Weekend Writing Warriors (HIS) (FA) #8sunday

It's Sunday and time for the Weekend Writing Warriors . Participants post 8-10 sentences from a writing project, either published or unpublished.
Welcome! As Rose Anderson I write the intimate side of award-winning romance. As Madeline I write the other flavors of fiction. It might be a sweeter love story, an otherworldly walk in the twilight zone, or something dark... For today it's another bit from the sweeter side of my imagination ~ Heart of Stone.

First my 10 with details after~

Squaring her shoulders, Abigayle opened the door and called to Nicodemus. The bird swooped inside to land upon her shoulder. She lovingly scratched her raven’s head and told him through her tears, "Ye cannot save John nor me, dear friend, but ye can watch over my son. This charge I leave ye. Teach him all ye know as ye’ve taught me." The bird closed his eyes and rubbed his head against her cheek. Jumping out of the boot, Martin scurried over and smoothed her hair with his little paws.

Meeting her mother’s tear-streaked face with a brave smile, Abigayle said, "Please help me, Mama, the charm needs be set in stone to see these terrible times through."

So distraught was the pair, they forgot that the familiar spirits standing near would magnify their protective charm. To her great dismay, Finola would later discover that such a charm was unbreakable.

Blurb~
The story opens with the notorious witch hunts in 17th Century Salem, Massachusetts.

As formal education for women lacks substance in her own country, Neila Flannigan leaves Ireland in 1904 to attend Radcliffe women’s college America. Shy and introverted, Neila passes her lonesome hours sketching the Harvard grounds and sending drawings home to her father. A chance encounter with a kindly old Irish woman inspires her to sketch a statue in an old, unused building. Desperately lonely, Neila ends up sharing her thoughts and feelings with a man carved in stone. Some days it feels like he listens.

Setting the Stage~
In the scene above, Abigayle learns her husband John will be tried for witchcraft. He isn't a witch, but his wife is. A scry proves there is no hope and Abigayle learns she too will die. She explains it all to her mother and their familiar spirits before casting a protective spell on Abigayle's teenage son.

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Weekend Writing Warriors (HIS) (FA) #8sunday

It's Sunday and time for the Weekend Writing Warriors. Participants post 8-10 sentences from a writing project, either published or unpublished.

This is my first time participating from the blog belonging to my new pen name Madeline Archer. While Rose Anderson writes the intimate side of award-winning romance and will continue to do so, Madeline writes the other flavors of fiction. It might be a sweeter love story, an otherworldly walk in the twilight zone, or something dark...

Today it's another bit from the sweeter side of my imagination and it just released yesterday!

The Changeling

First my 10 with details after...
     My uncle oversaw the enormous harvest’s end celebration and the smaller Mummers’ Fair. The latter saw him personally run the first head of cattle through the Beltane fires, fancy that. In short order I gained deeper insight and appreciation for my mother’s family out of ordinary pastimes. Apart from inherent generosity, the Carters were known for their eccentricity. Apparently Uncle Charles’s father, Dunnley, had this unconventionality in spades. The elders here fondly remembered him for the pocket of sweets he regularly doled out to them as children, but it was Dunnley’s pet raven, Rob Roy, that brought him renown. They told me the bird spent the day perched atop the old man’s flat-crowned hat, shatting down the elder's back. 
     From the extensive library I discovered the family was older than Selkirk itself. Their ancient Selgovae tribal roots were planted prior to the coming of the Romans and dug deep into Lowland turf thereafter. It didn’t take long to discover the Carter lands and the people on them had lives as intricately woven as Scottish plaid.

Blurb~
Half-fae Lenox Pendry is surrounded by secrets and none are his to keep. Plucked from his mother’s arms as an infant and raised a changeling, Lenox grows to adulthood unaware of what and who he is and oblivious to the danger unfolding as his birthday draws near. After he’s unwittingly sent to the Scottish Lowlands out of harm’s way, he chances to meet a beautiful healer named Janet Roxburgh. The townspeople believe her to be a witch. It would appear Janet has a few secrets of her own.

Setting the Stage~
In the scene above, still oblivious to the looming danger he's in, Lennox, now the new laird of Carterhaugh, makes the rounds to meet his late Uncle Charles' tenants. He discovers the generous and kind old fellow was loved by all. Uncle Charles wasn't half as his eccentric father Laird Dunnley Carter.

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Out Today ~ 2 #NEW Romances

♥♥♥♥♥♥TWO NEW RELEASES TODAY!♥♥♥♥♥♥

Two new works out today and I'm very proud of both stories. I really love making the fantastical seem perfectly normal. I hope you enjoy.

HEART of STONE by Madeline Archer / Rose Anderson  

Blurb~ The story opens with the notorious witch hunts in 17th Century Salem, Massachusetts. As formal education for women lacks substance in 1904, Neila Flannigan leaves Ireland to attend Radcliffe women’s college in America. Shy and introverted, Neila passes her lonesome hours sketching the Harvard grounds and sending drawings home to her father. A chance encounter with a kind and elderly Irish woman inspires her to sketch a statue in an old, unused building. Desperately lonely, Neila ends up sharing her thoughts and feelings with a man carved in stone. Some days it feels like he listens.

Heart of Stone~ Part of the Entice Me anthology
A multi-author collection for 99¢ ! Buy on Amazon

 

THE CHANGELING by Madeline Archer / Rose Anderson

Blurb~
Half-fae Lenox Pendry is surrounded by secrets and none are his to keep. Plucked from his mother’s arms as an infant and raised a changeling, Lenox grows to adulthood unaware of what and who he is and oblivious to the danger unfolding as his birthday draws near. After he’s unwittingly sent to the Scottish Lowlands out of harm’s way, he chances to meet a beautiful healer named Janet Roxburgh. The townspeople believe her to be a witch. It would appear Janet has a few secrets of her own.

The Changeling
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Welcome to a New Me

Hello, I'm romance author Rose Anderson. Welcome to a new blog and a new facet of my writing. This October will see two new works published under my brand new pen name ~ Madeline Archer. Madeline will go to literary places Rose has often dreamed of. More on that in a moment.

When I became a novelist, I jumped right in. It's a weird story really. I had been working on a wordy 5-book masterpiece for years (I call it my magnum opus or MO for short). When the end of the tale drew near, I began to fret. What if no one wanted to read it? What if I couldn't get a publisher to even take it on? I had experienced sad rejections back in the early 1990s when trying to get my children's books published. I mean, if publishers didn't want my adorable children's books, would they even want my adult fiction? Did I really want to go through all that self-esteem bruising again?

I determined what I really needed to do was to get inside the process so when the time came to pitch and publish my MO, I'd know what the heck I was doing. But how?  

Well, something happened in the span of a week that set my feet on a different path. Several things came out of the blue to tell me just go for it, but not in any way I expected. First, my daughter asked me what I knew about ebooks. I knew nothing. Then later that same day I heard an interview on public radio that said ebook publishing was the next big thing. Two days later, I saw a TV interview with the guy who owns Amazon.com and he was talking about epublishing. The day after that I opened a writer's newsletter and the topic was epublishing. That same email listed opportunities for writers, one of which was an epublisher looking for unsolicited manuscripts from unagented authors. Unsolicited and unagented? I read it and thought that's me! The synchronistic bell rang in my head so loud I'm surprised my dogs didn't start barking.

There was a problem though--that publisher was looking for erotic romance. While I knew erotic romance was different from erotica, I didn't even write romance, let alone erotic romance. (My magnum opus is rather heavy fiction). Still, when the universe raps you on the forehead and says EPUBLISH in all caps, you just have to. It took exactly seven days to write an erotic romance about an online affair and I submitted it with fingers crossed. The story was accepted and I've been writing romance ever since.

Yes, Rose Anderson writes award-winning erotic romance and will continue to do so. But I also write children's and youth books, murder mysteries and high-concept fiction, as well as historical non-fiction. You just can't mix those genres. And that's where Madeline Archer steps in. Under Madeline's name I'll write the other flavors of adult fiction. As for my kids' literature and non-fiction... Rose and Madeline and I will keep you posted. One day I may even finish my magnum opus!
;)

I'm happy to announce Madeline Archer's debut with two fun projects available for pre-order on October 1st ~ 

Entice Me ~ In this anthology of nine amazing authors from Romance Books '4' Us, I offer this  sweeter novelette:
Heart of Stone. 
 
Just for kicks we've set up a Pinterest board and are in the process of loading pins of things that inspired our stories. Come see!  Entice Me on Pinterest

We also have this happy little video into

Heart of Stone

Blurb ~

A story that begins with the witch hunts of Salem.

As formal education for women lacks substance in 1904, Neila Flannigan leaves Ireland to attend Radcliffe women’s college in America. Shy and solitary, Neila passes her lonesome hours drawing interesting features of the Harvard grounds to send home to her father. A chance encounter with a kind and elderly Irish woman inspires her to sketch a statue in an old unused building. Desperate for companionship, lonely Neila shares her thoughts and feelings with a man carved in stone. Some days it feels like he listens. 

 

Also available for pre-order October 1st~

The Changeling
A spin on the Scottish ballad of Tam Lin

Blurb ~
Half-fae Lenox Pendry is surrounded by secrets and none are his to keep. Plucked from his mother’s arms as an infant and raised a changeling, Lenox grows to adulthood unaware of what and who he is and oblivious to the danger unfolding as his birthday draws near. After he’s unwittingly sent to the Scottish Lowlands out of harm’s way, he chances to meet a beautiful healer named Janet Roxburgh. The townspeople believe her to be a witch. It would appear Janet has a few secrets of her own.

Note: Madeline Archer is the pen name of award-winning author Rose Anderson. The Changeling comes from the sweeter side of Rose’s imagination. Rated PG.

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