Cyber Monday FREE Sale

 Several have asked how my dad is doing, so here's a quick update. 

As of this writing, my dad is still in the hospital on a ventilator. He seems to be improving, and we are hoping he will be moving to an acute care facility closer to my Mom's house this week. Unfortunately, with Covid, it's anybody's guess as to how things will progress. We are holding on and remain cautiously optimistic. 

Currently, I'm still at my Mom's house about 800 miles from home, While here we've been doing a lot of talking and book planning. One of the things we've decided is that Lynn Nodima and Arwen Chandler will be collaborating on an upcoming space opera book.  The book will contain characters from the Pleiades Adventures (Coerced, Plundered, and Hunted) and The Grewaldy Chronicles (Viper Pit). I am currently in the process of taking notes and getting ready to join the two universes. It's going to be awesome!

If you're not familiar with Viper Pit, you've got to check it out. Mom wrote it when I was still in junior high and it is one of my all-time favorite stories that she's written. (I know most people that love her shifter books, may not know about her science fiction, but it's great!)  Viper Pit is a short read, and not available in KU because it's in an anthology, but it's well worth the 99 cents.

Other Exciting NEWS!

Since I haven't been able to get into any promos for Cyber Monday I decided to do my own. So, I have several books set to free for the next few days. I hope you will have a chance to download them, and maybe fall in love with some new characters. Each storyline has more books to come, and I hope you'll be as excited for the next books as I am.

As always, if you read please review. Honest reviews are what I crave! Reviews are the life-blood for books, and your chance to tell the author what you loved about a story.

FREE BOOKS for CYBER Monday!

Remnant: The Clans of Arcadia (Book One) Nov.30-Dec.1, 2020

Demon Night: The Chronicles of Demetri Risk (Book One) Nov. 30-Dec.1, 2020

Coerced: The Pleiades Adventures (Book One) Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2020

Sun God's Game: Euryale's Maze (Level One) Nov.30- Dec. 4, 2020

Thanks for being part of my tribe!

Hugs!

Arwen

Awesome Fantasy Cyber Monday SALE!

WOW! What a day.

I’ve ventured out three times for Black Friday events – the first last night and twice today. I wasn’t searching for anything in particular, but I always like to go and just check out the deals. And, while many people were getting great bargains for next to nothing, that was not the most exciting thing to happen to me today.

We’re watching a friend’s dogs for the holiday and my daughter and I went to feed them this afternoon, and I found much more than I had bargained for!

Let me set the scene.

My friends have a beautifully manicured backyard and large nice dog area. (Think dog park.) I went in to get the dog food bowls and noticed a six-foot hose in the yard. I thought, “Hmmm, that’s weird. The dogs must have torn something up.” And, I went to investigate closer – without my glasses on. Well, I walked up next to the hose, and suddenly my daughter started crying (she’s 21) and yelling. Apparently, I was standing next to a six-foot snake.

For a moment I just stood there because I was so close to it, and at that point, I wasn’t sure what kind of snake I’d stumbled upon. In South Texas, a black snake could be nonvenomous or extremely dangerous. I just watched it for a minute, not certain if it were a cottonmouth—my friends live near a field with a well-watered ditch, so it could have been a cottonmouth. Visions of a terrifying scene from Lonesome Dove filled my thoughts—don’t look up the snake scene! Either way, I didn’t want to anger it, so I slowly backed away and walked over to the dog bowls. (The dogs had to be fed.)

I quickly grabbed them, let the dogs out of their dog park area, and shut the gate.

Honestly, I was terrified, but I knew I couldn’t ignore the fact that a giant snake was in close proximity to my friends’ dogs and they were my responsibility. I made a quick call to my hubs and told them there appeared to be a dead snake in the dog area, and he told me to get a shovel and toss it over the fence. So, I steeled myself and grabbed the shovel. I poked it gently to see if it was in fact dead. I didn’t want any surprises. But, it hadn’t moved at all since I’d first realized it was a snake. It didn’t move. Relieved and a little sad that the snake was dead, I slid the shovel under it and lifted it. That’s when I found out that the snake was not dead, and my daughter started screaming again—much louder than before.

Unfortunately, the “dead” snake didn’t like being picked up, and he started moving all over the place. That’s when I started screaming and ran out of the dog area with the shovel, again slamming the gate behind me. I tried to take care of the problem, but I was done. Thankfully, my husband came to my rescue and carefully removed the snake from the dog area. He set it outside the fence where it could slither away and live out its life.

So, my big take away from this is never to assume a snake is dead, just because it’s playing dead, and to NEVER again go outside without my glasses on! My rubber hose turned out to be an indigo snake (non-venomous and pretty docile, but what if it hadn’t been?) Shivers down my spine…UGH!

That’s been my day in a nutshell. Tonight, I’m going to watch Frozen II and chill out a bit. I could use the distraction; my nerves are still a little frayed. After that? Well, I plan to check out the cyber Monday book sale that I’m including at the bottom of this newsletter. I could use a diversion that doesn’t come with actual fangs!

Well, I hope your Thanksgiving has been wonderful, and you’ve had a great time with friends and family. I wish you the very best. Until next time.

Kind regards,
Arwen

At Last, The Secret To The Best Black Friday Shopping Is Revealed

I have been a notorious Black Friday shopper for years, but this year I am staying home. Every year I have either been run over by some person wielding a rowdy shopping cart, nearly trampled, or called names by someone who thought I was taking the last whatever they wanted. (Believe me, there is nothing you want that I will take from you.)

This year, I am leaving the world of bargain hunting behind.

Why am I missing out on all the great sales? It's because I have become an Amazon junkie. I don't have to leave home to get the best deals, and I will miss the crowds, the drama, and the random violence over the greatest newest item.

While the entire world is shopping on Black Friday, I will be celebrating my 40th birthday! Somehow that seems fitting. But, in honor of Black Friday and my birthday, I have decided to offer several of my ebooks for .99! This is a limited time offer, and I hope you will help me celebrate my birthday by downloading your copy today. Don't forget to leave a customer review. Happy shopping!

Arwen


The Louvre Still Stands

This holiday season escape the chaos and go on the wildest treasure hunt of the year. The Louvre Still Stands is a short story in the Outer World Chronicles. The first full length story, The Militarian Job, will be out in 2017!

In a perilous age where humanity lives under the control of the Militarian government, one woman risks life, limb, and ship, for a lost treasure trove on old Earth.

Gwyndalaria Casteliano, Captain of the starship Pleiades, leads her Ex-Militarian companion Adrik, and her childhood friend Rodrigo on the treasure hunt of a lifetime. While the common belief is that old Earth has been completely lost after the great alien wars, Gwyn knows it’s ripe for the taking. Intelligence, bought for a steep price, proves that the Louvre still stands. Gwyn leads her comrades on an adventure of a lifetime, as they make a desperate attempt at fortune. It’s too bad Militarian troops are hot on their trail.

The Louvre Still Stands is a piece of science fiction, that nods its head toward spacers like Malcom Reynolds, and is sure to leave readers wanting more.



Blue Springs, Kansas

Looking for a little romance this holiday season? How about skip all those sappy romances, and hitch your saddle to this thrilling suspense. You won't be disappointed.

For years famed rodeo photographer Laura Garrett never felt more comfortable than behind the lens of a camera. She’d made a career following her sexy, bull-riding boyfriend from their ranch in Texas to Wyoming and back again. Ever at his side, her trust in Clark wavers as evidence piles up he’s been having affairs with buckle bunnies. Suddenly, she finds herself stranded in the middle of the night at a bus depot in Blue Springs, Kansas. Alone, Laura has to face the consequences of her fast paced life. Will she settle for the sexy cowboy she’s loved for so long, or will she pull up her big girl panties and carve out a life of her own? Can she learn to trust again? And, who is that Italian gentleman that’s making eyes at her?

Blue Springs, Kansas is a romantic western read that takes readers on a whirlwind ride. Strap yourself down and cinch up your latigo. Can you hold on for 8-seconds?




Odds & Ends: A Collection of Short Fiction

Looking for an excuse to look away from the family football game? Why not escape into a thrilling short read?

Open the door to a gripping psychological adventure. Odds & Ends: A Collection of Short fiction abandons all restraints and takes readers on an intense journey through world after world of strange, scary and humorous events. Arwen compels readers to take part in a riot where the perpetrators are not what they seem, and introduces unsuspecting fair goers to a sexual sadist serial killer who frequents the county fair. She presents a dystopian world where teaching children outside of school is illegal, and the government destroys those who don’t comply. Odds & Ends is a gritty and thrilling work of short fiction. Brace yourself as turn the page, and see if you can survive in the shadow of the Ferris wheel. Remember, things are never quite what they seem.


Have a Happy Holiday!!!