Stephen Aryan's Blog, page 3
August 29, 2023
Sept and Oct events
15-17th September - Fantasycon - The Jury's Inn Hotel (now called Leonardo hotel), Broad St, Birmingham. I'm on one panel so far on Sunday with Justin Lee Justin Anderson and others. Lots of other SFF authors are going.
https://www.hwsevents.co.uk/shop-2
25th September - Six Bridges Book Festival (Little Rock, Arkansas)
This is a festival of literature for several days, organised by Arkansas libraries, and friends have been involved before. I am doing an ONLINE panel only, so mine is on Monday 25th, but the festival is several days long
https://cals.org/six-bridges-book-fes...
28th October - Realms of the Imagination: Fantasy Authors In Conversation - Rugby Library
I'm doing this event with Anna Stephens and Zen Cho. If you can't make it to this one, I am also doing the same event in Worcester Library in late February with Anna and Zen. It is FREE to attend in person and I believe they will have books from all of us to sell and sign, this is tied in with The British Library as part of their exhibition of fantasy, which is new.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/realms...
August 22, 2023
Judas blossom sale
Amazon UK
https://t.co/hekbXzBm2J
Amazon USA
https://t.co/DpwwzzsfXV
August 3, 2023
Upcoming Events
Just in case you don’t check the Events page, I’ve got a few coming up over the next few months.
11th August – Birmingham SF Group – Millennium Point, Birmingham. I will be a guest speaker for the BSFG, in person and you can get tickets for online only, so check the info here carefully.
15th-17th September – Fantasycon. This is at the Leonardo Royal Hotel (It was Jury’s Inn, new owners etc) but this is an annual SFF convention that moves around the country, organised by the British Fantasy Society. Expect panels, workshops, talks, signings, a dealer room, and barcon, where late into the evening authors stand or sit around talking nonsense with each other for hours. I’ve signed up to be on some panels, not sure which ones yet, but either way I will be there. Tickets are here
There are more UK events coming up that have not been announced yet, but there are also a couple in 2024 already. You can find more information on them here.
This Sunday at 8pm UK time (3pm EST), I’ll be live on YouTube chatting to Andrew, owner of the Andrew’s Wizardly Reads channel, where I’ll be talking about writing. So you can ask questions live or just listen. If you can’t make it live, the interview will be available afterwards. You can watch it here.
Other recent interviews are listed below
July 29, 2023
Kindle Sale in America
So, apparently some of my Mage books are on sale on Amazon.com right now. Amazon are a 800 pound silver-backed gorilla, and they do whatever they like, when they like! I did not know this was going to happen.
So some of the books in the first trilogy are $1.99 and some of them in the second trilogy are $2.99 and some are full price. Why those particular books you ask? Good question, to which I have no answer.
Ah, but Stephen I hear you cry, when will the sale end? Another good question. Also, I have no clue about that. So, if you are interested in a kindle deal and are in America, now is the time before it ends suddenly…..for some reason!
kindle sale
Bloodmage & Chaosmage (2 & 3 of 1st trilogy)
Magefall (bk2 of 2nd trilogy).
Why, those books?🤷♂️ No clue! When will the prices change? No idea!
https://t.co/hj4Cz3yf0n
I'd take a look ASAP if interested....
July 28, 2023
special editions are moving
https://t.co/QioPz7mEEj
July 13, 2023
Publication week
It’s publication week so I’m basically everywhere on the Internet.
Tuesday, I was at the Broken Binding fulfilment centre, signing 1,000 special editions of the hardback of The Judas Blossom. They are selling fast, so if you want a copy I suggest you order it ASAP. The slipcase ones went in under 5 minutes.
I’ve also done a whole bunch of interviews and posts. Over on John Scalzi’s website, I talk about The Big Idea, of where the book came from and why I chose to write about 13th century Persia.
On the website of Mary Robinette Kowal I talk about My Favourite Bit from the first book, and it will not be what anyone is expecting, or even who the character is I’m talking about.
Then there are some great reviews, from Allen on his YouTube channel here
And the Brothers Gwynne did their review recently on their channel here
If you have read The Judas Blossom, can you do me a favour please and leave a review on Amazon, or Barnes and Noble, and Goodreads if possible. It really helps others find the book and it spreads the word about the series.
I’m chugging along on book 3 now, and am getting there, but obviously with all the PR this month, my progress will slow down. However, I am still on target to finish by Christmas. Next year I will be doing more edits on book 2, editing book 3, and starting to write something completely new. Exciting times ahead!
News roundup
https://t.co/TTFZZGV0GT
I was also on John Scalzi's website for The Big Idea talking about the origin of the series, why it is set in Persia and its connection to me
https://t.co/KwOwTCT6lb
There's also a review over on Fantasy Book Critic here
https://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.co...
July 10, 2023
Recent Interviews and news roundup
https://www.theftfpodcast.com
Allen over at the Library of Allenxandria did a 20 minute review of the book
https://t.co/P3tVlYsTSM
I also did a livestream with Chelsea over on her channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhDqF...
Paste did their Best New Fantasy books for July 2023, including The Judas Blossom
https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/f...
Lots more to come. And the book comes out....tomorrow!
July 3, 2023
June Writing Update
Rather than duplicate stuff, here’s an audio update from my YouTube channel on what I’ve been up to in June and other work.
