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DM3W: Never Pay To Publish Your Book- Part 2

In the 1st part of this discussion, I mentioned the basic misunderstandings I had when looking at self-publishing houses. We're going to dwell a little deeper into exactly what these sort of publishers are, what they do, and the reasons why they may not be the best idea for authors that want to make writing a career.
What I call self-publishing houses is what people generally refer to as vanity publishers or vanity press. I personally don't like using that term since "vanity" can have some neg...

Operation: Pirate Bee

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I always like to name my current projects with interesting surnames. Prossia was originally called Operation: Spanish Moss, paying homage to the place where I wrote it, Savannah, Georgia. And here we are with Pirate Bee, another project I spoke very little of while I was writing it during my college years. The bee is in reverence to the first college I went to, Savannah College of Art & Design, while the pirate is a shot out to Armstrong Atlantic State Universit...

Pick A Cover

After getting the pleasure to meet James A. Owen and getting some insight on how to make a better cover for "Prossia," I found myself in a bit of a pickle after finishing the designs: I like them all! So, I figured I'd let you good folks decide the best cover for me instead. Be forewarned though, the cover you pick will determine the theme of future covers in the series. No pressure :P. In the meantime, have at it!










  Pick A Cover

Don't Make My Mistake, Writers: Never Pay To Publish Your Book- Part 1

Geez, if there was only someone that phrase to me years ago. Now, this DM3W hits VERY close to home for me, which is why it's taken me so long to post this one. (I wanted to make sure I got it right.)
When I first looked into self-publishing my book, I researched, just like we all should do, but I was apparently researching the wrong thing. I wasn't too familiar with the ways people went about making their books a reality on their own, so I figured I'd start simple: Googling self-publishing companies. ...

Interview With Team Nerds

***Here's part of my AMAZING interview with Team Nerd's Annabell............................................................................................................................................
Annabell: Tell us a bit about yourself.
Raphyel Jordan: I'm just a guy who likes to let his inner dorkism show through the story he writes. :P
Annabell: What are some attributes that would qualify you as a nerd?
Raphyel Jordan: Hmm, lemme see. Video games? Check. Comics? Check. Anime?...

New Cy Pic

Cyleroa is such a challenge to draw for me since his facial features are so complex. Still, it's rewarding when you execute some things on him accurately. Going off of what I was trying to do with my previous Aly pic, I was looking for some good textures to use.

Prossia Birthday Month

My goodness, is this a month to remember. :P Hey everyone! I just got back from DragonCon, so it's time to get back to work! :P

Prossia's Birthday Month officially started with the launch of the "Prossia Giveaway" on Goodreads. If you look at the top of the blog, you'll see that there's already a bunch of people ready to snag a free copy!

Be sure to be on the lookout for other announcements going on for my book throughout September. Thanks for your support, everyone! Now, time to get to work so...

Book Blog Check: Mega Book Blog Database For Indies

Here's another great source for authors looking for indie-friendly bloggers. The Indie Book Blog Database (IBBD) is HUGE! I mean HUGE! I started using this site to find book bloggers for reviews and interviews around the end of July. On average, I email about two bloggers per week requesting a review, and I'm now just getting to page 3 for the sci-fi database. "Ahem," that's page 3 out of 8, by the way, and each page consists of ten blogs. Yeah, it's like that.

IBBD is obviously well-establish...

A True Champion Among Men

The world is mourning the loss of the man that took mankind to boundaries never known. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died today at the age of 82 due to cardiovascular complications, according to his family. In 1969, Armstrong was a 38 year-old astronaut for NASA when he made the famous "Leap for mankind" declaration during the Apollo 11 mission. However, in spite of making one of the largest contributions to our species, the he tried to live most...

Some Fellow Nerds Ask About My Love For Writing Sci-fi

A big thx to Annabell and her crew at Team Nerd Reviews for hosting my guest blog post ^_^ 


"On August 6, NASA sent a mobile lab that had to travel over 154 million miles away, landing on another world in order to learn if there was ever a remote possibility of life on it." Hmm, funny. Had I written that sentence a century ago, this probably would've been found in a science fiction novel. However, we're living in a time where such a statement is  being read in magazines, on...