News:

2/20/13

• My blog tour and giveaway was a huge success!  I really enjoyed visiting other blogs and the giveaway had a great response.  Thank you to everyone who participated! 
  
• I am so close to finishing my submission to LT3's If You're Reading This anthology, The Oracle's Flame.  I have a final scene to write and the editing to do.  Can I finish it by the deadline in eight days?  Well, I'm certainly going to try really hard! 
  
• The edits for Melting the Ice Witch are sitting in my inbox right now!  I've made an executive decision to finish The Oracle's Flame first before I tackle this next big project, but they're sitting there taunting me. 
  
• You can now follow me on Facebook!  Please stop by! 

The Dragon's Hoard Giveaway

The giveaway is closed.  Congratulations Cornelia and Snowy1677! 

~Mell

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 You've come to the right place if you're searching for The Dragon's Hoard Giveaway!  For those of you familiar with my dragons, you'll know that when a dragon gives a piece of his hoard to another person they are showing their deepest love and affection.  You, my dearest fans, deserve to have some of my hoard!


Therefore, I am hosting two giveaways:

1. One free electronic copy of Stealing the Dragon in the winner's preferred format.
2. One free electronic copy of Finding the Wolf in the winner's preferred format. 

To enter:

• Comment on this post.  Include your favorite thing about dragons; ie. factoids, dragons from myth and history, favorite dragon character, favorite dragon themed book, etc.
• State clearly which book(s) you are interested in winning.   You can enter for both books with one post. 
• Include a valid e-mail address so I can contact the winners.

Winners will be chosen via Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

This giveaway closes on February 17th, 2013. 

Enjoy,

Mell Eight

Blog Tour--Summer Michaels

For the final stop on my tour I visited Summer Michaels.  She was kind enough to ask me some very interesting questions about home and my writing.  I had a ton of fun answering all the questions and I feel they give a great bit of insight into my writing process and all the effort that had to go into the Dragon's Hoard for it to be as good as I feel it is. 

Check it out! http://summermichaels.blogspot.com/2013/02/meeting-mell.html


Thank you to everyone who has been following my blog tour so far.  Stealing the Dragon is for sale at LT3 right now.  Don't forget to enter the Dragon's Hoard Giveaway for your chance to win big! 

Blog Tour--Sasha Miller

Today's stop on my blog tour is with the lovely Sasha Miller.  She gave me the opportunity to talk about the stress and hard work that goes into publishing a book, particularly my first book Finding the Wolf.  The subsequent books in the series were easier to get published, but no less stressful.  I'm more than happy with the final product, but that first step was a bit of a doozy for me. 

Check it out: http://sashalmiller.livejournal.com/385697.html

Blog Tour--Megan Derr

Today my blog tour is stopping by to visit with the wonderful Megan Derr!  She's practically the expert on dragons at LT3, and I didn't want to step on any toes, so I decided to talk a little bit about the other main character in my book--a witch named Jerney.  I found it difficult to figure out what abilities and powers my witches would have in The Dragon's Hoard, especially since like dragons they have an endless history to explore, but I think I figured it out.

Read all about it on Megan's blog: http://maderr.livejournal.com/1606331.html

Blog Tour--K-Lee Klein

I've been asking everyone to tell me their favorite mythos about dragons and now it's my turn to reciprocate.  K-Lee Klein gave me an amazing opportunity on her blog to expound on the various dragon myths that have effected me and my writing and have influenced the creation of my dragons in the Dragon's Hoard Series. 

Check it out: http://chaosinthemoonlight.blogspot.com/2013/02/stealing-dragon-blog-tour-mell-eight.html?zx=dd722381c4b3e8de

Blog Tour--Joyfully Jay

Day two of my whirlwind blog tour finds me being welcomed by the wonderful Joyfully Jay!  The Dragon's Hoard Series was fun to write, but it was also challenging.  Dragons have such a varied history with so much beauty and power that I struggled quite a bit with figuring out how to write my own dragons.  Joyfully Jay was kind enough to give me a moment to expand on that process for all of you!

Please go check it out: http://joyfullyjay.com/2013/02/guest-post-and-giveaway-dragons-hoard-by-mell-eight.html

Blog Tour--Babes in Boyland

My blog tour to promote Stealing the Dragon has begun!  Today I'm visiting Babes in Boyland.  They were nice enough to give me the opportunity to talk about my most favorite main character ever, a little dragon named Tori.   Tori stole my heart from the very first moment I put him into print.  He's always happy and vivacious, with an eagerness to explore and experience new things, and I was helpless against his constant onslaught of cute.  Tori is easily my favorite character in the entire Dragon's Hoard Series and Babes in Boyland gave me the chance to explain why.

Check it out: http://mjandpiper.blogspot.com/2013/02/guest-post-stealing-dragon-by-mell-eight.html?zx=8d1535f034695cd4

Stealing the Dragon

Stealing the Dragon will arrive in stores tonight!  I am going on a blog tour and hosting a giveaway in celebration!

• Tell me all about your favorite dragon mythos as you enter to win a copy of Finding the Wolf or Stealing the Dragon!
• Follow me across the blogosphere as I guest post on some very wonderful blogs.  I'll be visiting Babes in Boyland tomorrow! 
• Then sit back and relax as you enjoy my brand new release, Stealing the Dragon! 

http://www.lessthanthreepress.com/books/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=92&products_id=447