Elena May's Blog
August 1, 2020
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Alfa
It's time for the last
Throne of Blood
character I wanted to show you before the cover reveal on Tuesday. Meet Alfa!
More details and a full-resolution picture on my website
Happy reading! 💖
More details and a full-resolution picture on my website
Happy reading! 💖
July 29, 2020
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Carmina
I'm so happy to finally introduce you to one of my favorite characters in the upcoming
Throne of Blood
, and in the
Nightfall
series in general. Meet Carmina!
More details and a full resolution image on my website
Happy reading! 💖
More details and a full resolution image on my website
Happy reading! 💖
July 26, 2020
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Almaz
And now it's time to introduce a new
Throne of Blood
character. Meet Almaz:
She is the first albino character in the Nightfall series. She also happens to be the first amputee character we meet. Combining these two facts about her, you can already take a guess about her complicated backstory.
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 20th: Mizuki
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
She is the first albino character in the Nightfall series. She also happens to be the first amputee character we meet. Combining these two facts about her, you can already take a guess about her complicated backstory.
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
July 23, 2020
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Rada
It's time for another
Throne of Blood
character reveal. Meet Rada!
She is in the book for only a short while, but her character makes an impression. She is related to a certain mythological being. If you've read Men and Monsters carefully, you should be able to guess which one 😊
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 20th: Mizuki
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
She is in the book for only a short while, but her character makes an impression. She is related to a certain mythological being. If you've read Men and Monsters carefully, you should be able to guess which one 😊
Character Reveal Schedule:
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
July 20, 2020
Throne of Blood Character Reveal: Mizuki
I'm pleased to introduce you to Mizuki, a new character we get to meet in
Throne of Blood
!
We briefly hear her name in Men and Monsters . Ila and Vladimir are discussing potential vampire allies, and Ila suggests Mizuki and Takahiro. Vlad immediately rejects the idea, saying that they hate him too much.
So, what changes in this book? Is he desperate enough to work with her? Or does he have no choice? Is she here as an enemy or an ally, or both?
My beta reader is currently working hard on the manuscript, so I hope I'll be able to share the final version (and the answer to those questions) with you very soon!
In the meantime, I'll be sharing more info on the upcoming book and introducing you to new characters.
As always, beautiful cover art provided by TheSwanMaindeN on DeviantArt!
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 20th: Mizuki
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
We briefly hear her name in Men and Monsters . Ila and Vladimir are discussing potential vampire allies, and Ila suggests Mizuki and Takahiro. Vlad immediately rejects the idea, saying that they hate him too much.
So, what changes in this book? Is he desperate enough to work with her? Or does he have no choice? Is she here as an enemy or an ally, or both?
My beta reader is currently working hard on the manuscript, so I hope I'll be able to share the final version (and the answer to those questions) with you very soon!
In the meantime, I'll be sharing more info on the upcoming book and introducing you to new characters.
As always, beautiful cover art provided by TheSwanMaindeN on DeviantArt!
Character Reveal Schedule:
July 23rd: Rada
July: 26th: Almaz
July 29th: Carmina
August 1st: Alfa
August 4th: Throne of Blood cover reveal!
Happy reading! 💖
May 18, 2020
Throne of Blood Character Reveals coming soon!
As mentioned in my Throne of Blood review, I'm using the time while waiting for empty slots in my editors' calendars to work on the cover and character design. My illustrator and I have been working on 5 new character portraits, to introduce you to 5 new vampires we're meeting in Book 3!
Since there will be many pictures to share in the near future, I just decided to set up an Instagram account for the Nightfall series and use it to introduce new character art:
https://www.instagram.com/nightfallun...
Shiny brand new account, zero followers, zero anything, so you have the chance to be the first to join me there 😃
I've never used Instagram before, and I probably won't be super active. I just plan to use it to introduce new characters, share the new cover art, and maybe even organize paperback giveaways, now that I can't run Goodreads Giveaways anymore.
You're welcome to join me, and hopefully we can have some bookish fun together! 🧡
Since there will be many pictures to share in the near future, I just decided to set up an Instagram account for the Nightfall series and use it to introduce new character art:
https://www.instagram.com/nightfallun...
Shiny brand new account, zero followers, zero anything, so you have the chance to be the first to join me there 😃
I've never used Instagram before, and I probably won't be super active. I just plan to use it to introduce new characters, share the new cover art, and maybe even organize paperback giveaways, now that I can't run Goodreads Giveaways anymore.
You're welcome to join me, and hopefully we can have some bookish fun together! 🧡
April 30, 2020
Free eBooks between May 1st and 10th!
Hi everyone!
If you've followed me in the past, you must know by now that I respect one old hobbit tradition: giving gifts to others on one's own birthday!
And as my birthday is coming up on May 5th, I will be giving away free copies of Kingdom of Ashes and Men and Monsters!
Book 3, Throne of Blood, is coming out later this year, so that's a great opportunity to catch up with the series for free before release date 😊
All you need to do is send me a Goodreads message with "Free eBooks" in the subject line between May 1st and May 10th.
Please include the following:
- Your preferred format (mobi, epub or pdf)
- An email where you'd like to receive it
Happy reading! 💖
If you've followed me in the past, you must know by now that I respect one old hobbit tradition: giving gifts to others on one's own birthday!
And as my birthday is coming up on May 5th, I will be giving away free copies of Kingdom of Ashes and Men and Monsters!
Book 3, Throne of Blood, is coming out later this year, so that's a great opportunity to catch up with the series for free before release date 😊
All you need to do is send me a Goodreads message with "Free eBooks" in the subject line between May 1st and May 10th.
Please include the following:
- Your preferred format (mobi, epub or pdf)
- An email where you'd like to receive it
Happy reading! 💖
April 3, 2020
Throne of Blood: Let's travel together!
We can't travel in the real world right now, but we can still travel in books! Each Nightfall book expands the setting, in both space and time, and in Throne of Blood we see periods and places we haven't visited before.
The earliest scene in Throne of Blood is set in 222 BC. The latest is in the present day: our familiar 26th century post-apocalyptic world.
But where do we go? Of course, today's countries no longer exist under their current shape and form in the Nightfall universe. Still, people, cultures and languages are to some extend the same in the same regions, and we'll see more on how exactly that works in the coming book.
This map shows which of the current world countries have Throne of Blood scenes set in their territories:
Wow, so many colors, what do they all mean? In a nutshell, blue means present day (26th century) and green means flashbacks. As most chapters are from the point of view of centuries-old (often millennia-old) vampires who have seen lots of periods in history, the book is very flashback-heavy, though not nearly as much as Men and Monsters.
Some flashback are very brief, a quick paragraph or a few sentences in the middle of something else. They are colored in light green. Others are full scenes, sometimes an entire chapter: these are dark green.
We also see some dark blue here. This indicates territories where we have both present day action and flashbacks.
Can't wait to be able to share the book with you, so we can all travel together ♥
Larger resolution map here.
The earliest scene in Throne of Blood is set in 222 BC. The latest is in the present day: our familiar 26th century post-apocalyptic world.
But where do we go? Of course, today's countries no longer exist under their current shape and form in the Nightfall universe. Still, people, cultures and languages are to some extend the same in the same regions, and we'll see more on how exactly that works in the coming book.
This map shows which of the current world countries have Throne of Blood scenes set in their territories:
Wow, so many colors, what do they all mean? In a nutshell, blue means present day (26th century) and green means flashbacks. As most chapters are from the point of view of centuries-old (often millennia-old) vampires who have seen lots of periods in history, the book is very flashback-heavy, though not nearly as much as Men and Monsters.
Some flashback are very brief, a quick paragraph or a few sentences in the middle of something else. They are colored in light green. Others are full scenes, sometimes an entire chapter: these are dark green.
We also see some dark blue here. This indicates territories where we have both present day action and flashbacks.
Can't wait to be able to share the book with you, so we can all travel together ♥
Larger resolution map here.
March 1, 2020
Daybreak
Today is March 1st, and, if you've read Men and Monsters, you might remember that this is a big date in the Nightfall universe. It is the night of a certain big battle that changes the state of the world and will soon become known as the Daybreak.
Men and Monsters gives a few hints why Vlad choose this specific date for the battle, and Throne of Blood reveals a few more details. I thought it's a fitting day to share how the book is going!
The first draft is complete! I am now doing revisions, and then the book needs to go through a few beta readers and editors, but I hope to be able to share it with you very soon!
Throne of Blood is a different book from the previous two. While human characters make guest apparenaces, we see the story mostly entirely from the vampires' point of view. The world grows bigger, and we travel much move in both space and time!
Looking forward to sharing it with you. In the meantime, Happy Baba Marta to everyone celbrating! ♥ ♥ ♥
Men and Monsters gives a few hints why Vlad choose this specific date for the battle, and Throne of Blood reveals a few more details. I thought it's a fitting day to share how the book is going!
The first draft is complete! I am now doing revisions, and then the book needs to go through a few beta readers and editors, but I hope to be able to share it with you very soon!
Throne of Blood is a different book from the previous two. While human characters make guest apparenaces, we see the story mostly entirely from the vampires' point of view. The world grows bigger, and we travel much move in both space and time!
Looking forward to sharing it with you. In the meantime, Happy Baba Marta to everyone celbrating! ♥ ♥ ♥
December 28, 2019
All Nightfall ebooks free until Jan 1st!
If you've missed the Nightfall series so far, now is the time to get all published books for free!
The New Year sale on Smashwords runs until Jan 1st. Happy reading!
The New Year sale on Smashwords runs until Jan 1st. Happy reading!
