As you may have seen, I’ve cobbled together a brand new book trailer for Maldene I&II, which is imbedded below, and now a new ad poster to end the year with (also below, and the only place where you’ll find the full high res version). So take a gander and pass ’em both around.
Tag: fantasy
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How to Write Like Me
Someone recently asked how he could write like me; not the first time that question has come up. I soon realized that the response I gave might make for a good article, so here we are and away we go. I leaned to write by learning how to read and letting all my years …
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Land Of The Hive- Chapter One excerpt
CHAPTER ONE: Miss Brookstone The sound thundered down the hallway, reverberating concussion to test a man’s patience and to which children delight. The man in this case happened to be a short, skinny, bent old caricature in a grey suit already two generations out of style and well into its third. An angry look …
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Land Of The Hive– A Very Unique Little Tale
Herein read of a story about a story, a passion project for one T.J. Sally that I took to my own heart. Oh, it is not yet published (hence this page), but I think we’re overdue to roll back the curtain a bit and pray the right people see it. This is an epic little …
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A Couple of Characters out of Cyberdawn: Beginnings
Okay, so now for a bit more about some of the characters of “Cyberdawn: Beginnings”. First off, know that this novel is definitelty cross-genre, which I love doing. You will see elements of fantasy and magic, supernatural creatures that are the reason why the world needs to develop the first generation of cyber-weaponry; for without …
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A Brief Tour of Maldene
Welcome to Maldene, that world situated “in the center of Space, at the Doorway to Time, on the precipice of Fate.” You’re here for the tour; we’ll just be covering the highlights today, but as a precaution keep all limbs inside the transit bubble. First we have Tedelnosho, aka The Great Whirlpool, or if you …
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Writing Characters Of Faith In A Story
Nowadays if you have a character in a story that’s supposed to be a person of faith, even a priest– especially a priest– it seems as if the result is always some guy constantly quoting scripture as if he swallowed a Bible. This has the character falling into a couple of standardized pigeonholes. The first …
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The Stories Of Homer
Everyone’s heard of Homer. No, not the Simpsons guy, the ancient Greek writer guy. The one that wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey. It is said that he also wrote numerous other works that were lost when the Library of Alexandria was burned to the ground. But I don’t think they were lost, just his …
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My Influences As An Author
Many an author is asked who their influences are, which other writers of old made their marks upon their souls, and if they’re like me that is not a simple question to answer. In my case I was quite the avid reader as a kid, and much of what I read stewed around in my …
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A Tourist’s Guide To Maldene
Maldene is a fantastic world of magic, mystery, and strange science, but can perhaps be a little dangerous for the uninitiated tourist. Consider this, then, your tourist’s guide to some of the highlights of the world of Maldene. Remember, you have now been warned. Tedelnosho: The first thing you’ll see as you come down …
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