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“Harry Potter-like world with fantastic feats and beasts, full of mystery and danger.” —Hall Ways Book Blog

“…add a pinch of The Golden Compass, a dash of Narnia and throw in some of Harry Potter…” L. Del on Amazon

“Fans of novels similar to those within the "Harry Potter" series should find enjoyment in reading this one…” C. Foster on Amazon

“If you liked the Harry Potter series, read this!” —A. Lynn on Amazon

“If you love Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia, this will be a book for you…” M. Wilson on Amazon

“If you like the Harry Potter style genre then you will likely enjoy this book..” Dawn on Amazon

“I could make comparisons to Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia, but I feel The Crystilleries of Echoland is in a class of its own.” Mellisy on OnlineBookClub.org

“wonderful fantasy novel, comparable to the likes of Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia.” Lesler on OnlineBookClub.org

“I am a big Harry Potter fan and felt that this book channeled a similar energy.” Pricklypurple on OnlineBookClub.org

“The descriptions…reminded me of the 3rd book of the Harry Potter series.” —Sushan on OnlineBookClub.org

“Certain occurrences in the book reminded me of the Harry Potter series.” Shrabastee on OnelineBookClub.org
“anyone with a penchant for the world of Harry Potter would find it a fascinating and most enjoyable read.” Kelyn on OnlineBookClub.org

“There are some similarities between Harry and William's journeys, but…this book…is altogether unique.” Storm on OnlineBookClub.org

“this book reminded me of the Harry Potter series, mixed with a murder mystery.” Arielon OnlineBookClub.org

Dear Sounds,

I'm happy to share my Goodreads eBook giveaway with you. Between now and August 6th, enter to win 1 of 100 eBooks ofThe Crystilleries of Echoland.

Enter the giveaway: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/en...

Hope to see you in Echoland,

Dew Pellucid

To celebrate the 5th book award for The Crystilleries of Echoland, the Kindle edition is on sale this week for $0.99 (https://www.amazon.com/Crystilleries-...)

And another reason to celebrate...I'm proud to share that the audiobook was just released. Award-winning narrator, B. J. Harrison, did a magnificent job bringing over 40 character voices to life.

Hope to see you in Echoland!

Dew

Teen Fantasy with 82 Illustrations

It's been a while since I posted on Goodreads, and I thought it would be fun to share the news about the book awards my two novels won.

My recently published, teen fantasy: The Crystilleries of Echoland won its 5 book award today, and this one is very special to me: The book won second place in the Purple Dragonfly Book Award. It's other awards include a Pacific Book Awards Winner (2018), Los Angeles Book Festival Runner-up (2018), New York Book Festival Honorable Mention (2018), and San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention (2018.

My adult novel, Looking Glass Friends has recently won its 14th award. . I'm very proud of this story and the awards it has won.

~ 2018 Great Northwest Book Festival WINNER
~ 2018 Beach Book Festival WINNER
~ 2017 New York Book Festival WINNER
~ 2017 Los Angeles Book Festival WINNER
~ 2017 London Book Festival Runner-up
~ 2017 Pacific Book Awards Finalist
~ 2017 BookVana Award Finalist
~ 2017 Readers’ Favorite Finalist
~ 2018 Paris Book Festival Honorable Mention
~ 2018 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention
~ 2017 New England Book Festival Honorable Mention
~ 2017 Florida Book Festival Honorable Mention
~ 2017 Southern California Book Festival Honorable Mention
~ 2017 Great Midwest Book Festival Honorable Mention

Finally, I'm very proud to share that award-winning narrator, B. J. Harrison, renders an exquisite performance for the audiobook edition of The Crystilleries of Echoland

Thanks for reading! Hope you'll visit my stories soon.
Looking Glass Friends:

https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Glass-...
The Crystilleries of Echoland: https://www.amazon.com/Crystilleries-...

Tal Boldo

Dear Sounds,

The Crystilleries of Echoland is 1 month old. So I created a count-down deal to celebrate. The 82 illustrations appear in color in this Kindle edition.

$0.99 today and going up by a dollar each day until we return to the normal price of $4.99.

https://www.amazon.com/Crystilleries-...

Hope to see you in Echoland. And if you review the book, be sure to drop me a line here on Goodreads. I'll enter you in my Echoland swag giveaway, which will take place when we reach 50 reviews on Amazon.

Goodbye for now,

Dew Pellucid

Happy birthday to my book! It's now been in print for 11 days (and 11 is my favorite number.) So what better way to celebrate than with a book swag giveaway.

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to win Echoland swag at: http://bit.ly/Echoland_FB_Giveaway

Especially, if you left a book review, be sure to enter the giveaway with the link to your review. It's a super easy way to win.

(One caveat: The giveaway is only open to US mailing addresses.)

My novel, Looking Glass Friends, won 10 awards. I feel content leaving it behind for the sake of my children's fantasy: The Crystilleries of Echoland.

I published the Kindle edition of the Crystilleries yesterday. There are 82 illustrations, which is why the paperback editions will take a little longer.

If you read "The Sound & the Echoes", you'll find the new story both familiar and different. This is a complex re-write. I've added characters, changed things around--and most importantly of all--I cut the word count by half. The book is fast-paced and magical.

I hope you will choose to visit.

Dew

So proud to learn that "Looking Glass Friends" is an Award Finalist in the “Fiction: Chick Lit/Women's Lit” category of the 2017 Bookvana Awards. I hugged my little Pomeranian and we danced a jig in celebration. After publishing the original cover, I designed a new one with layers of meaning that relate to the story.

BTW, my pen name for this novel (E. L. Neve) is an anagram. Can any one guess the riddle behind it? Clue: The dedication in the book reads: "For the first one in the anagram."

Looking Glass Friends

Very proud to learn that Looking Glass FriendsLooking Glass Friends is the romance finalist in the 2017 Pacific Book Awards.

The novel was a 2017 winner in the Los Angeles Book Festival.

Both awards mean so much to me. I created a poster of the cover, with two medallions for each win. It hangs in the library where I wrote the novel. And I smile everyday to see it there.

I'm proud to share that Looking Glass Friends is the romance winner in this year's Los Angeles Book Festival.

Here's what I wrote in my author blog as soon as I got the news:

In 2012 my young adult novel, The Sound & the Echoes received an honorable mention in the Los Angeles Book Festival. As I looked over the winners list this time, I thought, "I know I didn't win this time, I know it, I know it..." And still typing "Looking Glass Friends" into the Ctrl F box, I suddenly saw my novel's name appearing on the screen.

No mistake. My pen name is beside it.
And...holding my breath...Winner! I'm the 1st place winner.

Silence. Then...too embarrassing to elaborate, but I did make my dogs jump.

It's strange to even write this, because I wasn't sure the book would appeal to romance readers. The story is literary and its physical aspects come, not secondary to the mind, but as its completion and corollary, rendering even the sex poetical and literary.

I am very grateful to the judges at the Los Angeles Book Festival for the happiness I feel. I knew Looking Glass Friends was good (it took many, many years of writing for me to get this far); but I wasn't sure others would think as I do. I feel harmony between my love of literature and readers out there. It's such a fantastic realization.