I have always been fascinated by the progression of time. We wait for some event in anticipation—a vacation, a birth, a wedding, a holiday. Time creeps as the date slowly approaches. Then, the date arrives. It’s here! We can hardly believe it! The events we have been so anticipating flow around us. Often, it…
In honor of DragonCon, the Books of Unexpected Enlightenment are all on sale: Free on Friday, August 31st and Saturday September 1st: On sale Thursday, August 30th to Tuesday September 3d (Book Three is on sale in the UK as well)
Coming from Wisecraft Publishing, the YA Imprint of Superversive Press, the fourth Book of Unexpected Enlightenment: THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT FORGETTING The launch will take place on Tuesday, November 21st on Facebook from 2:30 to 5:50. There will be games, giveaways, a video reveal of the book trailer made by Superversive's own Ben Zwycky and lovely…
One of the hardest problems I had when I started the Books of Unexpected Enlightenment was: What age should Rachel be? This issue turned out to be extraordinarily difficult. To this day, some readers are not happy with the solution. Here are some of the issues that went into the decision: Rachel must be young:…
First book, FREE today! You think this would be an easy question…but it's not. Let me ask you: What age are fairytales for? What age are Grimm's fairytales for? What age is Ursula LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea for? When I was young, books were categorized much differently than they are now. Fantasy was closer…
Before we start our post for today, I am overjoyed to announce: Rachel and the Many-Splendored Dreamland *** Six years ago, just about this time of the year, a couple of my closest friends decided to start a new roleplaying game. I wasn't really interested. I had young kids. I felt played out. Most of the…
The second Book of Unexpected Enlightenment, The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel, is live. In honor of this, on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, The first book, the new and expanded The Unexpected enlightenment of Rachel Griffin, will be only .99 cents! I will post about it again when the time comes. Also, I added some…