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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So, by now you all know that Miro is the Big Bad Villain, the top of the villainistic food chain. But is he all there is? The only bad guy around? Of course not. In the first book of Maldene we only see a couple of scenes involving Miro; behind the scenes stuff with some …
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Mark Anthony Tierno here with another Snippet from Maldene. Every story has its start; that introductory text that sets everything up without actually revealing what’s going on. Just enough to whet one’s appetite. This same goes for Maldene, with a Preface designed to set the stage for the unfolding epic that follows… Picture a planet, giant …
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Recently a blogger compared the first full Maldene novel as being Lord Of The Rings meets Homer’s Odyssey. Nice and complimentary and thank-you for that, but after a bit of thinking I realized that I had a chance for a little bit of comical mayhem. So with apologies to Tolkein, I now present my first …
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Okay, so I suppose the first question would be, what do I mean by “self-made”. Well, technically I’m still in the process of “making”, but generally it refers to the fact that everything after High School English classes that I learned about writing and storytelling I taught myself from simply reading. And having an imagination …
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Interview From The Stars Reba Haws Interviews SindarWell, after a leave of absence to recover from her interview with Po-Adar, Reba Haws has returned for another episode of Interview With The Stars (she thanks everyone for the flowers). This time she is speaking to the psychic of the group, Sindar. So join us and see …
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Interview From The Stars Reba Haws interviews ShongToday Maldene.com has as its guest that highly skilled swordsman, Shong. As able with the blade as any, able to face up against dragon and all manner of terrible beasts. All save, perhaps, but one… Reba Haws (RH): Welcome to our show, Mister Shong. I hear that you …
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Just thought I’d update any followers out there about what’s going on in the world of Maldene First off my artists- Sasha and Diego- are hard at work on the new Volume 2 cover. Being as Volume 2 is the second half of the first novel, the cover will have some major similarities with the …
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Young, reserved, and with the most innate skill with the sword of anyone around, Shong is also friend and fighting buddy to Bronto. Between Bronto’s massive strength and Shong’s hyper precision with the blade, there is nothing this duo can’t stand up against. More than just a normal swordsman, Shong is also part acrobat. He’s …
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One of the secondary characters in our main group is an elf named Lindel. With the bow he is unsurpassed, able to hit just about anything that he can see. That would be normal enough for a fantasy world elven archer on steroids, but Maldene has a bit of the real world in it. Like …
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