Okay, so this is part writing tip, part rant. Generally I get excellent reviews for ‘Maldene’, but a couple of them also asked, “But where are all the character backstories?”, as if every character involved must have a backstory before Chapter Two. There’s just a few problems with that philosophy (besides ending up with things …
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I haven’t gone completely silent with my site, just trying to find some financial ventures to support this littler writing habit of mine. During this I began messing around with AI to create some Maldene-inspired artwork; just a little something to exercise my creative side and transfer those visuals that have been long in my …
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I’ve been kinda silent the last few months but busy crafting a new book trailer for Maldene that should give you more of an idea of just how epic my little story is. I created this trailer with my own hands, using some AI generated art, lots of graphical editing (the AI stuff really needs …
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Just had a new text interview about me and my books at World of Writing. Catch it here.
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There are a lot of Grand Epics in books, movies, and comics, the trick is to design them in such a way as to make them real to the reader. Believable enough within its own context to get the reader or viewer emotionally involved. Comic books have plenty of epic spectacle, but some of their …
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Finally went about seeking reviews for the second book, and sent off a copy once again to the Red Headed Book Lover. She loved the first novel, and well this time it looks like I really wowed her. Check out her review here. Here’s a little snippet from her review, but please go read the rest… …
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The ogre Blag-ak always means well, but having the IQ of a cucumber this doesn’t always play out well… especially if his little buddy Quickfoot isn’t around to act as social interpreter. Such as in this scene… “So-rry,” Blag-ak rumbled. He was outside of the large building, on an open tree-lined avenue. The human lady …
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Okay gang, it finally happened. Ain’t It Cool News, the uber-fan site for the past 25 years, has done a review of my book, Maldene. Pretty favorable too. So if you want to see what they think, just head for this link.
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I mentioned before about some coming changes to affect the ebook prices. Well it’s here, the “Big Release” (echo, echo, echo…). Maldene is back in print, both paperback AND hardback, but this time it’s all in one single set of covers, just the way I’d intended. So, I’ve cobbled together a full summary to include these …
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