Souldancer, Soul Cycle Book II

Souldancer, Soul Cycle Book II

Image courtesy of Jeff Stachnik I'm pleased to announce that Souldancer, book 2 of the Soul Cycle, has been delivered to my editor. An unexpected phenomenon surrounding Nethereal's release was the feedback I got from readers; not just its unanimously positive nature--I didn't expect comparisons to John C. Wright and Brandon…
August 18, 2015
How to Make Your Self-Published Novel Reader-Friendly

How to Make Your Self-Published Novel Reader-Friendly

The twin revolutions in digital book distribution and self-publishing have forever changed how we obtain, market, read, and produce books of all kinds. Today I'm going to explain a bit about the production end, focusing on novels. Technology, largely driven by Amazon, has overthrown the old publishing model that had…
August 17, 2015

Author Cleve Sylcox Praises Nethereal

While checking to make sure that Nethereal has been removed from every online retailer but Amazon so I can qualify for KDP Select, I happened upon this review by Cleve Sylcox. The cover promises epic space opera and galaxy-bestriding conflict. The book delivers. There’s no higher praise. Nor can I think…
August 7, 2015

Between Light and Shadow: The Works of Gene Wolfe

Author Marc Aramini has taken up the herculean task of analyzing each and every story by Gene Wolfe--who is himself the greatest living author, period Volume one of BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW is available now.
July 20, 2015
The Advent of Somewhither

The Advent of Somewhither

John C. Wright's latest novel is here! What is the whimsically titled Somewhither about? The long answer is that SOMEWHITHER will be in the same category as THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE but if, instead of being a good fairy tale and well written children’s book, the author was an…
July 6, 2015
Reviewer Praise for Nethereal

Reviewer Praise for Nethereal

The Millennial King was recently kind enough to devote an in-depth review to my book. In a delightful twist of form I've never seen before, he wrote his post as if he were a theater critic reviewing an opera based on Nethereal (which is appropriate, considering it's a space opera). Overall,…
July 2, 2015
Nethereal Is Now Available

Nethereal Is Now Available

My first novel, Nethereal, is now live on Amazon. For old school folks, the paperback is available from CreateSpace. Here's the description: A woman like no other who longs for acceptance. A precision killer inspired by the dream of his captain. The last member of a murdered race, fighting to…
June 10, 20157 Comments
Nethereal Cover

Nethereal Cover

Because God has sent me a cover artist far better than I deserve, it humbles me to announce that this is the cover for my upcoming SF/horror novel Nethereal: Thanks, Marcelo! Special thanks are also due to my learned and gracious editor, L. Jagi Lamplighter-Wright for helping with the back…
May 18, 2015

Short Fiction Book Bomb

Larry Correia's Book Bomb for novellas on the Sad Puppy slate was a smashing success. Help the Mountain that Writes replicate last week's success; this time with novelettes and short stories. I'm a little late to the party this week, but Amazon seems to have implemented a delay in their…
February 26, 2015
We Don’t Have Enough Road

We Don’t Have Enough Road

My informal study of book covers has prompted a question: is there some rule of graphic design that claims a causal relationship between sales and images of roads stretching from the foreground to a vanishing point in the background? OK. This one's pretty much obligatory. But this just seems like…
January 6, 2015