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The Ternion Order

A little over a month ago, I released First Moon, the first book of my new contemporary paranormal fantasy series, the Ternion Order. This article is for readers who are interested in knowing more about the Ternion Order than I reveal in First Moon.

One of my reviewers was kind enough to say, “I loved how the idea of the Ternion Order left so many options open for more to come.” You probably won’t be surprised to learn that was the plan all along. Although the first story focuses on the adven...

Announcing the release of “First Moon”

I’m pleased to announce the release of my contemporary fantasy adventure story, First Moon. This novel is the first volume of my new Ternion Order series. For a limited time, you can get First Moon for the introductory price of just 99 cents atthe major ebook retailers.*

First Moon

The Ternion Order – Book One

After being dumped by his fiancé, Kyle Nelson is ready for a rebound fling. But a one-night stand turns into a catastrophe that leaves Kyle with violent dreams and disturbing physical...

The Obelisk Portal: A Fantasy Adventure Short Story

For our latest exercise, each member of my local writing group created a montage. The goal was to clip anything that appealed to you from the available magazines and then paste the images onto a sheet of construction paper in whatever manner you wanted. Some of our writers were amazingly artistic with their blend of imagery and color.

My montage wasn’t artistic (see photo at right), but I did find images that I liked. After all, it was a writing exercise, not an art exercise (thank goodness)....

Write the Book You Want to Read (Beta Lessons 7)

I’m currently going through the beta reader comments I got back for First Moon. I’m happy to say that I have a great crew of beta readers who have done a lot to help me make my books better.

The feedback for First Moon also helped me clarify some things about what I’m trying to achieve with my writing. Foremost among those epiphanies was that I have to write the kind of stories I want to read.

But what does that mean? How would I define my writing “mission statement?” If I could answer that qu...

Fairy Dust: A Fantasy Adventure Short Story

I recently attended the first meeting of a local writers group that is starting up in our area. We spent the first half of the meeting getting to know each other, but we used the second half to do a couple of writing exercises. It was fun to see how differently everyone approached the exercises. I enjoyed the experience and plan to continue going.

Before we adjourned, the group organizer invited us to write a short piece at home based on the work we had done during the session. It was “homewor...

Announcing “Finite Fantasy” – a free fantasy anthology

I recently put together a collection of my short fiction works and titled it Finite Fantasy. Three of the four stories have previously appeared on the Internet somewhere, but I thought it would be fun to collect all of my short works into an ebook and offer it as a free download to my readers. Even as an anthology, the book is too short for me to feel good about selling it, but I think it makes for a nice freebie.

It’s a small project that isn’t intended to earn revenue, so I didn’t want to sp...

The Werewolves of North Idaho

Given some of the stories I’ve written, anyone would think I have a fascination for werewolves. If that’s true, I’m certainly not alone. The number of movies and books featuring werewolves is mind boggling, and their continued popularity attests to a widespread public interest.

As a dedicated fantasist, I’ll admit that I enjoy a good shape-changer story, whether it’s about true lycanthropes or some other variety of animal transformation. When it comes to a fantasy escape, there’s nothing quite...

Back into the Throes of World Building

After completing the third book of the first Vaetra Chronicles trilogy, I was itching to work on something completely different. As they say, be careful what you wish for. After three years of working in the same story world, I forgot how much work it is to build a new one from scratch!

First Moon Rising

First Moon was my initial foray into a non-vaetra story, but it was a breeze to write. The story came together more quickly than anything else I’d ever written, partly because it was set in the...

Magic in Vanessa Finaughty’s Wizard of Ends Story World

If you are a fan of magic systems like I am, you’ll enjoy this guest post from magical fantasy author Vanessa Finaughty. Vanessa is doing a blog tour to promote her new Wizard of Ends series, and she agreed to share a bit about her magic system with my readers here at the Vaetra Files.

You can learn more about the first two books of the Wizard of Ends series below Vanessa’s article. Enjoy!

Magic Systems in Wizard of Ends

by Vanessa Finaughty

In Wizard of Ends, magic is fairly commonplace and acce...

Release Announcement for “Vaetra Unleashed”

I’m happy to announce that Vaetra Unleashed, Book Three of the Vaetra Chronicles trilogy is now available! I’m thrilled to publish the final volume of the trilogy that has been three years in the making. Thanks to all of you who supported me with your purchases of Vaetra Unveiled and Vaetra Untrained. I appreciate that you were willing to dedicate some of your valuable reading time to my work.

For a limited time, I’m holding a Vaetra Chronicles Reader Appreciation Sale in conjunction with the...