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We're Finalists!

Or I should say, my cover artist Mateusz Michalski is--Beggar's Rebellion has yet to be judged! But I'm happy to see us listed specially in Mark Lawrence's prestigious (among us indies, anyway) Self Published Fantasy Blog Off. Mateusz does a ton of awesome work, so I'm glad he's getting some recognition. And he's still got space for new contracts if you need a cool illustration for your book/DnD campaign/etc! Slip him or me an email and we'll get you set up. 
Once all the finalists are in, you...

dirty and juicy details revealed

Which ones? you ask.
How dirty?? you cry. 
You'll have to check out my interview over at MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape to find out. But I will say this: there is dirt and juice aplenty. That interview is like somebody squeezed a bunch of oranges in a potato field. In a really interesting way.  Credit: K.oa. Used under permission of CC BY-SA 2.0.

death, war, and the technical boy

Fellow Readers,

How's that for a title? Wish I could take credit for it, but it comes to you from the brilliant mind of fellow fantasy author Kyle A. Massa, along with today's post on writing. Before that, just wanted to give you a quick update that I've updated the ever-changing Works in Progress chart at the top: Beggar's Rebellion is done! And available on Amazon for the next few days at just .99c! Book Two, Pauper's Empire, is sitting on the docket awaiting a revision before it's (hoped fo...

BEGGAR'S REBELLION IS LIVE!

Get it here, in ebook or paperback. Ebook just 99c till March 3rd!

The response has been very positive so far--just have to share this one review: 

If you like rollicking adventures, you owe it to yourself to read this book! I’ll read just about anything, but my favorite genres are Science Fiction, Fantasy, and whatever umbrella you would put David Mitchell’s work under.

Beggar’s Rebellion hit every one of these wickets for me, to include a touch of in-world magical realism.
I’ll try to kee...

Beggar's Rebellion Coming Soon!

Fellow Readers, 

It's been a long time coming. After two years without a new book, I am happy to announce the launch of the first book in my new epic fantasy series, Beggar's Rebellion. 

Set in a world where everyone is tormented by inner demons, and overcoming them is the key to gaining magical power, Beggar's Rebellion is all about medieval corporations, magic-inducing herbs, nonviolent rebellions and deconstructing colonialism.

And ass-kicking. There's a lot of ass-kicking in there.

Magical as...

Shelve this in Fun

Indies get a bad name: people say our books are trash, that we go for quantity over quality, that there's a reason none of us are traditionally published. 

And you know, sometimes they're right. At least in my own field, epic fantasy, I've read a lot of books that could use a solid grammar revision, or a plot revision, or really any kind of revision. And seen some awful book covers, and read some of what I'm pretty sure was the author's first attempt at a book in junior high school. 

But not a...

IT'S THAT (FREQUENT) TIME OF YEAR AGAIN...

The time when Brandon Sanderson releases a new novel. I always buy it. I can't help it. I despise hardcovers so I get the e-book and then usually end up getting the trade paperback a year later so I can gaze at it on my bookshelf.
 
Yes, I am that kind of fan. But not only because I also write epic fantasy and he's at the top of the game currently and his books are great AND he happens to also like Magic the Gathering AND (I could go on)--I'm that kind of fan because he's so transparent about...

BE THE FIRST TO READ THE RESONANT SAGA!

It's that time. We're close enough to publication that I'm looking for a few readers to get an advance copy of Beggar's Rebellion, the first book in The Resonant Saga, to read it and post reviews when it goes live on Amazon this January. 
That's right, free book. Before everybody else. 
Merry Christmas!
Copes are limited. Get at me.

YAWN OF PROPHECY

Now that's a classy cover. Like many of us book-lovers, I got started young. In an advanced reading class in third grade I read the Hobbit, then devoured the Lord of the Rings (weeping at Gandalf's death--spoiler!), moved on to the Chronicles of Narnia, the Shannara books, and a whole host of other now-classic fantasy series that gradually filled the headboard of my bed then spilled over onto the dresser, the floor, the walls...

Amongst them were two beloved quintologies: The Belgariad and the...

Damn Power-ful

Remember when the I-Phone came out? And for a year or so half of us got it, and half of us were like, why would I switch from my sweet flip phone? And then suddenly and forever smart phones were indispensable? 

The Power is like that, for me. A previously unexplored, obvious great idea I mean. This is the kind of book that simultaneously makes me want to write even better and to give it up entirely, because Naomi Alderman has already done such a killer job. Mostly the first, though, don't wor...