Enter to win: BLOODMAIDEN, the end of the Bookish Snob Promotions Tour

Hello, and thank you to all who have joined the exciting blog tour for my YA Christian fantasy, Bloodmaiden, as well as to those just joining in!

I would especially like to thank Bels at Bookish Snob Promotions for setting up this brilliant tour, as well as all bloggers who allowed me to participate on their site. It was a fun and rewarding experience, and I look forward to future tours.

Now, for the final contest! I would like to offer three copies of Bloodmaiden for giveaway. The three winners will also see their names in an upcoming book of mine; they will be notified of the book's completion and will receive a free copy of the ebook and/or print book.

In order to enter the contest, all you have to do is comment below, telling me the following:

1. Your email address

2. Your favorite fantasy creature or race--who knows, if you win, you might see this creature or actually be one when I create your character.

3. Tell me the name you would like your character to have. It can be your real name or one you just really like.



* The contest will last from May 23rd through May 31st.

And that's it!

Thanks so much to everyone who participates; please comment below to enter!

~ Christine E. Schulze

Silent Hero: All Good Things Must Come to an End

Well, I've decided to remove Silent Hero from Smashwords for now. the book has already received more hype than I would have expected, and many fans seem upset that:

1. Someone would have the nerve to "officially" publish a Zelda fanfic

2. Someone would have the nerve to do this without really editing the work

That said, some think it's great while others think it's blah. But that's beside the point. I'm removing for these two reasons:

1. Don't want to get myself in trouble if there's too much negative hype

2. Being a regular, fanfic work, it really is unedited; I don't want readers thinking that's the quality of all my other, original, and very-much-edited books.

I may choose to re-release it once I've had time to sit down and edit. Or, I may not. For now though, you can still read it on sites like fanfiction, North Castle, webook, and evolitera; just don't expect to see it on Barnes & Noble again real soon, but...

Maybe someday. It was a nice challenge and experiment, at the least. And it DOES have that nifty new cover. ^_^

YA Fantasy Book Give-Away! Tears of a Vampire Prince: the First Krystine

Watch this video and enter to win my up-and-coming YA fantasy book, Tears of a Vampire Prince: the First Krystine.

Five winners will be chosen! Go here to check out the video and how to enter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqJ1WgN72...

Contest to last through November!

A Bloodmaiden Birthday

A friend of mine, Tiffany Snyder, turned sixteen on August sixteenth, just this past Saturday. I decided to give her a copy of Bloodmaiden as a gift. I will say that not only did she like it, but it was quite the rage amongst the young teenie-boppers who were passing it around, saying they wanted to read it, some staring at me and asking, "You wrote this?" Ah, fun times. Here is a picture of me, Tiffany, and of course, the Bloodmaiden. Note the lovely holographic picture behind us. We were all enamored by it because, as you walk past, it changes from winter to summer to autumn. Here, all three seasons are represented (thanks for pointing that out, Chrys!), adding a bit of fantasy and elegance to our photo!

Bloodmaiden: A Fantasy Anthology is here!

Here it is; check it out, peeps; includes an excerpt from my novel Bloodmaiden and other works!

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Bloodmaiden-Anthology-Christine-E-Schulze/dp/1451586450/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272896323&sr=1-10

Smashwords

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/12805

Contest Time!

Hey, all, a writer friend of mine from Webook is hosting a contest; it's simple to enter, and the prize is getting to be a character in a book! Check it out here:

http://www.goldenhealerartwork.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Publications

Just a quick update. The Hero Chronicles are currently unavailable for sale while I am reediting both for grammatical purposes as well as my coverart. In addition, I am preparing to simultaneously release The Gailean Quartet and The Legends of Surprisers, two other of my favorite series. So, please stay tuned, all should be available in the next, few weeks!

The Hero Chronicles now available as ebooks on Smashwords! Read the first half of each for free, buy the whole of each ebook for just $1.99! Do enjoy!

Bloodmaiden Begins...

“I live in Tynan, the fourth dynasty, whose dragons do provide much protection, and there is much need of it, for our dynasty is set in the northern mountains, where wild animals and avalanches and other such dangers are ever constant. But the tribute they require in return is so horrible, no one speaks of it. I cannot even utter it here, now, on paper. In fact, I will soon have to lay down my pen because my fingers tremble, scrawling the words in nervous, illegible scribbles across the pages of the last days of my life. I will have to lay down the pen because the unspoken truth is all the more real and close and unbearably frightening for me. “For, you see, I am the new Quelda of Tynan.”

Bloodmaiden

~Christine E. Schulze

1. Read it here:

http://www.webook.com/project/Bloodmaiden-1

http://www.fictionpress.com/secure/story/story_preview.php?storyid=2742298&chapter=1

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&suggest&note_id=209455765428

2. Photos here:

http://bloodmaiden.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=7493489

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&suggest&note_id=209455765428#/album.php?aid=168021&id=689585129

3. Videos coming soon at:

www.youtube.com/user/LittleMissFlem

Golden Healer, Dark Enchantress: A Sneak Peek

He leaned his head close to my ear and whispered, "Are you afraid?"I could feel his deep, strong, piercing green eyes carefully watching me as I gazed around the vast expanse of the cavern, the orange glow of the bonfire scintillating off the beautiful faces of the hundreds gathered here. I knew perhaps I should be afraid, being surrounded by hundreds of them as I was, and yet, this place seemed no more dangerous to me than home. In fact, it seemed less dangerous. The temptation for them must have been greater than it had ever been for my drunken father, yet none of them had tried to harm me, and I somehow felt that none of them would. No, bizarre as it may have seemed, I was not afraid. . . .

There it is, the prologue to my upcoming e-book! Wanna learn more about my books or hear more of my music? Go to www.geocities.com/goldenhealer and check out my site!

P.S. Thanks to Glenda Diana for my amazing coverart!

The Gail Files

Gail Fleming is by far one of my favorite characters in my books, as well as being one of my favorite teachers of all time! She was my choir instructor at Southwestern Illinois College, which was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life; my first class with her was Music Appreciation, which was awesome, and right now I'm in World Music, which is also a blast! Anyways, here's some of my random sketches of her, her friends, and family as presented in The Gailean Quartet, which shall, God-willing, be published and/or e-published in the next couple of years. To see pics of the real Gail and the SWIC choir, scroll down further to the pictures under "The Gailean Quartet." The other Gail, whose name is spelled "Gale" in my drawing, was our piano accompaniest in choir; both Gailes were brilliant at the piano! Darice was the head of music department at SWIC as well as being a wonderful piano and vocie teacher. I never had her as a teacher personally, but I still love her just like I love the rest of the music staff, so here she is! The character named "Rory" is one of Gail's daughters in the books, though she was named after the daughter of Ed Jacobs, the music theory instructor at the college. Lil Gail represents a child-like alternate dimension type form of Gail, so any Chibi Gails you see are Lil Gails; also, the grown-up Gails without glasses represent her in her younger years as seen in "The Last Musician." Well, there's your bit of Gailean Quartet history. That's all you'll get out of me; have to wait til the books come out and read them yourselves! Enjoy the pics!

Illustrations from "Golden Healer, Dark Enchantress" by Christine E. Schulze

Here's the illustrations for my book being e-published by the Writer's Exchange; enjoy!

Illustrations from "Chryselda Sofia" by Christine E. Schulze

These are some older illustrations of mine for some of my older stories about the great Chryselda Sofia; her name means "Grey Fighting Maid of Wisdom," and she was modeled after one of my best friends, Sarah.

Miscellanious Illustrations

This is a collection of illustrations of characters, some of which, like Shelby, Miriam, and Hannah, the one with the cool angel wings, are from various books of mine, and others of which have yet to find a home in one of my books. The two at the end, Joseph and Chrysilla, were some of the first anime drawings I ever did, and I like to refer to them as the "lumpy-headed" couple, which I suppose sounds a bit mean, but they are a bit lumpy. . . .