by Mark Twain as channeled by Kim Iverson Headlee
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Monday, November 21, 2016
Welcome Kim Headlee on tour for KING ARTHUR'S SISTER IN WASHINGTON'S COURT
Monday, September 26, 2016
Meet Arthurian Author Kim Headlee and Read About her New Title, KING ARTHUR'S SISTER IN WASHINGTON'S COURT and #RomanticTravel idea
My friend and fellow author Kim writes books after my own heart--after all, I fell in love with Camelot, the Broadway play, when my mother went to see it in 1960 and met Richard Burton backstage. She carried his autographed photo in her wallet for years. I still have the album to this day. He and Julie Andrews as Guinevere were magic together.
Kim lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife. People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old house ruins—the latter having been occupied as recently as the midtwentieth century—seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
Kim has been an award-winning novelist since 1999 (Dawnflight, Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and has been studying Arthurian legends and literature for nigh on half a century.
Meet Kim and read about her magical books.
About KING ARTHUR'S SISTER IN WASHINGTON'S COURT
“Solidly entertaining.” –Publishers Weekly
Winner, 2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Winner, Summer 2016 NABE Best Fantasy Book.
Written as though by the old master himself, King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court by Mark Twain as channeled by Kim Iverson Headlee offers laughs, love, and a candid look at American society, popular culture, politics, baseball… and the human heart. Whatever is a time-displaced queen of magic and minions to do? Why, rebuild her kingdom, of course—two kingdoms, in fact: as Campaign Boss for the reelection of American President Malory Beckham Hinton, and as owner of the London Knights world-champion baseball franchise. Morgan le Fay, sixth-century Queen of Gore and the only major character not killed off by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, vows revenge upon the Yankee Hank Morgan. She casts a spell to take her to 1879 Connecticut so she may waylay Sir Boss before he can travel back in time to destroy her world. But the spell misses by 300 miles and 200 years, landing her in the Washington, D.C., of 2079, replete with flying limousines, hovering office buildings, virtual-reality television, and sundry other technological marvels.
Excerpt:
ALL CALL ME Queen. For my unparalleled skills in leechcraft, most call me “The Wise.” No man dares call me “le Fay,” lest he die.
I hight Morgan.
That is to say, my name is Morgan, so chosen by my mother, Duchess Igraine, to honor the Great Queen of the Old Religion, Mór Rigan, goddess of war. My mother never knew how prophetic her choice would prove to be.
I am the daughter of Duke Gorlois, the sister of Queen Margawse and Queen Elaine, the wife of King Uriens of Gore, and the mother of Sir Uwaine of the Table Round. Blessed good fortune made me all of these things.
By the capricious hand of ill fortune, King Arthur became my younger half brother, spawned upon my most virtuous and blameless mother by that demon in man’s raiment, Uther Pendragon.
I despised Arthur from the very hour of his birth.
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Kim's #RomanticTravel Idea
I love to travel but I also love to find great deals on lodging and transportation so that I can use the rest of my vacation budget to splurge on activities. My husband and I began a tradition a few years ago to make a beach getaway in November, which is the off season for many Northern Hemisphere beach destinations. We love sharing dawn and sunset beach walks, usually with a meal afterward because we’ve worked up an appetite. We’ve enjoyed Cancun and several other Caribbean destinations, though our current favorite fall beach retreat is Myrtle Beach, SC. That region’s restaurants can be pricey, even in the off season, so getting an outstanding deal on hotel reservations is a must! Wherever we travel, we’ve found there’s nothing more romantic than the sound of the surf wafting through the balcony window on a mild fall evening.
Kim lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife. People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old house ruins—the latter having been occupied as recently as the midtwentieth century—seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
Kim has been an award-winning novelist since 1999 (Dawnflight, Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and has been studying Arthurian legends and literature for nigh on half a century.
Meet Kim and read about her magical books.
About KING ARTHUR'S SISTER IN WASHINGTON'S COURT
“Solidly entertaining.” –Publishers Weekly
Winner, 2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Winner, Summer 2016 NABE Best Fantasy Book.
Written as though by the old master himself, King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court by Mark Twain as channeled by Kim Iverson Headlee offers laughs, love, and a candid look at American society, popular culture, politics, baseball… and the human heart. Whatever is a time-displaced queen of magic and minions to do? Why, rebuild her kingdom, of course—two kingdoms, in fact: as Campaign Boss for the reelection of American President Malory Beckham Hinton, and as owner of the London Knights world-champion baseball franchise. Morgan le Fay, sixth-century Queen of Gore and the only major character not killed off by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, vows revenge upon the Yankee Hank Morgan. She casts a spell to take her to 1879 Connecticut so she may waylay Sir Boss before he can travel back in time to destroy her world. But the spell misses by 300 miles and 200 years, landing her in the Washington, D.C., of 2079, replete with flying limousines, hovering office buildings, virtual-reality television, and sundry other technological marvels.
Excerpt:
ALL CALL ME Queen. For my unparalleled skills in leechcraft, most call me “The Wise.” No man dares call me “le Fay,” lest he die.
I hight Morgan.
That is to say, my name is Morgan, so chosen by my mother, Duchess Igraine, to honor the Great Queen of the Old Religion, Mór Rigan, goddess of war. My mother never knew how prophetic her choice would prove to be.
I am the daughter of Duke Gorlois, the sister of Queen Margawse and Queen Elaine, the wife of King Uriens of Gore, and the mother of Sir Uwaine of the Table Round. Blessed good fortune made me all of these things.
By the capricious hand of ill fortune, King Arthur became my younger half brother, spawned upon my most virtuous and blameless mother by that demon in man’s raiment, Uther Pendragon.
I despised Arthur from the very hour of his birth.
Purchase KING ARTHUR'S SISTER IN WASHINGTON'S COURT
E-book, all sites
Goodreads
Amazon Paperback
B&N Paperback
BooksAMillion Paperback
Amazon Hardcover
B&N Hardcover
BooksAMillion Hardcover
AUDIOBOOK, Audible
AUDIOBOOK, AmazonAUDIOBOOK, iTunes
Kim's #RomanticTravel Idea
I love to travel but I also love to find great deals on lodging and transportation so that I can use the rest of my vacation budget to splurge on activities. My husband and I began a tradition a few years ago to make a beach getaway in November, which is the off season for many Northern Hemisphere beach destinations. We love sharing dawn and sunset beach walks, usually with a meal afterward because we’ve worked up an appetite. We’ve enjoyed Cancun and several other Caribbean destinations, though our current favorite fall beach retreat is Myrtle Beach, SC. That region’s restaurants can be pricey, even in the off season, so getting an outstanding deal on hotel reservations is a must! Wherever we travel, we’ve found there’s nothing more romantic than the sound of the surf wafting through the balcony window on a mild fall evening.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Three-Day Blitz for SNOW IN JULY, SF/Fantasy Romance by Kim Iverson Headlee
I always enjoy hosting Kim, and have read SNOW IN JULY. Read my Amazon review, and enjoy this blitz!
SNOW IN JULY
by
Kim Iverson Headlee
Friday, April 22, 2016
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Arthurian Author and Friend Kim Headlee is my Guest--Read About Raging Sea: Reckonings
I always enjoy hosting Kim as much as I enjoy her books. I fell in love with the play Camelot at age 3, when my mother went to see it on Broadway, starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. The soundtrack album played in my house constantly. The whole Arthurian legend fascinated me, and still does.
Kim sent me 3 excerpts of Raging Sea: Reckonings: a PG version, PG-13, and R-rated. I went with the PG-13, right in the middle. If you'd like to see the R version, let me know!
Kim lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife. People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old house ruins—the latter having been occupied as recently as the mid-twentieth century—seem to be sticking around for a while yet. She has been an award-winning novelist since 1999 (Dawnflight 1st edition, Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and has been studying the Arthurian Legends for nigh on half a century.
Kim sent me 3 excerpts of Raging Sea: Reckonings: a PG version, PG-13, and R-rated. I went with the PG-13, right in the middle. If you'd like to see the R version, let me know!
Kim lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife. People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old house ruins—the latter having been occupied as recently as the mid-twentieth century—seem to be sticking around for a while yet. She has been an award-winning novelist since 1999 (Dawnflight 1st edition, Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and has been studying the Arthurian Legends for nigh on half a century.
Raging Sea: Reckonings can be read standalone,
but the reader will be better informed if s/he has read Dawnflight (book 1;
Kindle worldwide link http://getBook.at/Dawnflight_2ed_by_KIH_Kindle
) and particularly Morning’s Journey (book 2; Kindle worldwide link http://getBook.at/Mornings_Journey_by_KIH_Kindle
) first.
SYNOPSIS
Those who aspire to greatness must first learn servanthood.
Stripped of kin, clan, country, and even his identity for having failed the
most important woman in his life and her infant son, Angusel begins the arduous
task of rebuilding his life and reclaiming his honor. The path he treads is
fraught with uncomfortable revelations, unexpected reconciliations… and
unavoidable reckonings.
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(Kindle Unlimited only)
EXCERPT (PG-13)
Gull gave Angusel a measuring stare, glanced at the skies—which had
remained calm, and the temperature was behaving itself for once—and reached a
decision. “Elian, the wood can keep. Our wee lion cub needs a woman. So do I,
truth be told.” He picked up his sword.
Over Angusel’s embarrassed, “What!”
soared Elian’s hearty laughter. “I suppose you know just the place,” said the
centurion with a grin.
“Of course. Don’t you?” Gull shot back. When he got no response, he
continued, “How long has it been for ye, auld boar?”
Elian’s grin soured. He pivoted on his wooden leg and stomped inside the
cottage. Without looking back he said, “None of your cac-licking business. Take
him, then. Just don’t be all day about it.” The words faded with distance until
the last few were almost inaudible.
FOLLOW KIM
Sunday, November 22, 2015
A Visit With Kim Headlee--and Mark Twain!
Thank you, Diana, for hosting Mark Twain and me on your blog today!
The dear boy turns—can you believe it??—180 years old on November 30th, and to celebrate, I am releasing the print edition of King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court! Retail links for the hardcover and paperback aren't available yet, but please sign up for my monthly newsletter The Dawnflier to be among the first to learn how to preorder a personalized, specially discounted copy of one of the most important novels to be published in the last 126 years.
Like the original 1889 edition of Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, #KASIWC features more than 100 original pen-and-ink illustrations to complement my satiric sequel.
Here's a peek at what readers may expect in both print editions:
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The dear boy turns—can you believe it??—180 years old on November 30th, and to celebrate, I am releasing the print edition of King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court! Retail links for the hardcover and paperback aren't available yet, but please sign up for my monthly newsletter The Dawnflier to be among the first to learn how to preorder a personalized, specially discounted copy of one of the most important novels to be published in the last 126 years.
Like the original 1889 edition of Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, #KASIWC features more than 100 original pen-and-ink illustrations to complement my satiric sequel.
Here's a peek at what readers may expect in both print editions:
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| Art c2014 by Tom Doneske. The time on the pocket watch represents Mark Twain's time of death (6:21 p.m. April 10, 1910). |
PREFACE.
M GIVEN TO understand some of my posthumous critics have intimated that I was jealous of Jules Verne—that maybe I even felt threatened by him. I have never heard such cocky popping beetle dung in my entire death.
Verne was a hack of the First Order whose publisher (engaged after he had inflicted two decades of the most unengaging whining and pleading, pining and wheedling upon all the other High Lords of Bookdom) viewed it necessary to transform his dyspeptic drivel into something within shouting distance of palatability for the reading public. Jules Verne didn’t invent science fiction; his publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, did,—and I’m sorry I wasn’t born a couple of decades sooner to save everyone the time, trouble, and confusion.
As for this book, here I confess it’s long past overdue. I buried one clue in the joined opposites of Hank Morgan, Technology-Wielder, and Morgan le Fay, Magic-Wielder. Furthermore, Mrs. le Fay was the only important character in A Connecticut Yankee whom I didn’t kill off, of the thousands I did lasso, hang, shoot, electrocute, explode, drown, torpedo, and otherwise murder. Unfortunately, certain Weightier Matters contravened my intent, and I never put pen to parchment to commence the duologue’s conclusion within my lifetime. That nobody acted upon my clues in the hundred years since my sadly unexaggerated demise, speaks to the fact that I’ve been waiting till I’m well and truly dead before whispering my words into the quick and able ear of my chosen Ghost-Writer. For the matters depicted herein, of course, are things which ought to be settled. I don’t have anything else in particular to do in eternity anyway.
Written upon the occasion of my
175th birthday,
175th birthday,
November 30th, 2010
Wytheville, Virginia.
P.S. by K.I.H. For decades I’ve admired Verne’s ability in Michael Strogoff to transport the reader to nineteenth-century Tsarist Russia, especially considering the author never stepped on the steppes. Yet Twain/Clemens still selected me for this project. Go figure.
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TITLE – King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court (#KASIWC)
AUTHOR – Kim
Iverson Headlee
GENRE – Science Fiction/Fantasy Time-Travel Romance
PUBLICATION DATE
– 1 November 2014 (e-book); 30 November 2015 (hardcover and paperback)
LENGTH (Pages/# Words)
– 350 pages/70K words
PUBLISHER – Lucky Bat Books
COVER ARTIST – Jennifer Doneske
INTERIOR ARTISTS – Jennifer Doneske and Tom Doneske
FEATURE-LENGTH SCRIPTS – Registered trilogy: adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain, adaptation of KASIWC, and original script The Once and Future Queen; all available upon request.
SYNOPSIS
Morgan le Fay, 6th-century Queen of Gore and the only major character not killed off by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, vows revenge upon the Yankee Hank Morgan. She casts a spell to take her to 1879 Connecticut so she may waylay Sir Boss before he can travel back in time to destroy her world. But the spell misses by 300 miles and 200 years, landing her in the Washington, DC, of 2079, replete with flying limousines, hovering office buildings, virtual-reality television, and sundry other technological marvels.
Whatever is a time-displaced queen of magic and minions to do? Why, rebuild her kingdom, of course—two kingdoms, in fact: as Campaign Boss for the reelection of American President Malory Beckham Hinton, and as owner of the London Knights world-champion baseball franchise.
Written as though by the old master himself, King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court by Mark Twain as channeled by Kim Iverson Headlee offers laughs, love, and a candid look at American society, popular culture, politics, baseball... and the human heart.
***
Saturday, May 9, 2015
My Favorite Arthurian Author Kim Headlee for #SpringFlingRomance
Why I love spring
by Kim Headlee
When God created the world, He had to make it functional, of course.
He didn't have to make it beautiful, and yet He did. The dancing bands of the
aurora's display, the giggle of a child, the caress of silk on the skin, the
first whiff of coffee and bacon in the morning... but never is that beauty more
evident than in the sights and sounds and smells of the season of rebirth and
hope. It is my hope that you enjoy all these sensory delights as much as I do!
Spring flowers play a major role in God's rebirth process. My
paranormal historical romance Snow in July presents a rebirth metaphor,
often using flowers too: a rebirth from the winter of angst, grief, fear, and
hatred into the spring of acceptance, compassion, forgiveness, and love.
About Kim:
Kim
lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, goats,
and assorted wildlife. People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the
250-year-old house ruins—the latter having been occupied as recently as the
mid-twentieth century—seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
She's a
Seattle native and a direct descendent of twentieth-century Russian nobility.
Her grandmother was a childhood friend of the doomed Grand Duchess Anastasia,
and the romantic yet tragic story of how Lydia escaped Communist Russia with
the aid of her American husband will most certainly one day fuel one of Kim's
novels. Another novel in the queue will involve her husband's ancestor, the
seventh-century proto-Viking king of the Swedish colony in Russia.
For the
time being, however, Kim has plenty of work to do in creating her projected
8-book Arthurian series, The Dragon's Dove Chronicles, and other novels under
her new imprint, Pendragon Cove Press.
Sir Robert Alain de
Bellencombre has been granted what every man wants: a rich English estate in
exchange for his valiant service at the Battle of Hastings. To claim this
reward, the Norman knight must wed the estate's Saxon heiress. Most men would
leap at such an opportunity, but for Alain, who broke his vow to his dying
mother by failing to protect his youngest brother in battle, it means facing
more easily broken vows. But when rumors of rampant thievery, dangerous beasts,
and sorcery plaguing a neighboring estate reach his ears, nothing will make him
shirk duty to king and country when people's lives stand at risk. He assumes
the guise of a squire to scout the land, its problems, and its lady.
Lady Kendra of Edgarburh
has been granted what no woman wants: a forced marriage to an enemy who may be
kith or kin to the man who murdered her beloved brother. Compounding her
anguish is her failure to awaken the miraculous healing gift bequeathed by
their late mother in time to save his life. Although with his dying breath, he
made her promise to seek happiness above all, Kendra vows that she shall find
neither comfort nor love in the arms of a Norman…unless it snows in July.
Alain is smitten by Lady
Kendra from the first moment of their meeting; Kendra feels the forbidden
allure of the handsome and courtly Norman "squire." But a growing evil overshadows everyone, invoking dark
forces and ensnaring Kendra in a plot to overthrow the king Alain is oath-bound
to serve. Kendra and Alain face a battle unlike any other as their honor, their
love, their lives, and even their very souls lie in the balance.
In the following excerpt, Kendra, alone with the badly wounded and
unconscious Alain, confronts her fear of her inherited paranormal healing gift,
the activation of which is catalyzed by touching dried Christmas blooms from
the Glastonbury thorn tree. That fear is born from the failure on her previous
attempt to use the flowers to save her dying mother, several years earlier. The
petals had ignited in her hands, causing a lurid rash whose scar has left a
permanent reminder of her failure and anguish.
Excerpt
As she reached for the packet again, fear froze her hand.
The Glastonbury thorn’s Cristes-mæsse flowers were reputed to work
miracles for the pure of heart. Yet how could she be “pure of heart” when she
harbored venomous hatred for the man who had murdered her brother? How could
she look her Norman bridegroom in the eye and proclaim her fidelity to him
while she felt herself succumbing to this squire’s forbidden allure? How could
she reconcile the months of despising England’s new king for what he had done
to her people, her family, and her very existence?
“I can’t!” Sobbing, she buried her face in her hands. “I just can’t.
The thorn won’t work for me. I am not worthy.”
Power does not come without sacrifice. But for Alain’s sake, and
yours, you must endure the thorn.
For Alain’s sake.
Raising her head and drying her face on the sleeve of her gown, she
gazed at the man—the Norman—who’d already sacrificed God alone knew how much
for her sake. His chilled, waxy face convinced her that whether she was
betrothed to another man or not, and whether Alain was kin to Del’s murderer or
not, she didn’t want him to pay the ultimate price.
She had no right to permit him to make such a sacrifice.
The very least she could do for him was sacrifice a small piece of
herself.
She drew a deep, shuddering breath, released her hatred as best she
could, and pressed the packet between her palms.
***
Author's Note: Cristes-mæsse is the
ancient Saxon word for Christmas
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