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rileyjddanvers · 20 days
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The Duke of Ithaca Cover Reveal and Virtual Book Launch
We are getting so close to the release of The Duke of Ithaca! I cannot believe that we’re even here, or that I even got this novel written! It feels like so much has happened since I started this novel, and so it feels almost surreal to say that we’re only 52 days away from releasing The Duke of Ithaca! 52 days! I’m still going through the last round of edits and then I have to register the…
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rileyjddanvers · 23 days
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Writing Updates
It’s the first official week of March, so here’s an update on where I am with my writing projects. First up is The Duke of Ithaca, book one of my new series, The Olympic Fates Saga. The third draft is currently still with a few beta readers. Once I receive their feedback, I will be diving deep into getting the final draft completed. If you’ve never self-published a book before, then just know…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 month
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Book Review - The Companions by R. A. Salvatore
I do not know how I can talk about this book without giving away an absolutely massive spoiler, so I will keep my spoiler-free review of this book to the beginning of this post. Once I get to where the spoilers are, please understand that if you read beyond that point and you haven’t yet read this book, the rest of the review will utterly ruin this enormous twist. Spoiler free: I am jumping a…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 month
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Taking Leaps and Managing Expectations (and the title reveal for Olympic Fates Book 1)
This is an update from my last post. I have officially decided that I will not be publishing book one of Olympic Fates to either Kindle Vella or any other subscription platform. It was hard to make this choice because I was excited to experiment with some of the other publishing platforms out there, but the reality is that there are too many for me to research to try and find the right platform…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 month
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Necessary Adjustments
Well, it was bound to happen at some point. As an author, especially an independent author, it’s inevitable that plans change, unexpected things come up that require me to change course. Whether it’s delaying the release of a book, taking an extended break, or choosing a new platform, things happen in this industry that you can’t anticipate, and it’s essential that authors allow themselves to be…
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rileyjddanvers · 1 month
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Book Review - Sojourn by R.A. Salvatore
Okay, so this is the review of the third book in The Legend of Drizzt series. I do want to make a note here that if you read these books in chronological order, and I highly suggest you do, be prepared for a big difference in writing style and quality between this book and the next book in the series (which was actually the first book that Salvatore wrote in this series), The Crystal Shard. The…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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Book Review - Exile by R.A. Salvatore
This is a review of the second book in The Legend of Drizzt series. Like I said before, there are too many books in this whole series to review them all, and I can’t say that I have loved every single book, so I am picking out my favorites among the reads I have currently read, and then I will be posting them here. This book picks up where the previous left off. Drizzt has left his home in the…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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Passports and other Adultings
I officially have the appointment to start the process of getting my passport! I have been saying that I would do this for years, but I’ve never have because I couldn’t find my birth certificate. So I had to order a copy of my birth certificate from the state where I was born, and that was a long, tedious process. But, I got it in the mail this week and made my appointment to get my initial…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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More on Mental Health
Sometimes we have to give ourselves the “honest talk.” I am a firm believer in doing what we can to de-stigmatize conversations surrounding mental health. Too much of society — especially western society — ignores the rising percentages of people reporting struggles with depression, anxiety, and other conditions that impact one’s mental health, and it is precisely that refusal to acknowledge the…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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Updates and Affmirations
Last night was rough. I did not sleep well and have not slept well for about two weeks or more. My partner snores and, as much as I love him, I’m going to have to sleep on the couch for the foreseeable future because I need more than four hours of sleep every night. But, putting that aside, I am excited to announce that the rough draft of book one of The Olympic Fates Saga is almost done! It’s…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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Book Review - Sojourn by R.A. Salvatore
Okay, so this is the review of the third book in The Legend of Drizzt series. I do want to make a note here that if you read these books in chronological order, and I highly suggest you do, be prepared for a big difference in writing style and quality between this book and the next book in the series (which was actually the first book that Salvatore wrote in this series), The Crystal Shard. The…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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Book Review - Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
There’s something like 38 books in The Legend of Drizzt series and I do not intend to review them all, however there are some books that stand out among others and those I am going to review. This book is one of them and, chronologically speaking, it is the first in the series so it seems a great place to start. The Legend of Drizzt books are epic, high fantasies that take place in the Dungeons…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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Indie Book Review - Beyond the Wind by Trish Laubacker
This is a short, historical romance novella. It is about a young woman named Laura and the young man her grandfather is trying to convince her to marry. His name is Triston. Laura’s grandfather hosts a ball/party at his estate in Kentucky and invites a lot of young people to the party, including Triston. Neither Laura nor Triston are interested in a betrothal of any kind. But an event takes…
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rileyjddanvers · 2 months
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Adapting The Classics
Yesterday I posted a picture to my Instagram of a pile of books of Greek Mythology. They are the books I will be reading over the next…well, probably several years, as I really dive into this new Greek Mythology re-telling series I’m writing for Kindle Vella. I’m currently making my way through The Iliad since it will be the first book that I start re-telling once I get through this Origins…
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rileyjddanvers · 3 months
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Writing Sex Scenes
Yep, we are going to get into it. If you’ve read my novel, A Kiss of Glass, then you know there are a couple of sex scenes. They are what I would call mildly spicy with some explicit content, but nothing that I would call a full sex scene. There’s enough that the reader gets the point without stepping into erotica territory. (And there is nothing wrong with erotica. It’s just not what my fantasy…
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rileyjddanvers · 3 months
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Getting Back to Sales
The other day I went into my KDP profile and decided to set up my first promotion of the year for my novel, A Kiss of Glass. I decided to utilize the 5 Day Free Ebook Promo and it started some time on Tuesday. I’ve done this promotion once before, back in September 2023, and it was the first time I sold over 100 copies in a single day. In fact, for the entire month of September, I made over 400…
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rileyjddanvers · 3 months
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Movie Review - Iron Claw
SPOILERS WILL BE INCLUDED. There are several movies out right now that I want to see. Most recently, I went by myself to see Poor Things and, while it was a very well done movie, it left me very dissatisfied. Over the weekend, my partner and I went to see Iron Claw, a movie about the Von Erich family that was inducted into the wrestling hall of fame in 2009. I am not and never have been a…
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