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CLOAK OF ASHES, a brief excerpt

Now on Chapter 9 of 21 of CLOAK OF ASHES. Let’s have a short excerpt where Nadia meets a new character!

One of the fun things about writing Nadia’s character is how much history annoys her. Like, she’s personally offended that stuff that happened before she was born keeps coming back to haunt her.

Of course, if you’ve read CLOAK GAMES: LAST JUDGE, CLOAK GAMES: SKY HAMMER, and CLOAK OF DRAGONS, you know she has good reasons to feel that way.

free books!

So if you find yourself stuck indoors for an extended period of time, I have some free ebooks you can read.

FROSTBORN: THE GRAY KNIGHT – the first book of my FROSTBORN epic fantasy series. Free at Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Australia, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, and Smashwords.

FROSTBORN: THE FIRST QUEST – a prequel to the FROSTBORN series. Free at Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iTunes, and Smashwords.

SILENT ORDER: IRON HAND – the first book of my SILENT ORDER science fiction series. Get it free at at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Australia, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, Google Play, and Smashwords.

CLOAK GAMES: THIEF TRAP – the first book of my CLOAK GAMES urban fantasy series. Get it free at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Amazon Australia, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play, iTunes, and Smashwords.

THE TOWER OF ENDLESS WORLDS – the first book of my TOWER OF ENDLESS WORLDS urban fantasy series. Get it free at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, and Smashwords.

-JM

WRAITHSHARD / CLOAK OF ASHES update

Upon reflection, I think I was too grim about WRAITHSHARD. I received several well-reasoned emails from people pointing out (sometimes quoting my own words at me) that it was too soon to properly evaluate the book or the series. That is very true.

So, after some reflection and a 5.5 mile run, I think I’m going to continue WRAITHSHARD, but I do want to finish CLOAK OF ASHES first. I’m at 31,000 words of CLOAK OF ASHES, and 30,000 words into WRAITHSHARD: SIEGE & STORM.

If all goes well, CLOAK OF ASHES will come out in April on all ebook stores, and WRAITHSHARD: SIEGE & STORM will come out in May on Kindle Unlimited.

I do thank you all for your patience while I worked out my thoughts.

More from both Nadia & Mazael soon!

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-JM

CLOAK OF ASHES underway!

I’m very grateful to everyone who read WRAITHSHARD: SWORD & FLAME, but there’s no getting around the fact that the book flopped, and it flopped hard. I also got many, many annoyed messages from people about Kindle Unlimited.

So, after considering all that, I’m setting the WRAITHSHARD series aside for now and will come back to it at a better time (possibly never).

Meanwhile, I’m on Chapter 6 of 21 of CLOAK OF ASHES, and it’s full speed ahead on that book! If all goes well it will be out on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play, and Smashwords sometime around the middle of April.

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-JM

The Pulp Writer Show, Episode 18: Permafree books – Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Been busy! So I haven’t had a chance to share my new podcast episode.

In this episode, I discuss permafree ebooks, and whether or not they make sense as a sales strategy.

-JM

what am I writing next?

Now that WRAITHSHARD: SWORD & FLAME is out, what am I writing next?

I am going to write WRAITHSHARD #2 and #3 back to back and release them immediately after one another. Both these books will be in Kindle Unlimited.

After that, I am planning to write DRAGONTIARNA: LEGIONS. I want to emphasize that LEGIONS will be available on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play, and Smashwords. I needed something on Kindle Unlimited (hence WRAITHSHARD) but I didn’t want to uproot DRAGONTIARNA.

After LEGIONS I will finish the WRAITHSHARD series with #4 and #5, and then write DRAGONTIARNA #6 (title to be announced).

I’m also over halfway through SILENT ORDER #10, and about 20% into CLOAK OF ASHES. Not sure when they’ll be done, but I might decide to finish one or another in between the books planned above. When these books are done, they’ll also be on all platforms, not just Kindle Unlimited.

-JM

WRAITHSHARD: SWORD & FLAME now available!

WRAITHSHARD: SWORD & FLAME is now available at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon CA, and Amazon AU. Available in Kindle Unlimited!

Now, what about the other platforms?

It’s been four years since MASK OF SPELLS, and I frankly was taken off-guard by how much demand there was for WRAITHSHARD on other platforms. I’m working on the second book right now (WRAITHSHARD: SIEGE & STORM), and when it comes out hopefully in April, I have a plan to make the book (and the first one) available to everyone, not just Amazon and Kindle Unlimited users.

Meanwhile, here’s the book description:

Mazael Cravenlock is the lord of the Grim Marches, and no one dares to attack his lands or the people under his protection.

He has crushed every enemy…but it will take more than swords to defeat his new foe.

When the dreaded necromancer Lucan Mandragon returns from the grave, Mazael will need to rally all his allies and followers to face the threat.

But the things hunting Lucan are far more dangerous…

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-JM

The Pulp Writer Show, Episode 17: 100,000 copies and FROSTBORN reader Q&A

FROSTBORN OMNIBUS ONE sold its 100,000th copy last week, so let’s have a reader question & answer session about the FROSTBORN, SEVENFOLD SWORD, and DRAGONTIARNA series!

Thanks to Ares Moffet, Emery Ducek, Juan Mayorga, Phil6122, Juan Llanes, Scott Osmond, Tom Thorn, Quentin Powell, Samuli Honkanen, Starlin, William Duckett, Justin Bischel, RC, Donald Cake, Kris, Sam, and Andrew Skillen for their questions!

Don’t forget you can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Libsyn, and Google Podcasts.

-JM

WRAITHSHARD: SWORD & FLAME Table of Contents!

I’m almost done with WRAITHSHARD: SWORD & FLAME, so let’s share the Table of Contents!

If all goes well, the book will be out next week.

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-JM

100,000!

I am pleased to report that as of today, FROSTBORN OMNIBUS ONE has sold its 100,000th lifetime copy.

Thanks everyone! I’ve lived in towns that had fewer than 100,000 residents.

-JM