Maldene

Author Talk: Deanna Proach Scheduled for Wed, Feb 29

Miro — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:19:12 +0000

Deanna G. Proach, author of “Day of Revenge”, a historical fiction set in 1793 France during the Reign of Terror is next up for Author Talk. If you want to hear the event LIVE, then register at www.maldene.com/author-talk. It’s going to be Wednesday, Feb 29, at 10AM. Hear you there!

Character Talk- Blag-ak

Miro — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:46:14 +0000

One of the secondary characters of Maldene, Blag-ak is a ten-foot tall ogre whose intelligence is about equal to his shoe size. Never able to string more than four words together at a time, he can be, nevertheless, a valuable asset in combat… as long as you know how to keep him aimed in the …

Places On Maldene: The Farlands

Miro — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:35:42 +0000

Nearly a running gag throughout the series, the Farlands is aptly named. Its only natives are those whose ancestors landed there by way of being shipwrecked with no way off this little continent. Something like a crossbow would be considered a major artifact, and a single goblin holding one would be considered the local warlord …

Interview with Darlene Hartman

Miro — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:38:05 +0000

My interview with Darlene Hartman came off as scheduled and is now available for listening as an mp3 file. It was a great interview and I would like to thank her for taking time out with me. You can get the audio from here

Races of Maldene: Thirdocians

Miro — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:48:18 +0000

Of the many races of Maldene, the sea-going amongst them are the Thirdocians. A stocky Human race born for the sea, by the time their young are old enough to leave the village they are already worthy seamen. The best sailors on the planet, a Thirdoaian ship is the first choice for crossing the storm-ridden …

Character Talk- Eldar

Miro — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:06:37 +0000

An elf with a devil-may-care attitude, he will go into battle cracking wise, and gets a kick he more dangerous something is. In fact, a couple of novels in I finally had to invent a native Maldene word that would translate as “Hutzpa” specifically to describe Eldar. After all, how many people d you know …

Places on Maldene: The Harbor of the World

Miro — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:58:10 +0000

The world of Maldene is a varied one, with a full range of terrain, magical places, and mysteries. That said, I thought I’d give a sneak-peak into some of that variety. One of the major ports of trade is the Harbor Of The World. Picture something the size of the Gulf of Mexico with the …

Character Talk- Sabu

Miro — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:39:42 +0000

One of the main characters, Sabu is the young wizard who’s mind is nearly always lost in his own intellectualizations. Where others see a cloud drifting by and fanciful patterns, he will be calculating the wind patterns that made it that way. He can calmly calculate the trajectory of a spell required to vanquish an …

Author-Talk: Interviewing Darlene Artell Hartman

Miro — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:32:26 +0000

While the interview with Christina Wittelsbach has been postponed due to technical issues (don’t worry, it’ll still happen later), I will be kicking off my “Author-Talk” series of live interviews with author Darlene Artell Hartman, who often writes as “Simon Lang”. Starting her career as one of the writing staff of the original Star Trek, …

What Makes Maldene Different?

Miro — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:07:50 +0000

So, with a plethora of fantasy and SF titles out there, what makes Maldene so unique? That would be the question that I love to answer. To put it simply, Maldene is a complete world, and so will feel as real to the reader as if Earth itself. Start with the basics. The map is …