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October 25, 2013
New Release! CHAIN OF SHADOWS by Steven Montano
If you’re not reading Steven Montano’s BLOOD SKIES series, you’re missing out. Part fantasy, part dystopian sci-fi, part horror, and all good, the BLOOD SKIES series has something for all fans of speculative fiction, and today marks the release of part six of the series: CHAIN OF SHADOWS. Do yourself a favor and work your […]
October 22, 2013
Meet the Cast: Thorn
The final character to be introduced in WHEN SHADOWS FALL is Thorn. In writing this character, I wanted to go for a more whimsical voice to counter balance the melancholy of N’th Ailyssa Ra and the over-the-top nature of Horace Seaman’s sections. As a result, Thorn is a character who has spent his life with […]
October 12, 2013
Meet the Cast: N’th Ailyssa Ra
In my ‘Meet the Cast’ post about Horace Seaman, I mentioned one of the things I tried to do when writing WHEN SHADOWS FALL was to give each of the characters their own unique voice. Part of the reason I wanted to do this was also because I wanted to write characters who were not […]
October 11, 2013
Steven Montano Keeps Writing Books
I’ve had a few people act impressed by my productivity, but I guess they haven’t met Steven Montano. It seems like every time I blink, Steven has a new book ready to hit the electronic shelves. I swear, the guy writes them so fast, he must leave blank paper on the workbench for the elves […]
October 7, 2013
Meet the Cast: Teryk and Danya
Chapter 2 of WHEN SHADOWS FALL is really where the heart of the story begins. Teryk and Danya are brother and sister–the prince and princess of the kingdom. They’ve lived sheltered lives, protected from the outside world by the king and queen, so they look for adventure wherever they can find it. In this instance, […]
October 5, 2013
Coming Soon: Home Wrecker 2 by Brenda Perlin
I’ve said this before, but in this case, it bears repeating. One of the best things about being an independent author is the other authors you meet who are travelling a similar road. One of the best any of us have had the pleasure of bumping into on the publishing highway is Brenda Perlin. She […]
October 2, 2013
Meet the Cast: Horace Seaman
My latest book, WHEN SHADOWS FALL, came out yesterday (Oct. 1, 2013). It’s the first book in a new epic fantasy series called the Books of the Small Gods, and it was a little bit different for me. Not only was it written in record time for me (the first draft took only 14 days), […]
October 1, 2013
New Release! WHEN SHADOWS FALL
Now available! The First Book of the Small Gods: WHEN SHADOWS FALL. A hundred hundred seasons have turned since the Goddess banished the Small Gods to the sky, leaving the land to mankind alone. For Prince Teryk, life behind the castle walls is boring and uneventful until he stumbles upon an arcane […]
September 23, 2013
New Release! A DIFFICULT MIRROR by Benjamin X. Wretlind
19 years. That’s how long it took from the time Benjamin X. Wretlind (Guild if Dreams member and iAi author) started writing his new novel, A DIFFICULT MIRROR, to its release today. That’s a pretty hefty amount of time…up here in Canada, his manuscript wouldn’t need fake ID to get into bars anymore (you can […]
September 22, 2013
I Don’t Do Prologues…Until I Need To
I’ve done a few posts about the importance of editing over the last few months (read two of them here and here), but those mostly dealt with self-editing…the things you do before you send your manuscript off to a professional. In the writing of my upcoming epic fantasy, When Shadows Fall, the true importance of […]
