Soundtrack: Liliana

This is part two of the soundtrack listings for the characters in my novels.

Liliana is Meliantha’s love, lover, and complement. She also serves, for a bit, as an absent antagonist, due to a decision she makes that hurts Meliantha terribly and influences what Meliantha considers one of the stupidest ideas she ever had, so her actions resonate through a great deal of what happens in Fiendblood.

So let’s go. Click to continue reading.

Soundtrack: Meliantha

I like to make a  character soundtrack. I have made them for all my tabletop RPG characters, to help me get into their mind when I’m about to go into the game. It’s a creative thing that helps me really prepare for play.

And, of course, that means there are soundtracks for the books, or at least the characters in them. With Fiendblood freshly out, I thought I’d share the one I use for Meliantha, to get her written. I don’t use Spotify, but at the end of this will be a link to a YouTube playlist you can use, and each song has their own link. So… here we go.

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Fiendblood update! (Including more places to get it)

Just a note that I’ve fixed some issues (entirely on my side, I assure you) and Fiendblood is currently processing for more sites to be available from, if you don’t like using Amazon or Itch.io. You can find the listing of them at Books2Read.

It may take a few days for some of the services to finish processing and adding, so keep looking. I know that Apple Books, Google Play Store, Smashwords and Kobo will be coming along.

Thank you for reading!

A Re-introduction.

I realized it’s been a while since I gave a proper introduction of myself, so here goes:

Not actually me, but an image that I like to think of as me-ish.,

I’m Jen Dantes, a trans woman living in the United States Greater Northeast (what William Gibson referred to as the BAMA or the Sprawl) while writing books and looking for a job.

I’ve written one book, The Ballad of the Grey Swan, and my second book, Fiendblood, is in its final stages of preparation as I take a few moments to write this. My books are romantic fantasy adventures, with queer heroes, magic, and swordplay in an idealistic fantasy empire that’s being threatened from within and needs heroes to save it – the kind of books I want to read, and I hope they resonate with you if you choose to read them. I currently have two more books in the Chronicles of Taeliana planned, tentatively entitled Shadeborn and Scarlet Bard, and ideas for a couple more beyond those.

Whether you’ve been here a while or just joined, I’m glad you’re here. It’s a weird world out there, and it’s good to have some friends hanging out and talking.

I’ll make this one also an “Ask Me Anything”, so if you have a question, drop it below and I’ll answer it as best I can. (Note: Anything does not include my ID number, bank account info, credit card number, or any passwords. I’m a little smarter than that…)

Do not quote the deep magic to me. I was there when it was written.