Launch Party!!!! The Curse of Time #1 Bloodstone – Kindle E-Book

On-Line Book Launchfilled with

At last! It’s my launch party today for my kindle e-book and I can’t believe it – I am beyond thrilled.

Welcome!

Come in and let me share with you some news.

I’ve been keeping a very special piece of art tucked away to reveal to you today!

It’s a wonderful portrait that Carolina Russo of Yesterday After created for me of my character Esme.
Esme And The Mirror - D

What are your impressions of Esme? The tears in her eyes convey her sadness but the golden hair of the mysterious girl facing her (no spoilers!) is bright and vibrant, suggesting hope. Carolina has done an amazing job, I can’t thank her enough for all her hard work in creating this stunning artwork for me. Collaborations makes me so happy. That is why I love writing and blogging so much. I would never have ‘met’ Carolina otherwise. It’s so wonderful to be able to collaborate with talented and creative individuals like Carolina who live so far away.

More news! Tina Fotherby at Famous Publicity is in the process of arranging a meeting between little old me and the inventor of the Corpus Christi clock, http://www.johnctaylor.com/the-chronophage/

Isn’t that beyond awesome? I am speechless. Dr John C. Taylor has been so generous, allowing me to use images of his incredible creation The Corpus Christi Chronopage on my social media and my book cover.

20399121_10155612330827002_2073587661_o

Look at a close up of this bug of a fellow below… (courtesy of Dr. John C Taylor) – My interview with The Grasshopper – The Curse of Time

Corpus Christi Chronophage Detail

I am very fortunate to have such a creative younger daughter, Georgina who has done an amazing job of photographing two models depicting my two main characters – Amelina, and Ryder.

Amelina – modelled by Elise Hackney

IMG_3419 (2)

Ryder – modelled by Joseph English.

FullSizeRender2

I have had the joy of collaborating with https://samanthamurdochblog.wordpress.com/  Samantha happens to have a black cat supermodel Lily who looks just like the black cat Shadow in my book.

 

 

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Isn’t Lily amazing?

Samantha loves crystals and so do I! Her son Alex Marlowe took this stunning photo of a Bloodstone crystal that features on the spine of my paperback (the paperback is still to be released.)

untitled

I can’t thank my good friend Colleen Chesebro enough for all her kindness. She started off beta reading and then took me under her fairy wings to do a full scale edit. Thanks also to my beta readers – blogging friend Graeme Cumming  – first draft beta reader and my eldest daughter Natasha Mallon for all her help too.

Below are the links to the kindle e-book – The Curse of Time – #1 Bloodstone.

If you’d like to leave a review, I’d be thrilled if you would.

My Amazon UK Author Page

My Amazon US Author Page

My Amazon Canada Author Page

So let’s get in party mode, perhaps have a drink or two…

Whatever your tipple…

20170804_131923

20170804_131905

or a cup of very special tea?

IMG_20170815_145719_660

Perhaps a cake? Ritu at But I Smile Anyway  is a legendary baker, hint, hint… xxx

A big thank you to all my lovely friends who have featured me on their blogs leading up to the book launch and those who will be featuring me, thereafter. Your support and help mean so much. 

Features and Excerpts to date:

An early introduction by my good friend Vashti – https://vashtiqvega.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/spotlight-m-j-mallon-author/

Plus Dan with his pre-author Q and A: https://danalatorre.com/2017/05/08/author-profile-23-questions-with-marje-from-kyrosmagica/

Many thanks to Sheila – https://scskillman.com/2017/08/22/the-curse-of-time-a-guest-post-by-m-j-mallon-author-of-the-curse-of-time-book-1-bloodstone/

My mate Beaton – https://becomingthemuse.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/of-a-book-tour-the-curse-of-time/

Warm-hearted Marcia – https://marciameara.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/excerptweek-the-curse-of-time-by-marjorie-mallon/

Huge supporter of authors Sally Chronin, who really has been sharing my new book so widely I can’t thank her enough. Here is one such example: – https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/sallys-cafe-and-bookstore-new-on-the-shelves-the-curse-of-time-by-m-j-mallon/

Today’s special release day post by Allan Hudson at South Branch Scribbler:  http://allanhudson.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/guest-author-marjorie-mallon-of-england.html

 

Author Spotlights on the subject of Self-Harm:

A big thank you and hug to Adele – https://firefly465.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/marjorie-mallon-curse-of-time-1-the-bloodstone/

Another hug to Christy Birmingham – https://whenwomeninspire.com/2017/08/21/self-harm-fiction-writing-guest-post/

 

Author Guest Posts with Poetry as a theme:

A big thank you to Charli – https://carrotranch.com/2017/08/22/raw-literature-haiku-tanka-and-a-debut-novel/

And fellow Scot Seumas who like me has a fondness for the Far East, and has a way with words! Such a charming fellow – https://seumasgallacher.com/2017/08/22/marjorie-mallon-poet-and-authoress-extraordinaire-come-be-entranced/

My lovely friend Ritu shared my jokey piece of poetry about inspiration – https://butismileanyway.com/2017/08/25/marjorie-mallon-poetic-inspiration-thecurseoftime-blogtour-author/

My original story written about friendship, rainbows and crystals  shared via my very special friend Colleen who has helped me so much I can’t begin to thank her enough:  http://colleenchesebro.com/2017/08/24/fairies-myths-magic-author-spotlight-guest-posts-rainbow-child-by-mj-mallon/

Some of the posts that I’ve  already started planning that will be forthcoming after the release and in September/October 2017:  Chris Graham at The Story Reading Ape, (inspiration,) Sacha Black (my marketing plans,) my fellow rainbow girl Debby Gies – D G Kaye Writer (a question and Answer post,) the huggable Hugh at Hughs Views and News, Eloise De Sousa, Helen Jones at Journey To Ambeth,  Gloria McBreen at We Are Holistic, and Esmé at Cook and Enjoy, etc.

UPDATE: Since the release on 26th August, thank you to: Christoph Fischer for his post on 29th August.

Thank you for all the reblogs, kind comments, and to the lovely bloggers who have been so supportive to me, I can’t thank you enough.

Particular thanks goes to Amalia at Aquileana for being so kind and sending me a personal message of support.

So no more waffle.

It’s time to PARTYYYYYY!!!!!!! Come and add your links, comments, photos, thoughts, music, (we need a play list!)

Join the fun here and on my Facebook Party and Instagram!

 

Launch Party Playlist:

 

 

unnamed (1)

 

 

 

 

 

Published by

Marje @ Kyrosmagica

Hi. Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon - Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time - Book 1 - Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 - Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.

59 thoughts on “Launch Party!!!! The Curse of Time #1 Bloodstone – Kindle E-Book”

  3. Wow! What a line-up of wonderful artists you have had to help you make your book look
    delicious.
    Congratulations to your book launch and don’t forget to crack a bottle of champagne at the bow.
    Hug
    miriam

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  4. Pingback: The Curse of Time #1 Bloodstone: Kindle E-Book. – The Militant Negro™

  8. Yeah!! 🎈🎈 Party time…although a bit early for the 🍷 So I’m joining you with a ☕️ Onthe swing bench in a very warm garden!! Congratulations on the launch of your book – a brilliant and exciting post about all your upcoming events. Amazing to be interviewing the est embed Dr Jonn Taylor, a real privelege and I can’t wait to read about him. The painting of Esme is precious and a wonderful addition to your book…I’ll be seeing your around. Have a fun Bank Holiday! 🍾🍾🎉🎉

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. Hi Annika, thank you so much for popping over. Yes it is a bit early for an alcoholic drink but do pop back later if you have the time. Sounds like you’re having a lovely time in your garden. Can’t wait to meet Dr Taylor! And yes the painting is so fabulous. Happy Bank Holiday. xxx

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

  13. VERY excited for you, Marje! It was a pleasure to have you on The Write Stuff, and I hope your book gets off to a fantastic start–and maintains it! 🙂 The best of luck!

    Like

    Reply

  19. OH NO WHY AM I ALWAYS LATE???
    Has everyone gone home??? I’ve brought tea and biscuits and Lily sent a dead mouse which I have..um…taken care of as I didn’t think you’d really want it…

    Can’t wait for paperback launch ( I appear to have killed my Kindle and the phone app is not great) Thank you very much for your kind words, I am so pleased Lily was what you were looking for and Alex’s photo was useful too – it was wonderful being able to help 💕💕 I hope your book does amazingly!! Thank you, too, Gary for introducing us!

    Right. By my reckoning, it’s vodka o’clock…let’s get this party STARTED!!! 🎉🎇🎆🎉🎇🎆🎶🍸🍻🍶🍹🎆🎉🎇🎶

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  20. Reblogged this on YesterdayAfter and commented:
    I am really happy that today I can reveal my collaboration with writer MJ Mallon @ Kiyosmagica I am honored that I was proposed to collaborate and create a painting illustration of the character Esme book The Curse Of Time #1 Bloodstone. Today is her Kindle Edition book launch party! Give her a visit this is a really interesting book!, Also I would love to know what you think about my painting! 😉

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  22. Many congratulations, Marje. Sorry I missed your launch party, but I’ve been busy hosting visitors over the bank holiday weekend. Now they have gone, I can get back to blogging 😀

    Wishing you much success with your first book. Am looking forward to hosting it and you over on my blog in October. You’ve worked so hard on it and I’m sure it’s going to be a big hit with everyone.

    Best wishes and hugs,
    Hugh
    x

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. It was a strange launch party in many ways. It didn’t quite go to plan as I had anticipated – internet problems on FB and Instagram, so my daughter and I went out for a meal! Which was unexpected but very nice. Looking forward to being hosted on Hugh’s Views and News in October. Exciting times ahead. Thank you for your kindness Hugh. All the best, Marje xx

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

      1. Sorry to hear that the gremlins spoilt the FB and Instagram parties, Marje. They always arrive at just the wrong times, don’t they? Glad you went out and just ignored them, though. They don’t like it when we ignore them.

        Liked by 1 person

  23. Pingback: New Release: Esme – Bringing alive a character with a painting! Collaboration with Author MJ Mallon | YesterdayAfter

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.