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About Dragon Fire’s setting in Northern Norway

Tromso, known as the Paris of the North, is located in Northern Norway 350 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. It has a population of 70,000 people and has been inhabited since the end of the ice age. The city, which sprawls over the island of Tromsoya and over to the mainland, is a mix of wooden houses and modern structures such as the iconic Arctic Cathedral that juts up like slabs of a glacier. Tromso is home to the northernmost university in the world, and there are approximately 9,000 students working towards undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Tromso enjoys a relatively moderate climate due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream and has a very lively cultural life. The city hosts an impressive number of festivals all year round and even when there isn’t a festival going on, there are dozens of bars and cafés that have live music, poetry readings or other events. The problem in Tromso is not finding something to do, but rather figuring out what to do.

The midnight sun is present from the middle May to the end of July, but even when the sun does dip below the horizon, Tromso’s high latitude means there is an exceptionally long twilight, creating what I call the Arctic blue light that is so magical. Although the sun isn’t visible from the end of November to the middle January, there are still stretches of blue twilight when the sun hangs just below the horizon. Tromso’s latitude, and the resulting angle of light, often turns the snow a brilliant array of colors.

During the winter months, the Tromso area is a great place to see the undulating Northern Lights – the most common being bright green, but on a clear night (the lights are more often visible between 6 PM and midnight) you might also see purple and occasionally a bit of yellow or blue. The lights are captivating, and even if it’s well below freezing you stay there, stuck in place, watching.

I fell in love with Tromso as a a teenager and can’t imagine my story about the clash between humans, shapeshifting Draak and angel-like Elythia in any other setting. The land, the mountains, the northern lights and the love of life that makes Tromso vibrate year round all contributed to making my fictional world what it is.

About Dina von Lowenkraft

Born in the US, Dina has lived on 4 continents, worked as a graphic artist for television and as a consultant in the fashion industry. Somewhere between New York and Paris she picked up an MBA and a black belt – and still thinks the two are connected. Dina is currently the Regional Advisor for SCBWI Belgium, where she lives with her husband, two children, three horses and a cat.

Dina loves to create intricate worlds filled with conflict and passion. She builds her own myths while exploring issues of belonging, racism and the search for truth… after all, how can you find true love if you don’t know who you are and what you believe in? Dina’s key to developing characters is to figure out what they would be willing to die for. And then pushing them to that limit.

Dragon Fire

Some choices are hard to live with.
But some choices will kill you.

When seventeen-year-old Anna first meets Rakan in her hometown north of the Arctic Circle, she is attracted to the pulsing energy that surrounds him. Unaware that he is a shapeshifting dragon, Anna is drawn into a murderous cycle of revenge that pits Rakan and his clan against her best friend June.

Torn between his forbidden relationship with Anna, that could cost them both their lives, and restoring his family’s honor by killing June, Rakan must decide what is right. And what is worth living – or dying – for.

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SELF-PUBLISHING

In August 2012 I decided to go down the self publish route. With sites like Lulu.com; Createspace; Smashwords; Kindle Direct; self publishing is now so easy, and cost nothing. I now have all six of my novels self published under my brand PHOENIX. I have full control over the book content, the cover, promotion, publicity, and, of course, I don't share the royalties with anyone. The promoting is a full time job, but it has to be done. All in all, and thanks to my friends and supporters on Facebook and Twitter I am glad I made that decision.
So that’s it then, decision made, you are going to self publish. So how do you do it? It really couldn’t be simpler.

First let’s consider the paperback. Decide what size you would like your paperback to be. I use A5. Set the Page Layout on your word processor (I use Microsoft WORD) to the size you require. Type up your novel. I use Times New Roman, 11 point. Page Layout – Margins Top 1.9cms; bottom 1.9 cms; inside 1.27 cms; outside 1.9 cms; gutter 0.89 cms; Mirror margins. Once completed you can then submit that WORD document directly to Lulu.com or Createspace. There is no charge for getting published. There is, of course, a charge to purchase the actual books. (I have used both. In my opinion Lulu.com produces the better product, but they are slightly more expensive to purchase). Both Lulu and Createspace make your work available on Amazon. Follow the simple on-line instructions to get published. You will be asked to upload the file containing the novel. An ISBN number will be allocated (again at no charge). With regard to the cover you will be required to upload a wraparound cover. You will be advised as to the sizes required. And that is that. Your paperback will be ready to purchase from Lulu or Createspace instantly; and on amazon 6-8 weeks later.

Now to the ebook – there are many sites where it is possible to produce an ebook for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and all kinds of ebook formats. I started with Kindle Direct Publishing – KDP, but, through using Draft2Digital, I also have books available on Noon, Kobo, and iTunes.

Once again it is simple to do, and at no charge. Use the same WORD document you used for the paperback. Follow the simple on-line instructions. Upload your cover – for ebook use you will only require a front cover – the ebook will be available within 24 hours on Amazon.

About John Holt

I was born in 1943 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. I currently live in Essex with my wife, Margaret, and my daughter Elizabeth. And not forgetting Missy, the cat who adopted us, and considered that we were worthy enough to live with her. For many years I was a Chartered Surveyor in local government. I was a Senior Project Manager with the Greater London Council from 1971 until it was closed down in 1986. I then set up my own surveying practice, retiring in 2008.
I suppose like many others I had always thought how good it would be to write a novel, but I could never think of a good enough plot. My first novel, “The Kammersee Affair”, published in 2006, was inspired by a holiday in the Austrian lake district. We were staying in Grundlsee. The next lake, Toplitzsee, was used by the German Navy during the war to test rockets, and torpedoes. As the war came to an end many items were hidden in the lake – millions of UK pounds, and US dollars, in counterfeit currency; jewellery stolen from the holocaust victims; and weapons. There were also rumours of gold bullion being hidden in that lake. Despite extensive searches the gold was never found. In my book, however, it is found, only in the next lake, Kammersee.
The books that followed, The Mackenzie File, The Marinski Affair, and Epidemic, all feature Tom Kendall, a down to earth private detective, and were originally published by Raider Publishing in New York. My fifth book, A Killing In The City, another featuring Tom Kendall, was originally published by Night Publishing. In August 2012 I decided to go down the self published route, and formed my own publishing brand PHOENIX. All five novels have now been published on PHOENIX. A sixth novel “The Thackery Journal” was published on 8 August 2013.
I am currently working on two other novels featuring Tom Kendall, and I have made a tentative start on an Adventure novel.

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