Daystar was shortlisted on the 2013 INSPY awards (the bloggers’ award for excellence in faith-driven literature)! Check it out here. Congratulations also to fellow Marcher Lord Press author Kerry Nietz who was also on the shortlist!
Announcement
Daystar listed in the INSPY Speculative Fiction Long List
Daystar was listed in the Speculative Fiction Long List Contenders in the INSPY awards! Read more about it here. The finalist will be announced April 15!
Daystar listed as a finalist for the Grace Awards
Daystar is one of the finalists for the annual Grace Awards! Click here to read more about it.
Great blog post at The Quest for Good Writing
Great blog post by The Quest for Good Writing for Firebird! You can read it here.
Co-interview at USA Today
Kathy shared an interview pool with nine other authors regarding Romance and the Modern Woman. Check it out here!
Vote for Your Favorite Secondaries!
We are looking to expand the Firebird series bios on the official Firebird fan page! Click on the survey below to choose your TOP 5 FAVORITE secondary characters that you would like to know more about. New bios for the 5 characters with the most votes will appear on the website’s …
Firebird Character Bios posted
We are delighted to announce some fun content to all you Firebird fans out there. Check out the official Firebird character bios, now posted here!
Kathy’s Novels Available with Kobo Books
Are there any Kobo Books fans out there? Because Kathy’s Firebird and Star Wars novels are now available there! Check it out.
Interview with Greg Mitchell
Kathy was recently interviewed by Greg Mitchell over at his blog. Check it out here.
Kathy featured on The Plot Thickens
Kathy’s 2012 gardening photos have been featured on a blog featuring novelists and their gardens! Check it out here.
Interview with the American Christian Fiction Writers
Kathy recently interviewed with the American Christian Fiction Writers website. The interviewer, Becky Jacoby, asked some unique questions that Kathy is rarely asked. You can check out the interview here.
Deleted Scene from Daystar posted
Kathy has released a short deleted scene from her latest Firebird novel, Daystar. Click here to read some bonus material that did not make it to the final novel.
The first Daystar review
The first of the Daystar reviews has arrived. Check out the blog post at Celtic Frog Reviews here.
Kathy Presenting a Webinar
For all you Tolkien and C. S. Lewis fans, Kathy will be presenting a webinar hosted by the Christian Writers Guild. She will be discussing the various ways the publishing industry has changed along with the ways you can develop your writing craft to follow in the same rich tradition. …
Kathy is a Guest Author on Speculative Faith Blog
Kathy is a guest author on the Speculative Faith Blog. She covers her inspiration and process of Daystar (and the greater Firebird universe as a whole.) Click here to read it.
Guest Blog Post at Routines for Writers
Kathy Tyers and her literary assistant, Jamie Upschulte, have a guest post featured at Stephanie Shackelford’s Routines for Writers blog. Check it out here.
Special Release for the Month of April
To celebrate the release of Daystar, for the month of April Marcher Lord Press is offering a special $0.99 eBook release of the Firebird: Book One of the Annotated Trilogy for the month of April. Go to Amazon or Barnes and Noble to order your copy today!
Read the first three chapters of Daystar
Can’t wait for Kathy’s latest novel, Daystar, to arrive at your house or you e-reader? We have posted the first three chapters of Daystar on the website. Click here to read these sample chapters.
Daystar back cover copy
A message posted from Kathy’s Facebook page: Here’s the tentative back cover copy for DAYSTAR, which will become available two weeks from TODAY! — Times have changed for the telepathic Sentinels in the realm of the Federate Whorl. Persecution sends these genetically altered people fleeing to their sanctuary world, but …
Wind and Shadow review by Valerie Comer
Wonderful review of Kathy’s Wind and Shadow by Valerie Comer. Check it out here.
Kathy’s upcoming novel mentioned in Library Journal
Library Journal wrote a great article covering the history and future of Christian Speculative Fiction. Mentioned are both Marcher Lord Press and Kathy’s upcoming Firebird novel, Daystar. Read it here.
Wind and Shadow Review at Christian Fiction Book Reviews
Teisha Priest over at Christian Fiction Book Reviews has recently posted a review of Wind and Shadow. Check it out here.
An Academic Critique of Kathy & Christian Science Fiction
An academic writer critiques Kathy’s work, along with “Christian science fiction” in general. He makes some intriguing observations in his blog post here.
Routines for Writers: Wind and Shadow Review
Stephanie Shackelford of Routines for Writers posted a wonderful review about Wind and Shadow. Click here to read it.
Excerpt from Wind and Shadow
In celebration of Wind and Shadow‘s release, we are offering a preview of the first chapter on the site. Click here to read!