Thank you for your interest in the work of Laura K. Cowan, The Dreaming Novelist. Here you can find media kits and press info for all of Laura’s published works. Please check back regularly for updates, as she has a number of books expected to come out over the next two years.
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The Little Seer
Available now, from Amazon and other booksellers.
A young girl wakes from a dream that a tornado destroyed her church and her pastor ordered crows to peck out her eyes, only to discover deep cuts on her arms where she was attacked. Soon her dreams begin unfolding in her waking reality, her church and family begin to fall apart, and the only anchor of her sanity is a strange man who keeps appearing in her ever stranger dreams. What is happening to Aria? How is it that her dreams can tell the future? And why is her identity key in a spiritual battle raging over her church and town that could decide not only her fate and that of her friends, but that of the whole country or even the world? A story for the dreamers and the truth tellers, The Little Seer never averts its gaze from the tragedies and possibilities of modern American Christian spirituality, and provides a vision for the hope of another great spiritual awakening that could be just around the corner–if we have eyes to see.
Honors & Awards:
Exodus, the first book in the trilogy that makes up The Little Seer, hit #4 on the Kindle bestseller list for free Christian Suspense within less than 24 hours during its launch promotion, and then rose to #2 in Christian Suspense free titles and #5 in Occult/Supernatural free titles within the first week, making it one of the most popular new speculative supernatural titles on Amazon.
What People Are Saying:
Readers are calling The Little Seer “Riveting from the beginning to the end” and saying, “If you feel that you are not loved, read this book.” 
And book reviewers on The Little Seer blog tour had this to say:
“I have read the Twilight series and the Hunger Games series and this book easily approaches that level of intensity and immersion in teen angst in a GOOD way…. The dream sequences are moving and lyrical with an artistic sense of being transported to another world. I have often felt that God communicates to us in our dreams and this story really nails it. There is a particularly moving scene between Aria and Christ that I can not possibly describe. It must be read and enjoyed. Laura has captured the essence of being in the presence of God; the presence of Christ; the presence of the Spirit in a close and moving way. I read each of these passages and breathed deeply of the moving presence of God I sensed behind the words…. Wonderful, moving work.” – Bruce Hennigan, speculative author and speaker
“The Little Seer by Laura Cowan is a high-intensity, no holds barred, we-are-coming-to-get-you thriller that will open your eyes to more than you can ever imagine. It will make you think twice about what you think you see, and it will not easily let you go….The love and compassion that flows from the pages of this book will revitalize even the coldest and hardest of hearts. Rivers of peace, mercy, and grace will replenish your spirit, and you will rest and rejoice in the knowledge that you are not alone and forgotten. We are all treasured and cherished beyond our mortal comprehension. Our lives have a beautiful and magnificent purpose if we will only gather up enough courage to discover what it is…. This story touched me deeply on a very personal level…. It broke my heart that someone gathered bits and pieces of such a haunting, hurtful, and yet valuable part of my life and then artfully weaved them into such a thought-provoking journey that I felt so ashamedly naked but also overwhelmingly loved.” – Amber McCalliser, The Wonderings of One Person
Formats Available
The Little Seer Kindle e-book novella trilogy: Exodus, Desert, & Midnight
Special Promotions
The Little Seer: Exodus, Book I of the trilogy, was available February 13-17, 2013, for free, during which time it shot to the top of the Kindle Bestseller charts for free fiction, topping out at #2 in Christian Suspense and #5 in Occult/Supernatural. The Kindle novella trilogy and the compiled Kindle e-book novel are all available on the Kindle Lending Library to Amazon Prime members for 90 days, and are just 99 cents apiece for the novellas and $2.99 for the full e-book.
Blog Tour Schedule & Media Appearances
Feb. 17-22: Laura K. Cowan, Author: Laura K. Cowan
During the blog tour, I hosted a giveaway of a signed paperback copy of The Little Seer on my website, as well as posting up-to-date info about what was going on each day on the blog tour. The reviews were stunningly positive.
Feb. 18: Malcolm R. Campbell, Book Reviewer/Blogger: Malcolm’s Round Table
Malcolm R. Campbell at Malcolm’s Round Table often reviews fantasy titles as well as speculative fiction, so I guest posted over on his blog about what spiritual speculative supernatural fiction really is, and how it relates to the popular fantasy genre.
Feb. 19: Amber McCallister, Book Reviewer/Blogger: The Wonderings of One Person
“The Little Seer by Laura Cowan is a high-intensity, no holds barred, we-are-coming-to-get-you thriller that will open your eyes to more than you can ever imagine. It will make you think twice about what you think you see, and it will not easily let you go….The love and compassion that flows from the pages of this book will revitalize even the coldest and hardest of hearts…. This story touched me deeply on a very personal level…. It broke my heart that someone gathered bits and pieces of such a haunting, hurtful, and yet valuable part of my life and then artfully weaved them into such a thought-provoking journey that I felt so ashamedly naked but also overwhelmingly loved.” — Amber McCallister, The Wonderings of One Person
See Amber’s full review and her introduction to the book and blog tour.
Feb. 20: Erin El Mehairi, Book Reviewer/Blogger: Oh for the Hook of a Book!
Erin conducted an interview, to give you a different angle on The Little Seer, and how such a strange story came to be written at all. She asked smart questions, I gave strange answers.
Feb. 21: Bruce Hennigan, Speculative Supernatural Author, Speaker: Bruce Hennigan
“I have read the Twilight series and the Hunger Games series and this book easily approaches that level of intensity and immersion in teen angst in a GOOD way…. The dream sequences are moving and lyrical with an artistic sense of being transported to another world. I have often felt that God communicates to us in our dreams and this story really nails it. There is a particularly moving scene between Aria and Christ that I can not possibly describe. It must be read and enjoyed. Laura has captured the essence of being in the presence of God; the presence of Christ; the presence of the Spirit in a close and moving way. I read each of these passages and breathed deeply of the moving presence of God I sensed behind the words…. Wonderful, moving work.” — Bruce Hennigan, speculative author and speaker
See the full book review, and Bruce’s look into the making of The Little Seer.
Laura K. Cowan, The Dreaming Novelist
Short Bio:
Laura K. Cowan, The Dreaming Novelist, writes richly imaginative supernatural novels that explore the possibilities of the world and the human condition through the connections between the spiritual and natural worlds and the fantastic and mundane. Her debut novel The Little Seer spent its launch week at #2 and #5 on the Kindle Bestseller List for free titles in Christian Suspense and Occult/Supernatural, and was hailed by reviewers and readers as “riveting,” “moving and lyrical.”
Laura has worked for years as an accomplished writer and editor in genres such as green tech, green parenting, and automotive media, and has been called one of the best copy editors in the business by multiple colleagues, including late mentor David E. Davis, Jr., whom TIME Magazine called “the Dean of Automotive Journalism.” She is the founder of popular green parenting blog 29 Diapers, author of Ecofrugal Baby: How To Save 70% Off Baby’s First Year, and Road Test Editor for Inhabitat, the web’s largest green design blog. Laura’s work has appeared in Automobile Quarterly as well as on numerous parenting sites including BabyCenter, EcoMom, and Inhabitots. She lives in Michigan with her husband and her 3-year-old daughter. You can find her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or connect with her at laurakcowan[at]gmail.com or on her website LauraKCowan.com.
Bio:
Laura K. Cowan, The Dreaming Novelist, writes richly imaginative supernatural novels that explore the possibilities of the world and the human condition through the connections between the spiritual and natural worlds and the fantastic and mundane. Her debut novel The Little Seer spent its launch week at #2 and #5 on the Kindle Bestseller List for free titles in Christian Suspense and Occult/Supernatural, and was hailed by reviewers and readers as “riveting,” “moving and lyrical.”
A lifelong dreamer and modern Christian mystic, Laura draws from subconscious depths to bring the things we believe are impossible, spiritually and physically, into the world in a literal way, to bring the supernatural into the natural and help others come to see their infinite worth and the exquisite possibilities that exist in a world in which the supernatural is part of the natural order of things. Her mission is healing, truth, and love for a world gone mad for lack of them. Laura’s stories quite simply open the door to let heaven through, often in unexpected ways, to bless people to come into the fullness of their own lives.
Laura has worked for years as an accomplished writer and editor in genres such as green tech, green parenting, and automotive media, and has been called one of the best copy editors in the business by multiple colleagues, including late mentor David E. Davis, Jr., whom TIME Magazine called “the Dean of Automotive Journalism.” She is the founder of popular green parenting blog 29 Diapers, author of Ecofrugal Baby: How To Save 70% Off Baby’s First Year, and Road Test Editor for Inhabitat, the web’s largest green design blog. Laura’s work has appeared in Automobile Quarterly as well as on numerous parenting sites including BabyCenter, EcoMom, and Inhabitots. She has nearly 1,000 articles and blog posts to her credit, but is now happy to be able to pursue her dream of writing fiction full-time. She lives in Michigan with her husband and her 3-year-old daughter, who is already dictating her first stories to her to be published on construction paper. You can find her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or connect with her at laurakcowan[at]gmail.com or on her website LauraKCowan.com.
