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Text by Nancy Foster. AI training or unauthorized reproduction forbidden.

I met Hollywood celebrity Gael García Bernal!

Last Monday I got a really surprising tweet. A local Mexican news account I follow mainly for traffic reports sent a tweet that the famous Hollywood actor Gael García was going to film a film titled "Museo" in a neighborhood that is near my home. I had to do some errands in the vicinity anyways so why not? Let's see if I'm lucky enough to at least catch a glimpse of him from afar. The only problem was that I wasn't certain if the place was going to be cornered by a horde of cops or not after recalling gossip that Daniel Craig was rather snobbish when he filmed in downtown Mexico City.

In fact, I asked a very dear friend of mine if he wanted to tag along and he staunchly told me that he saw on the 10 pm news that it would be a waste of time because they were going to close a ton of streets. He even urged me not to go.

Of course, I usually don't listen to people if I disagree with what they say and decided to go alone. Low and behold, after walking around the neighborhood in the nearby streets where the tweet claimed would be closed, I soon found a small side street and was pleasantly surprised there were no cops, no hordes of crazy fans, no paparazzi, nothing. I saw several crew members drinking coffee, walking around and some extras trying out clothes. I asked a crew member that was walking by if Gael was nearby and she kindly told me "Oh, yeah, he's out here somewhere. If you wander around, you might bump into him."

Around 15 minutes later Gael was walking across the street and I timidly asked him if he could sign an autograph. He was very polite and was surprised that I brought the 3rd book of "An Ominous Book" series titled "Exile" with me. He chuckled that the book already had someone's autograph and I told him I was the author. He became somewhat curious and I briefly mentioned it's a fantasy book series. He then kindly wrote a lovely message on my book and a crew member (I think the guy that took the picture is either the producer or director because he seemed sorta important) took two very lovely photos.

I briefly met Gael's family around 7 years ago during a piano concert and found his family to be very approachable and friendly. I'm very glad that Gael was equally approachable. He even told me that he was going to be filming in that area the rest of the week in case I wanted to stop by again to say hi. I told him about my insane job schedule would make it very difficult but I mentioned that I could try to come Thursday because it's a minor holiday.

I actually went back to the same street Thursday around 3 pm but the crew was sadly no longer there. They must have been shooting a scene in some other street in the area. What a bummer because I wanted to give him one of my books as a gift because he seemed rather interested. Anyhow, he told me that Museo will premiere next year and I'm definitely going to see it.

Anyhow, if you are interested in reading Exile, you can get a copy in ebook format HERE and a paperback copy HERE.

Text by Nancy Foster. AI training or unauthorized reproduction forbidden.

Another Free Sci-Fi & Fantasy book promo

My book isn't participating in this particular event, but I just thought maybe you will like the books being offered here. I've read Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the Clockwork Suitor and enjoyed the book. Haven't read any of the other books listed (sadly I don't have the time to read novels right now because of my new job but I do hope to read the books I downloaded when I have the chance).

However they do seem rather interesting.

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Character Profile: Lord Spaulding of the Kasimma Clan

These are my final 2 days of loitering before I am expected to begin my residency so I am granting readers a little treat. Whenever I have the time, I hope to complete artwork of several characters from my series and offer an insight of them (without spoiling too much on the way). I will probably someday purchase a domain and haul these profiles there. In the meanwhile, I hope you enjoy learning more about the characters from An Ominous Book Series.

If you are wondering, bloodtypes are a huge thing in Eastern Asia. They along with zodiac signs help show some personality traits. If you are curious, I myself am a type A and the neuroticism of the type is quite close to home.

Name: Lord Spaulding
Race: Elf with distant human ancestry
Associated Clan: Kasimma
Birthday: August 5th
Bloodtype: A
Sorcery: Fire/Water
Phantom Beast: Hiratori (a sort of fire bird)
Occupation: Clan Leader/Ranger

Known relatives: Noeru (father, deceased), Ariel (mother, deceased), Hamarin (political uncle), Richard Earlrose (distant nephew), Nelida Earlrose (distant niece)

Lord Spaulding is the main hero of An Ominous Book. A rare mortal elf that saw his elderly father Noeru die from old age as a child, he inherited the clan's leadership at a young age but soon became bored with the comfortable nobleelf lifestyle. Several decades before the beginning of the story, he manages to convince the Elf King Salman to train as a ranger and works part of the year policing the lands from meandering common criminals.

Spaulding is not a common person in the Elf Kingdom, he belongs to a rare minority of the nation's population that is attuned to two magic elements at the same time. While he is a massively impressive fire mage, Spaulding's mediocre water sorcery has caught Salman's interest and wishes to force him to join his elite army known as the Äimite guard at all costs.

It is explained early in the series that Spaulding doesn't have any known blood elf relatives (Hamarin is technically his great paternal uncle but by not belonging to the Kasimma noble bloodline, he is considered to be a political relative like everyone else in the clan). However, even though everyone knows about Spaulding's human ancestry, he never knew he had surviving noble relatives that need his help. Even though Richard quickly becomes fascinated by the strange kingdom, Spaulding has to find the way to return both Richard and Nelida to their birth nation of Ayrtain because of the risk of damaging diplomatic relations.

Spaulding is brave, loyal, an excellent swordsman and a good friend. He is however at the same time obsessively stubborn and taciturn in his decisions which causes him a lot of problems in the series in particular with Lord Froylan and King Salman. He is severely ignorant about human customs having never left his country before and his poor human language penmanship skills are a running gag in the series. While his loyalty is pure without ill intentions, he does on occasion speak poorly of his best friend Trevilin. Although he dislikes his orphaned relatives that have disrupted his peaceful lifestyle, he soons grows fond of them which causes the many chain of events that move the story forward.

Spaulding is not only impressive because he is a rare dual mage. It's explained during the series that phantom beasts with the ability of flight are moderately rare and over the course of several decades, he managed to only summon the wings granting him the ability to fly in the air with them.

Text by Nancy Foster. AI training or unauthorized reproduction forbidden.

Flinch Free Fantasy Books

Look at all of these goodies! I was browsing the net and bumped into this little beauty. This selection of fantasy books are either fully free or heavily discounted and the covers look indeed very enticing. A huge plus is that they seem to be flinch free which is super important for people that like to read to their children.

I'm certain a lot of you will be very excited to enjoy this selection of ebooks.

Click on the link HERE.

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Un libro ominoso is free for 5 days

Amazon will be offering the Spanish translation of An Ominous Book for the next 5 days.

If you want to grab a copy, click HERE.

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Is it an Ominous Book Series or not Goodreads?

Goodreads sort of frustrates me. The website indeed serves a great purpose to be both a social network of book readers (although I haven't really formed friendships with anyone on the site or posted much in the groups, it seems to be a great mingling place for other people). One of the big draws of this website is that people without credit cards such as teenagers can write reviews which is something they can't do on Amazon. I know, Amazon has a very good reason why they have that policy which is to skirt spambots, but most people that take the time to review books don't abuse the system as much.

On one hand, Goodreads fills out a huge void that in any way will help authors connect with potential readers.

The qualm I have with the website pertains a lot to my book series. It seems like they screwed up in more than one thing. For starters, they placed the Spanish translation of An Ominous Book as the predilected version. The covers of both versions are identical, but it's going to confuse a gargantum of readers who might shy away from a much needed review. I can't find the way to fix that problem even as an author. I published the Spanish translation after the English version so I don't know if that affected things.

Second, they epicly screwed up the title of the book series. It's not an Ominous Series. It's an Ominous Book Series. *Quiet grumbles*

The paperback editions of the books were listed separate. Amazon did the same for some reason but it would be nice if they could fuse them together so that readers that prefer to read physical books know that they exist. The paperback books don't even include the cover!!! How will people know they exist?

Finally, I published Quandary in December but they haven't included it in the series. Technically, it's as if I never wrote that book. Frustrating to say the least.

I wonder how can a mere mortal get this fixed. I could request the website for librarian privileges, but with my new job that I start in 10 days, I don't think I can make a huge time compromise. If someone that reads this rants knows someone that can fix this for me, I'll be super grateful!

Click on the link to the Goodreads page of my first book in English HERE.

Before I go, I'd like to remind everyone that this Sunday begins the super Epic Worlds Giveaway. I'll be sharing the news on social media, but spread the word! I've already given out almost 300 free preview copies of Book 1 of An Ominous Book and start to grow my mailing list to reach new fans, let's make this event a success!

Click HERE to check it out!

Do you want to read the first 3 chapters of An Ominous Book for FREE??? Click HERE to get your copy right now!

Lastly, I finally got a smartphone for my new job which made my friends elated. I'm currently playing around with Pokemon GO and learning how to use the Wats Ooops or whatever that is. My best friend pleaded with me to put a real avatar for Whats Oops and I knew very well what that meant. He wanted me to draw Lord Damantin, arguably his favorite character from my series and I couldn't say no to his endless begging. I hope you guys enjoyed the drawing half as much as I did when I drew it!

Have a fun weekend everyone!

Text by Nancy Foster. AI training or unauthorized reproduction forbidden.