Goodbye Google Blog

I am done with google and their website and blog builders.  DONE!  Now that my new website is up and happily running, I've gone ahead and moved over my blog too.  I'm sorry to everyone who is following me here on google, but I promise you that weebly is so much better that none of us will regret it!

My New Blog is Located HERE.

Please join me!

News:

3/29/13

• Writing has been going well this month!  I'm just reading through the last edits for Paint, Guns, Money, and Love before I go ahead and submit it to LT3.  I'll keep everyone in the loop about how this goes.  I've also been working on Memories of Blood for LT3's Vampire anthology.  It's going well, but still needs a lot of work.  I should have it done in time! 
  
• I am happily participating in LT3's Way To Your Heart Bloghop!  I get to post about things I love here on my blog and I believe I will be hosting a giveaway too.  I have a few more days to figure out what, exactly, my plan is.  Check out the pretty banner for more info!

• I have seen the very first draft of the print book of the Dragon's Hoard.  LT3 really does an amazing job putting these books together.  I am so impressed and happy with the result and I know you will be too.  The release date will either be 6/05/13 or 6/12/13 depending on how quickly everything makes it through the publishing process.  Either way, it will be gorgeous! 

News: Cover and Release Dates

3/13/13

• I have a brand new cover to show off and release dates to announce!  I waited months and months for any word on my story for LT3's Rocking Hard Anthology and I watched (and envied) as volume one came out on serial.  Now, I finally know where and when My Truest Love will appear. 
  
  Check out the cover below!  And be ready on July 3, 2013 for My Truest Love to hit LT3's serial section!  That's a tentative date, subject to change, but still something concrete.  The ebook will be available February 12, 2014! 

• I have started writing my vampire story for LT3's Proud to be a Vampire Anthology.  It's called Memories of Blood and I'm liking it a lot so far.  I've actually got two stories in my head right now that would work for this collection.  If there's still time when I finish Memories I may write the second story too and let LT3 decide which one they want.  You can follow my progress in my current projects section! 



• Paint, Guns, Money, & Love is almost complete.  I'm currently writing the buildup to the final action scene.  I hope to get the story close to 40k words, which means I still have 10k more to write.  It's an exciting challenge for a very exciting book! 

News:

3/08/13

    Was my story, The Oracle's Flame, accepted by LT3?  Sort of.  They told me they loved it, but it wasn't quite right for the If You're Reading This Anthology. They still want to publish it, which is awesome and exciting.  I'm looking forward to fleshing the story out a bit more now that it's to be a full ebook!

    Melting the Ice Witch is back with my editor.  This is the hardest editing job of all four books because it's the last one and I want to do it right.   I think it will turn out to be excellent!

    Have you seen the new cover for Road to Revenge? 

Have a look!  Do you see how shiny it is!

    I'm writing a lot right now, but not for the projects I need to be working on.  Isn't it funny how that works?  I have an excellent idea for LT3's Vampire Anthology and I haven't even put a single word on a page because I've been working on Paint, Guns, Money, & Love instead.  PGML is an old story I've had kicking around on my computer for years.  I've added a little here and there every so often, but this time when I popped it open a couple thousand words erupted.  If I finish writing it within the next week, yay, but if not it'll have to be forced into hiding for a while longer so I can work on things with a time limit first. 

News:

3/01/13

• I have a new website!  I finally got fed up enough with google sites that I dumped them and moved to weebly.  Check it out! 
  
• The Oracle's Flame has been submitted to LT3's If You're Reading This Anthology.  I'll let you know if they accept it or not, but I'm not worried.  The story has pirates and twins!  How could they not love it?!? 
  
• I'm working hard on the edits for Melting the Ice Witch.  It's the final story in the series so I really want it to go well.  Keep an eye out for it in June! 

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

Free Reads

I know there are wonderful people out there who like to creep around other people's blogs, searching desperately for free reads and snippets.  I'm one of those creepers.

In order to appease myself, I have compiled all of my free reads together over on my website.   

CLICK HERE to be sent in the right direction! 

The Angel's Attachment

Samantha's Challenges on LT3's Goodreads page are back!  The prompt this time was: before I met you.  I have happily submitted my entry!  Enjoy:

The Angel's Attachment

News

1/17/13

• Stealing the Dragon is in the publisher's hands.  LT3 will have it ready for pre-order very soon!  I will be going on a blog tour to promote Stealing and the rest of the Dragon's Hoard Series starting in February.  More info to follow so stay tuned! 
  
• I've been working with LT3 to get the print version of my submission to Kiss Me at Midnight, Hadash Aviv, ready for publishing.  I expect it to come out sometime in early February, but those dates are subject to change.  I can't wait to see it, because I know it will be excellent! 

News for the New Year

Here's the great news for the New Year!

• As of 1/9/13, LT3's Kiss Me at Midnight anthology part 1 is out!!!  Please check out my submission: Hadash Aviv

  New beginnings come in many different forms.
Aviv's started with a bomb in Gaza and a friendly
American soldier who turned his life around. But
pomegranate trees only bloom in the spring and
aviv is a long way off. Can a chance meeting at a
new year's party finally bring Aviv's new beginning
into flower?

• On 2/6/13, book three of my Dragon's Hoard Series, Stealing the Dragon, will be out

  Stealing from a dragon's hoard is never a bright idea,
 but stealing from a baby dragon's hoard can lead to tears,
 sniffles,and smoke in the middle of a busy marketplace.

   Jerney, a witch who does work for a well-known thieves'
 guild,knows exactly who's to blame for the brazen theft.
 With no other choice in the matter, he quickly becomes
 entangled in trying to help the baby dragon. What he doesn't
 expect is that his own heart might get stolen in the process.

• I also have three more books hanging around LT3's editing boards:  My submission to their Rocking Hard Anthology, My Truest Love.  The fourth, and final, book in the Dragon's Hoard, Melting the Ice Witch is set to arrive in stores 6/4/13.  And, my newest book, Road to Revenge, has been accepted by LT3 as well!  Check out my Coming Soon section on my website for more info!  I'm hoping all three will be out this year.

• My final piece of news is that I have the cover for the print addition of The Dragon's Hoard.  This paperback book will be all four stories in the Dragon's Hoard series bound together into one delicious volume.  I have no idea when it will be out, only that it will be sometime after Melting the Ice Witch.  Isn't the cover beautiful!!

Hadash Aviv

1/9/13

• LT3's Kiss Me at Midnight anthology is out!!!  Please check out my submission: Hadash Aviv. 

    New beginnings come in many different forms.
Aviv's started with a bomb in Gaza and a friendly
American soldier who turned his life around. But
pomegranate trees only bloom in the spring and
aviv is a long way off. Can a chance meeting at a
new year's party finally bring Aviv's new beginning
into flower?




 

• The edits are done for Stealing the Dragon and are heading back to the publisher for final formatting today.  Keep an eye out for the pre-order at the end of this month!