Author Archives: akuivalainen

March Update

I’m running a bit late this month with the update but I am here! Finally! Last month was HUGE both professionally and personally. I spent time as no #1 in respective Amazon categories for both Wylt and Cry of the Firebird which has brought many more readers into the Firebird Fairy tales world – Welcome! As always, I’mContinue reading “March Update”

February Update

Hi Everyone, Where did January go??? Got a not so crazy feeling that this year is going to be full on! Things are going down in the weird writing world of Amy. So far this year I have: *Completed another re-write of Jael/Mychal book. I have a draft that I’ve proof read and while itContinue reading “February Update”

New Releases via Veronica Scott

If you’re like me and love to binge read SciFi and Fantasy Romance, do yourself a favor and subscribe to Veronica Scotts blog! It’s chock full of awesome deals on New Releases. I am hooked! via New Releases in #SciFi and #Fantasy Romance for Wednesday December 27

Friday essay: why grown-ups still need fairy tales

Edmund Dulac’s 1910 illustration of Sleeping Beauty. Wikimedia images Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle For as long as we have been able to stand upright and speak, we have told stories. They explained the mysteries of the world: birth, death, the seasons, day and night. They were the origins of human creativity, expressed in wordsContinue reading “Friday essay: why grown-ups still need fairy tales”

Blaise is on Pre-Order a.k.a Let me put my words in you

Hey Everyone! December is going  to be a massive book month here in Camp Amy so here is a brief rundown. If you have been on my social media in the last few days you would have seen me FREAKING OUT about my awesome new cover for BLAISE, book 2 of the Blood Lake Chronicles.Continue reading “Blaise is on Pre-Order a.k.a Let me put my words in you”

On Pre-Orders

Hi Everyone   Following up from my last blog. I have looked into doing pre-orders for Ashes of the Firebird and Rise of the Firebird for their universal release in December but due to being enrolled in KDP until 3rd December, I’m not allowed to even have a pre-order page up on the other sites  as it stillContinue reading “On Pre-Orders”

An Update and Sexy Second Editions

It’s been a while guys…I know. I always feel a bit guilty about leaving it so long between drinks but when you’re working, doing uni, writing books and publishing, shit is bound to get a bit hectic. Right. I’ve been underground finishing off a great Ancient History unit on the Later Roman Empire, getting inspiredContinue reading “An Update and Sexy Second Editions”

Journeys to the Underworld- Greek Myth, Film and American anxiety

A fascinating read, courtesy of the Conversation Gil Birmingham (Cory) and Jeremy Renner (Martin) in Wind River: grieving fathers who come together in the realm of the dead. Production Co: Acacia Filmed Entertainment, Film 44, Ingenious Media Paul Salmond, La Trobe University The success of Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman, depicting warring Olympians and Amazons, continuesContinue reading “Journeys to the Underworld- Greek Myth, Film and American anxiety”