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Vizard—An award-winning prequel.
The Ember Files

Vizard—An award-winning prequel.

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Vizard: An Ember Files Side Story Award-winning novel! Fantasy | UrbanFantasy | DarkFiction | Contemporary196 Pages, print editionISBN 978-1-7782531-4-0 (Paperback)ISBN 978-1-7782531-5-7 (eBook)On-sale Date: December 14, 2023 A brutal deed forever alters the rules of survival.Few Spellbinders know of the kill list’s existence; a list that marks multiple families for death. In the wake of one savage… Continue reading Vizard—An award-winning prequel.

Ember Stone (Book One)
The Ember Files

Ember Stone (Book One)

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Revised edition Embrace your magic! Fantasy | UrbanFantasy | Magic & WizardsFiction | Women427 Pages, print editionISBN 978-1-7782531-3-3 (Paperback)ISBN 978-1-7782531-2-6 (eBook)On-sale Date: June 8, 2023 As life catapults her into a magical world at war, Kori Ember must recognize her existence isn’t conventional. The life of her sister, Alivia, and the fate of all Spellbinders… Continue reading Ember Stone (Book One)

Is There a Spell For That? (Series Notebook)
The Ember Files

Is There a Spell For That? (Series Notebook)

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Embrace your magic! Write Your Spell. NotebookNotebook | LinedNotebook | Series204 PagesASIN B0BZBPLHCM (Paperback)On-sale Date: March 19, 2023 This journal is a place for you to embrace your magic, whatever it may be: writing your thoughts and feelings, catharsis, journaling for self-care, evoking mindfulness, creative writing, keeping a record of events, recipes, planning, and list… Continue reading Is There a Spell For That? (Series Notebook)

Inspiring this author
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Inspiring this author

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Let’s talk about real-life inspirations: people, places, events . . . For my Ember Files series, I had two physical locations that featured in the narrative. I based Kori Ember’s childhood home, with all its secret tunnels, on a bachelorette apartment I lived in twenty years ago. It was an old house sectioned into single… Continue reading Inspiring this author

Intentional Disclosure
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Intentional Disclosure

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The Ember Files is ending. I am releasing the last book in the series this summer. Today I want to share with you the cover for that book. By Shari Marshall - 2024 Cover image: http://www.bookbrush.comdarksouls1 from Pixabay and susan-lu4esm

Prequel cover reveal
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Prequel cover reveal

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Vizard is a stand-alone prequel in The Ember Files Series. Vizard has a release date of December 2023. Survival ▪ Vengeance ▪ Passion It's a dark urban fantasy story that happened forty years before Kori Ember and the emergency of the Ember stone. By Shari Marshall – 2023 Cover Image: http://www.bookbrush.com

Another learning curve in my writing life.
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Another learning curve in my writing life.

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I’ve been trying to write a short story. My word count aim is between seven and ten thousand. The current word count is less than four thousand words and it has been hard-pressed to get those onto paper. I’m not sure why the words aren’t flowing with ease, but I haven’t been pushing either. I… Continue reading Another learning curve in my writing life.

Ember Stone Book Review
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Ember Stone Book Review

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Ember Stone: Book 1 of The Ember Files Author Shari MarshallBook 1 in what will eventually be a trilogyHumorous | Kidnapping Thrillers | Women’s Fiction Rejected Heritage ▪ Hostile Magic ▪ Incompatible Worlds A rescue mission on the crumbling terrain of a magical society where the stakes have potentially fatal outcomes. The Ember Stone is… Continue reading Ember Stone Book Review

Sweet is at war with bitter
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Sweet is at war with bitter

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My coffee brand this morning is Cookie Jar Coffee. The flavour takes its lead from the salted caramel cookie. The cookie is chewy, but I know that won’t be part of my coffee experience today because I lack cookies. The coffee is a deep darkness in my mug. Sweet vanilla-caramel smell wars with the fragrance… Continue reading Sweet is at war with bitter

A coffee mug created in the manner of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld suitcase . . .
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A coffee mug created in the manner of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld suitcase . . .

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It all started on a morning very much like this one with a strange crystal-like mist plugging the air. The sun fought and failed to break through the gloom. My ivory pumpkin-shaped coffee mug sat on the table before me empty, and me to desolate to rise and fill go fill it. So, we (me… Continue reading A coffee mug created in the manner of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld suitcase . . .