Category: YA Novels

One Day Only!!

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UPDATE!

Unfortunately, due to her degenerative health condition, McKenzie will sadly be unable to attend. If you pray, please keep her in your prayers and if you don’t, we welcome positive thoughts and healing vibes.

Even though McKenzie will be absent, my assistant Christina will be there with McKenzie’s signature to stamp into books, so you can still get a signed copy, just not hand-signed by McKenzie herself.

Hayley and Megan are eager to meet you all and are prepared to sign whatever you bring! There will also be books in the store for purchase if you don’t already have them.

Finally, keep your eyes peeled for Christina – she will have lots of fun things to give away! I wish I could be there to meet you all as well, but I’m unable to travel that far.

The signing will be at Barnes & Noble at the Plaza Venezia in Orlando, FL on September 23rd from 2-4 pm EDT! Add to your Google Calendar

Please also note that since Christina manages all inventory for the shop and ships all orders, anything purchased from now through Sunday September 24th will not ship until she returns home from the Orlando signing. But it’ll be worth it because she just might be coming back with some special hand-signed copies of We Could Be Villains and Into the Churn. Stay tuned for more info once she’s back!

I hope many of you will be able to take advantage of this rare opportunity to meet some of Whimsical’s beloved authors in person! As much as I wish I could be there with you, I hope you all know I’m giving you big Whimsie hugs from afar!

XOXO,
Micheline Ryckman

A Signing, A Dream Achieved, & A Live Action Whimsical Scene?!

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Come meet our Authors!

For one day only, you can meet almost ALL of Whimsical’s authors! I personally won’t be able to travel that far, but Hayley, McKenzie, and Megan will all be at the Barnes & Noble at the Plaza Venezia in Orlando, FL on September 23rd from 2-4 pm EDT!

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet almost the whole Whimsical family! My admin assistant Christina will also be there helping out with things so if you see her, say hi! She may also have some Whimsical goodies to give away!

Add to your Google Calendar

We Did It!!!

Thanks to your help with sharing sharing sharing, we reached McKenzie’s goal of 600 preorders for A Goblin of the Glade!!

If you shared even once, don’t forget to enter our giveaway for a RARE Goblin paperback ARC! We also have another giveaway going for anyone who preordered, so check them both out below and enter fast! We will draw winners for both giveaways on September 21st!

Who’s ready for our next cover reveal!? Mark your calendars – on October 17th, we will reveal the cover and announce the preorder incentives for Queen of Shifting Sands, the debut novel by Kaitlyn Carter Brown!

REMINDERS

Stock is low on the Caraval bookmark set! Once it’s out of stock, these will be gone forever! Get yours now!

Our free postcard for the month of September is the Mistress of Evil herself – Maleficent!

Get this postcard for FREE when you place an order of at least $10 before shipping.

The ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION of We Could Be Villains is available for preorder right now! This edition releases on October 3rd and is loaded with exclusive extras, including:

  • Brand new interior illustrations
  • A bonus scene written exclusively for this edition
  • A new detailed dust jacket (wait until you see the back!)
  • An exclusive design on the hard case

PLUS, all preorders receive an exclusive bookmark of Sam – who gets quite the glow-up in book two! This bookmark is ONLY available for preordering. Once the book is released for general sale, the bookmark be discontinued! So hurry over to the shop and preorder now! Remember the shop is listed in Canadian dollars, so if you’re in the US or UK, you get a better deal after the exchange rate!

Oh and by the way, speaking of We Could Be Villains…

Who wants to see Ironfall and Rosemary COME TO LIFE in the most romantic scene of We Could Be Villains by Megan McCullough?? Natasha Sapienza is hosting a crowdfunding project to film this live-action scene and bring it to life for readers! HOW COOL IS THAT?! Check out all the info here!

If their goal isn’t reached, Sam will lose his bet that Ironfall and Rosemary are totally going to be an actual thing in book 2. After shedding a few tears, the money will go toward artwork for book 2.

 

Whimsical is so blessed to have you all! We are soooo grateful for your shares and follows and likes. You are why we do what we do! Thank you again my Whimsies!

Huge hugs,
Micheline Ryckman

P.S. All the links for our databases and requests for Whimsical’s services can be found below!

Submit Your Manuscript to Whimsical Publishing
Request an Endorsement/Blurb Review

Please note that completing a form does not guarantee I will accept your request. This is purely for me to prioritize requests that I feel confident and inspired to complete.

Support Human Artists Database
Indie Author Database

 

Sale + Giveaway!!

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We’re having a Labor Day Sale!

Labor Day Weekend Sale!

Almost everything in the shop is 25% off! Use code LABOUR at checkout. Sale/Clearance & Preorder items are excluded from further discounts.

We are getting sooooo close to McKenzie’s goal!! We currently have less than 90 preorders left to go to reach her dream of 600 preorders, so PLEASE don’t stop sharing! You all are making this happen with each and every share! We’ve put together a landing page with all the info about McKenzie and AGOTG, including some new graphics to share! Check it all out HERE!

We’ve also partnered with the lovely Christina Doherty to bring you this collab giveaway seen above! Christina made a special, one-of-a-kind sparrow necklace and we want to give it to one of YOU! Click here for all the details and to enter!

Did you miss out on any of the 2023 Caraval bookmarks? This is the perfect opportunity to snag the full set of 6 at a discount but only while supplies last! Click here to add it to your cart!

REMINDERS

Our free postcard for the month of September is the Mistress of Evil herself – Maleficent! Get this postcard for FREE when you place an order of at least $10 before shipping. Preorders excluded.

 

 

 

The ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION of We Could Be Villains is available for preorder right now! This edition releases on October 3rd and is loaded with exclusive extras, including:

  • Brand new interior illustrations
  • A bonus scene written exclusively for this edition
  • A new detailed dust jacket (wait until you see the back!)
  • An exclusive design on the hard case

PLUS, all preorders receive an exclusive bookmark of Sam – who gets quite the glow-up in book two! 😍 This bookmark is ONLY available for preordering. Once the book is released for general sale, the bookmark be discontinued! So hurry over to the shop and preorder now! Remember the shop is listed in Canadian dollars, so if you’re in the US or UK, you get a better deal after the exchange rate!

I know we’ve been coming at you relentlessly with AGOTG info and updates and I’m grateful to you all for sharing. It was McKenzie’s dream to reach 600 preorders and we are so close! With her illness, she will never get better – only worse. We will do everything we can to make that dream a reality. Thank you again my Whimsies!

Huge hugs,
Micheline Ryckman

P.S. All the links for our databases and requests for Whimsical’s services can be found below!

Submit Your Manuscript to Whimsical Publishing
Request an Endorsement/Blurb Review

Please note that completing a form does not guarantee I will accept your request. This is purely for me to prioritize requests that I feel confident and inspired to complete.

Support Human Artists Database
Indie Author Database

Whimsical Has Exciting News!!

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Join me in welcoming new author

Kaitlyn Carter Brown!

Our Whimsical family continues to grow!

I am SO EXCITED to introduce you to Kaitlyn and announce that her book, Queen of Shifting Sands, is being released in the spring of 2024!

Kaitlyn, an avid adventurer both on and off page, crafts fierce fantasy filled with high stakes, sweeping worlds, and courageous characters stories while taking inspiration from her treks across the US National Parks.

Off the page, you’ll find her decorating cakes, drinking plenty of coffee, and surviving the Arizona heat much like her arm of houseplants.

Her previous work has been featured in Havok Publishing’s Bingeworthy and Sensational anthologies, Wild Rose Press’s Fantasea anthology, and Quill and Flame Publishing’s Crowns anthology. She recently released Daughter of the Desert, a prequel novella to Queen of Shifting Sands which is free for her newsletter subscribers.

Queen of Shifting Sands is a romantic YA fantasy story with a desert setting that Whimsical Publishing will be releasing in spring 2024! Lots more to come about this tale in the months ahead, but in the meantime, go give Kaitlyn a follow! She has many posts you might want to see!

More exciting news – we are HALF WAY to McKenzie’s dream of 600 preorders!

That means we still have about 300 orders to go, so PLEASE don’t stop sharing! You all are making this happen with each and every share! We’ve put together a landing page with all the info about McKenzie and AGOTG, including some new graphics to share! Check it all out HERE!