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November 21, 2023
CLOAK OF EMBERS now available!
I am very pleased to report that CLOAK OF EMBERS is finally available on all platforms!
You can get it at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon CA, Amazon AU, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Payhip, and Smashwords.
A deadly puzzle. A closing trap.
My name is Nadia, and I’m a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves.
That means it’s my responsibility to broker a peace deal between the dwarves and the Elven commoners…and there are lots of Elven nobles who would like to see the deal fail.
So when the Lord Inquisitor Arvalaeon arrives on my doorstep, critically wounded and missing the last week of his memory, things have just gotten even more complicated.
One false step and the embers will become an inferno…
-JM
November 15, 2023
CLOAK MAGE OMNIBUS TWO now in audio
I am pleased to report that CLOAK MAGE OMNIBUS TWO is now in audio, as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy! This three-book bundle contains CLOAK OF BLADES, CLOAK OF IRON, and CLOAK OF SHARDS, along with the bonus short story DRAGON SONG, and comes in at over 34 hours long!
So if you need something to listen to during your Thanksgiving travels, CLOAK MAGE OMNIBUS TWO has you covered.
You can listen to it at Audible, Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon AU, and should be up shortly on Apple Books.
-JM
November 14, 2023
CLOAK OF EMBERS table of contents!
I am finally far enough along to share the Table of Contents for CLOAK OF EMBERS!
CLOAK OF EMBERS in its (mostly) final form turned out to be about 110,000 words long, which both makes it the longest book I wrote in 2023 and the longest Nadia book to date.
You might also note that the chapter count expanded from 22 to 27. I am not exactly a stickler for chapter length (to the annoyance of some readers) and generally my rule of thumb is that a chapter needs to be as long as it needs to be to cover the necessary scenes. That said, a couple of the chapters were way too long. Like, I don’t currently have plans to do CLOAK OF EMBERS as an audiobook, but if I did, some of the chapters would have needed to be split up anyway because I don’t think ACX allows chapters longer than seventy minutes. Better to take care of that now than to have it become a headache a few years down the road if circumstances change and we do more CLOAK MAGE audiobooks.
And I do always enjoy thinking up the chapter titles.
Anyway, if all goes well, I hope the book will be out next week before Thanksgiving!
-JM
The Pulp Writer Show, Episode 175: Should Indie Writers Have Ebooks?
In this episode, we discuss whether or not indie authors should have ebooks, audiobooks, or paperbacks. The episode ends with a preview of the audiobook of DRAGONSKULL: WRATH OF THE WARLOCK, as narrated by Brad Wills. You can listen to the episode with transcript at the official Pulp Writer Show site!
-JM
November 13, 2023
Coupon of the Week, 11/13/2023
Once again it is time for Coupon of the Week!
This week’s coupon is for the audiobook of CLOAK OF IRON as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook of CLOAK OF IRON for 75% off at my Payhip store with this coupon code:
IRONFALL
The coupon code is valid through December 2nd, 2023, so if you find yourself wanting to get caught up with Nadia’s adventures before CLOAK OF EMBERS comes out (hopefully soon!), why not start with an audiobook?
-JM
November 10, 2023
CLOAK OF EMBERS brief excerpt
It’s Friday, and I’m about halfway through the first round of edits for CLOAK OF EMBERS.
Let’s close out the week with a short excerpt! In this scene, Nadia is babysitting the daughter of a friend.
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“Good boy!” she called as the dog ran back to her with the ball. Despite spending most of the last two years in the US, she sounded like her father, who spoke with a posh British accent. “Good boy, Monty!”
I had asked Neil why she named the dog Monty, and he had explained that Monty was the name of one of the animal sidekicks of Bob the Adventure Bunny, Emilia’s favorite cartoon.
The dog dropped the ball at Emilia’s feet. Our yard was at a slight incline to the woods, and the ball rolled away and came to a stop a dozen feet from her. Emilia stared after it, lips pursed, and then a deep look of concentration went over her face.
I rolled my eyes…but I waited to see what she would do.
A breeze blew past, and the ball leaped from the ground to land in Emilia’s hand. It wasn’t telekinesis, wasn’t even properly a spell, but an unfocused burst of elemental air.
Huh. Not too bad.
“Emilia!” I said. “No magic when your dad isn’t here!”
Emilia whirled and looked at me with wide blue eyes. Yeah, kid, I might have been looking at my phone, but you’re not getting one past me.
“Sorry, Marshal,” she said. I would have been fine with her calling me Nadia, but her father insisted that she call adults by their proper titles. Thanks to the aurasight, I saw the genuine chagrin in her emotional aura. But Emilia knew she wasn’t supposed to use magic when Neil wasn’t around, but she had done it anyway. Emilia was a good-natured little girl, but she had a devious streak a mile wide and a mile deep.
Probably had gotten that from her father.
“It’s okay,” I said. “Just don’t do it again.”
She nodded and started to turn back to the dog.
“Oh, and Emilia?”
She looked back at me, worried.
“That was a very good effort,” I said.
Emilia beamed a big toothy smile at me and went back to playing with Monty.
-JM
November 9, 2023
CLOAK OF EMBERS book description
What is CLOAK OF EMBERS going to be about? Let’s see the book description!
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A deadly puzzle. A closing trap.
My name is Nadia, and I’m a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves.
That means it’s my responsibility to broker a peace deal between the dwarves and the Elven commoners…and there are lots of Elven nobles who would like to see the deal fail.
So when the Lord Inquisitor Arvalaeon arrives on my doorstep, critically wounded and missing the last week of his memory, things have just gotten even more complicated.
One false step and the embers will become an inferno…
-JM
November 8, 2023
CLOAK OF EMBERS rough draft complete!
I am pleased to report that the rough draft of CLOAK OF EMBERS is finally done at 112,000 words. This will make it my longest book of 2023, and either the longest or second-longest Nadia book to date.
I have also written FALSE IMAGE, a short story newsletter subscribers will get for free when CLOAK OF EMBERS comes out.
Editing is underway, so let’s see the cover image for CLOAK OF EMBERS!
-JM
November 7, 2023
The Pulp Writer Show, Episode 174: Classic Video Games
In this week’s episode, I look back at some of my favorite classic video games, and also discuss my book advertising results from October 2023. You can listen to the full show (with transcript) at The Pulp Writer Show’s official site.
-JM
November 6, 2023
Coupon of the Week, 11/6/2023
Once again it is time for Coupon of the Week!
This week’s coupon is for the audiobook of CLOAK OF BLADES as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook of CLOAK OF BLADES for 75% off at my Payhip store with this coupon code:
NOVBLADES
The coupon code is valid through November 28th, 2023, so if you find yourself wanting to get caught up with Nadia’s adventures before CLOAK OF EMBERS comes out, why not start with an audiobook?
-JM
