Felicia Fredlund

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Announcing Two Releases: a Short Story and an Anthology

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Today I have two announcements to make.

Let’s start with the anthology.

Nightly Bites Volume 2 includes my short story The Blood is on the Wall, its second appearance in an anthology. If you’ve picked up Fiction River: Editor’s Choice, then you already have this short story. If not, I hope you’ll consider picking it up now.

The Blood is on the Wall is about a UN soldier during a vampire apocalypse. A pretty dark tale if I say so myself.

The other 9 stories in the anthology are all vampires stories. So if you enjoy stories with vampires, this anthology is for you; also pick up volume 1 too (I’m not in it, but who can say no to vampires?).

You can pick it up in ebook here. Paperback is also available most places, finding it online is probably easiest and quickest.

My second announcement is a release of a new short story: At the Traffic Lights.

At the Traffic Lights book coverA contemporary tale that I had a great time writing.

The traffic light flashes yellow in an otherwise perfect neighborhood. Model houses, white picket fences, green lawns.

Everything completely normal except for the broken light.

A woman waiting for the car that will change everything.

At the Traffic Lights is only available in ebook as of yet; you can find links to most places it is buyable at here.

That was all for this time. I hope your summer reading is great. Mine have been so far.

Starting next month (or possible September), I will start sharing my favorite entertainment (aka books, games, movies, etc) on the blog. So look for that blogging series to compliment my monthly pictures.

Picture of the Month — July 2018

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At harbor at night Christiansö Sweden 2003
This is what summer is about…

In 2003, I was invited on a sailing trip by my friend whose family owned a sail boat. We sailed down the east coast of Sweden from Stockholm, visited Bornholm (an island belonging to Denmark) and went back up the coast to Stockholm.

This picture is taken at Christiansö while at anchor for the night.

Picture of the Month — May 2018

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Rooftop walk in Stockholm Sweden 2010
Different perspective on Stockholm

In 2010, I told my dad I wanted an experience as a present for my birthday. Maybe bungee jumping or skydiving, something crazy but kinda safe (right…?). My dad in his wisdom thought I should start smaller and I received a rooftop walk as a present instead.

It was amazing. The views of the city I’d grown up in were beautiful. In fact they were so beautiful I have several pictures below from that walk.

Rooftop walk in Stockholm Sweden 2010
Never thought a photo of a street crossing could look this good
Rooftop walk in Stockholm Sweden 2010
A photo of the tower of Stockholm City Hall as just another part of the city
Rooftop walk in Stockholm Sweden 2010
Wouldn’t have expected this view in the middle of a capital city? That is Stockholm for you.
Rooftop walk in Stockholm Sweden 2010
Last but not least. Somehow this picture just appealed to me.

Picture of the Month — April 2018

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Pretty coast Oregon USA 2015
What is better than the sound of waves?

I am currently at the Oregon coast in the USA and I’m enjoying the beach on sunny days and on rainy days. I like rain. This picture was taken back in 2015 when I visited this area for the first time.

Website Update

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As I seem to do every few years, I have updated the design of my website. For those interested, I changed from the Divi theme (Elegant Themes) to Author Pro (StudioPress). Personally I think this is the best look my website have ever had.

I didn’t change because Divi is a bad theme, in fact I still use it on another website and I will keep using it there. I couldn’t make it work for my website, with a stress on “I”.

Beyond changing theme, I also updated more or less all text across the website. Even most books have new descriptions that will come to the retailer sites when I have time to update there.

You’ll notice I’ve highlighted my books differently in the menu and sub-menu. With direct links to my series, my short fiction, and the anthologies & bundles I’m in. So no more enormous hover menu.

I also went through and deleted a lot of old blog posts, because I wanted to focus my website on my books and a couple of new blog series I’m adding to the website. I’m not ready to announce it all, but…

Picture of the Month is coming back! I hope you guys enjoyed it because I will start it up again in the next couple of months. It all depends on how much time I have to go through all the photos I have ever taken (with a digital camera).

Sounds like more than I need to re-start it? True, but I’m also doing it to declutter my photos so I might actually start looking at them. Just the thought of looking at 500 photos from only one vacation… It is too much. (There were a few years where I thought quantity with photos was a good thing… It turned out to be a recipe for never looking at them or showing them to other people. Opsie…)

You’ll still find the full archive of the previous Picture of the Month posts. A little more than a year’s worth. I’ve already started going through my pictures, and I can tell you I have some great ones for you.

I have another blogging series I mind, but until I have all my ducks in a row for that one, I’m not even sure it’ll happen. Hopefully it will.

That is basically it when it comes to this redesign, at least on the surface. The behind the scenes were pretty ugly at times.