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Bell of the True Dragon cover is on Muddy Colors

My novel's cover: "Bell of the True Dragon" illustrated by Chris Casciano, is on Muddy Colors!

Click Here: https://www.muddycolors.com/2023/06/painting-heroes-2/

Another Award? Yes!

Yes!I won a Gold Medal!

The Writers of the Future Volume 38, featuring my First Place winning story "Psychic Poker" won the Independent Publisher's Gold IPPY for Science Fiction!

Not just "Science Fiction Anthology", it won GOLD for all SCIENCE FICTION! 

GOLD for all SCIENCE FICTION!

Writers of the Future Volume 38 Wins Science Fiction Gold

About the IPPY:

About the Contest: https://ippyawards.com/84/abou...

List of 2023 Winners: https://ippyawards.com/169/202...

The Truth Comes Out

by
Lazarus Black

Spoilers ahead. You have been warned.

真龍鐘 Zhēnlóng Zhōng “True Dragon Bell”

真龍 Zhēnlóng ~“True Dragon”

The truth is that the word I use for "True/Truth" in The True Dragon of Atlanta is not correct. Or is it?

The inscription on the bell reads 真龍 Zhēnlóng “True Dragon”... but not really.

Bells of all sizes,鐘 Zhōng, are famous icons across Asia (esp. in Buddhism) that represent clarity, purity, and cleansing. In my novel, there is a gigantic temple bell with magical propertie...

True Dragon of Atlanta Illustrations!

by Lazarus.Black

Surprize!

Actually, maybe not. Those of who know that I'm a commercial artist may not be too shocked by this, but I am still pretty stoked about how well the novel is coming together.

Writing this novel is easily the most complicated single project I have ever worked on. But beside all the research into it and then writing it (and rewriting it and rewriting it and editing and re-editing it), I am also adding illustrations to help the reader appreciate the story. Not of the ch...

Happy Heroes Day!

Today, we celebrate the first Heroes Day of the year.

The term "Mother" is granted to woman who is legally classified as a parent, either through biology or paperwork. Trolls use this definition to deny some women that title. And some women with the title refuse or fail the presumed responsibilities that title may or may not bestow.

But every woman—by any definition of "woman"—who shoulders those responsibilities, who put the needs of others ahead of themselves, who see the world as one family...

The paperback Anthology is HERE!!!

First book out of the box!
Includes Chapters 1&2 of The True Dragon of Atlanta
Buy it now on EchoChernik.com!

Lazarus wins Ben Franklin Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2022 Award

Writers of the Futurew Volume 38 wins the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Science Fiction & Fantasy!

Every author in the volume is a winner, along with the David Farland as Editor and Galaxy Press as the Publisher. John Goodman, president of Galaxy Press accepts the award, praising David Farland and all the winners of the volume for its success.

John Goodman accepts the Ben Franklin Award for Writers of the Future Volume 38

About the Benjamin Franklin Award

Press Release: https://www.ib...

First Cover Credit!

Today I earned my first cover credit, though not for fiction.

I wrote an article to aspiring illustrators about the role of an art director, what we do, and how good ones are an illustrator's best friend. I also address how to manage less-than-helpful feedback from unqualified non-artists taking on the role of Art Director, because some companies do not understand the role, let alone the idea that one can earn a degree in Art Direction from a reputable school (like Pratt Institute, my alma mate...