Teigr Books & Designs is one woman's attempt to do all her favourite things every day, forever!
The Background
I started out as another wanna-be author, writing mildly chilly horror stories, sword and sorcery adventures, poetry and children's rhyming stories. When the self publishing scene opened up, I'd had several stories published through various online webzines, and had just signed with a small publishing company. Two years after that, and two more small publishers, and I decided to go indie.
I published through Smashwords & Amazon KDP to begin with, but settled with Draft 2 Digital & Lulu in the end. I use Kira Morgana and A. E. Churchyard predominantly.
Of course, the rest of my life wasn't exactly static - I had children, their social life, two cats and a Life Partner to deal with. I did a college course in Art & Design then a PGCE to become a Teacher. The teacher stuff brought me back to my love of design and crafting (can't grow up with an ADHD crafter mother without learning to love design and crafting) so I started designing and making Jewellery and sculpting polymer clay. This grew into setting up an Etsy shop... and Teigr Books & Designs was born.
The Pen Names
Kira Morgana is what happens when I think "What if...". It's mostly pure fantasy imagination, tempered with occasional science. The Books range from Children's Rhyming Stories (Pure Fantasy) and D&D inspired stories (High Fantasy) to Alternate Earth stories that use actual science theories as part of the world building (Soft SF).
A. E. Churchyard is Urban Fantasy. It's how I let my Gothic side roam free. It's normally set in an contemporary alternate earth, and you can expect a lot more horror / supernatural / paranormal aspects. Werewolves, and other shifters abound. Vampires happen a lot, as do various other monsters.
Elizabeth C. Ward is Steampunk / Soft SF. This is a new area that I am exploring, so it's still evolving. The first book of the Clocks & Crystals series, "Teacups & Time Travel", will be out in 2026.
E. C. Ward is my main SF books. The first book of the Terrene Empire Series, "Cosmic Shadows", will be out late 2026.
Mandy E. Ward will be my Graphic Novels and illustrated children's books. The actual books are still under development at the moment.
Teigr Books & Designs is one woman's attempt to do all her favourite things every day, forever!
The Background
I started out as another wanna-be author, writing mildly chilly horror stories, sword and sorcery adventures, poetry and children's rhyming stories. When the self publishing scene opened up, I'd had several stories published through various online webzines, and had just signed with a small publishing company. Two years after that,...
The world of Quargard is at peace. The Heart Kingdoms of Galivor, Jinran, Franier, Valdir, Reldheim and Alethdariel co-exist harmoniously, but it was not always so. The stories of the Black Tower War keep the children of the four kingdoms in check. Parents ensure that they eat their greens and go to bed on time by passing on the tales of the...
A mad King rules in Galivor. His sons vie for the right to become his official heir. While the youngest, Korin, chases the bandits plaguing the land, Loric sets out to plunder an abandoned dungeon.
With his dwarven bodyguard Grimhelm Drakesplitter; the elven mage Lord Silvertree; Cleric of Espilieth, Lady Kalytia and the thief, Thiert of...
The world of Quargard is at peace. The Heart Kingdoms of Galivor, Jinran, Franier, Valdir, Reldheim and Alethdariel co-exist harmoniously, but it was not always so.
The stories of the Black Tower War keep the children of the four kingdoms in check. Parents ensure that they eat their greens and go to bed on time by passing on the tales of the...
There are a great many secrets in Arking Down Vale. Some involve other dimensions, some involve parallel dimensions, but all of them boil down to one thing; the War between the Gods and the Daemons.
The town of Arkingham in Arking Down Vale is a peaceful, serene backwater...
The Great Terrene Empire consists of over a thousand worlds in the known Universe. In the search for a place to call home, Humans colonised freely and many earth cultures set themselves up on new planets to continue to live as their Ancestors had.
I've found and used a whole lot of Writing Platforms in my time, but the best ones inevitably die on me. WeBook, Authonomy, Zoetrope... all of these had problems with staffing, running costs, various technical issues... but they were a formative part of my writing apprenticeship.
I made many friends in these places, and some of them have not only stayed friends with me, but they have also gone on to be successful writers.
... Because we have chosen to try and stand out from the rest of the publishing crowd.
I figured out the other day that I have twenty-three books published and available. It's a good back catalogue, especially as I am always coming up with more ideas for worlds and stories than I could write. I have another three books coming out this year - Teacups & Time Travel, The Lych Mistress, and Tales from the Hall of The Worlds. There is a strong chance that I might be able to get the next in the...
I'm on my final edit run of "Teacups & Time Travel" at the moment, and as a side quest, I also put together a story collection, "Tales from The Hall of The Worlds".
It's a collection of the background stories that I wrote for "The Angel's Crown"*Already published* , "Dragon's Pendant"*already out*, "Tree of Fate"*stuck in WIP hell*, Then there's a little something that I may have used as an extra story somewhere *I can't remember if I've done that with it or not*,
