Walter Rhein's Blog, page 15

Shells chats with author John X. Grey

What made you want to be an author of fiction?After my failure to complete a Master's degree in history during the 1990s, and a later personal religious salvation experience in April 1997, I gradually got the notion of trying fiction writing as a potential career by 1999. I had been an avid reader of fiction in the fantasy, horror and science-fiction genres, and non fiction academic subjects. I

Review: Legends Reborn (The Light of Epertase: Book 1)

Old School Fantasy
I just finished reading "Legends Reborn (The Light of Epertase Book One)" on my new Kindle and my three word response to this book is simple: Old School Fantasy. Douglas Brown gives us a straight action story with clear-cut villains and noble heroes. It's a little bit "Conan the Barbarian" a little bit "Game of Thrones" and there's even a touch of "The Road Warrior" for those

Interview with Janet Morris, Author of "The Sacred Band"

I began interacting with you after posting a link to a negative review of my novel, "The Bone Sword." Rejection slips and bad reviews are just a part of the game for writers. Can you share an anecdote about a rejection or a negative review?
Negative reviews and rejections happen: reading is a subjective pass-time; different people bring different abilities, different levels of literacy, and

Renowned Fantasy Author Janet Morris (of Thieves' World) Praises "The Bone Sword"

I recently had a post on my Facebook group "Heroic Fantasy" about a negative review I recently received.  This post led to a discussion with Janet Morris, author of many of the Thieves' World Titles, as well as The Sacred Band and Angels in Hell.  She ended up doing me the honor of picking up "The Bone Sword" (which is currently available on kindle for only 99 cents!) and writing this excellent

Icarus Twitterview Underway, Talk with Author J.S. Chancellor

For all of you who are fans of Rhemalda's J.S. Chancellor, today is a great day!  Not only is it the release of her new novel Icarus: The Kindred, but she's also manning the twitterboard and will be available to answer questions.  All you have to do is use the hashtag #Icarus.  Be sure to follow @Rhemalda and @Jschancellor on twitter.
ICARUS is available in paperback from all your favorite online

Walter Rhein Articles and Short Stories

These are some of the articles I've done recently for various publications.  Silent Sports pays pretty well, and I was getting decent money from Yahoo Contributors for a while but that dried up (the statistics on my profile page aren't accurate since they lost a Super Bowl reaction article that I had over ten thousand hits on...they never explained what happened to it either).  I'll keep adding

Walter Rhein Article on Yahoo

I've just had the following article published on Yahoo Contributors:
NFL to Ban Aaron Rodgers' TD Celebration?
For those of you who are writers, I think the Yahoo Contributors Network is a pretty solid deal.  They have an assignment desk which allows you to pick up stories or articles for a set fee (usually $5 to $10) plus you get paid by performance.  They always pay you promptly and directly

Shells chats with author Daniel Shields

How did the idea of Shark & The Wolf: Predators and Prey come about?Hi Shells, thank you for granting me this interview. The idea for Shark & The Wolf: Predators and Prey started back in 2006 when I co-founded a billiards company called LiquidWick Pool Cues. My two favorite animals have always been sharks and wolves. I came up with the idea to bring the billiards term "Pool Shark" to life and

Shells chats with author Daniel Sheilds

How did the idea of Shark & The Wolf: Predators and Prey come about?Hi Shells, thank you for granting me this interview. The idea for Shark & The Wolf: Predators and Prey started back in 2006 when I co-founded a billiards company called LiquidWick Pool Cues. My two favorite animals have always been sharks and wolves. I came up with the idea to bring the billiards term "Pool Shark" to life and

Shells chats with author Todd Seaward

In some cases, people discover they want to be a writer at a later age. When did you know you wanted to be a writer?I've never really thought of myself as a writer, I'm more of a story teller. I've always been expressive in various mediums but, at the tender age of 30, (sighs, over a decade ago...), I thought I might get semi-serious about my hobbies. Cartooning didn't pan out and I've frightened