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DELUGE Has Arrived!

 

Good news! Deluge, the second book in the Assassin's Rising series, is up for sale on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com!

The city of Shaylis still lives, the traitor Melshek is slain, but the Destroyer walks freely upon the earth.

Kaltor's newly awoken link to his brother causes more problems than it solves, bringing five years of dampened doubt and fear crashing down on his mind. Suspicion between his parents tests the bonds of his family's loyalty. Mysterious deaths and demonic dreams haunt their path as they attempt to cut off the Destroyer before she reaches civilization.

Their efforts against the Destroyer collide upon the walls of the capital city, Levarion. Here the fate of king and realm will be decided in a relentless battle of both mind and steel as the Abyssian's full power and her new champion are finally revealed.

Enjoy this addition to the story of Kaltor Stratagar, the Battleborn.

That's enough pomp, Sebrick.

Kaltor, it's been awhile! Exciting novel isn't it my friend?

Don't you 'my friend' me!

Ummm, is everything ok?

You stuck me on a horse, for days!

Are you serious? Everything you went through in Deluge and that's your biggest complaint?

There were women involved, you sadistic monstrosity.

Oh, that… well, it's important to keep one's ego in check isn't it? Even for assassins?

We also have something called dignity. Did you have to put the other assassins there to? You couldn't have put me on a dark road with limited witnesses? It's hard to intimidate people into submission when they're chuckling at you behind their back.

Look, considering how things went in Levarion, I'd say you ended with more dignity than you lost, did you not?

That's beside the point. Next time you're on a horse, I'm kicking its flanks extra-hard, just for you. Hope you bring a woman along to watch the show.

I drive a Chevy. You're welcome to kick it anytime if that makes you feel better. Just stay away from my date, or I'll hit you with a taser.

Ooooh, what a man you are. Gonna hide behind that thing every time we argue?

Until I've had a couple years of martial arts training, you bet. Deal with it.

Review for Decoy

Hey everyone, thought you might like to check out the book review for DECOY on The Bibliophilic Book Blog.   http://www.bibliophilicbookblog.com/2012/01/book-review-decoy-by-sb-sebrick.html

My fingers are crossed, but book #2, DELUGE, will be arriving on the electronic book shelves within the week! Hang in there guys, it's almost done!

 

Deluge Hits the Shelves

The next novel in the Assassin's Rising Series, Deluge, has finally hit the shelves as an ebook for both kindle and nook's e-readers.

The city of Shaylis still lives, the traitor Melshek is slain, but the Destroyer walks freely upon the earth.

Kaltor’s newly awoken link to his brother causes more problems than it solves, bringing five years of dampened doubt and fear crashing down on his mind. Suspicion between his parents tests the bonds of his family’s loyalty. Mysterious deaths and demonic dreams haunt their path as they attempt to cut off the Destroyer before she reaches civilization.

Their efforts against the Destroyer collide upon the walls of the capital city, Levarion. Here the fate of king and realm will be decided in a relentless battle of both mind and steel as the Abyssian’s full power and her new champion are finally revealed.

"Decoy" Giveaway

Hey everyone, I'm hard at the grindstone here finishing up the last bits of "Deluge". While we're waiting to hear back from my editor, there's an exciting E-book giveaway of Decoy availiable on http://blkosiner.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-giveaway-deluge-by-sb-sebrick.html open for the next day  or so. Any of you who haven't purchased a copy of Decoy yet, or would like a free one for a friend, feel free to check it out!

Happy Holidays

Hope you had a great holiday season with friends and family!

I spent the last week over in Idaho with my sister's family. I've been squeezing writing time in between card games,  entertaining my one year old niece Ayla, and shooting pool with my dad (I'm still working on keeping the white ball out of the pockets, stupid long shots). For some reason I always play better if I bring a date, but then bringing my dad along would just defeat the purpose. That's a catch-22 for you I guess

My first reader, who focuses mostly on broad topics like character development and general plot, will be done with her critique by week's end. The last stop before publication is my editor, which shouldn't take more than a few weeks to make sure all the nitty gritty grammar details are taken care of. I want to thank everyone for their patience as I've been bringing "Deluge" into being during the holiday season, which is taking a bit longer than I expected, but will be worth the wait!

I'd like to try something new as 2011 draws to a close. If any of you are reading this with an extra moment to spare, I'd love to hear about any memorable christmas experiences you've had this year or in the past. I will consider posting a few of them in the future (with the owner's permission of course) if I find them particularly touching or comical. I can be reached at sbsebrick@gmail.com.

One christmas I've always remembered happened when I was fifteen. My parents spent three years tracking down a book called "The Secrets to Writing Successful Fiction" by Robert Newton Peck. It's one of the simplest and most useful books on writing fiction that I've come across, but since it's long since out of print, finding it alone was a small miracle.  It isn't always the largest or most expensive gifts that linger in our memories, it's the ones that carry the most meaning to those we care about.

I'll be in touch later this week, have a great day everybody

 

Rough Draft: Check

Hey Everyone,

This week my second book Deluge finally got into the hands of my first reader. She goes over the plot, character development and wider scope of the novel before I send it out for the nitty gritty editing. It took longer than I'd anticipated to get the ball rolling on this, so I'm tentatively hoping to have this done and on the market before New Years (my fingers are crossed).

The Christmas Holidays are getting closer every day, hope you've already finished your christmas shopping (dang it, that's one thing I still need to get done).

Not the best person to give advice on the subject are you Sebrick?

That's enough Kaltor, You're not tricking me into divulging your gift. Now if you could listen in on my Grandpa's conversations and figure out what HE wants, I'd appreciate. Put your stealth skills to good use for once.

Conversations?  He's pretty much limited to watching TV and house-hold chores, and no, I refuse to shadow him while on his weekly retreat to his fishing buddies lunch. It the same stories every time, they just forget each week what the old news was. Yaaaaawn.

Well he is over eighty years old, I'd say he's earned the reprieve. What exactly do you plan on doing when you're eighty?

Will I still be alive by then? Is that a promise?

Let's just say its a fair bet you'll be around a while.

Alright, alright. I assume I'll be the primary source of stories and wisdom. The young ones will be in charge of the chores.

So, basically a lazier version of grandpa's daily routine now?

Yaaaaawn. I'm not eighty yet. Let me enjoy what years I have ok?

Ok, ok. How about we go paintballing next week?

Perfect.

Latest News

Hey everyone, here's the latest news from the triple bachelor pad

Yeah, it's true. In between semesters of college I'm rooming with my dad and grandpa, who are both single. This couldn't possibly be a hereditary condition could it? Lord I hope not!

Well, Deluge is coming along very well. I've got the graphics designer all set for the e-cover and this monday I'm dropping off the rough draft to my first reader. I should be about two weeks away from Deluge hitting the electronic shelves, at least I really hope I am. I keep waking to Kaltor standing over me looking imposing and rather frustrated (shudder). I wish he'd stop toying with my shaving razor and smiling mischeviously at me, it doesn't help the creative process at all.

Course it does. It's called motivation. Works wonders in almost any situation.

Trembling fingers do NOT type any faster Kaltor. They hit all the wrong keys and I end up having to correct stuff again and again. Easy up buddy, Deluge is on its way. Some characters wait 6 – 12 months for thier next story to hit the shelves, consider yourself lucky.

You're going to consider yourself MIA unless you get this moving.

It IS moving, I just told everyone that. The new e-cover will be up within a week or so, you're going to love it! Now hold still while I take a picture for the cover artist… please drop the hunting bow, believe it or not that's mostly for decorative purposes.

Decorative? I didn't know you were into hanging up trophies from your victims, literaly

Wow, you wonder why I'm still single huh?

Nope, not really. You move around too much to put down roots… you snore.

Do not.

Ever taped yourself?

No…

I rest my case.

Recent Author Interview

Hey guys, here's some questions from previous author interviews for your enjoyment

If you were a superhero what would your name be? Super Seth. Seriously, that's the one I chose for myself when I was five, I even wrote a theme song then inspired by Captain Planet about "Putting the bad guys down to zero".

If you could have any superpower what would you choose? I'd have to go with wolverine's health regeneration and adamantium claws, but I did just write a novel about a kick butt assassin so I'm sure that's influencing my decision making process just a bit.

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Anything besides vanilla. What's the fun of desert if you only go with one basic flavor?

Night owl, or early bird? Aspiring early bird, perpetual night owl.

One food you would never eat? I will never eat a cockroach EVER again!

Pet Peeves? My alarm clock's high pitched shriek. The ironic thing is I can't get rid of it since it works so well at waking me up! The downside is occasionally I hear it on the radio and twitch uncontrobably. Not a good habit to demonstrate on a first date…

What inspired you to want to become a writer? I'd say it's a natural evolution from playing legos for hours on end when I was ten. Making up terrific stories and exotic worlds is alot of fun My Aunt DiAnne and my writer's group mentor Dr. Carey had a strong impact on my work as well though. They encouraged me to keep pushing at it, no matter what.

Tell us your most rewarding experience since being published. I wrote the memoirs for four winners of the Women of Achievement program during my first two years of college. At the time it was a great chance to make money off my writing but I never expected to be granted applause at the award's ceremony at the Hilton. Writing has opened doors for me I never could have dreamed of touching on my own. It's always fueled my desire to keep honing my skills.

What was your favorite book when you were a child/teen? The Walking Drum. Kerbouchard is so good at getting into and out of trouble with his witty humor and sheer luck it makes for a terrific read.

What's one piece of advice you would give aspiring authors? Keep at it. The more stories you write, the more cash streams you'll have available when you get something published and people start paying attention to you.

What is your favorite Quote? "True Nobility is not waking the next morning better than the other guy. It's waking the next morning a better man than you were the day before."

Can you see yourself in any of your characters? Kaltor, the main character in Decoy, has a lot of attributes I aspire to. If I wrote the way he trained, this series would be almost done by now;

What's the best advice anyone has ever given you? Just do your best and forget everything else.

Nickname? 'Buddy' if you're family, or Sethie if you're under the age of 5.

How do you react to a bad review? It's a challenge to write a better story.

Which authors have influenced you most how? I'd have to say J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson have really impacted my writing style when it comes to how I write Epic Fantasy. I've learned alot about deeply immersing yourself and the writer into another world.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hey everyone, hope you've had a terrific Turkey Day!

In honor of Thanksgiving, I want to publicly thank all those who have helped Decoy have the success it's enjoyed thus far!

First I'd like to thank Richard Roberts from theotherstream.com for his spectacular work on the E-Book cover. This week we're drawing up a contract for the ebook covers for the rest of the series, so we're very excited to see this project building momentum

Trisha L. from Elance.com who did a great job editing and preparing the various formats of Decoy's manuscript.

Lastly I'd like to thank the various book bloggers who have posted pieces about myself or Decoy in the last month or so.

Joanne from thefairytalenerd.blogspot.com

Kathy from iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com

Debbie from webbweaver-zelda555.blogspot.com

Ana from book-spark.blogspot.com

Chantale from Geeky Girl Review

Sabrina from http://cupofteareviews.blogspot.com/

And Sarah from soulunsung.blogspot.com

Once again, thanks for your help everyone! The second book in the Assassin's Rising series Deluge will be coming in the next few weeks. Enjoy your holidays!

Appreciation

Hey everybody,

Hope you've all got exciting plans this weekend! Thanks to everyone whose worked with me on thier blogs, and especially for those who have bought copies of Decoy. Next month is going to be very exciting and I'm looking forwards to sharing some new developments with you all.

The rough draft for Kaltor's second novel Deluge is coming along great so far. I'm looking forwards to finishing the second installment in Kaltor's story. Often times my characters tend to do whatever they want, so plot twists or even the ending can turn out differently than what I planned.

Well in the great Abyss would I do things your way? Come on, booooooring!

I'm just saying a little cooperation would be appreciated sometimes, that's all.

Appreciation? I'm here aren't I?

Yes you're here and all, but I could do without the Jujitsu lessons. We have nice carpet but it doesn't deserve THAT close an inspection.

You just need a deeper appreciation for the finer things in life.

Rug burns? That's what you call the finer things?

Are you kidding? Carpet is wonderful. I've been sleeping on hard earth or stone for the last five years. It's one of those modern comforts I really enjoy.

Only because in your mind it has a secondary use as an interrogation method.

One must be flexible in a profession such as mine. Vacuum cleaners are another intriguing option.

There are moments when you concern me.

Likewise, my soft squishy friend. Likewise.