If the book has a * beside it, we'll be hearing from the author this month! Please PLEASE tell me if you have any other favorites as I'm sure I've forgotten some! So, for July, I have gathered up some fellow writers to talk about their created beings, and I also made a master list of 'created beings' stories. I love talking to other writers about their inspirations, whether they press my buttons or not, and I'm delighted at how many authors got back to me with their interview!) (Still, I was not that picky about theme in approaching authors. I didn't focus on stories about literal dolls coming to life and living in doll worlds as in most children's stories about doll characters, because mainly, I love when the worlds meet. I especially love the theme of someone who is not-quite-human trying to live among humans or wrestle with human emotions. Or should I say riffing off?īut I don't just love artificial people as a writer, I also love them as a reader/viewer, in all their variations-starting with Sally in the Nightmare Before Christmas, who was the original inspiration for Anubis and all the Fanarlem who came after him. I was kind of ripping off my own doll people. But I first published this theme in Magic Under Glass and Magic Under Stone, where Erris's soul was trapped in the body of a clockwork man. The character of Anubis who appears in The Vengeful Half and The Stolen Heart as the Grim Reaper and world's most adorable dad was created 19 years ago. They've been an integral part of the world since I created it, a slave race that gains something closer to equality over the course of the past century. Hearing our Erris and Nimira sing their love song.*SWOON* If you're in the Baltimore/DC area, I would love to see you there!Īll of the books I've released this year that take place in the Hidden Lands, especially The Sorcerer's Concubine and The Stolen Heart, feature my race of lifelike living doll people called Fanarlem. Seriously, pretty speechless about the whole experience. Meanwhile, yesterday I attended the first read-through with the cast of Clockwork Heart, the Magic Under Glass musical. I'm going to be pretty useless the next few days. Just one little promo site today, but some solid bookings from the 7th-11th, so I expect the peak rank is yet to come.

I spent some money on promo which begins to kick in today. It's really going well in France, where it doesn't take that many sales to top a bestsellers list. The Sorcerer's Concubine is out and what a great launch! The book already has two glowing reviews on Amazon and the rank has mostly stayed above 20k on.

Broken Dolls by Tyrolin Puxty