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    Status report: April – June 2026

    Rebecca Alasdair / 30 June 2026 / 1 Comment

    Another three months have flown by, and it’s time for my second “status report” of the year. I have some exciting news to share from this past quarter, both in my personal life and my authoring life. So come check out the details, and let me know what you’ve been up to! →

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    Blood of Old: Cover and blurb reveal

    Rebecca Alasdair / 30 June 2026 / 3 Comments

    My question finally has an answer! After years of wondering what the cover of Blood of Old might look like, I’m ecstatic to reveal it to you today, along with the release date and official blurb. Come take a look, share your thoughts, and get ready to mark your calendar!! →

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    Status report: January – March 2026

    Rebecca Alasdair / 31 March 2026 / No Comments

    Hello and welcome to my first quarterly update of 2026! I’m changing these posts up a bit this year to create more succinct “status reports” and save us all some valuable time. So jump on in to hear about my recent priority list and my latest writing updates. →

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⚠️ OFFICIAL COVER REVEAL!! ⚠️ I'm stoked to final ⚠️ OFFICIAL COVER REVEAL!! ⚠️ I'm stoked to finally reveal the cover for my upcoming epic novel "Blood of Old", book 1 in the #GracebornSeries. The cover has been designed and illustrated by @estheticah.artes, and I am absolutely in love with it. After so many years wondering what this cover might look like, it's turned out better than I could ever have dreamed. What do you think? "Blood of Old" will be out on 01 December 2026 and will be available in both paperback and ebook formats. ❤️ • • • #coverreveal #bookcoverdesign #fantasybooks #indieauthor
Asa O'Dair is not your typical fantasy MMC... He Asa O'Dair is not your typical fantasy MMC... He can't fight. He won't kill. He is the opposite of cold and arrogant. This idealistic healer's apprentice is painfully shy and struggles to deal with strangers. But he is not a pushover. He isn't weak. And he will have to figure out how to wield his kindness in a world threatening to ruin everything he holds dear. 🎨 Art by @sophielouisedraws • • • #indieauthor #fantasyseries #fantasybooks #epicfantasy #gracebornseries
Y is for YF! 👇 We're nearing the end of my A to Z Y is for YF! 👇 We're nearing the end of my A to Z of worldbuilding elements in the #GracebornSeries! I also have to skip over the letter X to land on Y, and today I'm excited to talk about chronology and timelines. When we think about the chronology or timeline of a calendar, we generally measure it with reference to a particular point in time called an "epoch". In the Gregorian calendar of our world, this is the BCE/CE conventions you're probably familiar with. In the modern Ten Dominions, that reference epoch is the Fall of Corraidhin, which is denoted as "Year of the Fall" or YF in calendars. Years "Before the Fall" (BF) or "After the Fall" (AF) can then be marked or measured. When book 1 starts, the year is 1123 AF. What other reference epochs have you come across in fantasy fiction? 🤔 • • • #worldbuilding #fantasybooks #fantasyseries #fantasyauthor
ONE WEEK TO GO until the cover reveal of "Blood of ONE WEEK TO GO until the cover reveal of "Blood of Old", the first book in my epic fantasy series!! 😱 Any guesses or theories as to what it's going to look like? I'd be fascinated to know what you think!! • • • #fantasyseries #epicfantasy #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #gracebornseries
Want to add my book to your TBR? It's now on Goodr Want to add my book to your TBR? It's now on Goodreads!! 😀 If you're on the hunt for a new epic fantasy series with high stakes, a large cast, and complex worldbuilding, look no further. "Blood of Old", book 1 in the #GracebornSeries, is coming on 01 December, and you can now add it to your shelf on Goodreads. Link is in my bio! • • • #goodreads #tbrlist #fantasyseries #fantasybooks
THE OFFICIAL BLURB IS HERE 👇 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, THE OFFICIAL BLURB IS HERE 👇 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯... The Hallowed Land, they called it. A bastion of light that stood throughout the Age of Discord, where none went hungry and peace was a promise to all. But when the Hallowed Land fell, that promise was shattered. The earth itself became tainted. No one has set foot within its borders in over a thousand years. Until now. Healer’s apprentice Asa O’Dair would follow his adopted brother Kael anywhere. Even on a reckless jaunt into the Tainted Land. There, Asa spills blood on its once-hallowed soil, unleashing a cataclysmic force that corrupts the sun and awakens a terrifying power inside him. One others would kill to control. Or die to defend. Whisked away from their quiet life by the Graceborn, who can wield the world’s latent energy, the brothers find themselves tangled in a plot to destabilise the Ten Dominions. Graceborn are going missing. Civil war brews in the north. And in the shadows, an enemy thought vanquished watches, because Asa’s power—and Kael’s mysterious lineage—is the sign their time has come. "𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗹𝗱", 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝟬𝟭 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. • • • #bookblurb #fantasyseries #fantasyauthor #indieauthor
My book baby will be out at the start of December! My book baby will be out at the start of December!! 😱 Mark your diaries, everyone. I'm so excited to announce that "Blood of Old", the first book in the #GracebornSeries, will be released on 01 December 2026. This novel has been such a long time coming, and I can't quite believe it will be out in the world soon. Stay tuned for the blurb reveal later this week... • • • #fantasyseries #epicfantasy #fantasyauthor #indieauthor
Announcements incoming for the first book in my ep Announcements incoming for the first book in my epic fantasy series!! "Blood of Old", book 1 in the #GracebornSeries, is finally coming out later this year, and June is going to be a month of announcements. I'll be revealling the following things on the following dates... 15 June - Release date 19 June - Official blurb 30 June - Book cover So keep an eye out over the next few weeks, and if you want to be involved in the cover reveal, please DM me! 😊 • • • #fantasyseries #epicfantasy #fantasyauthor #indieauthor

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