Carmen DaVinleam
Carmen is a prolific writer and reader. She is also a volunteer slush pile reader for Uncharted Magazine. When she's not reading she's writing. With twelve novels written Carmen is ready to take the next steps; find a literary agent and get traditionally published.
Carmen has one novel published under her pseudonym T. M. Lore - "The Secrets That They Keep" It is available everywhere books are sold.Carmen is currently working on a fantasy story inspired by true events.To find out more about Carmen and her stories click on any of the links below.
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Adult Fantasy
Glimmer Monster
117K Paranormal Urban Fantasy is an #diversevoices #ownvoices manuscript—offering disability representation.
A dark paranormal fantasy novel Glimmer Monster is 117K words. It has ghostly vengeance like that from Rin Chupeco’s THE GIRL FROM THE WELL, chronic pain like that in ALL’S WELL, an afterlife world like The Good Place, a few serial killers, and an anti-hero like Dexter mixed with a reaper like Signa from BELLADONNA who takes care of them.In the vastness of Afterlife, where rulers insist on compliance, Ryker’s pain goes against everything Afterlife stands for, especially perfection. Struggling to uncover the truth about her own death—so she can find out why she’s the only Afterlifer who feels pain—Ryker must train to do the job she’s assigned… to reap serial killers.
When she drinks the reaping potions however, her body morphs into monsters and she feels every shattering bone as she changes. With Afterlife watching her every move, each mistake costs her time, and keeps her from knowing the truth. The more time that’s added to her suspension the longer it will be until she knows how she died and who she left behind.
As she hunts these killers, she must push her pain aside and decide who lives and who dies, but when someone from her living life is caught in the grasp of a killer, she’ll have to choose… follow the rules and discover the truth… or save them from a killer and never know.Glimmer Monster has disabled representation (#ownvoices), mystery, monsters, slow burn romance, found family, kidnapping, forever friendships, diversity, strong bonds, the love of family, and pain—both physical and emotional.This is a planned series, with four stories plotted - and takes place in the same world as my YA novel Kransen Crown ~ Lavender & Salt
YA
Carmen has several YA Fantasy stories, two of which can be found below.
Don't Get It Twisted
85K Paranormal Young Adult Fantasy
This story has a diverse cast and a disabled witch leading the show.
Avice Sinclair had no idea that her crush Esmond would die right after he kissed her, but he isn’t quite gone, his ghost now follows her and plays music for her at every turn. As she hides her witch heritage from everyone else, including her pansexual best friend Herbie, she decides to try and use her powers to keep Esmond around a while longer. Through their musical voyage, they navigate Death's relentless pursuit, triggering revelations of Avice's latent powers. Her daunting mission: to rescue her beloved from Death's clutches, is blocked by her mother who doesn’t want to awaken a curse that Death placed on their family long ago. As the story evolves, Avice's identity takes a dramatic turn when she uncovers lies her mother told her, and Avice discovers her true lineage.
The novel's Spotify Playlist
Kransen Crown
Lavender & Salt
#YA #F #Romantasy #diversevoices #ownvoices - offering simple prose to help keep those with ADHD & Autism engaged.
(I wrote this one for myself and decided to share it ;D )
Complete at 82K
Comps: A Fate Inked in Blood / LightlarkKransen Crown is a story of love, vengeance, acceptance, and fate told in dual perspectives. It has a fierce shield maiden and power-hungry kings/jarls like those in A Fate Inked in Blood, with nonstop action like that in the Lightlark series.Freydis is a fierce shield maiden, trained from the time she was six to be a warrior. Though when her first mission to seek vengeance against the Rydker clan is a failure she must prove herself worthy once again to her father, Torstein the Viking King. To find guidance she seeks the witch in the woods of Torhilda, but will she find the answers she wants or something more treacherous?To protect his family and discover who is behind the recent attack on his village, Prince Herlu will have to journey far away. With his sister’s life hanging on by a thread Herlu travels to Torhilda to find the witch who can heal her. Payment for the witch’s service will require Herlu to help an enemy. He doesn’t expect it to be the shield maiden that hurt his sister. Abandoned by the witch until payment is received, Herlu will have to decide; help the enemy or let his sister die.A promo video can be found below
I have two more books plotted for this potential series as well.
MG Fantasy
Carmen also writes Middle Grade Fantasy stories, two of which can be found below.
Jan, Crask, and the Faded Rose
39K Middle Grade Mystery / Fantasy
Positioned within the Middle Grade genre, this 39K novel seamlessly blends elements of mystery and fantasy.When one of their friends mysteriously vanishes, a group of quirky middle-schoolers must unite, navigate treacherous caves, and unearth long-buried secrets, blending the camaraderie of The Goonies with the humor and heart of Diary of a Wimpy Kid in a quest to find their missing comrade before it's too late. The story is, The Strangers meets Finally, Something Mysterious, and it has a diverse cast, disabilities, and most of all love.
Cero and theNinja of Fire
#MG #AC # AD #P #SF #FTossed out of his ninja faction, the disgraced ninja of fire must find the sphere of life before it can fall into enemy hands.This is how the world will be saved. A ninja. A boy. And the little girl they’d die to protect.Far away, on the planet CERO, everyone has unique gifts—abilities that allow them to be remarkable. That is until the apocalypse awakens the talents of the young, previously ungifted boy Gideon. As Gideon searches for abilities to steal, the dishonored ninja Kroat searches for the great Sphere of Life. When their paths cross, a war like no other begins.
Current Project
House of Misfits / And So It Fell
In drafting stage. 35K current word count.
Contemporary YA Fantasy novel with a magical house. Story of a young man who is dealing with the fallout from his parents' drug addictions. (Based on a True Story)
The Slate King:
In drafting stage. 15K current word count
YA Sapphic Fantasy novel with dark kings, magic, dragons, haunted forests, potions/herbs, a magical school for girls, and so much more!
The Lies That They Tell:
In drafting stage. 10K current word count
Sequel to my novel The Secrets That They Keep
In Development
Below you will find novels titles/genres of books that I have plotted out, or in some level of finished/working on.Sisters At Work - #NA #ContemporaryFantasy - stories of twin sisters (one of whom is a serial killer) finding people who abuse others and ... taking care of them. 5KFrost - a spicy story that I'll share more about soon. 10KEndless - Book two in my Glimmer Monster Series - 120KTriangle - Book three in my Glimmer Monster Series - 125KKransen Crown - Cinnamon & Sage - Book two in my Kransen Crown seriesKransen Crown - Salt & Ash - Book three in my Kransen Crown seriesTad Dean - #A #Thriller - story of a man who is in the witness protection program because he's going to testify against the mob. However, must escape to save his sister.43 Days - #A #horror - Story of a young woman who comes home to the same day over and over and ends up killed each time. She must overcome her fears and her past to survive.Aeron Tatum Collins - #MG #mystery - Story of a young girl and her family who have just moved cross country only to discover their new neighbors husband (who is nearly a twin to her single dad) mysteriously vanished ten years ago.The Favor
#YA #SF
THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END meets HUNGER GAMESWhen the world is dying there’s only one way to save it, half of humanity must die before the planet does.The world summit that aired live as 17-year-old Jasmine was at school seemed to be a normal part of school symposium. It quickly took a dark turn when the summit leader committed suicide live to show that this summit was no laughing matter. To prevent the world from dying each and every family is required to offer a favor- and depending on your family’s size, perhaps more than one. Each favor will die, so that those remaining can live. Jasmine must race to find her mother and brother. She wants to save them both by offering herself as The Favor.DID I Do That - #A #Horror - Written under my pseudonym T.M. LoreThese are only a sampling of the projects that I have waiting.
24/7 Stories
24/7 Stories is a short story series written and created by Carmen DaVinleam. This series was created to help Carmen deal with her 24/7 chronic pain.
New episodes are released every Thursday across Carmen's platforms.
Catch up on episodes you may have missed of this year's story entitled "The Crawling Frost" where new chapters are released each month.
You can 'pause to read' each chapter on the above video or click the link below to see all individual episodes in order of release.
About the Author:
Carmen DaVinleam is a graduate with honors from National College of Business and Technology. She is a passionate reptile enthusiast living in Kentucky with her kids and many animals. Writing is her greatest love. She published poetry as a teenager, and has written many novels. Her creative outlets include painting, sculpting, and crocheting. You can find her winning short horror story "3:02" in The 2023 Writer's Block Anthology. Carmen is also a volunteer slush pile reader for Uncharted Magazine and loves reading through their thriller, horror, sci-fi, and fantasy stories every week and helping other authors dreams come true.If you want to know more, please do not hesitate to use the contact form below to reach out to Carmen.
A Note from Carmen: I have previously been represented by a literary agent, and give full details about this in my queries.
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