tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49182960431034927902024-03-05T03:18:30.354-08:00Bleeding InkEdna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-71567745360481219872022-10-15T17:22:00.004-07:002022-10-15T17:23:06.653-07:00Farewell, Bleeding Ink Hello dear reader,I have some news I need to share. But instead of giving it to you directly, allow me to go on a ramble (which will utterly waste your time) for my own narcissistic sanity:I have stayed on a less-liked platform such as this for quite some time as I very much so liked the design, energy, and lack of disruptive advertisements (which would entierly kill my aesthetic) that Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-71167392051012821822022-06-27T20:16:00.008-07:002022-06-27T20:24:26.283-07:00Calligraphy Guild | Book ReviewHello, my inky friends!Today I have for you a book review for what is probably my favorite book of the year: Calligraphy Guild!I am so so so SO excited to finally be reviewing this. I have had the immense pleasure of being a critique partner on this book. I have gotten to see this book from the very first draft all the way to an advanced reader copy, and just about everything in-between. Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-74454077291306971002022-06-17T06:44:00.004-07:002022-06-17T16:37:56.946-07:00Interview with R.M. Archer | Calligraphy Guild Blog Tour Hello my Inky friends!(Want a fun game? Drink a shot of apple cider vinegar each time there's a plug in this post. Oh, and I'm not sponsored by any of these plugs, I just like plugging because plugging is fun. :] Plugplugplug)Today is an indescribably exciting day! Do you know why? Hm? Because we have R.M. Archer - the fabulous Christ-based writer behind the blog Scribes & Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-75887627073638980462022-03-30T11:55:00.006-07:002022-03-30T12:23:48.735-07:00[Tag] All About You and Around the Blogasphere Greetings.I was tagged in the All About You and Around the Blogasphere tag by the most Marvelous Mattie May of The Blossoming Writer, the lovely authoress who wrote and published the delightful debut historical fiction novel Everlasting Gold. I am greatly in debt to Mattie for this, because as you can see I haven't posted in ages and really needed to get something out soon. Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-47928047790499269522022-02-01T08:05:00.005-08:002022-02-01T08:05:23.284-08:00New indie giveaway! Hello there my inky friends,I'm just dropping you a quick note to let you know that I'm hosting another giveaway, this time on NoQu. You can see more information about it on the "Giveaways" page here, or you can click here and be brought directly to NoQu's giveaway page.Thanks!- Edna PellenEdna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-66286274434101193002022-01-24T10:48:00.004-08:002022-03-30T12:23:24.951-07:00Cover Reveal: Calligraphy Guild by R.M. Archer Hello my inky friends,I have been anticipating this moment. Being signed up for R.M. Archer's newsletter, I got to see the cover early (which is a good reason for why you should go sign up for her newsletter. now. NOW.) and so finally being able to plaster this everywhere is thrilling. BUT FIRST. Let's tell you a bit about it.Dragon ink gives calligraphers the power to set history in Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-23199998559011739302022-01-04T09:50:00.004-08:002022-01-04T09:51:08.913-08:00'22 Ideals and Goals Hello, my friends! Welcome to the New Year. I had intended to write a post about looking back on the previous year in reading here, and then a "2022 Indie Releases" post over on NoQu, but the holidays interfered as they so often do in the ways which we all know and love despite what we say. That is to say, I never did write that post on looking back at the year. I did touch on it Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-50236877731007765172021-12-07T21:44:00.003-08:002021-12-07T21:44:54.585-08:00Three Years of Bleeding Ink - if this goes on much longer I may need a blood transfusion Hello hello hello. Bleeding Ink is now three years old (happened a few days ago). Huzzah. We made it. Congratulations us. Woo hoo. Such celebrate, very party. What are we going to do about this momentous occasion?I don't know. Eat cake, or something. Probably not. I'm saving my money to build a bookshelf and thus can't afford cake. But you can buy yourself cake if you want. Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-80650746389296925422021-11-20T13:34:00.002-08:002021-11-23T11:52:04.013-08:00How To Be A Constructive Early-Stages Reader | My Approach to Alpha, Beta, and Proof ReadingHello my fellow readers, writers, and creatures of procrastination. Today, I'm going to be telling you about alpha, beta, and proof reading. I'll go over them one at a time, and in this order:AlphaBetaProof readerI have been an alpha and beta many times (and am currently an alpha reader at the time of writing this) as well as an unprofessional editor for a friend that was in a pinch, and Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-2223837099835622532021-10-31T17:14:00.001-07:002021-11-01T10:12:05.019-07:00What I'll Be Doing this November | Introducing NoQu Hello there. November approaches, and if you are a writer, I'm sure you know what that means.Something which you may or may not be aware of is my great disappointment in one of the most popular writing communities and organizations, known for its 50k-in-30-days challenge.The organization has always been left-leaning, which I found silly given it is a writing challenge, politics Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-389113710522413102021-10-03T12:58:00.002-07:002021-10-04T09:10:29.374-07:00Spoopy Season TBR Hello hello,While I abstain from celebrating Halloween, I cannot deny that I do in fact recognize "spoopy season" and thoroughly enjoy it. I love the excuse to put aside all of my current reads to enjoy more ominous works as fall is ushered in (though I have be celebrating fall since September first). I figured that, as I am doing this (and indeed already am in the process of this TBR)Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-3400472865588674542021-09-06T14:13:00.001-07:002021-09-06T14:13:21.017-07:00CC: The Intentions of Classical Fiction Hello reader,Today I want to talk to you about classics. On my very aesthetic adventure, I realized for what may have been the first time how much I really do love classics. A few days ago, I was catching up with a friend who read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen for the first time and was pleasantly surprised to find it not as romance-based as the movie. We discussed why that Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-25890238717541294812021-09-02T06:50:00.002-07:002021-09-02T06:51:07.853-07:00Bad Bookish Habits Greetings. I've felt very busy lately and wanted to just talk about some fun things as opposed to doing any of the more deep posts I had planned.So today, I'm going to tell you about eight of my bad habits relating to books. Pausing Books Partway ThroughWe'll do this one first because it's something that I know the majority of readers are guilty of. Maybe you're in a slump, on a Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-57837884168524043002021-08-24T09:56:00.003-07:002021-08-24T10:32:15.216-07:00I Return From A Very Aesthetic AdventureGreetings, reader.Did you miss me? Of course you did. Well, not really. Because honestly my posts are usually this spread out anyways so surely you've come to expect this by now. Anyways. I have recently returned from my ten-day unofficial writing retreat thing with three of my good friends. It wasn't exactly meant to be a writing retreat, but more of a writers' retreat, and yet Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-66816807336242183122021-08-13T19:57:00.001-07:002021-08-13T19:57:00.148-07:00Why My Posting Schedule Isn't Consistent Greetings, Today's letter is a brief one. I just wanted to tell you why my posting schedule is so very inconsistent, and assure you that though it is inconsistent I have absolutely no intention of quitting Bleeding Ink. You see, I have a pesky mental illness (maybe you've heard of it) called "clinical anxiety." "Clinical" is a fancy, official-sounding word which here means that I Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-58239902922986713642021-07-28T17:42:00.000-07:002021-07-28T17:42:00.197-07:00BY MY TEA TAG'S TAIL, JOHN! WHAT'S THAT ON YONDER HORIZON?? COULD IT BE?? MELODY JACKSON'S P- READER, TURN AROUND!No no, not that way! Your other way- Oh for goodness sake, here, it's right here! DO YOU SEE IT? It's... it's.... A NEW POST BY MELODY JACKSON! I thought the sea took her back in '18 after Dragons' Hope was published!! Yet here she is, penning her readers a note!!And not just ANY note! An- An announcement? About? A NEW BOOK? By the jarl's Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-51692340730405755542021-07-10T15:57:00.004-07:002021-07-10T15:57:50.849-07:00Dragons' Bane Giveaway Updates - Now Open To Canada! Hey there, you mystical book-loving creature. I've got news regarding the current giveaway that Bleeding Ink is running. Let's get right into it. Now Open To CanadiansIs your wonderful self dwelling in the syrup-laden land of Canada, and were you thus upset when you saw that you couldn't enter the giveaway? If so, I have excellent news for you, my frosty leaf friends. Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-19807475069013661412021-07-01T11:38:00.004-07:002021-07-10T16:05:20.560-07:00The Dragons' Bane Trilogy's 5-Year Anniversary {USA + CA GIVEAWAY}UPDATE 2: The giveaway is now open to Canada!UPDATE 1: I am currently looking at opening the giveaway up to Canada, as well. More information to come. Hello there!If you know me to pretty much any decent degree, you know that the Dragons' Bane trilogy is one of my favorite YA fantasies ever. And so today, on July 1st 2021, to celebrate the series' five year anniversary, (sorry I Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-67604253405275520152021-06-02T11:16:00.002-07:002021-06-04T09:10:51.886-07:00Book Discussions: Eragon by Christopher Paolini Hello reader! Today's book discussion is going to be about Eragon, the first book in the four-part series called The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. I had been meaning to read this book for a very long time, I grew up constantly hearing about it, and now I finally have. And since beginning it, I was made aware that Eragon is actually quite the controversial book. Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-55796682577661053222021-05-28T10:35:00.000-07:002021-05-28T10:35:03.661-07:00"Ignite" by Jenna Terese - Cover Reveal! Hello everyone! One day, I was doing something (I can't be bothered to remember what), and I randomly thought "hey I wonder if Jenna Terese has gotten anywhere with publishing yet." Because, you see, I follow a great amount of people and often fail to keep track of all of them. So I made my merry way over to her website and lo! Behold! She hadn't just gotten "anywhere," she Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-75395708174407654342021-05-18T08:46:00.003-07:002021-05-18T08:46:29.244-07:00The Sunshine Blogger Award Tag Greetings.I have been tagged with the Sunshine Blogger blog tag, tagged as "blog tags", as you can see below this post in my blog's tags. Thank you kindly, Ariel, for passing it my way once more. I award you the award for awarding people with awards.Tag Rules:~ Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back to their blog. ~ Answer all the eleven questions sent by the person who Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-47792496901207702852021-05-15T15:10:00.002-07:002021-05-15T15:10:10.384-07:00Giveaway Update: TFRC winners and July 1st Greetings! This past April I announced I was hosting a giveaway for The Fire Rain Chronicles. *Today, I officially conclude that giveaway and congratulate Sophia and Libby on winning their prizes! There was a bit of confusion when purchasing the copies, so they may arrive to your mailbox/inbox a bit later than expected, but they are coming! I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, and I Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-22334407084192710272021-04-24T11:15:00.003-07:002021-04-24T11:31:54.350-07:00The Fire Rain Chronicles Five-Year Anniversary {USA GIVEAWAY} Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hiiiii! Remember how I said something big was going to happen one July 1st in my anniversary post? Well that's still going to happen (see the end of the post for details) but it turns out another big thing is going to happen today! And that is because TODAY, this most fabulous *April 24th, 2021, marks The Fire Rain Chronicles' (Azalei's Riders, Azalei's StrategyEdna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-2247163163338656282021-04-05T17:26:00.000-07:002021-04-05T17:26:20.507-07:00Book Discussion: Shadow Road by A.E. PennymakerHello hello reader and writer friends, Today I'm beginning a new series, simply called "book discussion", in which I can discuss individual books. If that wasn't obvious enough already. This is different from reviews in the sense that I go into more detail about my thoughts and whatnot than I do on my Goodreads/StoryGraph/etc. reviews. My reviews are meant for helping someone decide if Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918296043103492790.post-62983351590819224362021-03-30T08:39:00.001-07:002021-03-30T09:31:55.809-07:00Help WantedGreetings!
I am doing something that I am very excited about (and have had to wait for a long time to talk about); I am adding a page to this blog devoted to independent authors (you can go see it now!).
It's rather simple; an indie author can comment on that page with their story title and author name (links to where the story can be purchased and their website (if they have one) need to be Edna Pellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18246433938936380345noreply@blogger.com0