Tag: world of magic

Maldene On The Cover Of Rhythmic Lounge

Okay, so everyone has to start somewhere, right? Well, looks like I finally found that Somewhere because an online Magazine called The Rhythmic Lounge has me featured as- get this- THE COVER STORY! Yes, my book cover is there issue cover. To read their article- and the issue it’s in, just go to their site:

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Interview With Blood Chronicles Author S. B. Knight

Today I interviewed S. B. Knight, author of The Blood Chronicles. We talked horror, how REAL vampires should be written, and his about-to-be-released second book in The Blood Chronicles, and just had a whole lot of fun. So much so that this interview came out at around a full hour before we had to cut …

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What Defines Epic Fantasy

Recently I saw a discussion online asking what makes Epic Fantasy. Of course I posted my onw opinion- being the author of something that is easily considered epic in scope- and one or two of the responses seemed a bit… limiting. One answer was along the lines of basing Epic Fantasy very strictly on Tolkein, …

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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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The New Cover Is FINISHED!!!

Maldene Volume I

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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Writing Tips: Be Not Afraid

By nature, a lot of writers are shy, reserved, intellectuals. Some of us may have been picked on as kids back in school, and so have developed a preoccupation with what others will think about how we do things, afraid of criticism, and just too caught up in following the rules that everyone tells us …

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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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