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,...
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.
Peering up past the massive white roof, Gni felt overwhelmed at the sight of the Creature above him. The ground had been shaking rhythmically for the past ten cycles and showed no signs of stopping. His trible were terrified.
Currently, they were hiding in the Uprights, deep between the giant walls so tall that no one could see the top. Only the elders whispered of what lay up there, in stories told to them by their elders when they were Gni’s age.
Anyone who has followed me over from my Wordpress Site will know that I've been Teigr Princess on the World Wide Web since I started out in 1996... thirty years ago!
Time flies when you're having fun!
I've watched the web change a lot over time, joined several writing websites, some that came and went ( Webook & Authonomy) and I remember when self publishing first came out, I didn't grab at it like some people; I was suspicious of it. I eventually started publishing my own books in 2008,...
Yes, you heard me correctly, I'm publishing a new book!
As usual it will be published by Teigr Books & Designs (which if you haven't figured it out by now, is me) but there is a decided difference... It won't be published as a Kira Morgana book. It's also not an A. E. Churchyard book - although I have started writing Dark Cities Book 3 recently. More about that another time.
It will be the inaugural book for Elizabeth C. Ward!
It's also the first book of theClocks & Crystals Series. ...
