People often ask writers, "Where do you get the inspiration for your stories from?" For the Southeast Asian fantasy trilogy percolating in the back of my head (still need to finish editing my sci fi novel), one of the places inspiring my story setting is at risk: the jungles of Sumatra. My wife and I spent several weeks in Sumatra on our honeymoon. In addition to sleeping in hammocks … [Read more...]
I swear I wasn’t just lying around the beach
All has been pretty quiet on the blog front recently. And while a number of you may be aware that I spent the holidays on the warm sands and in the warmer seas of Mexico, I have not just been relaxing since my last post. These past six weeks or so, I have been working hard on editing my upcoming science fiction novel with the goal of submitting the first 10,000 words to the open … [Read more...]
Three Book Recommendations to Round Out the Year
I think we are all on the hunt for a good read. So I want to share three books that I enjoyed this past year. (I know. I'm supposed to be shamelessly plugging my own books, but, oh well...) For fans of science fiction, one of my favorite books this year was Edge of Tomorrow. Yes, the Tom Cruise movie was based on this Japanese book. But it's a fun and quick read - military science … [Read more...]
Surviving NaNoWriMo: A Guest Post by Michael R. Fletcher
Today, a guest post from Michael R. Fletcher who has written one of my favorite fantasy novels released in 2015. Surviving NaNoWriMo I used to think Nanowrimo was a town on Canada's west coast where writers flocked once a year to work on their novels. I still think that's a great idea. It seems a little cheeky of me to write about NaNoWriMo when I've never actually done it, but on the … [Read more...]
Southeast Asian Fungal Grimdark
You heard it here first. Southeast Asian Fungal Grimdark. Ideas have been milling around in my head for my next fantasy series and they are beginning to solidify. I had known for a while that I wanted to write in a very different world than the books in my Hounds of the North series. Those books found root in the classic European medieval setting that is the fall back for fantasy … [Read more...]
5 Bloody Heads: Pre-Order Today
I am excited to announce that my latest fantasy novel, Five Bloody Heads, is available for pre-order on Amazon. You can pre-order here. By pre-ordering you will ensure that you will receive the ebook on its publication date of October 1st, 2015. When you pre-order, you will drive Five Bloody Heads up in the Amazon rankings and help introduce other people to my story world. Five Bloody … [Read more...]
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