Edie Roones

Today is the anniversary of the publication of Edie Roones' first book which is the first book in the Sansward Quarternary. Summer Sieges  introduces the world in the vale of Sansward and the stakes if the allies against the Gitane Witches and the Overlord Summa fail to stop their attempt to conquer the whole vale. Purchase here . A brief story of the writing of S.Sieges can be found here.

I'm running behind.  In my "entity" as M.A. Lee, my current mystery  The Hazard of Secrets  was supposed to be finished on the last day of June. Here it is 25 days later, and I'm still not finished. For  HoS , I have 5 to 7 more chapters to write. My expected word count was 55,000. I am currently at 50,000-plus. When I look at the scenes that are necessary to finish the mystery and solve the crime and close the other threads, I think that word count is going to be closer to 70,000 than 65,000. Those extra words are part of the problem. However, the main problem is TIME.

On this date last year, after weeks of struggling, I published Winter Sorcery , third book in the Seasons in Sansward Quarternary. The characters of Winter Sorcery  were the first ones that I envisioned when I first conceived the Sansward quartet. Join Rolf and Catal as they escape Gitane Witches and troops from Overlord Summa's Watrani army.  Cheer for Niijai and Legeeta as they aid the two spies in their escape. When the Gitane and the Watrani close a trap Niijai and Legeeta never expected, what will happen to them? Available on Amazon.

Dagger Meets Wizard ~  Here's another taste of the story that's currently intriguing me more than it should.  I should be writing Spring Magicks.  Oh the woes of the indie writer:  trying to stick to the proper deadline. However ~~ Enjoy! Brom sensed the attention his questions had roused in the greatroom.   He had sensed magic in use, subtle and passive, but his ward hadn’t flared, warning of magic in direct use against him.   The magical aura faded as he told Faldo and his four friends the story of the ground troll’s assault on Hardraste. He told it as if he’d seen it first-hand.   He hadn’t.   He’d been there that night, but he hadn’t see the rocks being tumbled from below-ground.   His brother Sverr had freed him from that power-draining cell, and together they had gone to find Corrie, the girl Sverr loved.   Corrie, the bane wizard who had killed the Prime Wizard Enstigorr.   It had taken all of them, Mannemous included...

In 2015 I ventured into publication with my book Summer Sieges .  That marked my first-ever ebook, uploaded to Amazon, under this pen name of Edie Roones. Second out under my Edie Roones was my first ever publication, a short story that originally published back in 1992 (yes, the Dark Ages of indie publishing).  That story was immediately accepted after worked on it for over a year.  I had tried to sell other stories before then, but this one--well, it struck some kind of spark and wound up in FANTASY Magazine in the Spring edition. This week marks the fourth anniversary of my electronic publication of "A Matter of Trust". View a trailer at this link. I have a special place in my heart for this little story.  Some day, when everything else slows down, I might return to Coello and the wizard.  For now, the original short story is on Amazon for $1.00. OR you can read the story free by contacting winkbooks@aol.com.  Use the subject line for your re...

Dagger Meets Wizard ~~ Here's the opening of a story that's currently intriguing me.  Rabbit holes are problematic. Foolish. Or magicked. He’d asked Faldo and his cronies about the Keirne.   That question was going to get him killed. Which was a shame, for he was a fine specimen of a man. He’d walked in like he owned the tavern, never stopping on his way to the bar.   He stopped beside Faldo and his cronies.   The tapster waited for his order, but the fine specimen ignored him.   He leaned an elbow on the scrubbed plank that had to be sticky from spilled liquor and broke into Faldo’s conversation, a conversation that Dagger had listened to, hoping to get information about which brothel the men were headed for their night’s entertainment. “Keirne?” Faldo repeated.   “I don’t know no Keirne.” “The Keirne of Kirchwald,” the fine specimen clarified.   “You’re Faldo, aren’t you?   You were there for the charge on the Red Tower.  ...

Over a Writers Ink, it's Free Fiction for W.Ink Wednesday.  This month W.Ink promotes my first novel, Summer Sieges . Get a taste of this alternate medieval fantasy here and find out more information here .  My books are exclusively on Amazon.