In which Cara reveals the title of the fourth Fay of Skye book!
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Earlier, I posted a list of songs relevant to my book, Memories of Magic. During revisions, I added a new one! Lindsey Stirling’s “Where Do We Go?” featuring Carah Faye. Find out why on the blog!
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Check out an excerpt from Memories of Magic’s “Meet Cute”–where Olivia and Savit meet for the first time!
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Check out the gorgeous cover for Memories of Magic, book three in the Fay of Skye series!
The book soundtrack for A Merge of Magic includes songs like “Brave Enough” by Lindsey Stirling and Christina Perri, “Gravity” by Sara Bareilles, and “Heart’s a Mess” by GOTYE.
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It’s release day for A Theft of Magic! The hero, Ronan McCarrick, is an Irish Republican, so I’m going to share a little about the real history of Irish Republicanism in the 19th century.
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A Merge of Magic A Fay of Skye Prequel – Part One of Six Viola Fay Seward had the terrible misfortune to fall in love with her soul mate at the age of sixteen. Rather than inform him… Read More
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My first post about book soundtracks was more of a “what a book soundtrack means to me” or “how I craft my book soundtrack” type of post. From here on out, the posts in this series are going… Read More
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I’m hosting a Goodreads Giveaway for Essential Magic! There are 10 copies of the paperback version up for grabs, so enter for your chance to win! Goodreads Book Giveaway Essential Magic by Cara McKinnon Giveaway ends July 31, 2016…. Read More
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To continue this week’s theme of romance and sex, I thought it was a good time to discuss how I bring the fantasy elements into my fantasy romance. Often in fantasy stories, the mages or supernaturally-inclined folk are… Read More
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