A Freebie and More for April

 No new news for April, just a reminder of the three novella trilogies that have driven my writing for the past years.

These book-length trilogies ~ while set in the same Fae Mark'd World ~ are separate and distinct from each other, with no cross-over of characters.

That's a good thing, yes?

Special Announcement

I'm participating in a FREE BOOK PROMOTION with over 50 other writers.

Think of it! 50+ books, free of charge.

The Wyrded Forest is my contribution to the promotion. HOWEVER, if you belong to my newsletter list, you cannot get the free copy of The Wyrded Forest through the link. Read further into this post to find the link especially for my subscribers!

Here's the link to the Book Funnel promotion: https://books.bookfunnel.com/plottwistsff/4yoihe6ad0

1^st Good Thing ~ Maybe So?

Spells of Air ~ the first trilogy follows Orielle and Grim in the Wilding.

If you would like a taste of the novella before you commit, this link will take you to my website where you can read the opening: https://remiblack.blogspot.com/2021/04/meet-orielle-spells-of-air.html

The first novella remains free to my newsletter subscribers: To Wield the Wind. Try this link:

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/6msz76m3v3

The other two novellas are To Charm the Wind and To Curse the Wyre.

Links for the bundled trilogy, which is book-length in size, are here:

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Spells-Air-Fae-Markd-World/dp/1737422646/ ebook and paperback

Worldwide https://books2read.com/u/mlq96v ebook only

View the Trailer https://youtu.be/PqjouEJtbjY 

2^nd Good Thing ~ Certainly?

My second trilogy and the one that turned my head sideways for a bit, thinking of appropriate spells for a wielder of Earth, is Spells of Earth¸with Desora and Brax.

Here is the whole first chapter in the first novella, The Wyrded Earth: https://remiblack.blogspot.com/2021/10/free-glimpse-ch-1-of-wyrded-forest.html

Again, the first novella remains free to newsletter subscribers: The Wyrded Earth. Try this link:

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/tg6nk8dxw3

The other two novellas are The Riven Gate and The Mysts of Sorcery.

Links for this bundled trilogy, book-length in size, are here:

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4MKLDV9 ebook and paperback

Worldwide https://books2read.com/u/38PPpL ebook only

View the Trailer https://youtu.be/jbayhsxJLqA

3^rd Good Thing ~ Truly!

The third trilogy, just finished, is Spells of Water, with Inkeri and Rhodren, my first half-Fae. It published last Autumn after I struggled with the start of the final novella. Once I had those first chapters done, though, the book flowed as quickly and smoothly as water.

Links:

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXXXJY1G ebook and paperback

Worldwide https://books2read.com/u/meaeOZ ebook only

View the Trailer https://youtu.be/iNbKtHFXjCA

 

4th Good Thing ~ Coming, I Swear!

These trilogies are individual stories, all set in the Fae Mark'd World, but not really crossing over into each other.

I haven’t yet ventured into the stories for the final three-set of novellas, Spells of Fire. Too many other things keep intruding. Too many are my own questions about the final trilogies. Do I bring everyone together? Do I keep them separate? I can see events developing for both questions.

Then I have the problem of my own making, working on books for all three pen names. It spreads me thin, but I also keep me fresh as I turn from one to the other then to the third, then all back around again, in a dizzying whirl. Oh well.

First in the final and fourth trilogy, Blaze of Trouble is coming, and we’ll encounter dragons!

Looking toward the heat of Summer ~ always a great inspiration for fiery spells.

Welcome to 2025!

 Hi, Everyone! Hope your New Year started well!

I’m stuck inside, after surviving a deluge that popped up out of nowhere. Soaked through my clothes and left me shivering. Now I’m avoiding the dropping temperatures with a blankie and coffee and a good book—yes, one that I’m writing. No peeking allowed.

Here are the links for the recent release Spells of Water.

Amazon for ebook and paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXXXJY1G

Worldwide B&N, Kobo, Apple, and man many more  https://books2read.com/u/meaeOZ

View the Trailer https://youtu.be/iNbKtHFXjCA

Need to Remember Spells of Water?

Death. That was the omen that the crows and ravens brought to Inkeri, a half-Fae wielder of the elemental power of Water.

Deep in the desert Idros Ahdreide, men had lost their lives in battle against a strange evil. When Inkeri ventures to investigate, she encounters Baron Rhodren of the Bois Argent and his troop of men.

Rhodren’s king commanded him to investigate the disappearances of two troops and a caravan at the desert citadel of Saet’Idros Archais.

Yet a presence watches their entry into the citadel, a presence more terrible than twisted sorcerers, their shape-shifting wyre, and a traitorous Dark Fae.

Both Inkeri and Rhodren sense the watcher, but neither anticipates the dire threat it represents.

How many will die before the missing are found?

The fantasy Spells of Water is a three-part series in the greater cycle of the Fae Mark’d World.

If you enjoy elemental power battling twisted sorcery and cold steel clearing paths through magical monsters, then you will love the adventures in the Fae Mark’d World.

The first trilogy in the Fae Mark’d World is Spells of Air. The young wizard Orielle encounters the proud Dark Fae Lord Skull and Lady Bone as well as a pack of shifted wyre enslaved by a sorceress. 

Find it here: 

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Spells-Air-Fae-Markd-World/dp/1737422646/

Worldwide https://books2read.com/u/mlq96v

Trailer https://youtu.be/PqjouEJtbjY

Spells of Earth, the second trilogy, focuses on Desora, wizardry burnt out and memory gone after a battle against sorcerers. Desora re-built her life in an isolated corner of the Northern Reaches. She only wields elemental Earth. Can she discover new ways to wield Earth before she and Brax become prey for twisted sorcery and magical monsters? Find it here: 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4MKLDV9

https://books2read.com/u/38PPpL

trailer https://youtu.be/jbayhsxJLqA

Look for more of Remi Black’s fantasy with magical protagonists confronting foul sorcery and monsters magical and mundane.

Spells of Water Available Now!

 

Death. That was the omen that the crows and ravens brought to Inkeri, a half-Fae wielder of the elemental power of Water.

Deep in the desert Idros Ahdreide, men had lost their lives in battle against a strange evil. When Inkeri ventures to investigate, she encounters Baron Rhodren of the Bois Argent and his troop of men.

Rhodren’s king commanded him to investigate the disappearances of two troops and a caravan at the desert citadel of Saet’Idros Archais.

Yet a presence watches their entry into the citadel, a presence more terrible than twisted sorcerers, their shape-shifting wyre, and a traitorous Dark Fae.

Both Inkeri and Rhodren sense the watcher, but neither anticipates the dire threat it represents.

How many will die before the missing are found?

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Ebook from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXXXJY1G

the Paperback at the Zon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DR28HJR8 

Worldwide Books to Read https://books2read.com/u/meaeOZ

View the Trailer https://youtu.be/iNbKtHFXjCA

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The fantasy Spells of Water is a three-part series in the greater cycle of the Fae Mark’d World.

If you enjoy elemental power battling twisted sorcery and cold steel clearing paths through magical monsters, then you will love the adventures in the Fae Mark’d World.

Writer Remi Black has created magical worlds from the time she read a much-battered paperback in the Witch World saga by Andre Norton, the Grand Mistress of Fantasy. She writes determined heroines and strong heroes, both with internal conflicts as dire as the sorcerers and monsters that confront them.

The first trilogy in the Fae Mark’d World is Spells of Air. The young wizard Orielle encounters the proud Dark Fae Lord Skull and Lady Bone as well as a pack of shifted wyre enslaved by a sorceress. Find it here: 

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Spells-Air-Fae-Markd-World/dp/1737422646/

Worldwide https://books2read.com/u/mlq96v

Trailer https://youtu.be/PqjouEJtbjY

Spells of Earth, the second trilogy, focuses on Desora, wizardry burnt out and memory gone after a battle against sorcerers. Desora re-built her life in an isolated corner of the Northern Reaches. She only wields elemental Earth. Can she discover new ways to wield Earth before she and Brax become prey for twisted sorcery and magical monsters? Find it here: 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4MKLDV9

https://books2read.com/u/38PPpL

trailer https://youtu.be/jbayhsxJLqA

Look for more of Remi Black’s fantasy with magical protagonists confronting foul sorcery and monsters magical and mundane.

View the Trailer 

Available for Preorder! ~ Venom of Dragons, last in the Spells of Water trilogy

 

Something dangerous is watching you.

Ebook Only

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLM6TJV5

Worldwide / Books2Read https://books2read.com/u/3GJy6O

Available Now! ~ Storm of Spells ~ 2nd in the trilogy Spells of Water

 

A menacing watcher lurks in the citadel—with twisted sorcery as a guard.

The citadel at Saet’Idros Archais guarded a passage from the Wastes into the Great Vale. After centuries of duty, the Fae, Enclave wizards, and mundane men abandoned the outpost … then people began to vanish.

The half-Fae healer Inkeri, Baron Rhodren, and his men crossed old bones to discover the whereabouts of a missing caravan and two troops.

Yet a presence watches their entry into the citadel, a presence more terrible than twisted sorcerers, their shape-shifting wyre, and a traitorous Dark Fae.

Both Inkeri and Rhodren sense the watcher, but neither anticipates the dire threat it represents.

How many will die before the missing are found?

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LINKS

Worldwide Distributors :: https://books2read.com/u/bW6Lgx

the Zon :: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJRZ7KSM 

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The fantasy Storm of Spells is the second novella in the three-part series Spells of Water, part of the greater Fae Mark’d World. First in the series is Torrent of Evil. The series concludes with Venom of Dragons.

If you enjoy elemental power battling twisted sorcery and cold steel clearing paths through magical monsters, then you will love the adventures in the Fae Mark’d World.

Writer Remi Black has created magical worlds from the time she read a much-battered paperback in the Witch World saga by Andre Norton, the Grand Mistress of Fantasy. She writes determined heroines and strong heroes, both with internal conflicts as dire as the sorcerers and monsters that confront them.

The first trilogy in the Fae Mark’d World is Spells of Air. The young wizard Orielle encounters the proud Dark Fae Lord Skull and Lady Bone as well as a pack of shifted wyre enslaved by a sorceress.

Recently finished is Spells of Earth. Wizardry burnt out and memory gone, Desora re-built her life in an isolated corner of the Northern Reaches. She only elemental Earth. Can she discover new ways to wield Earth before she and Brax become prey for twisted sorcery and magical monsters?

Look for more of Remi Black’s fantasy with magical protagonists struggling against twisted sorcery and monsters magical and mundane.

Clearing the Decks for Summer Writing

 Clearing the Decks for Summer Writing

It’s a brief update for summer!

Since the first of this year and especially in April and May, I’ve fought battles against distractions and disruptions. I haven’t lost the war. I will win through persistence and determination.

Writer Dean Wesley Smith calls summer the “time of great forgetting” for writers. I find summer is productive ~ as long as I avoid those pesky battles with the casualties of time and creativity.

Summer began with the Great ReSet.

I recast the writing schedule and changed things around in my writing nest. Moving furniture helped. Emptying out things I’ve hoarded for no reason cleared my head. Keeping my desk uncluttered certainly keeps me from avoiding my writing time.

Therefore, I have news. Storm of Spells is coming soon. I won’t give a day or a week or a month for this second novella in the Spells of Water trilogy, just that the ideas and words are definitely flooding out.

 

If you missed the first novella in Spells of Water, here it is.

Torrent of Evil

Death. That was the omen that the crows and ravens brought to Inkeri.

Deep in the desert Idros Ahdreide, men had lost their lives in battle against a strange evil. A half-Fae wielder, Inkeri ventures to investigate.

Rhodren, baron of the Bois Argent, is commanded by his king to investigate the disappearance of a troop and a caravan, lost at the abandoned citadel of the Archais, deep in the Ahdreide. Yet when he and his men reach the border, a flock of crows and ravens attack.

Surviving that attack, Rhodren and his men are then confronted by slavering panthers. Inkeri comes to their aid.

The Ahdreide has predators aplenty, all willing to feast on the wariest of travelers. What enemy marshals these dangers? What evil lurks at the Archais?

Will a wielder of elemental Water and mortal men discover the truth without become prey for the desert predators?

https://books2read.com/u/m0EBVl

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFQ1GK5L

Watch for Storm of Spells, with Inkeri and Rhodren at the Archais, facing the evil that has feasted on a troop and a caravan and has a thirst for more.

The next newsletter will be in October. The best up-to-date information is always available at https://remiblack.blogspot.com/ or https://writersinkbooks.com/ .

Until then ~ happy reading!

Beginning 2023

 Hi there!

2 Freebies

2023 started with my participation in 2 Book Funnel promos.

The first, in January, was offering my short story "Godriana's Font". The timeline for that story is after the Spells of Air novella trilogy with Orielle and Grim. The mentor Lilias and her association with the Dark Fae Lord Skull is the focus.

If you missed that Book Funnel and are interested in receiving that short story as a freebie, contact me via email winkbooks@aol.com. Put "Remi Black Short Story" in the subject line. I'll send you a link from Book Funnel to receive a pdf of the short story.

In February, The Wyrded Forest was the freebie offering from Book Funnel. This is the opening novella in the trilogy Spells of Earth. Desora has lost her memory and her wizardry after the backlash of a spell. She can wield the elemental power of Earth.

Since the element Earth has no windstorm or lightning bolts or fiery spheres, Desora has never considered Earth as a dangerous power. The arrival of shapeshifters and a sorcered monster forces her to stretch her power in ways that she never anticipated.

I had lots of fun with the challenge of the Spells of Earth series. If you missed that Book Funnel, well--we can do the same thing. Email me. Put Wyrded Forest in the subject line. I'll pop back with the link.

1 Admission

In February, I lost a solid two weeks to Adult RSV. [I'm still coughing my head off.] Not Covid, but wow, RSV is no easy cold.

The effect on my writing was tremendous. Not only did I suffer with great fatigue, but my brain found it impossible to concentrate on anything.

So, the admission is that I'm behind. My apologies.

Storm of Spells should be much further along than it is ... but it's not.

I've yanked out everything in the pipeline and will start re-scheduling my writing time. Just catching up with what had to slide is proving difficult.

Hopefully, Storm of Spells will publish this spring--although that's June rather than April.

I will announce its publication HERE and in the newsletter. You can join the newsletter by popping an email. Yep, same winkbooks@aol.com. I'll manually add you to the subscriber list.

As for now, here's a reminder of the cover featuring Inkeri and the Baron.