Winter Chill for a bargain price!

This weekend is your chance to get “The Winter Chill” for under a buck! (Well, actually, it’s on sale now and the lower price will persist through much of next week). Yeah, we want to make some money from book sales … but it’s more important than that to have people READ the books! Hopefully, by now you’ve read “The Summer Apprentice” and “The Fall of Magic.” The story continues with Astra and her fellow apprentices doing their best to save the lives of what few Wizards survived Blight’s attacks. That means, mostly, the old and retired, and the young and innocent. Meanwhile, the coldest winter in memory is chilling Wizard’s Reach and most of the Mainland. Can they manage to save everyone before they freeze?

If you’re unable to click the picture above, the link for the promo is http://pattyjansen.com/promo/2-3-june-2018-99c-promo/.  And if you haven’t begun the Seasons of Elsewhen yet, why wait? Volume 1, “The Summer Apprentice,” is available for FREE at https://claims.instafreebie.com/free/n0zRg

 

Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!

’Tis the season to get a lot for little.

This weekend is the monthly Patty Jansen Fantasy and SF bargain book promotion and Sydney Chambers: Captain, is one of the books available at the bargain price of .99!

If you haven’t already checked out Captain, now’s your chance – and it couldn’t come at a better time, because Sydney

Chambers: First Officer, is also available for just .99!

First Officer is the direct prequel to Captain and is on presale right now for the bargain price. (It’ll go up to its regular $2.99 shortly after it releases July 3.)  Captain will return to $2.99 later next week as well … but right now you can grab each of ‘em for less than a buck! (You can also get the prequel novella, Cadet Midshipwoman, for .99 at Amazon and be totally caught up on the greatest heroine of the 31st Century on the cheap!

Captain is only on sale for this promotion, so you do need to hurry a bit. You’ve got more time for First Officer – it will remain .99 through its release in time for the 4th of July. And, of course, .99 is regular price for the Kindle edition of Cadet Midshipwoman.

And if – unthinkable! – you aren’t interested in Sydney Chambers, there are a ton of other books available for a buck during the SFF promo. Just follow the link and check ’em out!

https://pattyjansen.com/promo/5-6-may-2018-99c-promo/

 

All versions of “The Winter Chill” now available!

As of February 27, “The Winter Chill” pre-sale ended and all versions of the Third Season of Elsewhen became fully available at Amazon (Kindle and paperback editions), Kobo (eBook), iTunes (eBook), and Barnes and Noble’s online store (Nook, paperback, AND hardcover editions). Sadly, it’s still not available on the shelves of brick-and-mortar stores, but then, there aren’t many of those left, are there?

Please note, also, that with the end of the pre-sale, also comes the end of the .99 cent deal. EBook editions are now $2.99. The paperback is $13.99; the hardcover edition runs $19.95. Grab one of those editions while it’s still winter across the northern hemisphere and you’ve got plenty of time to read!

 

Psst: Want a Free Book?

Now’s your chance: a free book can be yours by visiting this URL: https://www.instafreebie.com/free/n0zRg

Get your copy of “The Summer Apprentice” if you haven’t already done so, and get a jump start on the entire “Seasons of Elsewhen” saga!

At the same time, book 2, “The Fall of Magic,” is available at all the usual outlets for only $.99 (Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo)! AND, you can pre-order book 3, “The Winter Chill,” for $.99 at those same places! (Price goes up to $2.99 when it releases on February 27).

So this is your chance … three great seasons of Elsewhen for only two bucks! Jump on it! The deal on “Summer Apprentice” might be around for a while, but the deals on “Fall” and Winter” are definitely for a limited time!

 

WINTER CHILL RELEASES!

A fantastic New Year to everyone! There is certainly joy here as the Third Season of Elsewhen, “The Winter Chill,” has gone LIVE! for pre-order on Amazon and Smashwords (other retailers to follow soon: Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Kobo, etc). Pre-order your copy NOW for only .99; the price goes up to $2.99 after it releases on February 27.

Paperback and hardcover editions will also be available, closer to the Feb. 27 release date. (Paperbacks at CreateSpace.com, Amazon and Barnes and Noble; Hardcovers of all Seasons of Elsewhen novels remain a B&N exclusive, but they’re GORGEOUS and reasonably priced at $20!)

The aftermath of Magic’s demise (in The Fall of Magic) finds Astra and her fellow apprentices faced with the task of rescuing those retired Wizards and Wizard children who still live. Can they survive a deadly cold winter long enough to save the survivors?

Reality settles over Astra and her fellow apprentices in the form of active hatred of Wizards by Plain folk everywhere. That hatred is expressed without violence on Wizard’s Reach, where Plain have long been treated as equals; on the Amedian Mainland, though, those Wizards who still live are in danger — the old and retired, as well as the young, abandoned children of the slain Wizards — because violence is become rife.

As the sole group of Wizards still in contact with Magic, through Astra, the apprentices have no choice but to mount a rescue effort for all those Wizards, young and old, who stand threatened by Plain violence.

But angered Plain folk are not the only threat: A colder winter than anyone can remember also shadows a World where there is no Magic to light heating fires. Since the youngest and the oldest who are most susceptible to such cold, the apprentices are forced to move fast in their rescue efforts … at the peril of their own lives … before there is no one left to be saved.

 

FREE! FREE! FREE!

Over a hundred science fiction and fantasy books FREE – including “The Summer Apprentice” – from November 1 through 15. Just click on the following logo and claim as many as you want …

(If the logo link is broken, copy and paste the following into your browser)

https://www.instafreebie.com/gg/vAFzrWIKkIGEBrpBx5XF

 

JOINING FORCES WITH INSTAFREEBIE!

I was recently offered the opportunity to join in eBookaroo’s November giveaway, which puts books in front of a lot of prospective readers, but to do so, I had to join Instafreebie. What is that, you ask? It’s a service that provides free copies of author’s books to readers on demand, without me having to do anything more than upload a copy! What’s not to love?

Anyway, the eBookaroo giveaway runs from November 1-15 and, as of the moment I’m writing this, is offering 85 different books for the price of zero dollars…nada bucks. (There will likely be more than 85 by November 1.) Summer Apprentice is right there in the mix, ready for you to claim your copy! this is the link to get a copy of Summer Apprentice:

https://www.instafreebie.com/free/QSezDmMmWrNlaqmUPECP

Or, to browse the whole lineup of 85(+) this link:books, follow this link:

https://www.instafreebie.com/gg/vAFzrWIKkIGEBrpBx5XF

Either way you go, happy reading come November 1!

 

NEW! Hardcover editions

It feels like finally arriving. I’ve always had this weird notion that a book isn’t real until there’s a hardcover edition … and now the first two books of “The Seasons of Elsewhen,” The Summer Apprentice and The Fall of Magic, are finally available in hard cover!

These editions are published by Barnes and Noble Press and are thus exclusive to B&N.com (though I’m sure B&N retail stores can order them in as well). Still, it’s a head rush! Plus, priced at only $19.95, they’re affordable! (Actually, that’s cheap for hardcovers, check it out).

Both are for sale NOW and B&N promises they’ll be in your hands in about a week.  And I promise, for what it’s worth, that the rest of the “Seasons of Elsewhen” will find hardcover editions as well. Why not plan now to collect the whole set?

 

DEALS COMING RIGT UP!!

Tim and I are proudly…

Participating in the Smashwords

2017 July Summer/Winter Sale!

July 1 – 31, 2017

ONLY at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Psiwriter

The Fall of Magic – $1.00!  Shadows – $.99!

The Summer Apprentice – Relics – Captain – all FREE!!!

And if that’s not enough: The Summer Apprentice will be $.99 for the first week of July at ALL retailers! So, if you want to download directly to your Kindle or Nook or iPad, visit the appropriate store and spring for a buck.

Hey, the weather’s hot and so are the deals in July. Or is it, the deals are cool? Maybe both! Check it out!

 

Puppy love

OK, first the sad part: My K9 friend and companion of the last dozen years, Sadie, passed away the Wednesday before Easter. Old age. At twelve. Well, that’s 84 in dog years, but still. Sadie was my dog, the first pup I’ve had who didn’t tend to favor my wife, Jeannie. That makes this doubly hard. I really miss her.

But, this past weekend, Jeannie and I picked up a couple of rescue dogs who have set the entire household on end. There’s more energy within our four walls today than there’s been in several decades.

The causes are somewhere around 15 pounds each and named Cisco and Cindy. They’re a bonded pair of miniature poodles (bonded, not mated; they’re correctly spayed/neutered) who are clearly inseparable whatever they’re doing: Walking me, eating dinner from the same bowl, or getting cuddled (one on each side of me). They share the same Costco dog bed/pillow at night — well, they are small.

But wow! Are they ever full of life. When I first got Sadie, back in 2005, I thought she was fast when she put on the afterburners to chase a squirrel. Well, these little guys could give her a run for her money, despite being a fifth her size! Fast. And apparently, no ability to downshift. Walking them is … interesting.

Very different personalities, too. Cisco is normally a shy little boy, but this morning he thought nothing of accepting an ear scratch from a stranger on the walking path. Meanwhile, Cindy, who’s usually Mama-in-charge, hung back. Sensible, but weird.

And they’re both apparently afraid of the rain. Wouldn’t go out this afternoon to save their lives. I’m sure there’s some deep, psychological reason for this, but given the length of Seattle’s Rain Festival (365 days) it could be a problem soon. Guess we’ll have to take it as it comes.

So where am I going with this? Nowhere. Just sharing that I have a pair of new friends who are running me ragged. I already love them dearly (even though I will miss Sadie forever and a day … or until I get to the Rainbow Bridge) and thank heaven they were saved from their high-kill California shelter.

Oh, and they’re not puppies, the title of this piece notwithstanding; Cindy is 6 and Cisco is 4. Hopefully, they’ll be with me well past their 84th birthdays.