Tara Maya's Tales

I'm excited to join five other amazing fantasy authors in a new collection, Faery Worlds . For the rest of the week I'll be featuring the other novels you can find in this ebook full of magic, love and fae. JL Bryan's Fairy Metal Thunder A teenage garage band steals instruments from the fairy world and begins enchanting crowds, but their shortcut to success soon turns them into enemies of the treacherous Queen Mab. "Fairy Metal Thunder has the same feel that the movie Labyrinth has, this wondrous fantasy world that you're desperate to have at least a small part of, even to the point of stealing." -- Review for Fairy Metal Thunder, Bending the Spine Chapter One After school, Jason rode his bicycle across town to Mitch's house for band practice, with his guitar case strapped to his back. His palms coated the handlebars with nervous sweat. He'd spent the whole day ignoring his teachers while he furiously scribbled lines of the new son...

I'm excited to join five other amazing fantasy authors in a new collection, Faery Worlds . For the rest of the week I'll be featuring the other novels you can find in this ebook full of magic, love and fae. Elle Casey's  War of the Fae: Book 1 (The Changelings) Jayne Sparks, a potty-mouthed, rebellious seventeen-year-old, and her best friend, shy and bookish Tony Green, have a typical high school existence – until, along with a group of runaway teens, they are hijacked and sent into a forest where nothing is as it seems. Who will emerge triumphant? And what will they be when they do? "A brilliantly original YA fantasy. This was an extremely fun, exciting, and original book. I couldn't put it down. The pacing and suspense in this book are perfect." -- Review for War of the Fae, Ally Arendt, Word Vagabond book blog Chapter One I can't take much more of this high school nonsense. I feel like I'm not supposed to be here. Where would I be ...

I'm honored to be a part of this new collection of novels about the fae! I hope you'll check it out and discover some new favorite series. A stunning collection of the first books in six fan-favorite series by bestselling, award-winning fantasy authors! Discover the many worlds of Faerie in these novels filled with adventure, love, and – of course – Fae Magic. Amazon       Amazon UK Barnes and Noble   Kobo   Apple   Smashwords Including... The Unfinished Song (Book 1): Initiate by Tara Maya Dindi can't do anything right, maybe because she spends more time dancing with pixies than doing her chores. Her clan hopes to marry her off and settle her down, but she dreams of becoming a Tavaedi, one of the powerful warrior-dancers whose secret magics are revealed only to those who pass a mysterious Test during the Initiation ceremony. The problem? No-one in Dindi's clan has ever passed the Test. Her grandmother died trying. But Dindi ha...

Last month my friend Amy Raby released her latest fantasy romance, Assassin's Gambit from The Hearts and Thrones and Series. Here's a bit about the book: Vitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. She’s a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperor’s bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking a battle of succession that could change the face of the empire. As the ruler of a country on the brink of war and the son of a deposed emperor, Lucien must constantly be wary of an attempt on his life. But he’s drawn to the stunning Caturanga player visiting the palace. Vitala may be able to distract him from his woes for a while—and fulfill other needs, as well. Lucien’s quick mind and considerable skills awaken unexpected desires in Vitala, weakening her resolve to finish her mission. An assassin cannot fall for her prey,...

I'm happy to be sharing this excerpt from Melodie Campbell's latest release, Rowena and the Dark Lord . I think you all will enjoy this funny romantic fantasy series. Is that a broadsword on your belt, or are you just glad to see me? “Hot and hilarious!"   “A fantastical tour de force”   “The Princess Bride with Sex” Excerpt from ROWENA AND THE DARK LORD, book 2 in the Land’s End fantasy series: I rose to my feet and turned to the east as the spell book instructed. “What is she doing?” Lars’s voice. What was he doing here? I chanted the words from the book in my hand, silently, beneath my breath. Then I chanted them once more, louder and with confidence. My voice became richer, louder, resonating in my ears. Whoosh. The ground trembled. The air in front of us seemed to swirl, clouding my view of the field ahead. A grey mist rose from the ground, thick with dust or soot, obliterating all vision. I stood rock still, hardly able to breathe. The mi...

Douglas Kolacki writes exciting fantasy stories, often with a Christian flavour, about zombies, pirates and almost normal people. Today he tells us about his writing pleasures and inspirations. 1. What do you enjoy most about writing fantasy fiction?  Remaking this world into a place more to my liking, where all the rules change and fantastic things come to life.  2. Many people enjoy reading stories about undead creatures - ghosts, vampires, zombies. What do you think is the appeal?  I think that in the case of ghosts and vampires, it's the mystery of it all--who hasn't been intrigued by ghosts and the undead? In the case of zombies, there's a sense of adventure in combating all these people-turned-monsters that can't be parleyed with, bribed or placated; you have to use your wits and whatever you can scrounge, do or die. 3. The story selected by editor Rayne Hall s for the anthology Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies features a human who adjusts to...

Rayne Hall   has published more than forty books under different pen names with different publishers in different genres, mostly fantasy, horror and non-fiction. Recent books include   Storm Dancer  (dark epic fantasy novel),  Six Historical Tales Vol 1, Six Scary Tales Vol 1, 2 and 3   (mild horror stories),   Six Historical Tales   (short stories),   Six Quirky Tales   (humorous fantasy stories),   Writing Fight Scenes   and   Writing Scary Scenes   (instructions for authors). She holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. Currently, she edits the  Ten Tales  series of multi-author short story anthologies:  Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires, Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts, Scared: Ten Tales of Horror, Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates, Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft, Spells: Ten Tales of Magic  and more.   Her short  online classes for writers ...

Today I'm excited to tell you about a new novel from my friend Michelle Davidson Argyle. When a room grows dark, you turn on a lamp to provide light. When life grows ugly, you open a book to provide beauty. Michelle's writing glows. I always get a little shiver reading her beautiful stories. The emotions she portrays in her tales are often dark, but they are always drawn with tenderness and honesty.  What happened after Cinderella married her prince? How  did the evil sorceress in Sleeping Beauty turn evil in the first place? Discover these  stories and a world filled with magic, forbidden love, elves, sprites, dragons, and the most powerful creatures of all— the fairies —in Bonded, a collection of three  fairy tale inspired novellas. Based on three fairy tales, Bonded contains a fairy tale  continuation (Cinderella), a fairy tale retelling (One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes), and  a fairy tale prequel (Sleeping Beauty). Bonded is available now! You can...

Wing is coming out in ten days; sign up for my newsletter if you want a chance at a free copy. I haven't done WiP (Work in Progress) Wednesday before, but I'm going to give it a try. Here's a scene from the next book after Wing, the book I'm working on now--Blood, Book 6 of The Unfinished Song. Not Umbral, but another villain, even more vile, sees Dindi: A new taste touched his tongue. He coiled the thread of light around his pinkie and licked his finger. The magic was… fresh. Whose? He did not move; only his eyes followed the thread backward from whence it had darted from the maze of dancers. The familiar bodies, the expected strands of light, in monochrome and polychrome, nothing out of place, nothing in excess of his plan…until his gaze came to rest on the human girl. The human girl had magic . How had he not seen it before? How had he looked her in the face and not seen her before? She was young, almost a child, and far too pretty ...