Archivist 2: release day giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED! Lucky #70 has been emailed.

Happy Release Day, Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2)!!!! I hope you all enjoy the next chapter in Dusk and Sisu’s adventures!

As is my tradition, I’ve put together a fun giveaway to help celebrate the release of Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2). If you follow me on Instagram or TikTok you will likely notice another super cool giveaway going on (starting Jan 5) as well.

Caveat: I won’t be able to ship this giveaway until I get my hands on the actual paperbacks for Compelling Infinity. Printing and shipping have been a huge issue for the latter half of 2021 and I suspect that early 2022 will be more of the same. So please ignore the terribly photoshopped book cover!!

Archivist Release day swag box: three autographed paperbacks, three giclee illustrations, a handknit gnome, and three bookplates.

Are you interested in winning this Archivist Release Day Swag Box? Aka three autographed Archivist paperbacks, three limited-edition, autographed giclee illustrations by Nicole Deal, a gnome knit by MCD, and three bookplates?

Yes?!

To enter please comment below with your favourite character or scene or line (and WHY it is your fav) from any of the Archivist books.

Yes, that means you need to have read at least one of the Archivist books to enter. But since I gave the first one away for free (on numerous occasions) that should be an easy requirement to fulfill. And that should also mean that a true fan – aka readers who would actually want the prints, etc – will win the giveaway pack.

Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. One entry per person. One winner will be selected by random number generator. Only entries that follow the stated requirements will be valid. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than to contact the winner. No purchase necessary – all my books are available for free via your local library. The comments are moderated. I will approve your entry just as soon as I have a moment to do so.

Giveaway closes SUNDAY, JAN 9, 2022 at 8pm PST.

Are you new to the Archivist Series? The first book is the prequel, Awakening Infinity (Archivist 0).

Are you new to the Adept Universe? Book one is Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1). Click here for the full reading order.

Archivist 2: bad influence

T-minus 15 days!!! Are you ready for the next book in the Archivist series?

Sisu patted my cheek. “You’re always good, Dusk. That’s why I’m allowed to be … less than good.”

I snorted doubtfully. “That’s not how it works.”

“It totally is,” Neve chimed in from Kellan’s shoulders. She patted her uncle on the head, then added, “Just like Mom and Uncle Kellan.”

“Mom is the good one,” Lile added, just in case I couldn’t figure that out for myself.

Kellan growled. I stifled a smile.

“See?” Sisu said.

“Right …” I said, looking up at Kellan. “And I’m the bad influence.”

Sisu threw up his hands, then executed a flawless pirouette, somehow managing to slip out of Kellan’s grasp without damaging the backpack.

“Ta-da!” he cried, golden sparkles shooting from his fingertips. “Race you back!”

He took off toward the woods.

Neve and Lile cried out, wiggling and protesting until Kellan set both of them on their feet. They took off after Sisu.

Kellan tried to glower at me again. “I blame you.”

I shrugged, hiking up my dress to undo the sheath on my thigh.

“I’ll be right back,” Kellan said, eyeing me like maybe he wanted to wait around to see what else I was going to strip off. “Wait for me.”

“Nope,” I said, setting the sheathed bone blade to the side just for a moment.

He snarled under his breath — an interesting mixture of curse words in Irish and older Gaelic — but then he loped off after the kids.

– excerpt from Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2), Chapter 6

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Are you new to the Archivist series? The first book is Awakening Infinity (Archivist 0). Or click here for the complete reading order of the Adept Universe.

Archivist 2: cover reveal, etc

Releases January 4, 2022

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I was a dragon. Dragons didn’t run from any situation. Not even a dragon disguised as a witch. Well … at least not from any situation that involved the archive or my duty, because apparently I fled before anything even remotely personal. Including surprise double dates.

Synopsis: A masked gala. A solstice celebration with the werewolves. Broken relics and doorways leading not only to other realms, other mythical and magical creatures, but to other possible futures. For me. And maybe even for Kellan.

And, well … that’s all just another day at the office for me.

Though my witch disguise really wasn’t going to hold up for much longer. Because even though I’d accepted my role as head curator at the magical archive of the National Museum of Ireland, and all the duties that came with being the Archivist of the Modern World, apparently I didn’t like the restrictions that came along with that. Because I couldn’t build the life I truly wanted — the dream unfurling in the dark chambers of my heart — on lies and half-truths.

Which meant that a moment was looming when I’d be faced with a choice that I couldn’t bear to walk away from. A choice that I might be willing to lose everything else to obtain.

Compelling Infinity is the second book in the Archivist series, which is set in the same universe as the Dowser, Oracle, Reconstructionist, Amplifier, and Misfits of the Adept Universe series.While it is not necessary to read all the series, in order to avoid spoilers the ideal reading order of the Adept Universe begins with Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1).

Archivist Series reading order:

Awakening Infinity (Archivist 0)
Invoking Infinity (Archivist 1)
A Momentary Retrieval (Archivist 1.5/Moments of the Adept Universe 0.7)
Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2)

Gearing up for next week (and a new release!)

I’m commencing my final read through of Archivist 1.5 (which will be in my newsletter on Nov 25)(with, fingers crossed, a preorder link!) and Archivist 2 (which will then go to the proof reader) – yay! It feels like it took me forever to write the second book in the Archivist series – my notebook informs me that I started brainstorming in earnest all the way back in March! Four months to do a first draft is INSANE. Thanks headache.

The front page of MCD’s notebook for Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2)

Also a bunch of fun stuff coming next week, as I’m promoting I See Me (Oracle 1) with a $0.99 sale, a read along, and audiobook giveaways. I’ll add this info to the newsletter as well but here are the festivities in brief (if you want to prep ahead of time):

Read along with/via FaRoFeb Nov 24 – 30 – templates now available (see link) but reading list TBA
Mass audiobook giveaways: Nov 25, 26, and 27 at 9am PST (here on my blog). Remember the USA codes in particular go quickly.
Price reduction (TELL YOUR READER FRIENDS, pretty please): Nov 20 – December 1, 2021

Other items to come:

For the store: Archivist glicee illustrations (as soon as the damn envelopes show up!!)
For the recipe book: a new cookie recipe from Archivist 2 that’s perfect for the holidays (early Dec).
For publication: the Moments of the Adept Universe, Collected Stories 1, including a brand new Burgundy novella featuring cameos from a bunch of fav characters as promised! The eBook will also feature illustrations from Memo for each story. (TBA: as soon as possible)

I hope you all have a great weekend! And that you have fun with everything I have planned for you next week and beyond!

Archivist Series: without regrets

I didn’t risk glancing back a third time.

I knew what I had to do. And I needed to move quickly, without regrets.

Because I was a dragon, not a witch.

And dragons protected the world and all the magic within it.

– Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2), Chapter Nine, Second Draft

In other news, all the Dowser Series recipe cards have been mailed (Thank you, Michael!). Canada Post’s delivery standard is supposedly nine business days, even internationally. But I have serious doubts. 😂

Archivist 2: exposing those … forearms.

A drive-by excerpt of my current work in progress (Archivist 2), just because it made me laugh.

Ravine pushed a plate into my hands. “Kellan is manning the barbecue. Literally.” She grinned suggestively. “Cooking steak perfectly, wearing an apron, and exposing those … forearms. You might want to take a picture.”

I blinked. Once again rendered mute by her teasing. Okay, fine, my brain had just gone blank, then thrust the image she’d just described to the forefront.

Would taking a picture be rude? Or … I mean, people did take pictures to commemorate celebrations, right?

Ravine giggled gleefully, grabbing the salad tongs. “Eat, Dusk. You’ll need the energy.”

– Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2), Chapter Six, Second Draft

Reading order of the Archivist Series:

Awakening Infinity (Archivist 0)
Invoking Infinity (Archivist 1)
TBA (Archivist 1.5) – releasing late 2021
Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2) – releasing late 2021

Archivist 2: spoilery inspiration

I’m working through the midpoint of Archivist 2 this week (the first draft is sitting at 48k right now), tackling a scene that my notes tell me I started envisioning all the way back in March 2021.

I often collect little touchstones connected to various series/characters, including stickers and decals that I put in my notebooks. And I thought I’d share a glimpse of my inspiration for the midpoint of Archivist 2. I adore this image so much I haven’t actually stuck it in my notebook yet.

But … I can’t explain it at all because, you know – spoilers.