Tag Archives: Windemere

‘War of Nytefall: Lost’ Cover Teaser and Call for Volunteers

This is going to be brief and to the point.  Check out the teaser cover: War of Nytefall: Lost will be released on September 7th, so I’m hoping to get some bloggers to help promote it.  I’m on the fence … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Chugging Seltzer and Whimpering at the Page

So, I have a friend over for the weekend as long as nothing went wrong between me scheduling this and him showing up.  There are 4 hours to go, but this has been a visit that we’ve attempted and failed … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Fighting the Unseen

So, I’m going to do one last teaser for Quest of the Brokenhearted since it’s at the new price.  Picked part of one of my favorite battles.  Hope everyone has enjoyed the glimpses into Kira Grasdon’s big adventure and grabbed a … Continue reading

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Princess Cyrena: The Altered Harpy

Princess Cyrena is the wife of the Shadow Earl and the caretaker of Rayne.  In fact, it’s stated that she was transformed from a regular harpy to one that is more humanoid and civil.  Even stranger, she has a facial … Continue reading

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Roland Gauntlier and Hyde: Allies of Kira Grasdon

There might not be as much to say about these two as I’d hoped, which might be apparent since I put them together.  Both of them were added to Quest of the Brokenhearted once I decided to make it focus entirely … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Freybug (Last Day to Get ‘Quest of the Brokenhearted’ for #99cents) #fantasy

This is the last official day of the 99 cent sale for Quest of the Brokenhearted!  First thing tomorrow morning, I’m ‘republishing’ to have the price go up to the usual $2.99.  So, this is the time to grab this book … Continue reading

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Rayne: Raised Among the Monsters

I really haven’t gone into any of the supporting cast of Quest of the Brokenhearted, so now feels like the time.  There really wasn’t much outside of the champions, Kira Grasdon, and the Shadow Earl.  A few characters turned up to … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Writing Battles: Let The Owies Begin!

One thing that Quest of the Brokenhearted did is push my limits on writing fight scenes.  Many people thinking writing an action scene is easy because you just have to put in ‘fighting stuff’.  This includes punches, kicks, soliloquies, gloating, guns, … Continue reading

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Turn the Wild Dial Up to 20

Quest of the Brokenhearted has a lot of battles because a major plot point is the Lacarsis tournament.  This means I had to make the action scenes a central focus of at least one scene per non-opener/closure chapter.  I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Chapter Title Bonanza! Bedlam & Ichabod!

This is going to be a few testing spots.  Next summer I will hopefully be publishing the 3rd installment of the Bedlam series.  Feel free to check out Crossing Bedlam and Chasing Bedlam since each one is 99 cents.  The chapter titles … Continue reading

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