The Conrad Chronicles: Revolt has been published!

After many hours of toil (or perhaps I should say years), The Conrad Chronicles: Revolt is back in print. Right now the paperback version is available at Lulu.com.

https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=The+Conrad+Chronicles%3A+Revolt&type=

It takes a few weeks for it to be available for purchase through Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and other books stores as a paper back.  Though currently you can purchase the Kindle version on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Conrad-Chronicles-Revolt-Heather-Hobson-ebook/dp/B076VVD23F/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510815846&sr=8-1&keywords=the+conrad+chronicles%3A+Revolt

If you do go to Amazon and find the Kindle you will see a paperback version for sale. That is the old one by the evil publisher that was retailing it for $27.95. When the new version comes out it will retail on Amazon.com for $17.99. Though if you go to Lulu.com and purchase the paperback copy you get a 25% discount off of the $17.99 so can get it there for only $13.50. In addition Lulu almost always has a coupon for another percentage off or free shipping. So by shopping for the book at Lulu.com, you cut out the middle man and save money.

Happy Reading!

PS: The cover is designed as a puzzle. With the publication of each of the 9 books in the series, a square shall be revealed.

Callings: Tales of the Conrads of Karna is finally a Kindle Book!

Today I completed a writing task I have delayed doing for a while. I converted Callings: Tales of the Conrads of Karna into a Kindle Book.  For those of you who have never converted a manuscript to an e-book, the task is a bit of work and it helps if you know where the hidden codes are.

Anyway, I am done and Callings is now available in another format.

Order Kindle version of Callings

Unicorn's Milk has been published!

Yet another book I have penned is ready for sale.  Within the next 24 hours the Kindle Version on amazon.com will be ready. The paperback version came back from the printers and looks great.  It should be available to order from lulu.com, amazon.com, or through any book store within the next 6 to 8 weeks, just in time for Christmas shopping.

Here's the press release for all you curious people. Feel free to copy and share it.

Release Date: November 2015

Title: Unicorn’s Milk

Author: Heather Hobson Lewis

ISBN: 978-1-329-6045-4

Publisher: Lulu Enterprises, Inc.

Available in trade paper back or e-book at www.Lulu.com, Amazon.com, or order through your

local bookstore.

Author’s Blog: HeatherHobsonwriter@blogspot.com

Author’s e-mail: HHWriter@gmail.com

Unicorn’s Milk

by Heather Hobson Lewis

On rumored advice from a holy woman, a desperate seventeen-cycle-old Heort begs his village masters to grant him time to find unicorn milk in order to heal his sister, Oriana, from demon fever.  Reluctantly the masters agree and give Heort one moon.

           

As Heort heads north in search of the unicorn, he meets a clocked stranger, whom he assumes to be a traveling master and swordsman.  The cloaked stranger is really Serene of the House of Redston, fleeing to Crosleah in order to escape an arranged marriage.

           

As the pair journey, they must overcome a lack of supplies, other travelers, Parvudom Kalec's men, who have been sent to bring Serene back, and each other's stubbornness on where to go.  Day by day, Heort and Serene learn to tolerate each other's strengths and weaknesses, while at the same time learning what is truly most important.

           

This is the tale of Unicorn's Milk, a quest of self-discoveries, a story of magic and fantasy, and a journey of hope and spirit.

Heather Hobson Lewis has dedicated the past twenty-five years to developing her writing, especially The Conrad Chronicles. She possess a BA in history from the University of San Francisco and a teaching credential through Mills College. Her publishing credits include The Conrad Chronicles: Revolt, Callings: Tales of the Conrads of Karna,and Stubby, the Magic Pencil. She is a member of the Siskiyou County Writer’s Club.

Ms. Lewis currently resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two wonderful dogs, Maggie and Boomer.

Michelle Hays of Willow Creek is the cover artist for this book. She is a graduate of Trinity

High School in Weaverville and has taken art classes from the Art Institute of Portland, Oregon.

Kirkus Review of Stubb, the Magic Pencil

After much waiting, I received Stubby, the Magic Pencil's review.  I found the review to be fair. Though, as most author's would wish, I would have preferred a more positive, book-selling review. The bit about the dark elements (which I consider mild), is personal taste. I think there are lot darker elements in Harry Potter and the whole series by Lemony Snicket, and those have sold well. 

Thus, I decided to publish my review (I did have the choice to archive it and not let anyone see it).

The grammar mistakes in the review are easily fixed on my end, especially in the Kindle version.

Anyway, here is the review.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/heather-hobson/stubby-magic-pencil/

Stubby, the Magic Pencil as a Kindle Book!

Not only is Stubby, the Magic Pencil, now available as a trade paperback through lulu.com, the story is now also available as a Kindle Book on amazon.com.

I must say that formatting for a Kindle Book is a lot easier and quicker than formatting for a trade paperback.  Those headers and footers can be tricky since some pages don't get them.

I also hooked up with my cover illustrator, Michelle Hays, yesterday.  She was delighted to receive her copy of Stubby. 

Enjoy the weekend all.

Freedom of speech is more limited than people think!

Well, I'm bummed. My friend who just managed to get her first book done, created a cover, and published as a Kindle had to take her book down. Since the novel was a sexual romance her church told her that if she didn't take it down she would not be able to be a member and the kids would be kicked out of the school they have been attending all their lives.

Thus, censorship on speech is still very much alive.  A lot of writers aren't free to write about what they want to. America is not as free as people think it is.

More writing

These summer days find me steadily writing. Again, I was at work on Realizations. 

I also looked in to Kindling a book. I have a young adult manuscript I am seriously considering testing out as a Kindle. I wish I had an illustration for a cover.  I do have a sketch to go with it, but it was done by an ex-boyfriend. Using that sketch doesn't seem right.

My friend, Echo Ryan, just Kindled her first book on Amazon.com.  I am wondering how it will do. She has such a unique voice and topic.  I just can't imagine the mindset needed to write A Tale of Butts: The Story of a Couch.