Magic Libraries and Beta Readers: Misshelved Magic with S.R. Crickard
A new book launch!
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The journey of this book began as a short story, a mental cleanse, while wrestling with a different project that just wasn’t clicking.
decided to dive into new tropes, like a magical library and Edwardian fantasy, and before she knew it, what started as a short story turned into the first third of a novel, thanks to some honest feedback from beta readers.While navigating the challenges of writing as a busy homeschool mom, Sarah embraced her character-driven style, letting the story unfold organically. She chose traditional publishing for the collaboration and learning experience it offered.
Now, she’s not just looking forward to sharing this book but also working on the next installment, proving that Christian fiction can be complex and messy, just like real life.
BOOK LAUNCH: MISSHELVED MAGIC
Adelina is content to be a humble librarian with no magic, organizing ordinary books and leaving the magical section of the library to the management of the mysterious creature called a cervara…until she finds a misshelved spellbook that refuses to stay in its proper place. Despite warnings from the College of Magic and her superiors, she decides to return the book to the magical section, where she meets the mysterious creature. Contrary to what she’s been told, the cervara is trying to protect humanity from dangerous magic by hoarding it in the library. But is it also hiding an even greater danger?
Leon is a mage in his final year at the college who needs to write something impressive for his final thesis. But when he befriends the charming Adelina, and she confides her discovery to him, Leon’s world turns upside down. He’s forced to try to mediate between the mysterious creature and the power-hungry magi who surround him, all while trying to pursue his favorite librarian.
Can Adelina and Leon protect the cervara from the world—and the world from the dangers of the library? Or will both sides be destroyed by the secrets they hide and the greed that drives them to seek forbidden knowledge?
ABOUT SARAH CRICKARD
lives in Ohio with a husband, some children, a bunch of dying plants, and a collection of preserved bugs and animal bones. After a career as a caseworker specializing in senior care, she now specializes in collecting homeschool curricula and then making up her own worksheets anyway. When she isn't running, reading, or searching for Lepidoptera in the woods, she is writing down characters who search for the good, true, and beautiful in unexpected places.
Her fiction was featured in the 2022 anthology, For the Good of the Realm, and her forthcoming debut novel, Misshelved Magic, will be released in November of 2024.