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 …
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What Makes Maldene Different?
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 …
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Listen to my interview
I short while ago I was interviewed by Sharyn Abbott of creative Impressions. Listen to the full interview HERE.
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Combining Fantasy and Science Fiction in Your Writing
Most genre stories are either Fantasy, with wizards and magic swords, or Science Fiction, with space ships and ray guns. Very rarely do you ever find something that combines both, and even then it’s usually done very badly. The old “I got my wand and he has his ray gun” approach. So, how is one …
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Maldene Extras
Okay, so time for more hints, but this time it’s something you can download. If you go to the downloads page you’ll see a few things. While the map in the book is good, the one you can download has a lot higher resolution. The entire world (you could wrap it around a globe), with …
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Writing Tip: World Building
Okay, so I stopped numbering them already. Moving on, this tip is for those writers of Fantasy and SF in need of designing their own world. Where to start? You have some ideas but which way to go? A step at a time, and the first step is simple. Break out some graph paper, 10 …
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Another plot snippet
Okay, time for another piece of the plot puzzle. If you have read my little sample, you will notice that there is a narrator. All well and good, and about the only time you hear from the narrator is in that beginning Introduction. Likewise for each successive novel in the series; a quick little intro …
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Artists for new cover chosen
Maldene, volumes 1 and 2, will be getting some new cover art. I just finished up today with them, getting rough sketches going, and it really is going to look a lot better. Should be finished by early Feb. Sasha Palacio and Diego Paz have been a team since High School (with Diego only recently …
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Author
Mark (that’s me) lives in his home town of Monrovia California, the recipient of a Masters in Physics and a second degree in Math. A lifelong reader of fantasy and SciFi, he finally set his own imagination to paper with the help of his trusty old Amiga computer. His passions include yoga, theorizing about the …
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Available in ebook and paperback! “Maldene II: Mysteries Of Olde… the author includes plenty of gripping action and multifaceted characters that hum with life. In fact, Tierno’s investment in his world can be infectious.” -Blue Ink Review “…a carefully described and painstakingly detailed adventure tale that will leave even fans of Tolkien impressed.” -Blue Ink …
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