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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Samantha Traunfeld
samanthatraunfeld
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Publishing Update
The Blood-Cursed is going to be an independently published novel releasing Fall of 2024!
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samanthatraunfeld
- Dec 11, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 8 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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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