Ask the Author: Miranda Honfleur
Answered Questions (18)
Miranda Honfleur
I let it thrash me thoroughly, and then when it's tired of having me for lunch, I sneak back to keep writing the book. :)
Miranda Honfleur
I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying my books! Sorry for late reply.
To answer your question, I absolutely don't do my own editing! I do a round of revisions after drafting, but then I hand off the final draft to my author critique partners to give me their feedback (they're amazing people) and/or a professional developmental or line editor (depending on what the book needs), and then finally one or two proofreaders.
Unfortunately, I am an endless tinkerer and make lots of little changes even after I get my manuscripts back, so if you happen to find any typos, it usually means I tinkered and is 100% my fault (not my editors' or proofreaders'). I take no offense at being notified of typos, so if you find any and want to send me them, you are welcome to use my website's contact form (and have my thanks!).
To answer your question, I absolutely don't do my own editing! I do a round of revisions after drafting, but then I hand off the final draft to my author critique partners to give me their feedback (they're amazing people) and/or a professional developmental or line editor (depending on what the book needs), and then finally one or two proofreaders.
Unfortunately, I am an endless tinkerer and make lots of little changes even after I get my manuscripts back, so if you happen to find any typos, it usually means I tinkered and is 100% my fault (not my editors' or proofreaders'). I take no offense at being notified of typos, so if you find any and want to send me them, you are welcome to use my website's contact form (and have my thanks!).
Miranda Honfleur
Unfortunately, I have no talent for graphic design, haha. All of my book covers are professionally done, and I work with a variety of designers. You can usually check my copyright pages for the name of each book's cover designer.
Miranda Honfleur
Sorry for the delay - I had Covid last year! It's available now: https://books2read.com/brightofthemoon/
Miranda Honfleur
Sorry for the delay - I had Covid last year! It's available now: https://books2read.com/brightofthemoon/
Miranda Honfleur
Yes! I am doing an ARC run next month. You can apply here: https://forms.gle/1bsgf3VWrf4jfZ1a8
For ARC/beta opportunities, you can sign up for my mailing list here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d13f...
I send the forms out to my mailing list before every book release. Thank you so much for enjoying and recommending the series. :)
For ARC/beta opportunities, you can sign up for my mailing list here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d13f...
I send the forms out to my mailing list before every book release. Thank you so much for enjoying and recommending the series. :)
Miranda Honfleur
I moved An Ember in the Dark earlier up in the series because I'd like to write Dakkar's story right after Bright of the Moon (#2). The release dates on Amazon aren't final, but tentatively, I'd like to release An Ember in the Dark and Crown To Ashes close together in late Winter 2021/early 2022.
Miranda Honfleur
Yes! Gavri and Zoran will be getting their own Nightbloom book - book 5 in the series. :)
Miranda Honfleur
Sorry I missed this! The chronological reading order is:
Winter Wren (Blade and Rose prequel)
Blade & Rose (Blade and Rose #1)
By Dark Deeds (Blade and Rose #2)
Court of Shadows (Blade and Rose #3)
No Man Can Tame (Dark-Elves of Nightbloom #1)
Queen of the Shining Sea (Blade and Rose #4)
Blood of the Wolf* (included in the new edition of QotSS)
Bright of the Moon (Dark-Elves of Nightbloom #2)
The Dragon King (Blade and Rose #5)
Keep in mind that the Blade and Rose series is epic fantasy with strong romantic elements, and the Dark-Elves of Nightbloom series is fantasy romance. :)
Winter Wren (Blade and Rose prequel)
Blade & Rose (Blade and Rose #1)
By Dark Deeds (Blade and Rose #2)
Court of Shadows (Blade and Rose #3)
No Man Can Tame (Dark-Elves of Nightbloom #1)
Queen of the Shining Sea (Blade and Rose #4)
Blood of the Wolf* (included in the new edition of QotSS)
Bright of the Moon (Dark-Elves of Nightbloom #2)
The Dragon King (Blade and Rose #5)
Keep in mind that the Blade and Rose series is epic fantasy with strong romantic elements, and the Dark-Elves of Nightbloom series is fantasy romance. :)
Miranda Honfleur
It is coming out in April 2020: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Miranda Honfleur
It's been delayed to end of December. :) You can preorder it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XHVH9CY <3
Miranda Honfleur
Yes! I am from a Polish background myself and wanted to see more Slavic representation in fantasy. <3 The elves, both light elves and dark elves, have a Slavic core to their languages.
Miranda Honfleur
If they're Bright of the Moon and The Dragon King, they've been relisted on Amazon. <3 The preorders were delayed, but are back up!
Miranda Honfleur
Sorry for the delay! Bright of the Moon will be releasing in December: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XHVH9CY
Miranda Honfleur
It's been delayed to end of December. :) You can preorder it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XHVH9CY <3
Miranda Honfleur
Book 2 is in the works, tentatively scheduled for May!
Miranda Honfleur
Thank you so much, Susanne! Yes, Queen of the Shining Sea will be published in late August 2018. :) The preorder should be up towards the end of May!
Miranda Honfleur
When I first started writing as a child, I think it stemmed from a very active imagination and being an only child. I would make up stories all the time, and as I learned to draw and write, putting it to paper was great fun. :) We moved and I went to a new school when I was eleven, and I think writing was an outlet for missing my friends, my old school, my old neighborhood. Lots of my stories revolved around heroines finding their way back home, or going on great adventures with their friends. It was around this time that I also tumbled deep into the fantasy rabbit hole and discovered all the stories that have largely shaped who I am.
In high school, college, and beyond, I became very fixated on creating a stable life for myself. This meant a reliable, professional career that would mean a house, a car, money, and not worrying where the next meal was going to come from. Unfortunately, I didn't think a lot about what I loved to do: tell stories, write, read. I was obsessed with practicality and the mathematics of a stable future. It made me miserable, but I didn't put a lot of stock into that. I ignored it and pressed on.
My husband and I met in 2009, and started dating the year after that. It wasn't long before he noticed how miserable I was on the career side of things, despite how much time and effort I put into it. It seemed as though the more I put into my career, the more miserable I was about it. And in 2013, he suggested I try National Novel Writing Month (November). He'd heard about it as part of his major in becoming an English teacher, and he knew how much I used to love writing. I thought it was a waste of time, with nothing practical to be gained, but the more we talked about it, the more I realized I needed a project like this to take my mind off how dark my career choices made me feel.
I completed my NaNoWriMo that year, and it reignited something in me. A sense of wonder, of a broader world out there, of possibilities. There was always something empowering about fantasy, about experiencing a heroine's story as she goes on daring quests, overcomes her inner demons, helps others, sees the wider world. It touches something inside that needs to relive that sense of accomplishment and growth, which books allow it to do. Fantasy can remind you of that feeling that there are still new things to discover, that the world isn't finite or set, that there's magic and enchanted forests and dragons out there, only "out there" is between the covers of a good book. NaNoWriMo 2013 pulled a shroud off an area of my life and let the light back in.
I met wonderful authors who became great friends of mine, and we've all encouraged one another to tell the stories we need to tell. One of them saw potential in me as an editor and invited me to begin professional editing, putting my background and skills from my English major and my law degree to new (and wonderful) use editing fiction. We worked very well together, and other authors began seeing my potential, too. And for years now, I've been editing as a career and writing, and I haven't looked back on the life that I thought practicality and stability demanded.
So, what made me start writing? In short, it was my husband being amazing. *smiles* I was a writer at heart and had been since childhood, but I fought it to the point of making myself miserable. Starting to write again was one of the best decisions I've ever made, one that's brought a lot of happiness and fulfillment into my life. :)
In high school, college, and beyond, I became very fixated on creating a stable life for myself. This meant a reliable, professional career that would mean a house, a car, money, and not worrying where the next meal was going to come from. Unfortunately, I didn't think a lot about what I loved to do: tell stories, write, read. I was obsessed with practicality and the mathematics of a stable future. It made me miserable, but I didn't put a lot of stock into that. I ignored it and pressed on.
My husband and I met in 2009, and started dating the year after that. It wasn't long before he noticed how miserable I was on the career side of things, despite how much time and effort I put into it. It seemed as though the more I put into my career, the more miserable I was about it. And in 2013, he suggested I try National Novel Writing Month (November). He'd heard about it as part of his major in becoming an English teacher, and he knew how much I used to love writing. I thought it was a waste of time, with nothing practical to be gained, but the more we talked about it, the more I realized I needed a project like this to take my mind off how dark my career choices made me feel.
I completed my NaNoWriMo that year, and it reignited something in me. A sense of wonder, of a broader world out there, of possibilities. There was always something empowering about fantasy, about experiencing a heroine's story as she goes on daring quests, overcomes her inner demons, helps others, sees the wider world. It touches something inside that needs to relive that sense of accomplishment and growth, which books allow it to do. Fantasy can remind you of that feeling that there are still new things to discover, that the world isn't finite or set, that there's magic and enchanted forests and dragons out there, only "out there" is between the covers of a good book. NaNoWriMo 2013 pulled a shroud off an area of my life and let the light back in.
I met wonderful authors who became great friends of mine, and we've all encouraged one another to tell the stories we need to tell. One of them saw potential in me as an editor and invited me to begin professional editing, putting my background and skills from my English major and my law degree to new (and wonderful) use editing fiction. We worked very well together, and other authors began seeing my potential, too. And for years now, I've been editing as a career and writing, and I haven't looked back on the life that I thought practicality and stability demanded.
So, what made me start writing? In short, it was my husband being amazing. *smiles* I was a writer at heart and had been since childhood, but I fought it to the point of making myself miserable. Starting to write again was one of the best decisions I've ever made, one that's brought a lot of happiness and fulfillment into my life. :)
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