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Release Day!
There is so much running through my mind. Last night I stayed up until midnight like a kid on christmas. I just wanted it to be TODAY,...

Lindsey Byrd
May 1, 20251 min read
A God of Life and a Goddess of Death? Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
When I gave my book, The Sun Blessed Prince, to my mom to read she offered me her feedback periodically as she read through it. One of...

Lindsey Byrd
Apr 24, 20253 min read
High Stakes that aren’t matters of life and death
The Sun Blessed Prince has a lot of stakes, but an obvious question arises quite soon once you realize the magic system is about life and...

Lindsey Byrd
Apr 16, 20253 min read
Elician and Lio: Platonic Love
There are many different types of love depicted in The Sun Blessed Prince. Each has its own challenges to face. One of the most evident...

Lindsey Byrd
Apr 10, 20254 min read
Writing is Hard! - New Youtube Channel and Podcast!
One of the things that I've really enjoyed about my work as a historian has been the opportunity to interview people and collect oral...

Lindsey Byrd
Apr 8, 20252 min read


Fenlia: A child POV in an Adult Fantasy?
There are three point of view characters in The Sun Blessed Prince. Two, are discussed on the jacket cover: Elician and Cat. The third is somewhat of a surprise. Her name is Fenlia (Fen) and she is Elician’s younger sister. Fen is fourteen and she reaches sixteen by the end of the book. She’s a major point of view and perspective through the narrative, and it is understandable to ask: why do we spend so much time in the mind of a child when it’s an adult fantasy book? The an

Lindsey Byrd
Mar 31, 20255 min read
The Sun Blessed Prince: Romantasy? Romantic Fantasy? Or a Fantasy with Romantic Elements?
When I first pitched The Sun Blessed Prince, I pitched it as an adult fantasy novel with no additional qualifications or subsections. As...

Lindsey Byrd
Mar 24, 20254 min read


PW Starred Review for The Sun Blessed Prince
It's been raining a lot where I live. Every day - just a solid and consistent downfall. It hasn't been a grotesque rain, where lack of...

Lindsey Byrd
Feb 14, 20253 min read


Cover Art for The Sun Blessed Prince
Despite the adage "Don't judge a book by its cover" - for many people the cover is the first and only time to make a good impression on a...

Lindsey Byrd
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Character Art by zairaalbereo
With WorldCon coming up, I wanted to do some soft promotion for The Sun Blessed Prince. There's no official cover art yet, and we're a bit too early to start any official marketing runs, but it seemed like a good opportunity to just quietly spread the word while I'm attending the convention. I had the idea of making bookmarks showcasing some of the characters in the book. Two, in particular, made the final cut: Elician and Cat. These two are the heart and soul of The Sun Bles

Lindsey Byrd
Jul 28, 20242 min read
New Book Announcement
When I first built this website, it was because I had just started the book submission process with my agent and I wanted to look as...

Lindsey Byrd
Jun 17, 20243 min read
Author Journey So Far
In May 2019 I published my first book, On the Subject of Griffons with Riptide Publishing. Only a few months later I made an...

Lindsey Byrd
Sep 6, 20231 min read
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