We’re happy to announce that The New Recruit, by Jill Williamson, is now FREE on Kindle & iTunes! About The New Recruit: Mission 1: Moscow Forced to choose between military school and a Christian spy organization, skeptic Spencer Garmond signs on with the Bible geeks. But before he even boards the plane for Moscow, Spencer realizes this is no Bible club. These guys mean business. Stumbling onto a case involving a gang of homeless boys, a chilling tattoo, and the always beautiful Anya Vseveloda, Spencer struggles to find the faith needed to save the Mission League from enemy infiltration. The New …
Maps and Fiction
Excerpt from Storyworld First by Jill Williamson. Ever pick up a fantasy novel and flip to the front to see if there’s a map? I do. Every time. When there’s no map, I confess, I get a little grouchy. I’m obsessed with fictional maps. I love looking at them, and once I come to love the story that takes place in that world, I’m even more enthralled. So when I started to brainstorm my Blood of Kings trilogy, one of the first things I did was draw a map. Now, you may not be an artist, and that’s okay. …
Jill and John at Salt Lake Comic Con
By Jill Williamson John W. Otte and I had never attended a comic con in our lives—let alone gone as panelists! But we managed to get ourselves on the panelists list for the second Salt Lake Comic Con, which in just two years, quickly became the third biggest con in the nation. I’ve attended a lot of conventions, mostly homeschool or librarian ones, but this felt pretty much the same, booth-wise. We checked in, then lugged our stuff to the booth and set it up. We did this the day the event opened, so it wasn’t long after we …
March Speculative News
Here is the news from around the net for the month of March: ~Melissa Turner Lee revealed the cover for her next novel, a time travel story with a romantic twist. Click to see the cover for Forever Layla and enter the giveaway for an advance copy! ~Jill Williamson has released another novella in her Mission League series: Ambushed. ~The 2014 Clive Staples finalist for Christian speculative fiction vote is going right now. In order to vote, you must have read at least two of the books nominated. To find out more or to vote, click here: Clive Staples Award. …
Three Marcher Lord Authors are Finalists in the Carol Awards
Just in case you missed the news this week, three Marcher Lord authors are finalists for the Carol Awards. Congratulations to Morgan L. Busse and Kathy Tyers who are finalists in the Speculative category and Jill Williamson who is a finalist in the Young Adult category. Way to go, ladies! To find out more, click on the link: Carol Finalists
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Free Marcher Lord Books!
Jill Williamson’s By Darkness Hid is free today and tomorrow (March 4th and 5th) on the Kindle! Even if you already own it, please consider downloading it again to support Jill. The more downloads on these two days, the better! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00266Q078/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=wwwteenageaut-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00266Q078&adid=102FNK5JPJ3JR8GKAJ6S And while you’re at it, head over to Goodreads to enter a giveaway for Failstate:Legends by John Otte! http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/46485-failstate-legends
Note from Teacher about Jill Williamson’s Blood of Kings Trilogy
Sometimes you receive a note that makes you smile. Here is one that MLP Author Jill received from a teacher: Hi Jill, I just wanted to let you know how much my students have been enjoying By Darkness Hid. We are scheduled to finish it on Thursday, but many students have already finished it and have gone on to To Darkness Fled. One avid reader has even finished the entire trilogy. I’ve lent my personal copies to students, and the library has had to order additional copies of the sequels in an attempt to meet the demand. Students have also …
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New enovella from Jill Williamson
Ever since I returned from Moscow, life is a full court press. Mission League field agents are everywhere. All the time. Watching. Waiting for me to fulfill a sixty-year-old prophecy. When some baddies try to guy-nap me, the field agents threaten to move me and Grandma Alice to some random hick town, to give us new fake identities until the prophecy is fulfilled. Not going to happen. I’ve got one chance to stay in Pilot Point. I have to prove to the agents that I can stay safe. Have to make this work. For basketball. For Kip. For Beth. …
But Who Would Be Dumb Enough To Even Try It? (Episode 6)
It’s time for another installment of our fantasy talke for “Speculative Story Saturday.” And because it’s my turn (Jill) and I can’t seem to write fantasy without a map, I drew one. I left several of the Nine Ports unnamed in case other authors should choose to name one in their future episodes. If you see that I’ve forgotten something, leave a comment, and I’ll add whatever is needed to the map. Morning dew on the timothy and foxtail grasses soaked my boots and pant legs as Abelard and I walked toward the riverbank and a copse of birch and …
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