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I finally made a Payhip shop so I can sell directly, and I got the first book in my series up. But I can’t be in their marketplace until I’ve made at least $10 in sales. 😭 So, I created a coupon JUST for Mastodon, in case some of you have been waiting for a deal.

⚓ Use coupon code: “BookstodonLove” (without the quotations) and get 50% off the epub file. There are only 🔟 spots for the coupon, so grab it now if you want it! https://payhip.com/b/lLq94

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A countdown video to the cover of Godhunter with a quote: "I will always love you. Somehow you've stripped my heart of the ability to feel anything else."

Its 25 years since I hand wrote notes about teens accidentally stepping into a world, & the night that turned Heir Ruarnon's life upside-down. RuarnonTrilogy is now out in ebook &paperback😄 https://elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-trilogy/

In the intervening years, a major in archaeology helped my world building, intrigue & mystery plots mature

& my quirky characters became their authentic selves as I drew on my life as a , , person. I regret nothing

Selfie of Elise with paler than usual white as skin because I'm sick, slight pink in cheeks and massive smile, my index finger pointing up the three books in my Ruarnon trilogy, lined across the shelf above the cupboard section, and before the lead light glass level of my antique bookshelf. Proper covers alt text in next image.
Ruarnon Trilogy books arranged; Manipulator's War, Secrets of the Sorcery War above, War in Sorcery's Shadow below on large lacy table runner and ancient grained antique side table. Manipulator's War Cover Left: portrait of young Heir Ruarnon, their hair braided back, eyes outlined with kohl, wearing fitted bronze armour, a bronze disc kilt, holding a helmet in their left hand and leaning on a spear with their right, which pierces the ‘A’ in the title. Right: Red glyphs outline a stone archway, through which fire arrows rain down on torch-lit battlements atop a castle, at night time. Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 1 Secrets of the Sorcery War Blue glyphs in a stone arch frame a pair of tall cliffs, a ship sailing on bright blue water through the gap, into the sunshine of a natural harbour. Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 2 War in Sorcery's Shadow Purple glyphs around a stone arch in a stone wall, through which blackened clouds, with grey, lightening pronged edges loom over a many brown towers castle. Lightning crashes against and partially reveals a magic dome shield around the castle. Desolate hills and dray plains life before it, with leafless, dried-up trees and a skull in the foreground. Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 3

The Aurelias Award (for Australian Speculative Fiction) winners for last year have been announced:

https://aurealisawards.org/2025/05/04/2024-aurealis-awards-winners/

Of these, I’ve only read the fantasy novels — the Sara Douglas Book series award for Shelley Parker-Chan’s Radiant Emperor duology (well-deserved), and “best fantasy novel” winner Thoroughly Disenchanted, which I enjoyed without being particularly blown away — but then I can’t think of any other Australian fantasy from 2024 off the top of my head that should have won instead, and it is actually *set* in Australia, a nice change 😊

Good to see a few self-published winners on the list, too.

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BCS #432 ebook is out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories of simmering revolution by @GraceSeybold and Aaron Perry, cover art by Erin Costello.

(Buying BCS ebooks or ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium. Thank you!)

https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-432/
https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-432-ebook/dp/B0F7484P4X/

Just discovered Amanda Briar and this series. Dawn of Hope is the first book in a debut New Adult Fantasy Romance trilogy, for readers who love slow burn romance, found family, a quest, secret identity, and magical systems. It is meant for adult audiences with spice levels increasing throughout the series. I can't find where to purchase the eBooks on her website but the audiobooks are there. https://amandabriar.com/ @romancelandia @bookstodon