Thanks to all our backers. This project was a huge success. We are humbled and blessed by the response. Celia and I were talking about it before bedtime last night and she said, “Just wait! They haven’t even read it yet!” 😀 So, what’s next. Some of you…
Woohoo! The Kickstarter has been highly successful, and will be wrapping up tomorrow. Thanks to all who supported us this early. We have discovered a NEW option, for hardcover copies with color inside illustrations and map. SO great, and we’ve added it to the Kickstarter. When this is…
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ephie/phoenix-rising-a-ya-fantasy-novel-by-ephie-and-celia-risho I am pleased to announce that our Kickstarter is live April 14th! There are so many ways to support us, and all are appreciated. Woohoo! We’re finally there! 🕺
We took awhile to find the illustrator for the inside pictures, but now with the book so close to being published, there’s no more time to delay! We found Olena Bushana online, since she lives in the Ukraine, and her watercolors are capturing scenes from the book magnificently….
This book has been a labor of love. Two-and-a-half years in, it’s transformed far beyond the simple children’s book we started writing. Granted, Celia was nine when we began, and hesitant about the hero being older than eleven — Amber is now twelve and has opinions of her…
Celia and her friend Annaliese came up with a great first draft of the synopsis! Obviously a work-in-progress, but gets us on the right path. “A strange creature attacks Amber’s village and burns one of the fields. Amber bravely goes on a quest to find the creature and…
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