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13
May

The final battle ⚔️

Who’d have thought that writing, editing, and publishing a book is just the start? Turns out, in order for it to get a good readership, there’s a lot more work to do. The battle has just begun! So, we’ve signed up to sell our books at events in…

05
Mar

Featured on The Books & Authors Podcast

Books and Authors Podcast

I was recently interviewed about the latest and greatest book The Twelfth Scepter on The Books and Authors Podcast. Give it a listen here: Ephie Risho and The Elementalists on Podcast Episode 202 Keep exploring. Ephie

30
Dec

Article: Local family releases final installment of young adult fantasy book series

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We’ve been featured in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle again. Here’s the latest article. Enjoy! https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/dailyfeatures/local-family-releases-final-installment-of-young-adult-fantasy-book-series/article_7899da4a-a4d9-11ee-baa2-6b8e1402074d.html

13
Nov

Book 4 of The Elementalists is now available!

Kickstarter for book 4

Pre-order your copy on Kickstarter today It is with great pleasure that I am finally able to welcome you to purchase your very own copy of The Twelfth Scepter, book 4 of The Elementalists. The Kickstarter launches today, where we are pre-selling books in order to get them…

23
Sep

A Canoe Showed Up in Our Yard

Ephie and family rafting in Hurricane Hilary

It was a crazy big windstorm, the kind you only get in places like Montana where it blazes off the mountains and takes out everything in its path. We scrambled as it came in, trying to save our old wooden fence (we didn’t) and the trampoline (partly successful)….

08
Mar

Writing a Different Sort of Book

Right at the turn of the year, Blue told me she no longer wanted to work on the books with me. Devastated, I asked a dozen questions, but the more we discussed, the more it made sense. Blue, at 14, has simply moved on, and has other priorities. …

09
Nov

‘Just Keep Writing’

A great article about us was in the Bozeman Chronicle last week. Enjoy! We‘ve been selling our books locally, at the MADE fair in Bozeman, at the local bookstore, and upcoming at the two next MADE fairs in Helena and Missoula, MT. If you‘re around, we look forward…

23
Sep

Watch out! You might see a Kraken coming your way. 😉

One thing I’ve learned about self-publishing, everything takes longer than you wish it would! Between signing, organizing who gets what, packing them up with mailing labels, and taking up two lines at the post office (and feeling guilty about it!), we finally have sent out everybody’s copies of…

04
Feb

More Illustrations!

We’ve received so much feedback from our readers that you love the inside illustrations, that we’ve decided to add even more for book 2! We now have nineteen beautiful color illustrations, and just looking at them all together is inspirational. We’re so excited to share them with all…

11
Jan

Television Spot

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In other news, we were in the news! Our local Bozeman bookstore Isle of Books has dozens of copies in stock, and ABC/FOX news put us in a little news spot across the state of Montana. Fun! Next goal, to get some national coverage. 😎 View the interview…