tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62890702259852899072024-03-19T03:23:22.987-04:00Write MeAuthor Kaye Draper's blog on writing, books, and lifeKaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-20017182691127139352020-08-11T17:38:00.001-04:002020-08-11T17:39:40.658-04:00Kaye Draper's Blog has moved! I have made the move over to a new website, and in an effort to consolidate, I'm going to be posting over there from now on. You can find my current blog at KayeDraper.com, or come party with me over on Patreon for insider access. See you there!Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-2235070530301641402020-05-04T10:20:00.006-04:002020-05-04T10:21:21.343-04:00Random Book Review- The Vale Chronicles, Joel AbernathyIt's been a while since I posted a book review, and I have to be honest, it's mostly because I haven't read anything lately that was more than just "okay," and really worth recommending.
BUT, the Vale Chronicles duology by Joel Abernathy was amazing. The first book is Puppet Master, and the second is Enemy Lover.
The characters are unique and interesting, the world and mythology are new and Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-70745652302685575962020-04-09T18:16:00.002-04:002020-04-09T18:16:46.487-04:00Let's Talk About Length and GirthCalm down. I'm talking about book length and how fat that book is. Geesh.
Every once in a while I get a question about my book length. I am very fortunate to be able to say that most of the time, readers requesting longer books are doing so only out of a love of the story and a wish for it to continue. However, there are a few old-school people kicking around out there who think nothing under Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-52672012658119356092020-04-02T17:26:00.001-04:002020-04-02T17:26:57.289-04:00Random Book (and author) Review- How to Vex a Vampire, Alice Winters
Happy Thursday! I know I started out this year by saying I was going to post here more regularly but...well, you can just fill in the blanks. I'm sure you're well aware of the potential challenges to creativity right now.
I wanted to take a moment to share some some love, because I think we could all use a little fun escape right now! So I'm putting up a random book review!
When I came Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-74002740117232926372019-12-31T22:55:00.001-05:002020-01-01T13:39:34.322-05:00She's alive! (And hopes to stay that way for at least the next year!)
Hello! It’s been forever since I posted here on the blog, but
I plan to make this a more regular occurrence this year. We’re going to start with
a year-end wrap-up and goals for the new year.
2019 has at times felt like it stretched out with painful
slowness and at times sped by so fast I felt out of control. So often it is
hard to see the big picture of what we’ve accomplished because Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-66945393925519498622018-11-27T20:07:00.001-05:002018-11-27T20:07:25.001-05:00New Ebook! Forever After Trilogy of Fantasy Romance Novellas Out Now!Hello out there. It has been a long time since my last blog post--life happened. However I am happy to announce that I've completed and released 3 new novellas. You can get them all as a box set here!
The story of Alys, a human changeling who is determined to become more than a servant. This box set contains the complete Forever After Trilogy of novellas:
*Book 1: Light of Day
*Book Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-17440452900369424022018-02-23T20:01:00.002-05:002018-02-23T20:01:37.475-05:00Random book review: Black Dog Blues
Black Dog Blues
Can I just have a gushy, girly book-nerdy moment here?
I. Love. This. Book.
The world building in this story is AMAZING. The author basically took real-world California and fantasy Faerie and SMASHED them together. As in "the merge," and event where the two worlds violently merged and resulting in a human/fae war that makes this world in some places almost post-apocalypticKaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-4363599959445212018-02-14T19:53:00.004-05:002018-02-14T19:53:58.385-05:00Random Book Review- By Fairy Means Or Foul (A Starfig Investigations Book)
I loved this book so much I don't know where to start.
Evil unicorn? Check.
Half-dragon, Half-fairy hybrid investigator? Check
Human slave who's about to slip his bonds and kick some serious ass? Check
Absolutely absurd names for everything and everyone? Check
This book is fantasy, adventure, gay romance, and almost has an urban fantasy feel at times. It's also hilarious.
The last Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-67642811094869458152017-12-18T12:46:00.002-05:002017-12-18T12:46:59.804-05:00Random Book Review: The Stormlords
I recently finished reading The Stormlords, by Ravon Silvius. Review below.
This book is built on an interesting premise and world. In this world, the planet is plagued by "heat spells" which are periods of intense heat that are, essentially killing the planet and its inhabitants. Enter the storm lords, secret magicians who can manipulate the weather and bring storms to break upKaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-2738347313079492252017-12-12T20:25:00.000-05:002017-12-18T12:50:54.116-05:00Wendigos, Witches and Ghouls, oh my! Get Snow Fright for just 99 cents until Saturday!The latest installment in the Wendigo Girl Series, Snow Fright, is available for pre-order for just $0.99 until Saturday the 16th. Get it now so you can get caught up. The last book in the series will be out before you know it! Click here for Kindle. Or click here for all other digital formats (Apple, Kobo, B&N etc.)
Tess is living on borrowed time. Hidden from the hunters who
wantKaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-35377433413573652172017-12-05T18:50:00.001-05:002017-12-18T12:51:32.836-05:00Native American Themed Fantasy-- Cloud Short Story (Wendigo Girl)Get to know more about how Hanging Cloud was made in my new Wendigo Girl short story, Cloud. Grab your copy for kindle here, or on Apple, Kobo, B&N and more here.
Cloud is destined to lead her people. If her grandmother has
her way, Cloud will follow in her footsteps and become one the Anishinaabe
tribe’s most powerful shaman. But Cloud is the chief’s daughter, two-spirited
and Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-34851228589198703442017-12-04T16:53:00.002-05:002017-12-12T20:26:43.197-05:00Frosty Flash FictionI just entered the following bit of flash fiction in a contest at the Author Transformation Alliance. Click the link to vote for my story, and to check out all the other submissions! Click here.
The rules were to write 500 words or less about the picture below.
The cold bite of snow against my cheeks, reddened and frozen
by the sub-zero temperatures, was like needles piercing my skin. The Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-9313636375584150952017-10-24T22:58:00.000-04:002017-12-18T12:51:59.653-05:00Wendigo Girl Short Story 1.5- TommyThe third book in my snarky, foulmouthed Wendigo Girl Series will be coming out soon. In the meantime, enjoy a little backstory teaser about everyone's favorite boy-next-door-turned-ghoul, Tommy!
Tommy White is as boring and bland as his name—and that is just the way he wants it. Until he falls for Tess, a young widow with dark secrets who will destroy his carefully erected “normal” act and Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-60318334028890811132017-10-03T20:35:00.002-04:002017-12-18T12:52:27.813-05:00New Release! Creeping Beauty- Wendigo Girl Book 2The sequel to Beauty And The Feast, Creeping Beauty, is out today! If you you enjoy urban fantasy, paranormal romance,and dark fairytales, you'll love this snarky genre-blending book!
"When will I learn to stop thinking things can’t get any worse?"
After losing her husband and child, losing her humanity to a wendigo attack and being shackled to a couple of shadowy monster hunters, Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-1785725786604047402017-09-23T09:55:00.001-04:002017-12-18T12:52:56.643-05:00Free Paranormal Fantasy RomanceHappy Saturday! My paranormal romance/ contemporary fantasy romance book, Kelpie, is free from now until September 30th. Get your copy at Smashwords by entering this code: NC97N.
When Ada wakes with a strange man in her sleeping bag, she has no idea that the dazed, dirty, and naked man is actually a Kelpie- a horse-like creature with an affinity for water. He insists that he is a fey, Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-18582977805218207512017-09-10T15:33:00.000-04:002017-09-10T15:33:05.758-04:00Random Book Review- Hexbreaker Jordan L. Hawk
I just finished Hexbreaker by Jordan L Hawk.
I loved the world building in this book, and the great juxtaposition of coppers, magic, and alternative culture in 1890's New York.
This story is a sweet M/M romance between a witch and a cat familiar--but it's far more complex than that. I thought it rich on all levels, delivering history, fantasy, romance, mystery and explicit steamy sex.
Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-83420942375667021242017-06-24T18:50:00.003-04:002017-06-24T18:50:35.574-04:00Free Urban Fantasy E-book, Beauty And The FeastMy new book is free today at amazon! Grab your copy here
.Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-38832565090778463392017-06-20T08:14:00.000-04:002017-12-18T12:54:13.713-05:00New Not So Urban Fantasy Out Today! Get Your Monster On.My new urban fantasy book, Beauty And The Feast, is out today! Check it out on Amazon.
I wanted solitude. I just wanted to be left the hell alone. I thought life had taken everything from me.
I was wrong.
Reclusive horror writer Tess Vere has lost everything. There is no possible way her craptastic life can get much worse. Until she is attacked by a shadow creature on the Lake Huron Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-3644199620876089342017-06-12T19:41:00.003-04:002017-12-18T12:54:37.638-05:00New (Not So) Urban Fantasy I can't tell you how excited I am about this new book. I let myself bleed into it, maybe more than anything I've ever written. Check it out, Beauty And The Feast available for pre-order now.
I wanted solitude. I just wanted to be left the hell alone. I thought life had taken everything from me. I was wrong.Reclusive horror writer Tess Vere has lost everything. There is no possible way Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-17316930027024026732017-05-30T12:19:00.001-04:002017-12-18T12:53:39.443-05:00New Audiobook out today! My new short story, House On The Hill is available now in audiobook format!
Funny, isn’t it, how the things we wish for so easily become a cage? Trapped in a failing marriage and an ever-increasing apathy for life, Mary stumbles across the house on the hill. After her encounter with the beautiful and otherworldly Giddeon and his elderly master, Mr. Winde, her life is forever changed. But Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-58973122987662567842017-05-19T08:00:00.000-04:002017-05-19T08:00:33.911-04:00Random Book Review: Venom and Vanilla
I recently read a book that I have to share with you. Venom and Vanilla, by Shannon Mayer, is a unique urban fantasy with and awkward heroine and enough goofy humor, action, and magical creatures to keep me reading past my bedtime.
If you want a sterotypical gritty urban fantasy, this is not it. If you enjoy something new and different, and at times wonderfully odd... then this is your book!Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-1866928081957363462017-05-18T08:00:00.000-04:002017-05-18T08:00:08.640-04:00New E-Book Out Today! Come visit the fey House on the Hill. My new short story, House On The Hill, is out today at Amazon and Smashwords. Come enjoy a quick romantic read that is both hauntingly real and a wonderous escape!
Funny, isn’t it, how the things we wish for so easily become a cage?
Trapped in a failing marriage and an ever-increasing apathy for life, Mary stumbles across the house on the hill. After her encounter with the beautiful and Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-14800785181734618982017-05-13T11:04:00.003-04:002017-05-13T20:59:25.279-04:00Free E-Book- Moonlight Calls, Paranormal/urban fantasyHappy Saturday!
Just a reminder, my parnormal romance/urban fantasy book Moonlight Calls, is free. No matter what your guilty paranormal pleasure is, I'm sure you'll find it in the Moonlight Calls and the rest of the Demon's Call Series.
The most powerful creatures of the supernatural community are inexplicably drawn to Mya, but she refuses to acknowledge the power growing inside her- not theKaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-19838074778172771212017-05-05T16:59:00.002-04:002017-05-05T17:04:26.309-04:00Indie Author Shout-out!Silly as it is, the stigma surrounding self-published or indie authors STILL persists. Being an Indie is not a sure sign your stuff is crap, just as being traditionally published is not a sure sign your stuff ISN'T crap....but I digress....
I would like to give some love to indie authors. I can't personally vouch for all of the titles listed below (and you wouldn't want me to because we all haveKaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289070225985289907.post-61761809655270957782017-04-30T11:03:00.001-04:002017-04-30T11:03:37.853-04:00Love Fantasy Creatures? I have been low on inspiration lately, but I stumbled across these adorable guys at Riker Creatures while doing some priming before I sit down to work on my current WIP- a book starring all kinds of fun magical creatures. This really brigntened my day.
What's your favorite? I personally loved the baby jackalope that first came up in my search!
Here's some more of the amazingly life-like Kaye Draperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134006398950107252noreply@blogger.com0