Release Day Excitement
Release day for The Blood-Cursed is finally here and I am so relieved and excited. For a while it was starting to feel like we'd never...
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Samantha Traunfeld
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Oct 132 min read
World-building Part 2
Welcome back to another world-building post! The last version of this post started with the lovely map Grayson made for the world of The...
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samanthatraunfeld
Oct 62 min read
Meet the Characters Part 2
With a new release right around the corner it’s time for another meet the characters post, introducing some of the new characters that...
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samanthatraunfeld
Oct 33 min read
Recap of The Legionnaire
Welcome to another blog post! Here’s a quick recap of The Legionnaire to prep for the release of The Blood-Cursed coming October 15th!...
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samanthatraunfeld
Sep 156 min read
Celebrate One Month Until Release by reading the first chapter of The Blood-Cursed
Hello friends! It has been crazy busy behind the scenes as I get everything prepped and ready for my first Indie book release. There has...
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samanthatraunfeld
Jul 152 min read
Publishing Update
The Blood-Cursed is going to be an independently published novel releasing Fall of 2024!
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samanthatraunfeld
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Shepherd Book Recommendations
I recently had the priveledge of working with the Shepherd team to write up a new kind of book recommendation list. Shepherd is trying to...
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samanthatraunfeld
Nov 14, 20233 min read
Release Day
We are finally at the release day for THE LEGIONNAIRE and I couldn't be more excited for this book to be out in the world. To be honest,...
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samanthatraunfeld
Nov 11, 20233 min read
The World of The Legionnaire
Before we get into the nitty-gritty of this post, I want to take another moment to share this absolutely beautiful map made by Grayson...
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samanthatraunfeld
Nov 9, 20233 min read
Meet the Characters
To me, a story is all about the characters. Sure we go in to books hoping plot happens, but plot is boring if it's happening to the wrong...
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samanthatraunfeld
Nov 4, 20232 min read
The Legionnaire's Signature Drink
Hello friends! Because I hate recipe posts where you have to scroll through miles of content before you get to the recipe, the recipe is...
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samanthatraunfeld
Oct 24, 20238 min read
Writing Trauma Informed Characters: A Case Study of DC's New Flash Movie
Author's Note: I wrote this piece a few months ago, and then never got around to editing it. I still the information is valuable, even if...
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samanthatraunfeld
Jun 1, 20233 min read
Invisible Queernes
Happy Pride! When I originally planned this post, it was going to come out only a few days before my book did. It was one in a line up of...
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samanthatraunfeld
May 25, 20233 min read
Cover Reveal Vol 2.
Can you tell by the title that I've seen the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie recently? Welcome to part 2 of my cover reveal a.k.a. the...
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samanthatraunfeld
May 16, 20233 min read
Some Bumps in the Road
As anyone who is familiar with publishing can tell you, the road from draft to publication is often not a smooth one. I thought, when I...
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samanthatraunfeld
Feb 23, 20232 min read
The Legionnaire's Origin Story
The next few blog posts on my page are going to be about story process. Just a disclaimer, this how things went for me with book 1....
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samanthatraunfeld
Jan 24, 20231 min read
The Query Letter that Started it All
This is something I found super interesting to look at when I started my research before going into the query trenches, so I thought I...
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samanthatraunfeld
Jan 6, 20231 min read
Preorder Incentives
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who showed up with love and enthusiasm for my cover reveal, it never would have been as...
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samanthatraunfeld
Jan 2, 20233 min read
Cover Reveal
I am super excited to finally be able to share the beautiful cover design from Keylin Rivers for The Legionnaire with you! I had such a...
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samanthatraunfeld
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Welcome to My Website
Hi! I'm super excited you found your way over here. This is where I will be sharing fun peaks behind the scenes of my publishing journey,...
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