Tag: Maldene

New Ad Poster and Trailer

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.  

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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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Merry Xmas from Maldene

Just a little something I came up with back in 2013.  Enjoy. The Night Before Christmas… in the ‘Hood. by Mark Anthony Tierno (with apologies to Clement Moore)   Twas the night before Xmas, when all through the ‘hood,   Not a body was stirring, even if they could. The winos were sleeping by the …

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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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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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Don’t Be Afraid To Go Big; Just Be Careful How You Do It

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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Behold the Maldene Globe!

I decided to do some geeky tinkering lately and wondered if there was a way to turn my flat 2D Maldene map into a globe.  Turns out there is, and animate it as well.  My first draft I found a couple of flaws on my map (that date back to just after I fiddled with …

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Interviews From Across The Stars: Reba Haws Interviews Moriya

  Announcer:  Reba’s back from Anger Management and ready to roll!  We also got a new insurance company, but that’s a long story involving someone’s first born.  Reba also wanted to install some additional upgrades, such as armor-glass all around her desk, but that simply was not in the budget. At any rate, today Reba …

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Maldene Unplugged

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