While my Hounds of the North fantasy series was inspired by Northern European history with a heavy nod to Vikings, Celts, and Picts, my current series is inspired by Southeast Asia. Indonesia is a fantastic place with friendly people and diverse cultures, magical forests, and amazing ocean life. So I got to thinking about what Indonesian weapons I might include in this series. Here's my top … [Read more...]
The Trouble with Trilogies
Fantasy literature is defined by trilogies. This was probably directly a result of Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings, a formative cornerstone of the genre. But I've been having a problem with trilogies I've been reading lately: nothing happens in the first book. Trilogies and Fantasy Tolkein's famous series was never meant to be a trilogy. He wrote it as a single work but his publisher for … [Read more...]
Cover Reveal: The King Beneath the Waves
In spring 2016, I am going to release my short story The King Beneath the Waves as an ebook. This dark fantasy story set in a Viking-inspired world had a very popular reception when it was released in Grim Dark Magazine last year and was read on the Far Fetched Fables podcast. Now you will be able to own your own ebook version. This version will also include a bonus flash fiction story … [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...]