Hey, I was finally interviewed on tape, my smiling face and all. Bobby Buck interviewed me for “My People’s Entertainment” and shot it straight up to YouTube. You’ll find it both there and imbeded below, as well as at maldene.com/interviews. It’s 15 minutes, so sit back and watch.
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Just Been Interviewed
Well, today I was just interviewed about my book. On video no less, for someone’s web site. I don’t have the link yet, nor the date it will be active, but will keep you all updated when I know more.
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: How Epic IS this Thing?
Okay, so you’ve heard me talking about Maldene, hints about the story, characters, and places, and how epic it is, but what exactly am I talking about. What I say that this story redefines “epic”, just how true is my statement? Well, I’m here to give just a few hints; just enough to whet the …
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Free Maldene Volume One Ebook!
Yes, you heard that right. To start off my first big promotional campaign for the biggest epic you’re likely to ever read, I am giving away some free ebooks of Volume One (of two) of the first Maldene novel, but only a limited number. So here’s the way it’s going to work. Starting right on …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: The Farlands
In my Maldene series, The Farlands almost becomes a running gag. An out of the way little continent so backwards that a crossbow is considered a major artifact and the only natives are for the most part descendants of someone that got shipwrecked there long ago. So, why bother having a place like that? What …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: Miro
Miro is the Big Bad of all Big Bads, the villain of the multiverse of Maldene. But what inspired me to create him? where do the components of this ultimate villain come from? Let’s take just a little peak behind the curtain and see. Growing up, I loved seeing movies with great villains, but after …
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Full Color Map Coming Soon
Well, I’ve finally done it. I’ve generated a full color coded map of Maldene, complete with new higher-res map symbols, all the oceans now named, and all sorts of little extras. My next step is to figure out what to do with it. Make it available for registered users only? Maybe have it as an …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: Tedelnosho
Tedelnosho is the Maldene name for The Great Whirlpool. Actually if you consult the dictionary in the back of the book, the literal translation is “really big hole in the water”. So, what’s the behind the scenes stuff on this? Well, first it WAs indeed inspired by our only Earthly bermuda Triangle, only I wanted …
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Writing Tips: Eccentric Characters
Every story has them, or at least every GOOD story has them. That one eccentric character with the quirk or odd way of behaving that draws him out to the reader’s eyes. A character that adds flavor and some fun to the telling of the tale. The eccentric character. First let’s clear something up. Eccentric …
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Characters Of Maldene: Quickfoot And Blag-ak
Two of the characters of the epic Maldene cannot be told of separately, for they run together much like Mutt and Jeff of the comics of old. An odd team, they are part beloved characters and part comic relief. Blag-ak is a large ogre with a vocabulary that only allows him to utter about four …
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