Tomboyish spunk

Another female classic fighting game character who handled adversity with admirable strength was Annie from the Power Instinct series. 

With her unassuming girl-next-door look, one might not assume her on sight to be a tough as nails fighter - but she sure was! Even after being supposedly defeated, she keeps her fist tightly clenched, a sign in my mind that she isn't quite as helpless as her empty health bar implies! It's a good thing her opponents in this game are honorable enough not to attack her again while she's down - for them that is, since if they did, I would bet on her to make an angry comeback and kick their butts!

Iron Bloom now free

The first book of the Legend of the Iron Flower series is available for free at all retailers! Pick your favorite from the list below and give it a go:

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWKEKP4/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AWKEKP4/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Smashwords -https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/271229

Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/iron-bloom-billy-wong/1114512115?ean=2940044298491

Kobo - http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/iron-bloom

Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/ee/book/iron-bloom/id601796290?mt=11

Sony - https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/billy-wong/iron-bloom/_/R-400000000000000937933

Big, big update!

First, the sixth in the Legend of the Iron Flower series, Iron Melting, is now available for purchase.

The continuing saga of a warrior whose army-slaying sword belies her kind heart.

Wracked with anxiety over a dread prophecy concerning her children and guilt for the men she has killed to protect them, weary heroine Rose decides to take a break by visiting her mother with her family. But ill fortune strikes again as she and her husband Finn encounter The Lost, an organization of people who have lost everything and wish to balance the scales of fairness by making everyone suffer as they have. When they learn The Lost serve the same destructive force their children are foretold to revive, it looks like they may have to face a reckoning earlier than expected.

Sixth in the Iron Flower series. Includes a bonus short story, "Scar Maps." Find it on:

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H16B2AS/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H16B2AS/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Smashwords - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/383537

Also, 3 new short stories are out - check out Deep Web Dweller, Troll Regeneration, and Kraken of the Mountains in the sidebar.

Finally, enter my Goodreads giveaway for a paperback copy of Iron Bonds, the third book in the Iron Flower series!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/73398-iron-bonds

Something different - help a girl achieve her dreams

I stumbled upon this the other day on a forum and thought some of you might be interested in signing this petition to let a Catholic school student wrestle on her high school team. Check it out if you think young women should get the same opportunities in sports as their male counterparts:

https://www.change.org/petitions/let-girls-wrestle-equality-for-amanda-leve

Paperback giveaway for Iron Champion

Enter my Goodreads giveaway for a chance at a free paperback of Iron Champion!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/67865-iron-champion

Also, my other giveaway for a paperback of the second book in the same series is still open.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/65856-iron-flower

New release - the fifth in the Iron Flower series

Action-packed fantasy adventure with a powerhouse female epic warrior in the spirit of Achilles or Beowulf.

The continuing saga of a warrior whose army-slaying sword belies her kind heart.

Nearly indestructible heroine Rose gets a letter from a foreign king inviting her to discuss opening a new branch of the center for magical study she helps run. Upon arriving in his kingdom of Terlon, she learns that his true motive is to request her aid against invaders from a larger country. Though annoyed by his deception, her compassion does not allow her to turn a blind eye to the suffering of his people and she agrees to help.

Following unfavorable developments in the war, Rose finds more and more responsibilities being heaped upon her shoulders. A bitter dispute breaks out over the leadership of Terlon with her caught in the middle, and a battle with the enemy nation's war god looms near. But even that might not be the most daunting trouble fate has planned for her.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B00FGJFHVW/tag=bilthestaarts-20

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/product/B00FGJFHVW/tag=bilthestaarts-20

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/361786

Free short story and a giveaway!

First, the prequel to the Tales of the Gothic Warrior short story series, Gothic Genesis, is free on Amazon through 9/23.

UK link - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/product/B00DMQMEIA/tag=bilthestaarts-20 Secondly, enter my Goodreads giveaway for a chance at a free paperback copy of Iron Flower, the second novel in the Legend of the Iron Flower series!

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/65856-iron-flower