Yes, Stalking Shadows , book two of the Diamond Peak series is out now, and the first book in the series Lethal Inheritance is on sale (on Kindle only) for $0.99 until the end of the month. (Don't wait for it to be free because it aint gonna happen, ever.) The book is beautifully formatted by yours truly and is a better book than the first one, ( I didn't have to spend so many words on world building.) Now, about STALKING SHADOWS 'A well written, engaging and gripping story'. Clive S Johnson, reviewer for http://awesomeindies.net In this, the second book in the Diamond Peak series, you'll find adventure, romance and 'a unique and notable new approach to magical powers.' Ripped from the safety of our world and thrust into a strange hidden realm on a quest to save her mother, Ariel aims to confront the Master Demon, but first she must defeat Amic, the bodyguard that’s trying to kill her. In order reach the safe haven of Sheldra, she must pass through dangerous terrain and battle … [Read more...]
How are the books going? Chop chop chop!
I haven't talked about what I'm doing in the writing department for a while, though I've been sharing my journey into the Upper Reaches of Diamond Peak with my Facebook fans. If you're not getting those scintillating updates (including photos to stimulate your--and my--imagination) then go to the page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tahlia-Newland-author/188047104605893?ref=hl, like it, then hang your curser over the like button and click on 'Show in News feed', even better, click 'Get notifications'. But to fill you in, Demon's Grip, book three in the Diamond Peak Series is in the hand of my trusty beta readers, and hopefully I'll get it back inn a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I'm revising book four, Eternal Destiny, which I haven't looked at for three years. I have to cut 30,000 words from it and I'm having no problem. My writing had improved enormously since I wrote this second draft, and there are many necessary scenes , extraneous paragraphs and passages that can simply be … [Read more...]