Author: FORTHRIGHT

Things are about to get busy…

The dizzying array of upcoming events, reveals, releases, and debuts finally drove me to create a calendar for September/October so I don’t forget anything. I have happy jitters. There’s so much to look forward to:

  • Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal is available for pre-order on Amazon. It should start showing up everywhere else in the next couple of weeks.
  • I’ll begin taking pre-orders for author-signed copies of Book 2 on October 1. Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox is in stock. More about signed books >>
  • Plans are well underway for my first official Amaranthine Saga fanfic, which will follow the official prompt list for #Inktober2018. (Any guesses on which character I’ve chosen to develop?) Join me in drabbling/drawbling for the whole month!
  • I will be unveiling a thing which I’m hoping will please you. Yep, it’s a thing. Or a collection of things. Readable things with accompanying swag. More about that in a week-and-a-half or so.
  • On October 1, I’ll announce the winners of the Review Challenge from early summer. (Sparkling nibs & a signed copy shall be claimed!) New challenges will be forthcoming as Kimiko‘s release date draws near. That’s October 22, 2018, by the way.
  • If all goes according to plan (hey, that happens once in a while), I’ll celebrate the release of Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal with new chapters of Affinity, an IYxYYH fanfic that’s due to wrap up.
  • Oh! And a week after Kimiko‘s release, I’ll do a cover reveal for Book 3. Won’t that be nice? (It will, it will. I promise.)

Cover Reveal 10.29.18

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Mood Stripes 059: Locked

Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the one who’s going all out. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.

Chapter 59: Locked

Kagome braced her shopping basket against her hip as Continue reading →

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Mood Stripes 058: Strict

Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the one who follows through. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.

Chapter 58: Strict

Sesshoumaru would have refused to acknowledge the monk, but Continue reading →

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Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal

Update! Progress is being made to bring you the second book in the Amaranthine Saga, which is now available for pre-order … at least in one place. For now, the Kindle edition can be pre-ordered on Amazon. As we get closer to the release date, Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal will show up in all the other online venues as well as in print. But hey! Not bad for starters! ::twinkle::

Amaranthine Saga 02, Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal by FORTHRIGHT

Release Date: October 22, 2018

**I will begin taking pre-orders for author-signed copies of Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal on October 1, 2018. Those wanting a signed copy of Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox (Amarantine Saga, #1), you’re in luck. I have books in stock.

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Links and Tabs

Quick survey, because I have one person saying they can’t access my links/tabs.

“Unfortunately, the tab on this site doesn’t take us to anything. I have always (for over three years now) gotten an error message when I click on the links provided by this website.”

Good gracious! Are you able to navigate my site’s pages (about page, signed books page, fanfic profiles, da page, etc.) using the menu bar? Anyone else running into broken links and error messages? ::hand wringing::

**UPDATE** I switched the fanfiction links to their numeric “perma-links,” which seems to have fixed the issue for some people.

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Inktober Dare

Pen and Ink. All you artsy types know all about Inktober, when daily art prompts lead to creativity for the month of October. Well, I’ve just been challenged to use this year’s Inktober prompts as drabble prompts. (And I adore challenges.)

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Do I Dare? Since I’ve been looking for ways to celebrate an October(ish) release anyhow, I’ve hatched a fiendish plan. What if I were to drabble in the Amaranthine universe? My very first Amaranthine fanfic! (Wait, can the actual author write fanfiction in their own universe? Do potential alt. ships become canon?) Conundrums aside, I have my eye on … a certain someone.

Who would you like to see? And will you be drabbling and/or drawbling, too? ::twinkle::

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Planning Ahead

On release day for Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox back in February, I marked the occasion by adding to Imperceptible (an IY fanfic), which was one (very long) chapter shy of completion. Looking ahead to the release of Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal, I’ve been sifting through my options.

  • Affinity [IY x YYH crossover] is certainly the closest to an ending. I could probably wrap that up.
  • Tolerable [IY, Mir&Sess] is due for one more story arc before I’d call it finished.
  • NEW STUFF [various] because it’s hard to resist contributing to fandoms old and new. I have notes that could shape up rather quickly into a oneshot or short serial for … Naruto, Spirited Away, The Ancient Magus’s Bride, Natsume Yuujinchou, and a Mushishi crossover that I dare not even *try* to explain. It’s best just to let that one … happen. ::twinkle::

On a related note, I found outlined scenes for a Miroku x Kagome serial that I’d completely forgotten about. They’re my “official” OTP in the InuYasha fandom because that’s where I started. Nostalgia!

So … what freebie fic do you think I should play with? (Bearing in mind that I’ll be well into writing the third book in the Amaranthine Saga when Bk2 releases, so my time for fandom goofing will be limited.)

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Mood Stripes 053: Variable

Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the one who’s trying. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.

Chapter 53: Variable

Lavender. The thought of being rid of her and the rest of them Continue reading →

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