One of the secondary characters in our main group is an elf named Lindel. With the bow he is unsurpassed, able to hit just about anything that he can see. That would be normal enough for a fantasy world elven archer on steroids, but Maldene has a bit of the real world in it. Like …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: The Alphabet
The world not only has its own language but its own alphabet as well. Completely alien characters that do not always match up exactly to corresponding English equivalents. For one thing, it’s entirely phonetic. There is no long and short version of the same vowel, but a different letter for each. Different sound means different …
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Volume 2 Cover Update
Well, fresh in from the artists is a little update of the in-progress cover for Maldene Volume 2. Now, obviously since Volume 2 is the second half of the same novel, the cover is going to be somewhat similar. Since the second half of this first book revolves around a certain set of old ruins, …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: The Harbor Of The World
One of the more significant places on Maldene is the famed Harbor Of The World, so named because nearly every culture on the planet can meet one another at the Harbor, even if they’ve never heard of one another anywhere else before. A tropical port that I liken to being about the size of the …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes How Deep Do I Plot? And Why?
One might ask, that with a 13-book series, how deep do I plot things? Well, I can tell you that by the time you’ve reached Chapter One of the first book you’ve already missed clues to major plot elements for the next two books. In Maldene IV I have a segment that only has its …
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Volume TWO!!!
the deal has been set. The cover-art for Maldene Volume 2 is now underway. this means, of course, that you should be seeing the second half of the first Maldene novel quite soon after that. But wait, there’s more. I’d posted a while back about a full-color world map in the works. Well, Sasha and …
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Free Ebook Offer Has Come To An End!
Well, it had to happen some time. The Free Maldene Volume One Ebook Offer has at last come to an end. To all those who downloaded a copy, enjoy the read; I know you will. For the rest, just watch out for what else may be coming down from the World of Maldene. And if …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: The Strip Desert
On the world of Maldene, on the continent of Degaloth, there is a piece of terrain called The Strip Desert. So named because of its shape. A desert thousands of miles long that divides the fields and farmlands to the north from the jungles to the south, it keeps its fifteen-hundred mile width pretty uniform …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: Why Mix Magic And Science
I have stated before that Maldene is a world of magic AND science, a mix of fantasy and science fiction, but why would I try this hard-to-do combination? After all, a few others have tried and it usually comes out looking pretty stupid. Well, the short of it is that I love both Science Fiction …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: How Epic IS this Thing?
Okay, so you’ve heard me talking about Maldene, hints about the story, characters, and places, and how epic it is, but what exactly am I talking about. What I say that this story redefines “epic”, just how true is my statement? Well, I’m here to give just a few hints; just enough to whet the …
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