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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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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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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Another Cyberdawn Review
I just got another review for Cyberdawn: Beginnings, this one by Melanie Adkins of “Have you heard my Book Review” (https://haveyouheardbookreview.blogspot.com/2021/07/cyberdawn-beginnings-cyberdawn-1-by.html). You can hit the link or read the clipping below: The world has changed. Or has it? Many unusual events are happening. No one has any idea why. Black Jack Hannigan has seen things …
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Maldene II: Myteries Of Olde gets its First review!
Finally went about seeking reviews for the second book, and sent off a copy once again to the Red Headed Book Lover. She loved the first novel, and well this time it looks like I really wowed her. Check out her review here. Here’s a little snippet from her review, but please go read the rest… …
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My Words Count On The Word Count
Another blog interview, this time a video as well as a related blog article. I really gotta do something about my lighting, but the rest looks good. Naomi Roberson interviewed me for The Word Count. Give it a good look, then read the related article at https://the-word-count.com/2020/05/24/craft-your-reality-mark-anthony-tiernos-world-building-secrets-revealed/
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Snippets From Maldene: Ogres Can’t Sing
The ogre Blag-ak always means well, but having the IQ of a cucumber this doesn’t always play out well… especially if his little buddy Quickfoot isn’t around to act as social interpreter. Such as in this scene… “So-rry,” Blag-ak rumbled. He was outside of the large building, on an open tree-lined avenue. The human lady …
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What Does It Feel Like To Write A Book
Some of you may have wondered, just what it might feel like to write your own novel. To create something that never before existed and instill it with vibrant literary life; to put words into characters’ mouths that are completely different from anything you would say yourself, or even believe in, in real life. To …
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