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Continue reading →: My Gal-Pal Miss Pickerell
I want to talk about a book that showed me a strong woman in a fascinating-anything-possible world: Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor. About the Story Miss Pickerell is a spinster on her way home from the fair where she was exhibiting a rock collection. In her very old…
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Continue reading →: Review: Dance of the Goblins
Dance of the Goblins by Jaq D. Hawkins May I have the pleasure of this goblin dance with you? A chance encounter between humans searching for a missing man, and the goblins who dwell in the abandoned tunnels near the surface, stir long-seated distrust between the two races and threatens…
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Continue reading →: Just Released–Tredan’s Bane
I’m pleased to announce the release of the epic fantasy novel, Tredan’s Bane by Lita Burke. In Tredan’s Bane, a magical oddities dealer hides her kidnapped husband’s dangerous spell book. Read the back cover blurb. Read Chapter 1 for FREE! Get it now exclusively at Amazon. See it at Goodreads.
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Continue reading →: Sneak Peek: Cover for Tredan’s Bane
I’m pleased to present the final cover for Tredan’s Bane. This is by far the most detailed composition I’ve done to date for an Ebook cover. I had the following high-level goals when I started the design: 1. Use high-contrast text 2. Merge at least two photos 3. Must contain a…
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Continue reading →: Charming and Housing Ghosts in SyeGhosts are frequent visitors to the Enchanters of Sye world in Tredan’s Bane and Wrath. Only Enchanters, Sciomancers, and people wearing Ghost Amulets can see and interact with Sye’s ghosts. A ghost appears solid and wears similar clothes to when it was a live person, but empty eyes show it…
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Continue reading →: It’s About Time in Fantasy WorldsTime. Full of mysterious magic. So lovely to write fantasy stories about its sensuous flow and how it is the ultimate conqueror. How it burns. But a warning–be sure time tracks correctly in your fantasy story, or Gentle Reader will wonder why events are happening out-of-order. They will drop out of…
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Continue reading →: Introducing the Fantasy World of SyeWith the release of my epic fantasy novel Tredan’s Bane scheduled for the end of this month, I’m beginning a series of blog posts about the fantasy world in Tredan’s Bane and Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane. I wanted to introduce you to this rich fantasy world and its inhabitants. Sye is the…
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Continue reading →: Wrath-Now Read First Chapter Free
For anyone who hasn’t picked up Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane yet, I’ve put Chapter 1 online, and you can read it for FREE! Enjoy your first trip into the seaside town of Isor in the Enchanter’s land of Sye. You will meet retired Enchanter Tredan, his wife Lanith, and…
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Continue reading →: Review: Mikolay and Julia In The Attic
Mikolay and Julia in the Attic by Magda M. Olchawska Two clever magic-savvy children visit an attic looking for a magic wand and find themselves transported to an evil circus where cruel strangers have kidnapped other children and keep them in a bird-cage. The circus owners also mistreat the animals. Our…
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Continue reading →: That’s No Moon. It’s Excessive Adjectives
The best part of writing is describing story people and their world. They talk to me and I write down their words: the breezes cool the sweat from my face, garments are satin against my skin, and frying griddle cakes slow me when I walk by their favorite breakfast spots. …
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I’m Lita
Welcome to the Fantasy Worlds of Lita Burke, my shadow-filled corner of the internet dedicated to curious things and puzzling people. Here, I invite you to join me on a journey of twisty enchantments, sensual magicians, and unsettling places.
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Enchanters of Sye Books
A retired Enchanter battles a powerful magician to keep a dangerous spell book from falling into the wrong hands.
A magical oddities dealer hides her kidnapped husband’s dangerous spell book.
Clockpunk Wizard Books
A dog flees his cruel master, befriends a wizard, and discovers his shapeshifting magic.
A wizard seeks a magical thingummy to free his kidnapped familiar.
A wizard faces a dangerous journey to Sir Death’s castle to win a powerful spell book for a love-starved dragon.
A wizard and Lady Luck’s young daughter discover the cause of a mysterious unicorn illness.
An elf prince’s son teams up with a disgraced wizardling to clear their names with the Magic Guild.
Fantasy Worlds
Evil Circus is a dark carnival filled madness, magic, and grinning clowns.
Steampunk London is a Victorian-styled world powered by steam engines.
Floating Lands are an eerie place of unexpected lighter-than-air denizens and islands in the sky.
Film Noir is a dreary, crime fiction world filled with down-and-out heroes, cynicism and vice.
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