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May 14, 2013
Blood Calls
Another novel of mine is up on Amazon. It's called "Blood Calls" and is a light-hearted fantasy.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COJPCHQ
War is the art of getting large numbers of people to kill one another and feel good about it. - The Chronicles of Rukus Shadowfoot
Corbin Illimas is a young dragonrider and summoner of beasts in service to Denza. Good.
Corbin is a bastard of Skuranese lineage, long ago abandoned by his father and therefore scorned. Bad.
His best and only friend is a sarcastic, powerful, and intelligent dragon who is hated by his kind. Bad. He's considered tainted. Really bad.
Because of his ties to House Illimas he's appointed as an ambassador. Good!
The appointment as ambassador to Sunal, a sleepy backwater state, is mostly to get him out of his uncle's hair. However, Corbin finds acceptance from the locals and his lonely life is looking up. But, as his typical with his luck, shortly after his arrival Sunal is invaded by a treacherous neighbor bent on conquest. Corbin struggles to fulfill his duties as an ambassador while saving his adopted country from destruction.
Who says politics is boring?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COJPCHQ
War is the art of getting large numbers of people to kill one another and feel good about it. - The Chronicles of Rukus Shadowfoot
Corbin Illimas is a young dragonrider and summoner of beasts in service to Denza. Good.
Corbin is a bastard of Skuranese lineage, long ago abandoned by his father and therefore scorned. Bad.
His best and only friend is a sarcastic, powerful, and intelligent dragon who is hated by his kind. Bad. He's considered tainted. Really bad.
Because of his ties to House Illimas he's appointed as an ambassador. Good!
The appointment as ambassador to Sunal, a sleepy backwater state, is mostly to get him out of his uncle's hair. However, Corbin finds acceptance from the locals and his lonely life is looking up. But, as his typical with his luck, shortly after his arrival Sunal is invaded by a treacherous neighbor bent on conquest. Corbin struggles to fulfill his duties as an ambassador while saving his adopted country from destruction.
Who says politics is boring?
Mettle's Forge
My novel, Mettle's Forge is up as an ebook on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CAB3RA2
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mettl...
Drill Sergeant Rachel Doss thought her army life and career was pretty exciting, but the excitement had barely begun. One of her soldiers—Mark Windle—turns out to have an extraordinary past involving a parallel dimension. After a freak accident, he draws thirteen Texan citizens—including Rachel—into an alien wilderness with no way home.
The thirteen refugees include Cindy, a teenage girl with an abusive past and her young sister Charlie; Jamal, a quiet nerd with a streak of genius, Dennis, an aging Vietnam vet and the environmentalist fanatic Martina.
The disparate group faces magical hazards, giant predators, hostile natives, and even a demon! Their biggest challenge, though, is to cooperate long enough to reach civilization—and somehow keep their humanity.
As they struggle to survive, everyone’s secrets unfold and they discover that perhaps the group isn’t as ordinary as they thought—and perhaps more than survival awaits them.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CAB3RA2
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mettl...
Drill Sergeant Rachel Doss thought her army life and career was pretty exciting, but the excitement had barely begun. One of her soldiers—Mark Windle—turns out to have an extraordinary past involving a parallel dimension. After a freak accident, he draws thirteen Texan citizens—including Rachel—into an alien wilderness with no way home.
The thirteen refugees include Cindy, a teenage girl with an abusive past and her young sister Charlie; Jamal, a quiet nerd with a streak of genius, Dennis, an aging Vietnam vet and the environmentalist fanatic Martina.
The disparate group faces magical hazards, giant predators, hostile natives, and even a demon! Their biggest challenge, though, is to cooperate long enough to reach civilization—and somehow keep their humanity.
As they struggle to survive, everyone’s secrets unfold and they discover that perhaps the group isn’t as ordinary as they thought—and perhaps more than survival awaits them.
August 8, 2012
Free Kindle Preview
Free preview of "Mettle's Forge" now up on Amazon and for the next five days. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008TTINHQ
July 19, 2012
Free Promotion!
I'm doing a free promotion of the 2nd edition of "Fourfold". It's available for Kindle for free download until midnight Pacific Standard Time.
http://www.amazon.com/Fourfold-The-Fo...
http://www.amazon.com/Fourfold-The-Fo...
March 1, 2012
Re-edit/re-issue
I'm re-editing Fourfold and getting a semi-pro editor to edit it once I finish. I'll put out the second edition of it as soon as I'm finished, but I was thinking of going with the Kindle promotion. Amazon will give you certain bennies promotion-wise if you are exclusively on Kindle for 90 days.
Who thinks it's a good idea?
Who thinks it's a good idea?
February 8, 2012
Smashwords vs. lulu
I published my first book on lulu and Amazon. Amazon was a breeze but lulu was a LOAD of trouble. I was considering publishing my second (epub) novel on Smashwords, but I'm unsure. I noticed that lulu has made some changes for the better since I published the first time around. At least they have the conversion software online now so I don't have to convert the file myself with Calibre.
Anyone have a line on this? Any advice? Stories? Anecdotes?
Anyone have a line on this? Any advice? Stories? Anecdotes?
February 1, 2012
"Second Nature" by RUSH
lyrics by Geddy Lee, Eric Lifeson and Neal Peart
A memo to a higher office
Open letter to the powers that be
To a god, a king, a head of state
A captain of industry
To the movers and the shakers...
Can't everybody see?
It ought to be second nature
I mean, the places where we live
Let's talk about this sensibly
We're not insensitive
I know progress has no patience
But something's got to give
I know you're different
You know I'm the same
We're both too busy
To be taking the blame
I'd like some changes
But you don't have the time
We can't go on thinking
It's a victimless crime
No one is blameless
But we're all without shame
We fight the fire while we're feeding the flames
Folks have got to make choices
And choices got to have voices
Folks are basically decent
Conventional wisdom would say
But we read about the exceptions
In the papers every day
It ought to be second nature
At least, that's what I feel
Now I lay me down in Dreamland
I know perfect's not for real
I thought we might get closer
But I'm ready to make a deal
Today is different, and tomorrow the same
It's hard to take the world the way that it came
Too many rapids keep us sweeping along
Too many captains keep on steering us wrong
It's hard to take the heat
It's hard to lay blame
To fight the fire while we're feeding the flames
A memo to a higher office
Open letter to the powers that be
To a god, a king, a head of state
A captain of industry
To the movers and the shakers...
Can't everybody see?
It ought to be second nature
I mean, the places where we live
Let's talk about this sensibly
We're not insensitive
I know progress has no patience
But something's got to give
I know you're different
You know I'm the same
We're both too busy
To be taking the blame
I'd like some changes
But you don't have the time
We can't go on thinking
It's a victimless crime
No one is blameless
But we're all without shame
We fight the fire while we're feeding the flames
Folks have got to make choices
And choices got to have voices
Folks are basically decent
Conventional wisdom would say
But we read about the exceptions
In the papers every day
It ought to be second nature
At least, that's what I feel
Now I lay me down in Dreamland
I know perfect's not for real
I thought we might get closer
But I'm ready to make a deal
Today is different, and tomorrow the same
It's hard to take the world the way that it came
Too many rapids keep us sweeping along
Too many captains keep on steering us wrong
It's hard to take the heat
It's hard to lay blame
To fight the fire while we're feeding the flames
January 31, 2012
Bookmarks etc.
I was thinking of printing off either bookmarks or postcards with my ebook's cover art. I thought I might drop off a few at a local sci-fi convention. Anyone have any input? Good idea? Bad idea?
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