Free Promo Day!
For a special treat we are releasing several of our titles for free! Wednesday May 2nd and Thursday May 3rd the following titles will be free for you to purchase on Kindle! Just click on the picture to go to Amazon. There is a little here for everyone!
Andraste
Fantasy
Andraste, the daughter of an elfin prince and fairy queen is Fate’s Beloved, blessed with an incredible prophecy naming her as the one who can vanquish the Abatu Empire. She has spent her life preparing for the day when she would leave her homeland and fulfill her destiny. That day has come, but there are a few things Andraste doesn’t know. Her prophecy is a carefully-constructed lie, and beneath the beauty and civilization of her mother’s fairy country, there lie ancient prejudices and secrets. Traitors live within the castle walls, but Andraste can’t help but wonder who’s worse: the vampire
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Interview with Beth Ann Masarik
Today we welcome Beth Ann Masarik to the site as part of her Blog tour.
What inspired you to write your first book?
That all depends on which book you are talking about. My first book ever written or my first book published? My first book ever written, which was poorly written, was inspired by the anime, Sailor Moon. I co-wrote the series with my best friend back when I was in high school. I remember being so proud of myself for completing my first book (no matter how bad it actually was). I filled up that entire notebook (this was before I had my own laptop.), so it was all handwritten. The story was about 150+ pages. That was when I realized I was meant to be an author. What inspired The World Among Us, was my college Creative Writing Professor. We had to write something new every week, …
Strictly Miss Abigail – Professional Etiquette
Strictly Miss Abigail
Free Ebooks from Hydra Publications
As a special treat to all book lovers out there we are releasing all of our ebooks for free today. There is something for everyone in what we offer and we hope you enjoy your free books.
| Andraste, the daughter of an elfin prince and fairy queen is Fate’s Beloved, blessed with an incredible prophecy naming her as the one who can vanquish the Abatu Empire. She has spent her life preparing for the day when she would leave her homeland and fulfill her destiny. That day has come, but there are a few things Andraste doesn’t know. Her prophecy is a carefully-constructed lie, and beneath the beauty and civilization of her mother’s fairy country, there lie ancient prejudices and secrets. Traitors live within the castle walls, but Andraste can’t help but wonder who’s worse: the vampire empress conquering the world, or the deceitful fairies she’s fighting to save. |
Interview with James West
Do you have a specific writing style?
For good or ill, feedback from my readers suggests that I have a rather dark style of writing. For me, I just write, and the story is what it is. That being said, I really strive for an emotional connection between my readers, the characters, and the story.
How much of the book is realistic?
When I am writing any given story it all becomes real to me, so much so that when I am really steaming along, what I see outside my window becomes the fake world. I have gotten used to that, but when I first began writing, it was mildly unnerving to head out to the grocery store after a few hours of writing. I would get the strong impression that the people picking over the fruit and vegetables were not people at all, but some strange, alien race … …
Interview with Stephen Prosapio
Today we welcome Stephen Prosapio to the site.
Do you have a specific writing style?
Interesting question. I don’t know how I’d have the perspective to self-characterize my own style. I’m not even sure that I have a style per se. I try to keep
How did you come up with the title?
Once I came up with Rosewood as the name of the asylum, the rest pretty much fell into place. I got Rosewood from an area nearby Pullman called Roseland. Rosewood sounds like a place people try really hard to make sound nice…which makes it all the more creepy.
How much of the book is realistic?
I’ve been told it’s very realistic which is important in fantasy, sci-fi and horror. We’re asking the reader to stretch their willful suspension of disbelief to incorporate whatever supernatural elements we, as writers, introduce. Therefore the other elements of the story must …
Interview with Melanie McDonald
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Today we welcome Melanie McDonald to the site.
Hi Frank, thank you so much for the opportunity to do this interview.
What inspired you to write your first book, Eromenos?
I first became fascinated by Antinous when I read Marguerite Yourcenar’s novel Mémoires d’Hadrien, which she also translated into English from the original French in collaboration with her partner, Grace Frick. I remember being struck by the way she portrayed this beautiful young man, Antinous, in that work, silent as a statue already in Hadrian’s memories of his love for the youth and grief at his loss.
I also enjoyed the story of how Yourcenar came to write her novel: while cleaning out some papers and burning them one day, she came across a piece of her own writing from many years earlier addressed to “Marcus.” At first, she took this for a letter, begun once and never sent; …
Interview with J.S. Dunn
Today we welcome J.S. Dunn to the site.
How did you come up with the title?
Bending The Boyne refers to the bend in the river Boyne that surrounds the three great megaliths, passage mounds built ca 3000 BCE. The title also refers to change and the Starwatchers having to adapt to the newcomers at 2200 BCE.
How much of the book is realistic?
As one expert says, per the back cover quote, this is “bang-on with the latest archaeological debates.” The research and writing took ten years. In some aspects, I waited to be certain that new findings would be upheld before I’d put the novel out in the market.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
Several ! First, that the Troubles began for Eire as an island nation well before the Normans or later English incursions and probably began in prehistory. …
Interview with Marisa Mills
Today we welcome Marisa Mills for an interview.
What inspired you to write your first book?
I honestly can’t say. I’ve been writing things for as long as I can remember. I’m pretty sure that one day I just sat down and said, “I’m going to write a book today.” Then, I did.
Do you have a specific writing style?
I think my writing style is really blunt. I don’t spend a lot of time on my imagery, but I try to rather integrate that in a bit at a time. I’ve been told I write rather formally, but I like to think that I write in whatever voice matches my current subject matter.
How did you come up with the title?
It took a long time. I had no idea what to call Andraste. My first attempts were all titles involving swords, fairies, and alliteration. I didn’t really …
Hydra news and releases
Hello everyone, We are having an exciting day today at the Hydra Headquarters. Its a dreary Raining day outside so we thought we would bring some cheer online to brighten our day.
We have tw0 new releases today. The first is The Universal Mirror by Gwen Perkins.
On the island of Cercia, the gods are dead, killed by their followers and replaced with the study of magic. Magicians are forbidden to leave their homeland. Laws bind these men that prevent them from casting spells on the living—whether to harm or to heal.
Quentin, a young nobleman, challenges these laws out of love for his wife. His best friend, Asahel, defies authority at his side, unaware that the search for this lost magic will bring them both to the edge of reason, threatening their very souls. The Universal Mirror shows how far two men are willing to go for the …
