Shadow Phoenix Takes Flight

Hi everyone!

 

My brand new young adult steampunk vigilante superhero serial launches online with Amazon today.

 

I’ve sent rumblings and grumblings and hints of this awesome new story over the past six months via my newsletter and social media, and it’s now available 😀

 

I would love to share Louisa’s story with you; how she’s caught between world, battles a bad habit of unlady-like cursing, and fights to write her own future in a time where steam and clockworks rule and bad-guys have cool monikers 😉

 

This is a “serial” ~ meaning the story will be published in novelette (long short story length) episodes of approx 6 chapters at a time. Each episode is a complete storyline from start to finish, like a comic book but without pictures. The overriding story links each episode toward a full volume, consisting of approx. 8 sections.

 

I am taking a feather from Charles Dickens’ hat and trying something new. I hope you’ll join me as Louisa’s story unfolds. Episode 1, Answering the Call is where it all begins.

 

Each episode is only .99c, and a new episode will be released every 2 months:

 

SHADOW PHOENIX VOL. I

April 2019 – Episode I: Answering the Call

June – Episode II

August – Episode III

October – Episode IV

December – Episode V

February – Episode VI

April 2020  – Episode VII

June – Episode VIII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodreads Reviews!

A great introduction to MJ Moores new serialized work of fiction. The steampunk elements are immediately recognizable and add an element of intrigue into the story. Louisa […] is an interesting character who we immediately become invested in and by the end want to know what will become of her as the series continues. As always, MJ Moores’s talent for crafting a story is evident, through her creativity and believable characters. An excellent start to a new series that will keep you coming back for each episode as it’s released!

~ Colleen Englehardt

 

I am intrigued with Louisa. There is just enough backstory to make me curious and enough hints at where she might be headed that make me sorry that I need to wait for the next instalment. I’m going to enjoy having Louisa along during my commute.

~ Allison Hannah

Final Year by M.J. Moores – Blog Tour [Interview and Giveaway]

I’m 2/3 of my way through Final Year’s blog book tour! I’m hanging out with Cheyenne today answering questions both in an interview and via comments. I’d love it if you could stop on by <3.

Cheyenne Reads

FINAL YEAR banner

Title: FINAL YEAR

Author: M.J. Moores

Pub. Date: March 2, 2019

Publisher: Love Knot Books

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 192

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon

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FINAL YEAR – Book Launch and Tour!

Today marks the first day of a brand new book series release!

Can you tell I’m excited – lol 😉

Join me on my whirl-wind blog tour introducing my New Adult Romantic Suspense book FINAL YEAR to the digital word. At any given stop you can learn more about the book, my writing habits, ask questions, and have up to 10 chances to enter a draw for 1 of 5 e-books in the tour giveaway.

Here’s the list of stops (Week 3 yet to be posted):

Week One:

3/4/2019- Lone Tree Reviews– Excerpt

3/5/2019- BookHounds– Guest Post

3/6/2019- Kelly P’s Blog Excerpt

3/7/2019- Lisa Loves Literature– Spotlight

3/8/2019- Down The Rabbit Hole– Excerpt/Review

 

Week Two:

3/11/2019- ❧Defining Ways❧- Excerpt/Review

3/12/2019- Two Chicks on Books– Excerpt

3/13/2019- Owl Always Be Reading– Excerpt/Review

3/14/2019- Smada’s Book Smack– Review

3/15/2019- Cheyenne Reads Interview

Hope to see you on the tour!

MJ

FORGOTTEN FALLACY: The Chronicles of Xannia, Pt 4

Drum roll please…

Announcing the release of Forgotten Fallacy: The Chronicles of Xannia, Part 4 on Cyber Monday November 26th, 2018 on Kindle and in Print.

 

 

A cruel twist of fate slams Taya face-to-face with destiny.

 

When the south city discovers a major alien artifact, Taya is catapulted into a salvage mission she has no business being a part of. No matter how hard she tries to tell Dez something’s wrong… with her, he doesn’t listen. He breaks promises. And, worst of all, he doesn’t understand she’s not the same woman who stormed the Underground caverns all those months ago.

 

Now, as a group of Talian ex-military terrorise the new world, a leading environmental scientist claims the Child Sun is destroying Xannia. The sands of time have run out.

 

Plan A will destroy a god.

 

Plan B could unite a nation… or kill the only woman fated to try.

 

Click HERE to BUY

 

Yes, it is here at long last. After several delays and a crazy year the final book in the Chronicles of Xannia is making its debut 😀

All of your favourite characters from the series are back and all the plot lines and threads are tied up for an explosive ending you won’t see coming!

 

Stay tuned for my new works:
Flawed Attraction – Contemporary, New Adult, Romantic Suspense series with Love Knot Books
~ Final Year Coming Feb/Mar 2019
Dark Phoenix – Steampunk Superhero, Young Adult, serial with Infinite Pathways Press
~ Episode I Coming Apr/May 2019

Cover Reveal!

This is it ladies, gentlemen, and trans alike 🙂

Part 4 of The Chronicles of Xannia is nearing its launch — and that means:

!!COVER REVEAL TIME!!

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Sorry!

This is just the teaser – lol!

Stop by Goodreads between 6pm – 7pm EST on Friday November 2nd to see the cover for the last book in The Chronicles of Xannia Series.

I’ll be conducting a giveaway for a free e-copy of the book and drawing names from all those who stop by and leave a comment either about the new cover or the series in general.

Just scroll down to the bottom of the book page to: DISCUSS THIS BOOK and you’ll see the thread for the Cover Reveal 😀 Don’t forget to refresh the page every few minutes to keep up with the incoming comments.

I’ll be answering questions to the best of my ability all hour — #nospoilers.

Hope to see you there 🙂

5 Star Review!

Hi everyone,

I don’t normally post my book reviews but this one had me as giddy as when I first finished writing book 1 of the The Chronicles of Xannia.

If you haven’t had a chance to pick up Time’s Tempest yet, maybe the Red Headed Book Lover is just who you need to hear from 😉

Note: This is not the Red Headed Book Lover, just a royalty free image from pixabay.com to represent her.

Blog Excerpt:

Time’s Tempest is an incredible, unique and phenomenal novel courtesy of a remarkable author, M.J. Moores. When I discovered Time’s Tempest and read the words ‘embarking as a guide into the death zones that are the Deserts’ I knew instantly that I had to read the book as well as share it with you lovely readers because how rare is that! I was intrigued right away as to why the Deserts are death zones and what has happened to make it this way. The fact that I was intrigued and wanted to read the book from the description alone shows us, readers, that M.J. Moores is a phenomenal writer who knows how to hook you from her description and premise alone! Time’s Tempest is a thrilling story that is shocking as well as entertaining, and the story managed to captivate as well as delight me from the first few pages. Time’s Tempest can only be described as the kind of novel for those that are looking for an escape and to be taken on an adventure because Time’s Tempest will provide this with its thrilling story that is hard to forget!

Click HERE to read the full review 🙂

Big Picture vs. Reality

 

 

With spring just around the corner, I thought I’d declutter my desk and give myself a fresh space to concentrate and get organized.

So, I put up a corkboard that I bought before Christmas (just for this little task) and proceeded to post my TO DOs related to writing.

Exhibit A (the first image above)

I was so proud of myself for finally getting this task done and clearing my work space that I had to take a picture so I could share it — I know, but I was proud of myself for taking that first step.

Exhibit B

As I worked on some housekeeping items on my computer for some volunteer work I do (writing community and elementary school community stuff), a few more TO DO items came to mind that I had avoided putting down on my already overflowing list. No biggie. We’re being thorough here, right?

Exhibit C

24hrs after putting up my “Let’s get organized” board, I’m staring at the Big Picture all of a sudden and averting my gaze… Here I was, so excited about having a plan and writing down my To Do List items on coloured pieces of paper (a great procrastination technique for avoiding writing/editing), and now I’m feeling overwhelmed again.

I have:

3 short stories I promised to critique (1 novel beta read I completely dropped the ball on last month).

3 publicity initiatives I need to follow through on (facebook infographics/update my book events here/schedule another 6 or so blog posts for my emerging author website–Infinite Pathways)

2 projects to complete before going to Toronto Comic Con in 3 weeks (design mini-booklets for Lost Chapter #1/design, print, and stick labels on my paper book bags)

1 personal short story to edit (my publisher is looking for that by May 1st)

1 new book to edit (mine! was picked up by Love Knot Books but I won’t get those edits for another month or so)

2 new books to write (Forgotten Fallacy–book 4 of Chronicles/and book 2 in the aforementioned romantic suspense series just picked up by Love Knot Books)

1 Grant Application to complete (today’s deadline)

1 Grant Application to prepare for (October deadline)

1 book to update (Cadence of Consequences…apparently my “style experiment” is rubbing traditional readers a tad raw so I need to add names before each shift after a break when I switch to a new point of view)

3 middle grade adventure stories to rewrite (long-term goal for this year)

Amazon reviewers to approach 

Query letter to send to agents (for The Hollow Kiss, book 1 in my Urban Fantasy series)

…and…

A list of bookstores to contact to get my books in on consignment

TAKE A DEEP BREATH (I’m yelling this at myself, not you)

How easy it is to forget to prioritize; to breathe; to take small steps, to breathe, and to realistically look at the fact that some of these items have been hanging over my head for a year now; some I need to complete within the next month; one I’d like to finish within the next two months (draft 1 of Book 4!); and still others that are on my “distant future” want list.

I think I’m still going to need that small TO DO list back on the corner of my desk — just so that I can prioritize and let myself see that:

A) There are actually 5 colourful notes I can take down and toss out — DONE!

B) There are 2 large notes that are “handy reminders” and not actual things To Do — YES!

C) There are only 4 projects I need to balance right now, 2 of which will be done by the end of the week, a 3rd by early next week — Okay!

D) The most important note on that board is not a note at all, but the picture of my son, for whom I cannot feel guilty spending time with.

And, that’s the takeaway here.

As much as I love writing, and editing, and helping others until my eyes bleed and my fingers…you get the idea. I need to remember that’s not what life is about. Sure, I’d like to make my deadlines and get some more traction on the sales of my books, but when it comes right down to it, if my six-year-old needs my help to pass the “boss man” on Crash of the Titians (X-Box 360), then I’m there for him 😉

What about you?

Have you had to shake your head recently and really prioritize your To Do List?

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