December 1, 2013 is release day (the book birthday) for Meadowsweet, Book 1 in the Galleries of Stone trilogy. After hitting “publish” earlier today, Amazon was the first to make the book available for purchase. The story approaches the Epic category, clocking in at nearly 400 print pages, and there are illustrations throughout. Cost is set at $5.99, and it’ll download to your computer or e-reader in minutes.

• You can read the first few chapters (including the new prologue!) thanks to Amazon’...