The Book I Never Intended to Write - Over at Magical Words today!

Mark of the Necromancer...the book I never intended to write.




What do I mean, "never intended to write"?

Well...you'll need to head over to www.MagicalWords.net today and find out!

Or...here's a direct link for later:

http://www.magicalwords.net/tamsin-silver-2/the-book-i-never-intended-to-write/

NEW Bookmarks for MOTN!

No offense to either Atlanta (my main character in the Windfire Series) or the model who posed for her (Angeliese Adams)...but after three years, I desperately want a new bookmark...so here it is!

It's a two sided, Mark of the Necromancer, one with Sabrina on one side and Alex on the other. Hope you all like it! I'll have them to hand out at DragonCon 2015!

Mark of the Necromancer Book Jacket Reveal

Here it is gang, in all its high resolution glory, the book jacket for Mark of the Necromancer, available September, 2015!

Much love to the team that made this happen:

Photographer: Candace Barbieri with CandyLust Photography
Graphics Designer: Kathleen Hadsall with FMS Digital
Models: Kara Rosella (Sabrina), Josh Price (Alex), and Jason Griffith (Lucifer).

Research Mode vs. Writing Mode - Over at Magical Words today!

Research Mode vs. Writing Mode



Me at the grave for Richard M. "Dick" Brewer: First leader of the Regulators and a good man.

So I went to New Mexico to research for my new book, The Curse of Billy the Kid (based on my short story, The Curse of Scáthach) and planned on writing a diary while I was there and ran into a creative block. Learn more about it on www.MagicalWords.net today!

Or, you can go to this direct link:

http://www.magicalwords.net/tamsin-silver-2/research-mode-vs-writing-mode/

Doing a Photo Shoot for Your Book Cover - Over at Magical Words today!

Josh Price with Bear at Candylust Studios, Brooklyn, NY, for the MOTN book photo shoot!

Today, over at www.MagicalWords.net, I talk about how I've taken my training in casting shows and applied it to casting the characters in my books for photo shoots for book covers.

And yes...there are GREAT pics to see!

So head on over there and see some of the first shots for my new book, Mark of the Necromancer, along with pictures from shoots on the Windfire series you've never seen before!

Here's a direct link:

http://www.magicalwords.net/tamsin-silver-2/doing-a-photo-shoot-for-your-book-cover/

Falling Upwards - Over at Magical Words today!

You're thinking...WTF is falling upwards!!!???

Well, here...

“…then you can start to just fail. That’s what it’s about. It’s about doing it wrong, doing it wrong, doing it wrong, then doing it better, and doing it slightly better, then wrong, wrong, wrong, then doing it slightly accurate, doing it more accurately, and then doing it right. You never get there (he means perfection). You’re just always failing better. Falling upwards, as someone once described it.”  - Benedict Cumberbatch

I think that explains the gist, yes? Head on over to www.MagicalWords.net today to see more on why this is important to me currently...for even published authors fail...we fail a lot more than you realize...but good can come of it. See how! Here's the direct link:

http://www.magicalwords.net/tamsin-silver-2/falling-upwards/

Mark of the Necromancer ARC Winners!

ALAS! The time is here!

I drew the three winners from those who posted about #ReadOrWriteAnywhere on Twitter or reposted my Facebook links (Surprise! That wasn't announced, it was an added bonus!) of the ARC of Mark of the Necromancer and the following three people won:

• Sean Chou (@seanchou)
• Melissa McArthur-Gilbert (@mcarther_me)
• Margaret McGraw (@MargaretSMcGraw)

However, since there is a chance Melissa, who is an editor, will be doing one of the edits on this book, it seems odd to have her win a copy. LOL! So I drew a fourth name just in case...and that person is...(*drum roll*)

• David Tomlinson (a Facebook re-poster! Woot!)

Are you curious of how I drew the names? Well, it's not the best quality (due to lighting and an old phone) but HERE is the video I had my roommate shoot of me (and my dog, Kadin) drawing the names.

ALSO...in case you'd like to see any of the videos of the photo shoots I've previously done, you can go HERE!

Winners, please email me at tamsinlsilver@gmail.com and let me know the best E-book format to send you the book in. For example, if you have a Kindle, it'd be a MOBI file. If you have a Nook, it'd be a E-pub file...etc.

I am planning to send these out at the top of August...or maybe early, like July 26th, since that's my Birthday. :)

Anyway...again, thanks for participating and remember...READ OR WRITE ANYWHERE all the time! Encourage kids to read and write even when they're not in school!

Until next time...

Tamsin :)