteen stories of queer love under the sea!

Love & Bubbles is a short fiction anthology of love stories united by an underwater theme and featuring characters from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum.

In these pages you’ll go on a deep-sea voyage to study a brand-new species alongside a cute, distracted scientist. Discover your magic with a water witch and the help of a cute mermaid. Explore the waters of an alien ocean. Get summoned to the surface with a grumpy old merman and his non-binary water demon neighbor. Swim with a catfish goddess, rescue a dolphin… and so much more!

That line up there about the grumpy old merman and the water demon? That’s my story, Summoned!

You can add Love & Bubbles on Goodreads here. On Amazon it won’t appear before the actual release date in September 2018 – just so you know not to go looking there yet. Preorders will be exclusive on Gumroad.

To those who have backed the original Kickstarter: you should have received an update email with a code for a 10% discount to thank you for supporting us from the very beginning.

To everyone else: thank you for your interest in this anthology! I’m very excited about it!

And if you are a book blogger, instagrammer, or youtuber, and want to participate in a cover reveal, author interview, or receive an ARC, please email jaylee@jayleejames.com!

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An Interview with Snap

22 June 201822 June 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

Hello!

A new character interview was published today, this time with Snap, the dragon of Ynys himself! You can read it here: http://candidceillie.com/character-interview-snap-the-dragon-of-ynys/

I also realise I haven’t shown off my absolutely awesome phone cover yet, here on the blog. And a friend made this brilliant keychain for me! My eternal thanks to her, and of course to Kirby Crow for the design of The Dragon of Ynys‘ cover.

And some not-Dragon-related news:

The publication of Darkling’s Beasts and Brews: Poetry with a Drink on the Side is expected in October 2018, ready to provide some Halloween goodness. You can find its cover and table of contents here on Facebook.

I also rearranged my website a little, mainly making the Stories page a lot neater than it was. Have a look around and let me know what you think!

The Dragon of Ynys is now available at:

and you can add it on Goodreads.

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Blog Tour Links

28 May 201824 August 2019 Minerva Cerridwen

As promised, you can find all the direct links to the blog tour posts about The Dragon of Ynys below!

Review via Let’s Fox About It: https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-the-dragon-of-ynys-by-minerva-cerridwen/
(Coming soon, from the same blogger: there will be a character interview with Snap at http://candidceillie.com/; I’ll make a separate post for this once it’s published. Thanks, Ceillie!)

Review via Barely a Blogger: https://barelyablogger.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/2018-dragon-ynys-minerva/

Review via Jennifer Lee Rossman: https://jenniferleerossman.blogspot.be/2018/05/the-dragon-of-ynys-blog-tour.html

Review & interview via Crimson Talks Books, Mostly: https://crimsontalksbooks.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/review-and-author-interview-the-dragon-of-ynys-by-minerva-cerridwen/

Review via Ava Kelly: http://avakellyfiction.com/review-the-dragon-of-ynys-by-minerva-cerridwen/

Character interview via Archer Kay Leah: https://archerkayleah.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/the-dragon-of-ynys-by-minerva-cerridwen-blog-tour-character-interview/

YouTube interview via Amphibian Press: https://youtu.be/W3aUDqduIcQ
(That’s right, you can see me babble in English for 30 minutes. I wasn’t nervous at all… *ahem*)

A very big thank you to all of these bloggers! If you have the time, be sure to check out the rest of the websites and channel of these awesome people as well.

I’d also like to thank everyone who’s been writing reviews outside of the blog tour! In the past week I’ve gotten the question whether it’s important to buy the book from one specific retailer in order to get its sales numbers up, and as far as I know, that’s not important at all. But something that does help massively is to leave reviews on both Goodreads and Amazon (even if you didn’t buy the book there). Books with more than 50 reviews (that’s text reviews, not just the star ratings on Goodreads) get promoted more on those websites. So if you’ve read the book, I really appreciate it if you post a review! It doesn’t have to be long at all, as long as there are some words 😉

With that, the blog tour is officially over and my book is really out there in the world. I hope many people will enjoy the story. To my great joy, the reactions have been great so far, and someone even made a calligraphy artwork inspired by The Dragon! Things like that are, in my opinion, the greatest honour an author can get. ❤

The Dragon of Ynys is now available at:

and you can add it on Goodreads.

(edit 24/08/2019: disabled links removed)

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Release Day!

16 May 201822 May 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

The Dragon of Ynys is OUT NOW!!!

You can buy it at (amongst others):

LT3 Market | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords

And add it on Goodreads: Goodreads

All preorders should have arrived in the appropriate mailboxes by now.

This also means the blog tour has taken off! I’d like to send major thanks to the people who are spreading the word about my novella during the tour, which will run from May 15 until May 28. On the last day, I’ll repost the schedule with all the updated links!

May 15

Review via Let’s Fox About It: https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-the-dragon-of-ynys-by-minerva-cerridwen/ (character interview to come at a later date at http://candidceillie.com/)

Review via Barely a Blogger: https://barelyablogger.wordpress.com/

May 16

Review via Jennifer Lee Rossman: https://jenniferleerossman.blogspot.com/

Review & interview via Crimson Talks Books, Mostly: https://crimsontalksbooks.wordpress.com

May 20

Review via Ava Kelly: http://avakellyfiction.com/news/

May 22

Character interview via Archer Kay Leah: https://archerkayleah.wordpress.com/

May 28

YouTube interview via Amphibian Press: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCthRhMtY9NSLpbCIMNd20tw/videos

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Blog Tour!

15 April 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

I’m doing a blog tour for The Dragon of Ynys! People can contact me if they want to write a review, do an interview or feature a guest post on their blogs. That way more people will become aware The Dragon exists and hopefully they’ll get curious enough to check out the story for themselves.

Would you like an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review? Or do you have a blog, website or YouTube channel where you’d like to feature a post about The Dragon? Then check out this form!

I’m honoured to say I already got a few responses. This week I’ll be recording my first video interview… Exciting but also a little bit scary!

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THE DRAGON OF YNYS on Goodreads and on sale

6 April 20188 April 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

You can now add my novella to your shelves on Goodreads! Click here to find it.

If you ever hesitate if you should publish a Goodreads review for a book you’ve read, know that the answer is yes. Reviews will show on your Goodreads friends’ feeds, giving them the chance to discover independent books. They’re a handy tool for readers who are checking out a book and want to find out if it’s something they might enjoy. And I’ve heard many other authors say that on Amazon, books with more than 50 reviews will be promoted more, based on their algorithms (though I can’t immediately find a reliable source for this). So even if your review is just a few words, they are of enormous value to authors.

That said, I also want to tell you that The Dragon of Ynys is even more on sale than it already was! Aside from the preorder sale, Less Than Three Press is celebrating its ninth birthday this month. That means there’s an extra 29% sale in April, and with every book you buy from them, you’re entered into a raffle (read more about all that here!). For my novella, this means there’s a 40% sale in total, so it’s only $1.80 if you buy it this month. And then it’s just a month and 10 days’ wait until it arrives in your mailbox ^^

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THE DRAGON OF YNYS available for preorder!!

25 March 2018 Minerva Cerridwen

Every time something goes missing from the village, Sir Violet makes his way to the dragon’s cave and negotiates the item’s return. It’s annoying, but at least the dragon is polite.

But when the dragon steals a person, that’s a step too far. As Sir Violet ventures out to get the missing baker back, however, he quickly realizes things are not at all what they seem…

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My debut novella will be released on May 16 with LT3 Press but you can already preorder it now for only $2.54! Sir Violet, the main character, is aro/ace, other important characters are lesbian and trans, and of course there’s a dragon!

Get it HERE!