Posts Tagged ‘Fire & Flight’
Cozy Up With Epic Fantasy this Fall
This month, I’ve teamed up with hundreds of fantasy and science fiction authors to celebrate epic fantasy, magic, alternate universes, and everything in between! If you’ve been looking for SFF book recs, look no further than the links below. Discover your next great read, a new favorite author, and some truly epic fantasy (and science…
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LOCAL AUTHOR BRIANNA R. SHAFFERY
CELEBRATES 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATION
Which pumpkie clan of Tenebris do you belong to?
It’s no secret that the pumpkies from my young adult fantasy trilogy, the Heirs of Tenebris, are one of my favorite world building elements (and creatures!), and I started to wonder: which pumpkie clan would I belong to? Which of course meant I spent the afternoon making a personality quiz! As it turns out, I’m…
Read MoreFeature in Kirkus Reviews’ Indie Issue
This month, I celebrated Indie April with Kirkus Reviews! Head on over to Kirkus Reviews to read the full Q&A article in which I talk about my debut young adult fantasy novel, Fire & Flight, my writing process, and how much interacting with readers means to me.
Read MoreWhat It’s Like Selling Your YA Fantasy Book At A Local Holiday Market: Tips, Tricks, & Lessons
This past holiday season, I had the pleasure of being a vendor at a local holiday market to sell my YA fantasy book. As an introvert, putting myself out there to sell my books has been quite the challenge, as I imagine it is for many of my fellow authors, so I thought I’d share my experience and a few tips I learned from my first two author events.
Read MoreLocal Author to Celebrate Small Business Saturday at Bell Works in Holmdel
With the holidays fast approaching, I’m looking forward to celebrating Small Business Saturday at Bell Works in Holmdel by getting ready to offer signed copies of my YA fantasy adventure novel, Fire & Flight, at the Bell Works 2022 Holiday Markets alongside local business owners and vendors.
Read MoreMy Publishing Journey: One Month Later
Last month, I released my debut novel, Fire & Flight, the first in my young adult fantasy series, the Heirs of Tenebris trilogy. It’s still crazy to think that I’m a published author and that the book I spent nearly seven years writing is just out there. In the world. For all to read…I’m still wrapping my head around it! Now you may be wondering to yourself, “so, what are you doing now? What’s it like being a published author?” and those are all questions I intend to answer right here, right now.
Read MoreLocal NJ Author Releases Debut Novel, Achieves Bestselling e-Book Status
Brianna R. Shaffery, a New Jersey native, published her debut young adult fantasy novel Fire & Flight earlier this summer on July 19th, and quickly climbed Amazon’s bestselling charts to #1 in five free e-book categories.
Read MoreMy Publishing Journey: Cover Design and Formatting Fire & Flight
Last week, I broke down the editing process for the first book in my epic fantasy series, Fire & Flight — Heirs of Tenebris trilogy: Book 1, and thought I’d share what happened behind the scenes of my cover design and book formatting process.
Read MoreMy Publishing Journey: Fire & Flight’s Launch Week
As many of you know, the first novel in my epic fantasy series, the Heirs of Tenebris, released last week on July 19th. Knowing that Fire & Flight is out in the world and that there are actually people reading the novel I poured my heart and soul into is mindboggling. I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to the fact that I’m a published author of a young adult fantasy book, but I’ll certainly never forget my launch week. Aside from the posts I shared on social media promoting my book release, I wanted to share my actual publishing journey with you and talk about some of the things that had happened behind the scenes of Fire & Flight’s debut (and mine too)!
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