No matter what type of story, book, genre, or subject you wish to write about, be it short story, epic series, or self-help book, above and beyond ALL other good tips for writing, there is one piece of advice that rules them all, and that is Passion. You MUST have passion in your writing. So, …
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Writing Tips: Designing An Alien Culture
In the course of writing a fantasy or science fiction story, the subject of alien cultures inevitably raises its head. The reader expects them and so as the writer it is your job to design some good ones. So, where to start? How do I design a culture that is alien enough and that the …
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It’s Official!
Well, it’s official. Publish America will no longer handle Maldene. Instead, independent publisher Vault of Knowledge will take over Maldene publication. So, new cover, new publisher, and new ISBN and ordering info. Stay tuned as new details continue to develop.
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MAJOR NEWS!!!
Publish America will no longer be handling Maldene. Stay tuned for more as things develop. (the Vault will be opening soon…)
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I’ve been Interviewed on BLog Talk Radio!
If you go to THis Site you can listen to Dianne Ojar-Ali interviewing me on her show. She’s out of Toronto Canada and was a great interviewer. So go give it a listen then go to her own site at http://www.dianneojarali.com.
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The New Cover Is FINISHED!!!
Yes True Believers (Whoops, Stan Lee has that one)… I mean, okay Kids (No, Letterman owns that one)… Okay, how’s about… Okay all you Fantasy Fans, this is it. The new cover for Maldene Volume I is FINISHED! Great praises go out to Sasha and Diego (you’ll find a link to them on the front …
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Latest Cover Update
Well True Believers (okay, so with apologies to Stan Lee, I need to come up with my own tag line for any of you guys out there), I have another cover update. Between sickness, dying laptops and phones, root canals, and a bunch of other stuff there has been much in the way of delays …
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I’ve been blogged… by Jessica Knauss
I was just interviewed for the blog site “Jessica Knauss, Famous Writer”. You can read Jessica’s interview of me over at http://jessicaknauss.blogspot.com/2012/06/interview-with-mark-tierno-author-of.html. You might just find it a little bit of fun.
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Plot Talk: Language on Maldene
I have made posts before regarding designing a language for your fictional world, so now is the time for a concrete example, in the form of my own. Yes, Maldene has a dictionary, and even an alphabet. You can download the font file for the alphabet in the Downloads section of www.maldene.com, but for the …
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Maldene: Chapter One audio
Yes, I’ve finally done it. Now you can actually listen to me read the Chapter 1 teaser of Maldene. The audio is posted on the bottom of the Story Page, or just go directly over to Here. Enjoy the listen!
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