tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40736452157823812812024-03-05T12:55:34.780-06:00Molly EvangelineOfficial blog of indie Christian author Molly Evangeline.Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-78370297342165073502014-05-20T06:30:00.000-05:002014-05-20T06:54:37.789-05:00The Resistance Release Day Has Arrived!
It's here, it's here, it's here! I feel like a little kid on Christmas. :D After almost three years from the start of writing it through all the rewrites and editing, Resistance, the first book of Ilyon Chronicles as well as the first book under my new pen name, Jaye L. Knight, is now available for Kindle! I’ve been publishing for quite a few years now, and though I’ve released several books Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-35894757958379546262014-04-21T00:00:00.000-05:002014-04-21T12:19:18.204-05:00Book Review—The Queen’s Handmaid
From the servant halls of Cleopatra's Egyptian palace to the courts of Herod the Great, Lydia will serve two queens to see prophecy fulfilled.
Alexandria, Egypt 39 BC
Orphaned at birth, Lydia was raised as a servant in Cleopatra's palace, working hard to please while keeping everyone at arm's length. She's been rejected and left with a broken heart too many times in her short life.
But then Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-90220055392540011712014-04-11T00:00:00.000-05:002014-04-11T09:36:19.010-05:00Resistance Cover Reveal + GiveawayToday is a moment I’ve been anxiously awaiting for probably the last two years or so—the reveal of the cover for Resistance, the first book in my NA (New Adult) fantasy series, Ilyon Chronicles (published under my pen name Jaye L. Knight)! Seriously, it really has been that long. I started putting the cover together very shortly after I started writing the book almost three years ago. I was Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-58525691141736407772014-03-08T10:06:00.001-06:002014-03-08T10:06:38.592-06:00Dreaming of Spring Jewelry GiveawayIf you missed the announcement last Saturday, I’m holding another jewelry giveaway on my second blog! I’m giving away two jewelry pieces from my Etsy shop. (EXCEPT for rings and the double strand necklaces. Sorry, these take a bit more to make and ship.) It runs through March 20th. You can read my original post here, or just enter using the form below. U.S. entries only please. a Rafflecopter Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-86173616618231082362014-02-14T07:42:00.001-06:002014-02-14T07:42:50.213-06:00Captivated—A Makilien Trilogy Short Story Happy Valentine’s Day! Today is the perfect day to share the publication of my first ever Makilien Trilogy short story, Captivated! Ever since I was writing the original version of Makilien, I always thought it would be fun to write short stories that took place after the trilogy. Well, you know how grand ideas like that go. Real life sets in, demanding your time. Once I started writing Ilyon Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-52740376112647753142014-02-03T08:55:00.001-06:002014-02-03T08:55:43.522-06:00Book Review—The Captive MaidenHappily Ever After …Or Happily Nevermore? Gisela’s childhood was filled with laughter and visits from nobles such as the duke and his young son. But since her father’s death, each day has been filled with nothing but servitude to her stepmother. So when Gisela learns the duke’s son, Valten---the boy she has daydreamed about for years---is throwing a ball in hopes of finding a wife, she vows to Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-11484229950622338392014-02-02T07:45:00.000-06:002014-02-02T07:52:37.028-06:00Will the Real Virginia City Please Stand Up?–Guest Post by Amber StokesTime to share another special post today, this time my first guest post by Amber Stokes! Amber is the author of the newly released historical romance, Forget Me Not, (which is excellent, by the way.) and I am thrilled to take part in her blog tour. As part of the tour, she’s written this great post on a place I’ve wanted to visit since I was in my early teens. Being a diehard fan of Bonanza, it’sMolly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-12047228907918470172014-02-01T07:54:00.000-06:002014-02-02T07:43:52.837-06:00Book Lover GiveawayHappy February everyone! I’ve got something fun for you to start out the month—a big book giveaway! I’ve joined in with several other amazing authors, and here we have for you this awesome Book Lover Giveaway. Just look at that great selection of books! It also includes a $5 Starbucks gift card and book light. So make sure to enter below for a chance to win this fantastic book bundle. (U.S. Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-49457474849286695922014-01-31T10:24:00.000-06:002014-01-31T10:25:39.658-06:00Makilien Trilogy eBook Available Finally, after talking about it last fall, the entire Makilien Trilogy set is now available in eBook form! I had all these grand plans of making a new trilogy cover and releasing it as a paperback as well, but between my Etsy shop and editing Resistance, I just had no time to do any of that. I still would like to try to make it a paperback, which would require a new cover, but for now I just Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-57380820313401248562014-01-27T08:59:00.001-06:002014-01-27T08:59:58.325-06:00Book Review—A Match Made in TexasIn the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can't keep herself from surreptitiously trying to match up women in dire straits with men of good character she hopes can help them. How is she to know she's also giving each couple a little nudge toward love? A Cowboy Unmatched Neill isn't sure who hired him to repair Clara's roof--he only knows Clara desperately needs his Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-30380400370484251502014-01-03T08:00:00.000-06:002014-01-03T08:25:44.003-06:00Morning Glory Cover RevealToday is another special blog post—a cover reveal! And isn’t it gorgeous? This is Morning Glory by Amber Stokes, book three of The Heart’s Spring series. And if you haven’t read her debut novel, Bleeding Heart, yet, you should. It’s really good. It was a little different from your typical historical romance, but that’s what I liked about it. It felt more real than a lot of books I’ve read. Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-3672563492239097042013-12-07T07:56:00.001-06:002013-12-07T07:56:18.023-06:00Excerpt from A Mighty Fortress by Faith BlumToday is a special blog post. It’s the first blog tour I’ve ever taken part in! I’m excited to share with you a excerpt from A Mighty Fortress by fellow indie author Faith Blum. A Mighty Fortress is the first book of Hymns of the West, a series of Christian Westerns. Doesn’t it have a lovely cover? :) Make sure you check it out and visit Faith’s blog to see the rest of the posts on the tour: httpMolly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-92217427971592334232013-12-05T09:00:00.001-06:002013-12-05T09:00:15.473-06:00Book Review--Rebellious Heart by Jody Hedlund In 1763 Massachusetts, Susanna Smith has grown up with everything she's ever wanted, except one thing: an education. Because she's a female, higher learning has been closed to her, but her quick mind and quicker tongue never back down from a challenge. She's determined to put her status to good use, reaching out to the poor and deprived. And she knows when she marries well, she will be able to Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-14546419710515866722013-12-04T09:20:00.001-06:002013-12-04T09:20:52.529-06:00Extended Holiday SalesI went on to remove my sales buttons for my 20% autographed books this morning and then thought, why not just leave them until Christmas? :) So if anyone’s been contemplating getting them as gifts, you have more time now to consider it. And if you didn’t get any jewelry during my Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale, don’t worry! From now until Christmas, you can get free shipping on any order over $Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-55323759503229584242013-12-03T08:13:00.001-06:002013-12-18T08:37:28.848-06:00Handmade Necklace GiveawayI've decided to hold my first giveaway just in time for Christmas! Two winners will be drawn to receive their choice of one of my handmade necklaces. The giveaway will run through December 11th. Winners will choose from the list of necklaces below. Enter now for your chance to win one!
Ship Charm Necklace
Copper Flower Lariat Necklace
"Create" (or "Imagine") Charm Necklace
Copper Bow and Arrow Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-70532808209709637202013-11-29T05:00:00.000-06:002013-11-29T07:47:50.304-06:00Holiday Book & Jewelry Sales Are Here!
Black Friday is here, and that means all kinds of good sales going on. I have three sales starting today--20% off autographed paperbacks of all my books, all my eBooks are available for only 99 cents, and 20% off all my Etsy jewelry. You can see all of my sales on my page here.
But I'm not the only one with sales. Check out these awesome books by other indie authors, all on sale from Black Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-59424703801028124852013-11-18T08:36:00.000-06:002013-11-18T08:37:52.026-06:00“New Adult” FictionI just posted this on my Jaye L. Knight blog and thought I should put it up here too. * * * Recently I posted on Facebook about my frustration with the young adult category for books. There's such a varying opinion on just what age range this is. I've always considered it 15-25 year olds. On another blog, I saw it classified as 12-17. YA and Teen seem to be used interchangeably. That presents aMolly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-32642221487527816062013-11-12T10:00:00.001-06:002013-11-12T10:00:33.478-06:00Lose the Spaces—and Other Book Formatting TipsAs authors, especially published authors, we all know that, number one, we must have a good story, and number two, a good cover. These are imperative. That brings us to what I consider the third most important thing—the actual book formatting. As a reader, I can attest to how annoying poor formatting can be. As authors, if we succeed in hooking a reader with our cover and premise, the last thing Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-21038907188400293902013-11-05T09:39:00.000-06:002013-11-05T09:40:12.356-06:00Book Review—True Love Dates by Debra Fileta In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to “kiss dating goodbye” but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through reading powerful, real-life stories (including the author’s personal journey) and gaining insights from Fileta’s experience as a professional counselor, Christians searching for answers to finding true love need look no further. True Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-13222931730004334642013-10-17T10:13:00.000-05:002013-10-17T10:21:19.307-05:00Book Review—Born of Persuasion by Jessica DottaThe year is 1838, and seventeen-year-old Julia Elliston’s position has never been more fragile. Orphaned and unmarried in a time when women are legal property of their fathers, husbands, and guardians, she finds herself at the mercy of an anonymous guardian who plans to establish her as a servant in far-off Scotland. With two months to devise a better plan, Julia’s first choice to marry her Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-37245505516520564902013-10-03T09:39:00.000-05:002013-10-03T09:39:03.813-05:00Announcing Jaye L. Knight Etsy Shop
The time has finally come to announce the opening of my new Etsy shop! I have
always been interested in making jewelry, but I never pursued it until I
recently had the idea to make and sell jewelry inspired by my books. So, for the
last couple of months, I've been gathering supplies and creating designs to
capture the essence of different characters or books. You can see a Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-81631394125299009982013-09-27T09:12:00.001-05:002013-09-27T09:12:41.879-05:00Book Review–City On Fire by Tracy L. Higley As Vesuvius churns, a slave girl-turned-gladiator joins forces with an unlikely source to seek justice. In the coastal town of Pompeii, a new gladiator prepares to fight. But this gladiator hides a deadly secret: she’s a runaway Jewish slave girl named Ariella, disguised as a young boy. A savvy fighter, Ariella determines to triumph in the arena, knowing her life will be forfeit should anyone Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-91197512499945170282013-09-13T07:50:00.001-05:002013-09-13T08:34:32.018-05:00Clean Authors eBook Sale—99 cents and free! Today I am participating in a big eBook sale for clean fiction. All books are either 99 cents or free. You can get all of my books, including my indie publishing guide for only 99 cents! Follow the links to them below and make sure to visit CleanAuthors.com to check out the rest! Lots of great books at a great price! Pirates & Faith Series The Pirate Daughter’s Promise (Book 1) Every Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-53257583719159177092013-08-23T12:18:00.001-05:002013-08-23T12:18:55.893-05:00Why all the hating on prologues?I rarely ever go off on rants about things, well, not online anyway. That’s what my wonderful mom is around for. ;) But this has been bugging me for a while, and this blog post by Wayne Thomas Batson reminded me that I wanted to write my own post on all the dos and don’ts and overall criticism in writing. First, I need to address the title of this post. It is the main reason I wanted to write Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073645215782381281.post-31092665980901596722013-08-22T08:00:00.000-05:002013-08-22T08:01:24.288-05:00A Brand New Cover for Truth That’s right, this is the unveiling for an updated cover for Truth, the first book in my Makilien Trilogy. As sudden as this may seem, I’ve actually been trying to get this done for over a year. It went through a couple changes and gave me a lot of frustration at first. Then, about a month or so ago, I tried a different background photo, one I’d actually had for a while, and it all came Molly Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294188513555949392noreply@blogger.com7