The Seventh Guardian - Available Now!
The eBook edition of The Seventh Guardian is now available for purchase in our online store. Physical copies are available for purchase...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jul 19, 2022
- 1 min
Book Launch Livestream
We are T-minus 3 days until The Seventh Guardian launches, and we will be celebrating the release of Book Three live on Facebook! Join us...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jun 30, 2022
- 1 min
Free Ebook Giveaway
In celebration of our upcoming book release, we are giving away FREE copies of our first two books! In case you missed it on our YouTube...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jun 20, 2022
- 7 min
The Seventh Guardian Coming July 22!
We are thrilled to announce that The Seventh Guardian will be published on July 22, 2022! Preorders are available now. We are so grateful...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- May 24, 2022
- 1 min
Welcome to our YouTube channel!
We would love to invite you to check out our new YouTube channel, Mechling & Stubbs. We have just posted our first video, addressing our...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
The Seventh Guardian playlist
Writing in silence has never really worked for me. The Seventh Empire has always been cinematic, in my head. I see scenes (especially...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Book Three Delay
We're sorry to announce that the publication of The Seventh Guardian has been delayed, due to circumstances outside our control. We hope...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
The Seventh Guardian Coming in 2021
Just a quick update to say that The Seventh Guardian, Book Three of The Tales of The Seventh Empire, will be released in late 2021. Our...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Seventh Guardian Coming February 2021
Announcing the release of The Seventh Guardian (Tales of The Seventh Empire, Book 3) coming February 2021. We are so excited to finally...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
Final Draft Submitted!
We submitted the final draft of The Seventh Guardian today! Over the weekend we celebrated with our favorite tradition: fried bananas and...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Oct 14, 2020
- 1 min
Beta Readers!
Comparing edits and notes from six different people can be complex, especially when their suggestions differ significantly.
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Update on Book Three
We had a great meeting with our editor this week! We received encouraging feedback on the current draft; our editor is really happy with...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Draft 2 Submitted
It’s been awhile. Candidly, it’s embarrassing to look at our next-most-recent post and see that it is over two years old. Two years since...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Aug 2, 2017
- 1 min
First Draft Complete
Happy news today: the first draft of Book Three is complete! We finished the initial composition a few weeks ago, and have been attending...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jul 3, 2017
- 1 min
The Truth about the Progress Bar
Our helpful little progress bar for the Book 3 rough draft has been hanging out at 95% complete for several weeks now. In actuality,...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Mar 20, 2014
- 3 min
Writing Martial Arts, Part 3: MA in Prose
Welcome to Part 3 of our series on Writing Martial Arts in fiction. This part deals with the nitty gritty: how to incorporate martial...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Mar 12, 2014
- 4 min
Writing Martial Arts, Part 2: Philosophies
One of the things that I have learned about being pregnant is that nothing happens quite as you expect. For instance, this post, which...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 25, 2014
- 4 min
Writing Martial Arts, Part 1: MA Basics
One of the topics that we have thoroughly enjoyed speaking on, at LTUE and elsewhere, is how to create and write martial arts in fiction....
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 17, 2014
- 4 min
LTUE Reflections
This past weekend, Sam and I had the opportunity to attend and speak at Life, the Universe & Everything, a science fiction and fantasy...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 4, 2014
- 1 min
Life, the Universe & Everything
We are excited to be appearing again this year at Life, the Universe & Everything. This science fiction & fantasy symposium is one of our...
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