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Daughter of the Goddess Blitz
Daughter of the Goddess
Rita Webb
Publication date: November 20th 2013
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
The wind calls her to play.
Will she listen?
I was a nameless child abandoned on the temple doorsteps.
Soul, the gods called me. So they named me Nephecia.
My plans don’t include marriage to some silly nobleman. When I come of age, I will take vows and devote my life to serving the goddess of Light. As a priestess, a daughter of the goddess, I’ll make the world a better place.
The summer before my eighteenth birthday, an oracle arrives with word from the gods: I must leave the only home, the only family, I’ve ever known, to marry a stranger in a foreign land.
There must be some mistake.
If I follow my own plans, I’ll disobey the very goddess I want to serve. But how can I trust the gods have my best interest at heart?
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Daughter of the Goddess is a Young Adult Fairy Tale retelling of the Greek myth Eros and Psyche, set in a fantasy world.
If you enjoy sweet love stories and fairy tales, then you’ll fall in love with Nephecia’s story. Grab your copy today.
99¢ for a limited time only!
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Q&A with author Rita Webb
My favorite Greek myth is the story of Eros and Psyche. I think it’s the only Greek myth I read with anywhere close to a happy ending, even if there was a great deal of turmoil getting there.
The philosopher in me always wondered what a soul really was. When someone says, “That music is full of soul,” what does that mean?
So Nephecia epitomizes what I believe soul means. I took her out of Ancient Greece and put her into a world of my own making.
How did the name “Psyche” become “Nephecia”?
I searched other languages for the word “Soul” and found nephesh in Hebrew.
How did the name “Eros” become “Gabin”?
Gabin is a variation of Gabriel (according to my baby name book), that means “Hero of God.” I remember something about it meaning “Beloved by God” too.
Why do you write stories?
I have 3 daughters, ages 15, 13, and 11, and I want them to grow up believing in their dreams. The only way I can see that happening is if I believe in my own.
What’s your secret to success?
My husband. He believes in me, and when I’m discouraged, he never lets me give up.
What one piece of advice do you have for new writers?
Read, write, study, write some more. Never give up. Okay, that’s 5 pieces of advice.
Author Bio:
Leaving the house to go to school, I had schoolbooks spilling out of one hand, the other holding my place in a Nancy Drew novel, and bunny slippers still on my feet. My mom was a wee bit upset.
I haven't changed much. Still always have a book (or two) in my hand or creating stories in my head, and although I don't have any bunny slippers, I love writing in my jammies and snuggly slipper socks.
With my husband TJ (my own cuddly werewolf), I home-school our three girls, who keep us busy with art, science projects, books to read, dance classes, and walks about the park.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Quest For A Popstar Release Day!
Monday, January 15, 2018
Son of a Pitch Success Story: R.R. Campbell
Born Ryan Campbell, r. r. campbell is an author, editor, and host of the r. r. campbell writescast. His work has been featured in Five:2:One Magazine’s #thesideshow, Erotic Review, and with National Journal Writing Month. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his fiancée, Lacey, and their cats, Hashtag and Rhaegar. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as iamrrcampbell.
Find R.R. Here:
Journey to Publication and How Son of a Pitch Helped:
When I first entered Son of a Pitch in February of 2017, I submitted a query for a manuscript that I was convinced was "the one." I'd been working on that story for years, and after my then-current round of revisions, I was positive with tweaks to my query through SoaP that I'd be in perfect shape to land an agent or get a book deal. The feedback I got throughout each round of the event was phenomenal, which had my confidence overflowing when I made it to SoaP's final round. Surely I was going to walk away with a request for pages or a full manuscript. How couldn't I? The feedback SoaP participants had provided made for a truly awesome query!
Then, the unexpected happened: the final round of the event ended with no requests of any kind being sent my way. Figuring maybe I just needed to cast a wider net, I set to querying that manuscript to other agents and presses. At the same time, I also knew I had more stories to tell.
Enter Accounting For It All, a story that wasn't even a twinkle in my eye until shortly after SoaP in February 2017 ended. Something about the idea for the main character took hold and wouldn't let go, so I set to outlining and writing and revising, and three months later I had something that resembled a novel on my hands. I liked how the early draft turned out, more or less, but it certainly wasn't "the one" insofar as I was concerned.
Still, there was another round of SoaP on the horizon, so I figured I may as well get a query together so I could get some feedback in case I decided to put that one out there someday. Again, the feedback I got in the September installment of SoaP was fundamental in helping me shape my query, and as my query improved, so did my confidence.
Once more, I was positive that this time--maybe this time--I'd walk away with a request for pages or a full manuscript.
Well, just as in February, I ended up with no requests of any kind being sent my way. I was bummed--more than bummed. The SoaP community had been so encouraging, and their insight had helped improve my queries vastly. So what was going on?
It took a few more months of querying before I realized what my mistake had been: I'd been too focused on the short game. I kept expecting success to be right around the corner, when the reality is that the path to publication is an epic marathon of trials, and the path is different for every author and each story an author writes.
With that change in perspective in mind, I was able to get back on the query trail for both manuscripts. I was still sure the first story I'd run through SoaP would be the winner, so to speak, so you can imagine my shock when the day after Christmas I received an email from an editor at NineStar Press that said they wanted to publish Accounting For It All.
Elated. I was elated. I had to read the email twice before I finally processed the words, which then had me on the verge of tears in my workplace lunchroom.
Now, with my debut novel set to be released in November 2018, I couldn't be more pleased with the lessons I learned through SoaP and the querying process in general. Though the contract offer didn't come as a result of SoaP directly, I certainly wouldn't have had the query I needed to get the attention of the folks at NineStar without it.
So, if you're on the fence about whether you should participate in SoaP--or if you're feeling discouraged after exiting SoaP in an earlier round or not receiving page requests from the final round--still do it. Keep on querying. Keep on writing. Keep on putting yourself out there.
You never know when querying success might strike--or which of your works might be the first to give it to you.
Accounting For It All Blurb:
She has the looks, but now it looks like she cooks the books. When porn-star-turned-accountant Robin Whethers becomes the target of an IRS audit, she figures things can’t get any worse. She’s unwittingly been at the center of a vast money laundering scheme, and to top it off, she has no real accounting knowledge. Still, somehow the audit is the least of her problems. Hanging over her is the impending death of her terminally ill mother from whom Robin is estranged. Then there’s the accounting instructor she enlists to help her survive the audit: against her better judgement, she can’t manage to contain her blossoming feelings for him. Oh, and the woman Robin considers to be the love of her life? She’s back in the picture, finally ready to try to make things work. Robin may think she can confront her greatest challenge by learning to juggle numbers, but if she’s to ever be whole, she’ll have to juggle much more than that.
Friday, January 12, 2018
Blitzes, Reviews, and Release Date Announcement
Today, Widow of Papina has a blitz going on, so I'm being tweeted links to blogs like crazy! I'm glad to see it getting some noise around it, and I hope it picks up a bit of momentum.
The blitz for Quest for a Popstar is on January 16th, which is also it's release date! It's coming up so fast. If you want to join the blitz, sign up HERE.
Both books are available for review. I'd love to see some reviews up on the day of QfaP's release, and I'd love to see some reviews on Amazon and Goodreads for WoP. You can request Quest for a Popstar HERE and Widow of Papina HERE.
Quest for a Popstar is also available for pre-order which you can find on Amazon
Curiosity Quills has ARCs available for Dwarves of Calcus (Fairytale Galaxy #3) Here are the details to request a copy:
Simply email your request to marketing@curiosityquills.com, along with your preferred digital format - Kindle (mobi), Nook (ePub), Adobe Reader (PDF) - and one of the team will have copies sent to you as soon as possible.I'm still waiting for a cover for this one, but the insides are all ready to go for what I believe is going to be a MARCH 6TH release.
If you're interested in reading a book that's a sequel, but have yet to read the previous books in the series, please let us know, and we'll send you all the books in the series!
In other news, I am now back in college! I intend to earn my degree to become a Secondary English Teacher! So excited. I'm currently working at an Elementary school as an Interventionist, so I'm getting some real world skills while studying. But, because of work and school, my releases will likely slow down for a while. I'll work on keeping the series current, but new projects won't be in the works for a while. The studying should help improve my writing skills though, which, in the long run will be beneficial for my readers! Yay!
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