Friday, December 4, 2015

A Special Gift for My Biggest Fans

I’ve been thinking of a good way to reward the members of my street team since the group was organized. Calling themselves my Guild of Adventurers, these dedicated fans have embraced the call to share my stories with friends and associates. In addition to participating in monthly goals (or quests) given to the group, individual members have posted blog articles, spoken to schools and public libraries, loaned copies of my books to friends and families, and generally been an amazing bunch of fans who believe in me and the stories that I am sharing.

Dedication like that deserves an expression of sincere thanks, but I struggled to think of something that would be appropriate. After all, there are only so many free books that I can give away before they have them all! I wanted something that would be fun, unique, and ongoing. After some serious consideration, I realized that there was a way to combine my love for stories with my love of gaming to create a special gift for my biggest fans. I would organize an online role-playing game set in one of my worlds.

This game will be an informal, exclusive event hosted by me, and only active members of my street team will receive an invitation to participate. It’s up to the group which book’s world will be used for the game, though so far it looks like the clear favorite will be a game involving a group of hunters sent to Krendaria in the world of The Beast Hunter. The rules of the game will be developed by me, and will focus on role-playing and simplified dice rolls rather than complex diagrams and large handfuls of dice. My hope is that it will be fun for both avid gamers and fans who just want the unique experience of personally exploring a world that they’ve only seen in a novel before.

If you’d like to participate in the game, there’s still plenty of time. You can join the Adventurer’s Guild by signing up for my mailing list and writing an honest review for one of my books on Amazon. In fact, the December Quest for the guild is to get a total of ten reviews of my latest book, Magic, Mystery and Mirth on both Amazon and Goodreads, so you’ll already be an active member just for signing up! If we reach our goal, the game will take place next month in January using a free, online chatting platform.

I hope that many of my fans will take this opportunity to delve deeper into the world of The Beast Hunter and share their love of my stories with others. I’m very excited to interact with more of my readers in this unique way, and look forward to continuing this tradition if it’s successful. See you in Krendaria!

To learn more about my street team, click here.

To write a review for Magic, Mystery and Mirth, click here for Amazon, and here for Goodreads

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