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Have you been waiting for a story about a gorgeous prince and a brave librarian who quote books at each other? A chronically ill heroine! A hero who washes dishes! Magic spells! Hot springs! PUPPIES! Add a dash of action and danger, and you've got an entertaining romp in an intriguing alternate world full of mystery where Alaska is ruled by a dragon-shifting monarchy...

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I had SO much fun writing this book.

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( Hey self, it's been a while... )

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~~(original available)~~

(This one is a memorial commission, so no prints or products of this one, sorry!)

The page is updated: https://www.ellenmillion.com/magicpets.php

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( Big image behind the cut )

Alright, back to my list to things to do for the day!

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The Firekitty is available, the others are in dibs for the owners but may be available in the future. Wingedkitty-11 was not skipped, but is a memorial commission, so I'm not posting it until the recipient has received it.

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July was a mixed bag, as most of them are.

I wrote just a little over 25,000 words, spread out over seven short stories (mostly Shifting Sands and one for Green Valley) and four novels. Most of that was on Gryphon of Glass, but I also finished adding scenes to The Dragon Prince's Librarian, started The Dragon Prince's Bride, and Shifting Sands Academy (possibly to be The Bear in the Library...and then the Dragon in the Science Lab and the Gryphon in the Gym, etc).

It wasn't my 30k goal, but it was a lot of words, and a lot of things FINISHED. I finished my personal round of revisions on DPL. I also revised the entire Tropical Tails collection, and the Christmas collection for Shifting Sands. I also did edits on a short lesfic for an anthology and outlined another.

I also got all of the #Junicorn artwork orders filled and paid the Food Bank $621, which delights me.

I started working on #magicalpets art cards mid-month, and have completed five (I expect the two on my desk will be finished today, bringing my total to 7)! I'm not making this a specific challenge like #junicorn - if I do 30, that's awesome, but I probably won't. I'll close off commissions at the end of the month, or sooner if I get swamped. You are welcome to send me photos of a pet you'd like to see with wings or magical trappings, no obligation to buy the finished product, but you get first dibs. Requests and prompts welcome.

This is, obviously, one of my August goals, to do more Magical Pets.

Also: 20k in various words. I have the first two readers' notes for DPL, and I suspect a chunk of this will be two or three new scenes in this book. The rest will be in Gryphon of Glass, which I hope to finish/revise in September and release in October. If I have spare energy or need a break, I want to finish the first chapter of The Dragon Prince's Bride, and write a short Royal Dragons prequel story as a reader magnet.

And...that's it? I may release a book this month, or they may go out in September. It depends on how smoothly edits on DPL and Tropical Tails go, and what the rest of the Zoe schedule is, and what airplanes fall out of the sky on the house...oh, and how the start of school goes, too.

We're signed up for distance learning, and I have no real idea what that's going to look like, like 90% of the parenting world right now. I am doing my best to be zen about this!

I guess that's it! Do you have big plans for August? Any accomplishments from July you'd like to share?

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By pets, I mean wild animals and a teeny Highland Coo. (A reader of Zoe typo-ed the title "Bull in a Tea Shop" as "Bull in a Teacup," and I could not resist...)

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I love the variety of animals that have been proposed. *grins*

Magical Pets project

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Or maybe Starrymoth Fox? Pick your own punctuation. First of the new #magicalpets!

Magical Pets project

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Gryphon of Glass is at 9k, but I'm rearranging my schedule to give my first readers a little more breathing room on DPL, so I'm going to aim for 14k this month instead of the 10k I was originally going for. PLUS finishing the opening chapter of The Dragon Prince's Bride, which is about half finished.

( Snippet from Gryphon of Glass - not really a spoiler if you've read the first two books. )

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Magical Pets is now a thing on my webpage, including the option for a custom card. If you want to submit your pet photo and request a magic touch (wings, unicorn horn, sparkles, whatever), just let me know. There's no obligation to purchase the finished work, but you'll get the first chance at it.

All proceeds to the Food Bank again...it felt lovely to be able to send them a chunk of money and I'd like to do it again.

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Visit https://www.ellenmillion.com/junicorn2020.php for more details!

I have also ordered tassels for bookmarks, but I'm not offering them until I have them in hand because of how flaky shipping has been lately...

#22, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30 are claimed!

I also wrote another flash fiction for the Shifting Sands collection, Scarlet's look at the storm that hit at the end of Tropical Lynx's Lover... Oops.

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All sales will be donated to the local food bank!

( Cut for size! Updated 1 July... )

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( From DPL, more of a spoiler from the last book than this one... )

Latest #junicorns! (Shockingly, I'm caught up to yesterday!!) Full landing page is here: https://ellenmillion.dreamwidth.org/1706061.html

All sales are donated 100% to our local foodbank.

13 is claimed, of these. ETA: And #10 and #18

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When I hit my writing goal for the day (1400 words right now), on those glorious days where I still have a little writing time left, I'm noodling along on Tropical Tails, the first Shifting Sands Resorts collection of short stories. One of the things I've been enjoying is putting together these little teaser images for some of the stories. I'm quite sure you can guess who this story is about if you have read the series.

( gazelle made of knees )

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In baking achievements: English muffins!

Dragon Prince's Librarian is past 32k and I'm feeling very inspired. It's going to take a careful read-through because I suspect I have explained a few things too many times and skipped over a couple of other important details, but I'll tackle that on the next pass when I can see it all at once. It is so much juicy fun digging deep into the magic structure and gritty interpersonal things. I've also gotten more feedback on Liam's story; some minor medical details, a pronoun typo, and a lot of 'I feel seen' and 'I just about/actually cried.' waves victory arms around

It's raining today, which is good for fires, and I made sausage gravy to pour over my muffins. My milk this week had 2 inches of cream, so I skimmed it and will have fresh whipped cream over...maybe fresh brownies?? Mmmm...

But now, more words.

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Any single original is $20, 2 for $30, 3 for $35, or 4 for $40.
Signed prints are $5 each, 8 for $20, or 30 for $40, or a random 10 for $10!
Get #junicorns of your choice as magnets or stickers. $6 each or 5/$20.
Get a print of all 30 #junicorn cards in miniature on a letter-sized page for $20. (See an example of last year's here!)
Shipping is included in every price.

You may mix and match from previous years.

2019: https://ellenmillion.dreamwidth.org/1640226.html
2018: https://ellenmillion.dreamwidth.org/1628729.html
2017: https://ellenmillion.dreamwidth.org/1604777.html
2016: https://ellenmillion.dreamwidth.org/1538566.html

Available originals

All proceeds will be donated to the local food bank!

Claimed cards: #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #10, #13, #18, #22, #23, #25, #28, #29, #30
To claim an original, just email me or comment here. Payment will be collected at the end of the month once all of them are finished...but claims can be made at any time!