Category: General

First and foremost, you can now get All Mad Here in paperback now!

But Tanya! I hear from other indie authors. You’re in Canada! Haven’t Canadian authors been having trouble getting their proofs and author copies of books?! How did you do it?!

Let me tell you! It was a pain! But this is the workaround for anyone else in the position of wanting to get their paperbacks out and not wanting to wait 2-3 months for proof copies.

Set the price to $200 everywhere except for Canada. And then set the Canadian price to the lowest you possibly can. Then hit publish.

Wait for it to show up in the store.

Order. Fast.

Unpublish the book.

Congrats, you have gotten your book! If you have Prime, it shows up within a week! ((Not next day. Of course not.)) And then you’ll learn that there is, in fact, a Canadian book printing location that you, as a Canadian author, cannot order from.

Thanks Amazon. Great. Super awesome.

But now it is out! And you can get it!

As I mentioned, I was on a panel with some great speakers talking about inspiration, getting things done, and how to get over the fear of creating things that might not be perfect. And Infusion YA Book Festival has put it online for you to check out!

There were a whole lot of other great talks during the day and they are all online. If you’ve been wanting to see some great talks about writing, publishing, and inclusiveness in young adult literature, check them all out!

Wylde Wood’s physical location may have shut down, but they’re still putting on events and I’m participating!

Come and be a part of an amazing cause. The Wylde Wood Collective and friends are raising funds for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, ccla.org. We are going to have an array of incredible art by some very talented fantasy artists that you can bid on and win!

Each one of our artists will be contributing unique items such as prints, jewelry, comic books, one of kind garments, metal sculptures, commissions and original paintings and drawings, all to raise money for this great cause. This will be done in the form of an auction, items will go to the highest bidder and the winning bid will go directly to ccla.org (Yes! I know! Win-Win!).

It’s happening right now! There’s a lot of cool art and I’m putting up a bunch of books! The complete series of White Noise, City Without Heroes, and the first three books of The Looking Glass Saga are up for grabs, all to support the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. 

So if you want to support a good cause and get some cool art, be sure to check it out! 

Despite everything being closed, I’ve managed to join an event! There’s a local book festival that has moved online this year called Infusion YA Book Festival and I’ll be speaking on a panel.

I’ll be on a panel talking about being creative and different creative process called How does one… do? Be sure to come by at 11AM PST to check it out!

And be sure to check out the rest as well! There’s a lot of familiar names on the list of speakers throughout the day and the talks all look like they’re going to be a lot of fun!

Anyone who has been following along on the newsletter already knows this, but the shop for Scrap Paper Entertainment is up! Since I can’t do markets, and because I’m doing a lot more work on zines and other things that I can’t really sell through Amazon, I made sure that there was a way to get those to you. Shipping is available internationally, so please do check it out and let me know what you think!

And for anyone wondering where some of the Etsy-specific content went, I’ve migrated those items to the Art of Where store. Since they are manufacturing it anyway, figured it was easier to have that all through them.

I’ll be adding and updating more as time goes on, so be sure to check back!

If you’ve been following me on Instagram lately, you’ll know that I’ve been on a massive making zines kick. I have a bunch of them on the go, but I’ve also finished making this one! Have a preview of the story of one weekend of my life:

I’ve been hard at work getting the store working! I’ve ultimately decided to split the shop up into two, just to make it a lot easier to deal with things like shipping and so you aren’t getting two separate packages in one order.

So, if you’re looking for signed paperbacks, zines, or other products that are made by me or require me to touch them at some point, you’re going to want the official Scrap Paper Entertainment shop.

And if you’re looking for book-related swag like shirts, scarves, bags, or notebooks, you want the Art of Where shop.

So I still haven’t read the first book in the series since reading Urban Heroes, but Nature of Gods has just come out and I was there for the launch, so I had to pick it up. That makes sense, right? We’re going to go with it.

Nature of Gods is the prequel about the Generals who came to earth and divided the land up to rule different areas in their own ways. There was peace of a sort for a long time, but old rivalries have come back into play and the Generals are being targeted and taken out one by one.

And the book is really interesting! It’s slim for having such a large cast, but you really do get a good understanding of where each of the characters is coming from. She does a very good job of weaving the backstory into the interactions between characters, making many conversations feel almost timeless.

Also I need to make a mention of how detached they sound, but in a good way. The Generals are meant to be ancient and apart from humanity while ruling ((Or not ruling, depending on how they decide to manage their countries)) their countries. The fact that many of them don’t think of themselves like the humans at all comes across in their dialog, both inner and outer. And those that do consider themselves closer to humans than their parents? They sound different and I really appreicated that detail.

Overall, I really enjoyed it! Because it’s a prequel, you kind of know what’s going to happen in the end, but I don’t think that hinders the book at all. The characters are interesting and the universe feels robust and just a little dissimilar from our own. If you’re in the mood for gods at war, this would be a great one to check out.