Tag: epic series

Erik Setser Interview Now Available

Today I interviewed Erik Setser, author of the Elder Blood Chronicles, and a mixed-genre fantasy writer after my own heart. A bit of a glitch about midway through when Erik’s phone died on him but he managed to call back in and finish the interview. Fun and informative, you can give it a listen over …

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Places On Maldene: My-Thov

The world of Maldene is a big world with some big continents, but none so big as mighty My-Thov. Home to a wide range of terrain, it is also a key area strategically and hence one of the first places to be targeted by our resident bad-guy, Miro. The Great Desert can be as dangerous …

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Writing Tips: Multiple POVs in an Epic Story

Writing an epic story takes a lot of planning, and by epic I’m talking something that spans multiple novels, has scenes that take place all over the world in question (or even on multiple worlds, where applicable), and has more than one major event taking place at the same time. Telling such a story requires …

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Michael Hebler Interview

Today I interviewed Michael Hebler, author of Night Of the Chupacabra. A fun talk about a book of horror, a children’s book, and some apparent commonalities amongst us writers. Give a listen to this fun interview on the Author Talk Audio Page then look up his Facebook Fan Page at

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Interview With Blood Chronicles Author S. B. Knight

Today I interviewed S. B. Knight, author of The Blood Chronicles. We talked horror, how REAL vampires should be written, and his about-to-be-released second book in The Blood Chronicles, and just had a whole lot of fun. So much so that this interview came out at around a full hour before we had to cut …

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What Defines Epic Fantasy

Recently I saw a discussion online asking what makes Epic Fantasy. Of course I posted my onw opinion- being the author of something that is easily considered epic in scope- and one or two of the responses seemed a bit… limiting. One answer was along the lines of basing Epic Fantasy very strictly on Tolkein, …

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Inspector Flaatphut

In between writing the big Maldene books, I also write the occasional Inspector Flaatphut story. What I call Beer and Pretzels story telling, it’s my way of having a little bit of fun. A detective Noir set in the future, and populated with a few uplifted furries, the first in this series is now available …

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Writing Tips: Passion In Your Writing

No matter what type of story, book, genre, or subject you wish to write about, be it short story, epic series, or self-help book, above and beyond ALL other good tips for writing, there is one piece of advice that rules them all, and that is Passion. You MUST have passion in your writing. So, …

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Writing Tips: Designing An Alien Culture

In the course of writing a fantasy or science fiction story, the subject of alien cultures inevitably raises its head. The reader expects them and so as the writer it is your job to design some good ones. So, where to start? How do I design a culture that is alien enough and that the …

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It’s Official!

Well, it’s official. Publish America will no longer handle Maldene. Instead, independent publisher Vault of Knowledge will take over Maldene publication. So, new cover, new publisher, and new ISBN and ordering info. Stay tuned as new details continue to develop.

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