Hey Folks, Outpost is currently available for Free through most ebook vendors. If you haven't picked up a copy, now would be an opportune time....
Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber series Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever...
Some years back I had a short story published called "Accelerated Justice." In that story, convicted criminals were injected with a serum that...
Take a look at Prime Suspects: A Clone Detective Mystery, by Jim Bernheimer. It should provide some ideas and inspiration for the same person...
I have written one standalone, but for my current series: Crax War Chronicles: 2 Published novels, 2 more planned (series will end). One of those...
Prince of Spires above offers some solid advice. It is a balance, between what you like (and don't like--your name is on the cover after all), and...
It is really up to you, how you go at describing the castle. What do you believe would be more effective for the storyline and for your...
Just one additional suggestion or two. Minor, but being elected 'leader' is vague. Is there a title for the position? Major, chief magistrate,...
When you shrink it down to a thumbnail size, the beetle and the swirls around it and name of author disappear. The 'Lightlined' is the only word...
Short stories and novella prequels can be effective in driving interest, and sometimes drawing folks to newsletters. With newsletters, often...
Generally, it seems most Urban Fantasy that I have read, the first novel is around 70,000 words, give or take. As series progress, the word count...
One thing to do is to take a look at the covers in thumbnail size, like will be seen as potential readers search for books various places online....
Monsters, Maces and Magic: Date, is now available via ebook (various vendors) and in print through Amazon. My publisher has contracted for...
Monsters, Maces and Magic: Fairyed is now available in Audiobook via Audible, iTunes and Amazon (and international--outside the USA via Audible &...
Currently Outpost is on sale for 99 cents at most ebook vendors. (Some have not converted the sale price request yet.) Link: Where Outpost Ebook...
Read your tale. Pixies can be annoying ;) I had a story published at Bewildering Stories some while back. It's always published a variety of fun...
Once you get the first novel back, you're going to want to read through the suggested edits, and then probably again at least once for any...
Marketing your book to agents and editors with a good query letter, writing a synopsis and such is a bit different set of skills than novel...
I have more ideas for novels and stories than I have time to write. I create files and add notes and ideas for them as they strike me. I am a...
I did it with my post-apocalyptic fantasy series, First Civilization's Legacy. One of the things I did was to begin, starting with the 2nd...
