Andrea Stewart

Someone just voted on one of my chapters and it made me remember I had work posted here! I’ve been very fortunate in my career—the last book in my The Drowning Empire trilogy, THE BONE SHARD WAR, hit #4 on The Sunday Times bestseller list, I quit my day job to write full time, I’ve sold another three books to my publisher, with the first one launching September 2024, and my first book, THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER was a finalist for a number of awards, including in two categories for the Goodreads Choice awards. I now also work part-time as a writing coach for The Novelry, which has been an amazing experience!
          
          But I’ll never forget this is one of the places I started! Thank you to everyone who ever commented and voted on my work; it helped keep me going as I went through the multiple (seven!!) manuscripts I wrote, the six years of hunting for an agent, and the following six years of submitting manuscripts to editors only to have them rejected or ignored. If I can do it, so can you. Keep trucking, keep writing, keep your head up and in those clouds. Dream big. 
          
          Half the fun is dreaming big.

So I haven't been around here for a while! I've still been writing, always always writing. But I wanted to let you all know...in November, after a very exciting few weeks of going back and forth with publishers, I accepted a pre-empt and signed a 3-book deal with Orbit for a trilogy (a whole trilogy!). The series is titled The Drowning Empire, and the first book is The Bone Shard Daughter. The trilogy will be released worldwide through Orbit in English, and I've also signed a deal with Blanvalet in Germany for translation rights. The release date is September 8th! It will be out first in hardcover and e-copy, with a mass market paperback to follow. Yes, there will also be audio!
          
          Thank you so much for reading my work and being so encouraging. It's been a very long road littered with multiple novels for me to get here. I owe a lot to you all and to this website--which kept me going when I felt I'd never be published.
          
          The cover reveal and first chapter are up on Gizmodo here: 
          https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-royal-reject-prepares-for-revolution-in-this-excerpt-1842644121
          
          I've had very flattering comparisons to Robin Hobb and Brandon Sanderson, so I am beyond thrilled.
          
          The description:
          
          The emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire’s many islands.
          
          Lin is the emperor’s daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognize her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.
          
          Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright—and save her people.

Songweaver is one Awesome Read!!! It rivals only WARBREAKER by Brian Sanderson in my fantasy collection on wp..... Very well written... and each character has such depth, u frame the story of each with such intrinsic personal value...im a big reader since age two...i haven't written in a looonnnggg while, but i really want to do a co-lab with some1 as my first attempt....I'm a natural editor, lol...but story DEVELOPMENT has never been a strongpoint for mi.....
          im 1 broke chick hoping to find my niche in this world before i leave it.....any comments back would be so AWESOMELY appreciated....BEST OF LUCK TO U, IN UR WRITING CAREER, Andrea... Sincerely, mimi simonz     umekasheba2@gmail.com.....PLEASE SEND ANY SONGWEAVER STORIES!!!!

read my book it's in episodes so more will come soon

I just finished reading Songweaver's Awakening...it is amazing. It seemed confusing at first, but the way story develops, whoa. The plot is amazing. The twists and turns in the storyline, the character depth,relevance, and the excellent penmanship certainly make this novel a best seller! 
          impatiently waiting for the sequel. 
          Best of luck for all your endeavours. :)

what's the sequel to songweavers awakening called?

Hey all! I know I've been MIA for a while. I got some notes back and am working on revisions to a dark fantasy novel. I also went ahead and self-published a book (no fooling, I promise ;) )! It's a tongue-in-cheek urban fantasy, where the fairies are jerks and the two hundred year-old men come with two hundred years' worth of issues. It's up here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U52KZBC
           
          There are advance reviews up on Goodreads if you want to know what other people think, and a little bird told me I'm getting a "very favorable" review from Urban Fantasy Magazine! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23699001-loose-changeling
           
          I have some previously published work I'll be posting up on Wattpad soon, so keep an eye out for that!
           
          Thanks for hanging in there on this crazy ride with me!

So, was just reading through your bio and stopped to say, 1, Drizzt Do'Urden is in my top 3 favorite elves ever and, 2, I LOVE that your chicken is named Andraste! (I've been on a bit of a Dragon Age spree the past couple days :D)

Andrea, hi! Thanks fo rthe follow back. ooh congratulations on the promotion. I'm messing around on Wattpad today. So much more fun than writing work.

I randomly got a referral to your books. Your covers are fantastic. Do you draw them yourself or have a friend draw them?