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[rj-anderson]

🚨 EXCITING NEWS! 🚨 Ever since I announced the publication of TORCH, the long-awaited final book in the trilogy that began with SWIFT and NOMAD, readers have been asking me if TORCH would ever be available as an audiobook. Today I can finally announce that the answer is ✨YES ✨! Thanks to my hard-working publisher @EnclavePublishing and their partnership with @Oasis_Audio, I’m delighted to say that not only will TORCH be coming in audio format, but ALL my previous books with Enclave (KNIFE, REBEL, ARROW, SWIFT and NOMAD) — plus many more great fantasy and SF titles too. I’m thrilled that Oasis Audio has picked up the #NoOrdinaryFairyTale and #FlightandFlameTrilogy books, and I look forward to hearing the finished products. Stay tuned for release dates and buy links — I don’t have that info yet, but I’ll share more details as soon as I can! . . . #swift #swiftbook #nomad #nomadbook #torch #torchbook #speculativefiction #audiobookstagram #audiobook #rjandersonwriter #rjanderson #faerie #fae #fairybooks #faeriebooks #fantasybooks #piskey #cornishpiskies #cornishpisky #cornishfolklore #spriggan #yafantasy #fantasybooklover #fantasyforlife #christianfantasy #IreadYA https://www.instagram.com/p/CULUEY5rT-Z/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rj-anderson]

✈️ FLIGHT DELAY ✈️ . Wouldn’t it be nice if books always launched perfectly and on time? But like airplanes, sometimes they get delayed and all the folks who bought tickets are left gloomily wondering what went wrong. . In this case, it was a backlog at the printer that put production of the SWIFT hardcovers behind a few days. So today it’s launching in e-book format — thus this lovely repost of @readingbee.444’s pic — but the limited edition hardcovers won’t be shipping for another week or two. Alas! . That means I won’t be holding my virtual launch for SWIFT until 9/3, to give printed copies a chance to wing their way to the lovely readers who preordered them. But they WILL be coming, I assure you! . And in the meantime, preorders are still available. I even have a couple of ✨ exclusive SWIFT preorder packages ✨ left for the next two readers from ANY country who screencap their receipt and send it to me in DM! . I’ll be sharing more details about my plans for the launch party soon. Thanks for your patience and understanding, and I hope you’ll find SWIFT worth the extra few days’ wait! . . #swift #swiftbook #flightandflametrilogy #enclavepublishing #speculativefiction #fairies #fairy #faery #faerie #fae #fairybook #fairybooks #faeriebooks #faeriebook #fantasy #piskey #pisky #pixie #piskie #cornishpiskies #cornishpisky #cornishfolklore #cornishmining #spriggan #yafantasy #fantasybooklover #fantasyforlife #ireadya #yaauthors https://www.instagram.com/p/CECvUQMAE16/?igshid=1weq54hg9hbvk

[rj-anderson]

DO YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS? 🎧 If so, what was the first one you discovered, and what are your favorites? The first one I listened to was Tim Clare’s writing podcast “Death of 1000 Cuts,” but when I was still obsessed with Star Wars I enjoyed several eps of the brilliant podcast “What The Force” and I’ve also had fun listening to “Stuff You Should Know” and “Stuff You Missed in History Class,” among others. There’s so many great podcasts to choose from! 🎧 I love being on podcasts too, especially bookish ones. So when host Stephen Hurley invited me to talk about SWIFT on the Canadian Launch Podcast, I was delighted to accept! We had a wonderful conversation and he asked some fantastic questions about the book, which led to some topics I’ve never talked about elsewhere. If you’re interested in checking it out, you can find the link in my bio. 🎧 I also have a couple more podcast episodes coming up in the next few weeks, one already recorded and one soon to be so. I’ll let you know when those go up as well! 🎧 So, what about YOUR favorite podcasts? Let’s chat about them in comments! . . . #podcasts #podcast🎧 #canadianlaunch #swift #swiftbook #flightandflametrilogy #enclavepublishing #speculativefiction #fairybooks #faeriebooks #faeriebook #fantasy #piskey #piskie #cornishpiskies #cornishpisky #cornishfolklore #fantasyforlife #christianfantasy #yaauthors #yanovels #yafantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CE79Aq2g0Sq/?igshid=b1dytxhbxnnz

[rj-anderson]

✨🔥COVER REVEAL🔥✨ 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆? 🔥✨ When a freak storm uncovers the entrance to a mysterious underground chamber, Ivy and her friends expect to find treasure. But what they discover is even more valuable: a barrow full of sleeping spriggans, magically preserved for centuries. With the vengeful piskey queen Betony determined to capture Ivy and her followers, the secret hideaway could be key to both their peoples’ survival. ✨🔥 But the piskeys and spriggans are ancient enemies, and when Ivy tries to forge peace even her own family threatens to turn against her. Plagued by treachery, betrayal and desertion on every side, Ivy must find a way to unite the magical folk of Cornwall—or doom herself and everyone she loves to death at Betony's hand. 🔥✨ Yet without the legendary fire-wielding power that marks a true piskey queen, can Ivy convince her people to believe? ✨🔥 TORCH is the all-new, never before published final book of the Flight and Flame Trilogy, and will be released in limited edition hardcover in February 2021. ✨🔥𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒐!🔥✨ . . . #coverlove #enclavepublishing #cornishfolklore #coverreveal #rjandersonwriter #faerie #pisky #piskie #cornishpisky #piskey #fantasy #fantasyforlife #spriggan #yafantasy #faeriebooks #faery #speculativefiction #pixie #IreadYA #fantasybooklover #fae #cornishpiskies #february2021 #spriggans #fairy #preorder #flightandflametrilogy #fairies https://www.instagram.com/p/CDv_lujgim-/?igshid=k9t0op7vx5vk

[rj-anderson]

✨💎✨COVER REVEAL✨💎✨ 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙡𝙚, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. Banished from her underground home by Betony, the queen of the Cornish piskeys, young Ivy sets out to forge a new life for herself in the world above. But a deadly threat lingers in the mine, and Ivy cannot bear to see her people suffer while Betony refuses to believe. Somehow she must convince the queen to let them go. ✨ Her mission only becomes more complicated when Ivy starts to dream of the ancient battles between her ancestors and the spriggan folk. Who is the strange boy in her visions? Could her glimpses of his past help Ivy find a new home for her fellow piskeys? ✨ To find the answers, Ivy must outfly vicious predators, outwit cunning enemies, and overcome her own greatest fears. And when evil threatens the people Ivy loves best, it will take all her courage, faith, and determination to save them. ✨ NOMAD is Book Two of the Flight and Flame Trilogy, and will be released in limited edition hardcover in November 2020. US readers can also preorder it right now at bit.ly/Nomad-Book for the fantastic sale price of $13.99... but hurry, the sale won’t last long! . . . . #yafantasy #IreadYA #fairybooks #fae #rjandersonwriter #preorder #coverlove #coverreveal #enclavepublishing #november2020 #nomad #nomadbook #flightandflametrilogy #EnclaveEscape #christianfantasy #piskey #pixie #pisky #cornishpiskey #cornishpisky #cornishpixie #spriggan #spriggans https://www.instagram.com/p/CAc2HWSAEYW/?igshid=197s2gwtiky0k

[rj-anderson]

🍂 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐃 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 🍂 . The e-book of NOMAD was released today, and hardcovers should be shipping within the next week or so — which means it’s almost time for the launch party! . I'm just doing a one-day celebration this time around. But I’ll also be doing a draw for a 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚 to be awarded to one randomly drawn reader who asks me a writing or book-related question (spoilers for SWIFT are allowed!) and also attends my IG Live launch event on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 @ 𝟕 𝐩𝐦 𝐄𝐒𝐓.* . 🍂 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞? . The winner will get to choose one of two prize options: . 1️⃣ The @enclavepublishing book of your choice.  2️⃣ Thoughtful, personalized feedback on your query letter or first chapter. . Yep, you heard right — that’s ANY book from Enclave’s catalogue (though I admit to being a little biased in favour of KNIFE and its sequels, if you haven’t read those), and if you’re a writer, I’m also prepared to give the most helpful, constructive feedback I can to help your work grab the attention of agents and editors. . So that’s the scoop! If you’ve got questions, feel free to drop them in comments here or send them in a DM before next Monday. I’ll look forward to answering them, and seeing you, at the launch! . . . . . #IreadYA #spriggan #cornishfolklore #flightandflametrilogy #christianfantasy #nomad #yafantasy #fantasyforlife #pixie #fae #fantasy #nomadbook #fairy #cornishmining #piskie #swiftbook #cornishpisky #speculativefiction #faeriebooks #fantasybooklover #fairybooks #faerie #fairybook #faeriebook #piskey #faery #cornishpiskies #fairies #enclavepublishing #noordinaryfairytale https://www.instagram.com/p/CHbkgIsgsMi/?igshid=7nj9s681pcbu

[rj-anderson]

Here we are with a new #mybookalphabet post: J is for Joan the Wad! . In Cornish folklore, Joan the Wad is the queen of the piskeys (the spelling I settled on for my #FlightandFiretrilogy - it’s also frequently spelled pisky or piskie, and of course pixie). An old English rhyme describes her as a capricious will-o’the-wisp, sometimes teasing human folk and sometimes guiding them to safety: . Jack O’Lantern, Joan the Wad, That tickled the maid and made her mad, Light me home, the weather's bad. . Generally, though, Joan the Wad is seen in Cornwall as a figure of good luck and protection, and Jack O’Lantern is her king or consort. So when I was creating the world of the Cornish piskeys for SWIFT, I decided on “Joan” as a title rather than a personal name for their queen. . It’s also, though I didn’t plan it this way, a small tribute to my mother, a true queen in every way — whose parents emigrated from Redruth in Cornwall to Timmins in northern Ontario a few years before she was born. They named her Joan, and she in turn gave me Joan as my middle name — that’s the J. in my initials. But my mother had never heard of Joan the Wad until she read my book, so I felt happy to have given her back a little lost piece of her Cornish ancestry. . Q: Do you have a favorite folk character or creature in your family background? I’d love to hear about it in comments! . . . #joanthewad #cornishpixie #cornishpixies #cornishpisky #cornishpiskey #spriggan #spriggans #folkloreandfairytales #britishfolklore #fairies #fae #fairytale #faery #faeriesofinstagram #fairybooks #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #flightandflametrilogy #swift #swiftbook https://www.instagram.com/p/CAHGG2Xgu2x/?igshid=113e0jszkl6a8

[rj-anderson]

If you could find a trove of hidden treasure, what would you want it to be? A chest of pirate coins? Jars full of mysterious scrolls? A cache of weapons from some ancient kingdom? 💎⚱️🗡 I’ve never found any treasure myself, despite digging a deep hole in my parents’ vegetable garden as a kid to look for it. But I got an unexpected treasure in the mail today — the ARC of Book Two in the Flight and Flame trilogy, NOMAD! And without giving away too many spoilers, I’ll tell you that finding treasure and deciding what to do with it is a significant element of the story. 💎⚱️🗡 It’s wild to be holding the ARC of this book in my hands when the @storygramtours ARC tour for SWIFT, book one of the trilogy, is still going on! But that’s the fun of this series - they’re all releasing very quickly, three months apart, so if you love the first book (and I hope you will!) you won’t have to wait long for the second and third! 💎⚱️🗡 Anyway, NOMAD is available for preorder in limited edition hardcover *and* ebook now, so if you’re eager to find out what a hoard of spriggan treasure looks like and how Ivy and a certain mysterious young man discover it, check out the link in my bio! 💎⚱️🗡 (And do tell me what kind of treasure you dream of finding — I’m really curious to know! I’ll give my answer in comments.) . . . #nomad #nomadbook #preorders #flightandflametrilogy #enclavepublishing #speculativefiction #fairies #fairy #faery #faerie #fae #fairybook #fairybooks #faeriebooks #faeriebook #fantasy #piskey #pisky #pixie #piskie #cornishpiskies #cornishpisky #cornishfolklore #cornishmining #spriggan #yafantasy #fantasybooklover #fantasyforlife #yalovin #ireadya https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9PqW1ADS9/?igshid=j4v7l59ymqeo

[rj-anderson]

Do you enjoy reading non-fiction books? Or would you rather just lose yourself in a story? . Some people think fantasy authors don’t have to do research because they can just make everything up, but those people usually don’t know much about writing or fantasy. All the best authors I know do lots of research to make their worlds feel rich and well-grounded, and bring in those little concrete details (what Tim Clare calls “crunchy specificity” - isn’t that a delightful phrase?) that can make all the difference between a setting that pulls the reader in and one that seems shallow and evanescent. . So even though the Flight and Flame trilogy is set in present-day Cornwall rather than some imaginary fantasy kingdom, and even though I wanted to put some original twists on the local folklore rather than simply retelling it, I read a lot of folk tales, books and articles about Cornwall during the writing process to make sure my flights of fancy had a solid foundation. Here are three of the most important ones I used for reference — the one on the right is a very specific walking guide to a pretty small area, which just goes to show there’s a book about practically everything if you know where to look for it! . All that being said, I admit to not really loving research. I do it because I feel it’s the right and responsible thing as an author, but I’d much rather read a historical novel than an actual book of history any day! What about you? . . . #writersofinstagram #writingfantasy #research #researching #swift #swiftbook #nomad #nomadbook #torch #torchbook #flightandflametrilogy #enclavepublishing #speculativefiction #fairies #fairy #faery #fae #fairybook #fairybooks #faeriebooks #faeriebook #piskey #pisky #pixie #piskie #cornishpiskies #cornishpisky #cornishfolklore #cornishmining #spriggan https://www.instagram.com/p/CDKZG8BgvG9/?igshid=xijgacvgyap0

[rj-anderson]

Do you love book swag? If so, have you signed up for your 🧚🏻SWIFT🧚🏻 preorder bonus package? . If not, there’s still a few slots left! I’ve packaged up all the orders I’ve got so far for mailing out Monday morning, but haven’t run out of any of the items or options quite yet. So if you’ve thought about preordering the book but feared it was too late to get all the cool bonuses - the signed bookplate, blank notecard, bookmarks AND first part of the Flight and Flame trilogy puzzle magnet (shown for the first time here!), now’s your chance. Just check out the Preorder Bonuses post in my feed for details! . And to those of you who’ve already sent in your order, thanks so much for your support. You should be getting your package within the next week or two, Canada Post and the US Mail willing... though those of you in the UK and Australia may need to wait a *leetle* bit longer! . . #noordinaryfairytale #swift #swiftbook #flightandflametrilogy #preorderbonus #preorderincentive #enclavepublishing #fairies #fairy #faery #faerie #fae #fairybook #fairybooks #faeriebooks #faeriebook #fantasy #piskey #pisky #pixie #piskie #cornishpiskies #cornishpisky #cornishfolklore #cornishmining #spriggan #yafantasy #fantasyforlife #christianfantasy #IreadYA https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgvHTxgv03/?igshid=oxd9ai7dvpln