A Hole in the Sea Release Day Anniversary!

   A year ago today!
   The winners of the giveaway are listed on the rafflecopter widget in the last post. Congratulations!!! I'll be emailing you later today. If you still haven't read A Hole in the Ice, you can get it here! And if you didn't win, you can get A Hole in the Sea here.
   Here is the blurb I wrote for it:
   Parsifal and Balder are trapped on the arctic ice after Lady Vasille and Lord Keazund vanish into the Sea. The magical Compass shows Parsifal dire warnings of storm and mermaid. Unable to resist the hole in the ice, the two friends find themselves cast adrift on an otherworldly Sea. A Sea filled with myth and dangerous monsters. Guided by Dioktes, a strange old man of doubtful motives, they come to the Port, a floating city of wreckage ruled by a desperate rabble. Lady Vasille has designs upon the Port and upon all of the Sea. If Parsifal isn’t careful, he and his friends will be caught up in her schemes once more. But it’s hard to be careful when you’re trying to survive.

   I wanted to share some special material here, but all I found was the full lyrics for Fou's Lullaby, which you can download for free! The song as recorded only uses two of the three verses I wrote (although the original, as it appears in the book, only has one verse). Here they are:

“My dreams, my dreams die, oh,

Their glory, bright, dies slow,

As the winter winds blow,

They are covered o’er with snow.

I miss them, miss them so,

Chasing them, I will row,

My boat down river’s flow,

I’ll never see them again, I know.

Oh, my love’s gone, I’ll never taste wine.

Yes, my love’s gone, I’ll never hear song.

Oh, my dream’s gone, to love now is wrong.

My dream’s gone, where art thou, love of mine?

For dreams, for dreams, I sigh,

To take me now, to fly,

Where sorrows draw not nigh,

Sadness cannot climb so high.

I whisper, whisper ‘why?’

So fleet, they flicker by,

No matter how I try,

They slip away and won’t say, goodbye.

Oh, my love’s gone, I’ll never taste wine.

Yes, my love’s gone, I’ll never hear song.

Oh, my dream’s gone, to love now is wrong.

My dream’s gone, where art thou, love of mine?

Flowers newly blossom,

When Spring time sweetly comes,

A new dream softly hums,

And in my breast, heartstrings strum.

Whatever they may say,

I know that they won’t stay,

When autumn has its sway,

They will fade away, away, away.”

   The song available for download was written (with my lyrics) and produced by Matthew McLin and performed by Skye Palmer.

Weather Casters Compass Rose--Watercolor and acrylic

Davy Jones--Oil

Tan Noz--Oil

   And some other additional items of interest:
   A guest post from last year, shortly before A Hole in the Sea was released: On Clara Gillow Clark's Blog!
   And a guest post from two years ago: A post about myth on Page Burner!
   I figure it's related material that my newer followers probably aren't acquainted with.

   And thank you everyone who entered for humoring me with you great answers of why you like fiction. I was going to to an additional prize for my favorite, but I couldn't pick one.
   So instead, just comment on this post to win a signed copy of A Hole in the Ice! (I'll put your names in my top hat and pull one out). Open until Monday (Jan 30th) (US only, please).