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I am hopefully going to be posting much more regularly now. I did promise Master would release in 2022, and I came close. I did finish the first draft and get most of the cover done, but when you have to do everything yourself (or pay for others to help), there’s still some fiddly bits …
Read More Party like it’s 2022Yeah, I wish I was here to announce a release date, but I’m not quite there. I finished the first draft back in September, and got it out to a couple of alpha readers. Now it is off with my editor and he’s busily churning away on it. So, the big question is, when will …
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A quick note for those wondering about how the writing is going on The Master of Zdrell
Read More The Master progressesHey everyone. Happy 2022. I can say I started the year out right and wrote over 1700 words today, and I may yet write some more. I’ve chronicled already my various difficulties with writing in 2021. In the last two months of 2021 I managed to add a little over 30,000 words to The Master …
Read More 2022 the year of The Master
For the last seven months I was trying very hard to get the first draft of The Master of Zdrell done. The most common comment I’ve gotten from fans is, “when will the next one be done?” My goal that I worked very hard on was to have the first draft done by the end …
Read More Good News / Bad News
It’s been way too long since I’ve made a blog post, so I’ll try to make up for the wait with some numbers and thoughts. Progress on Master of Zdrell I’m fairly certain that those of you who read these posts probably most want to know, when will we get that final volume of the …
Read More A New Year for Zdrell
I have no idea if COVID-19 is the driving reason, but my book sales (and Kindle Unlimited reads) in March, April, and May went way beyond my wildest dreams. Even with the money I’ve spent on marketing, editing, book covers, and everything else, after these three months I am solidly in the black as a …
Read More Why I like Aussies (and other stuff)
As previously threatened, I have completed and published a novella set in the world of Zdrell. It is a short work that lets you understand just how tough being a wizard’s apprentice is in this world even if you have talent, especially if you have a low pain threshold. Wizardry is most definitely not for …
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Every since it was released, I’ve had comments that the cover for The Apprentice to Zdrell was ‘underwhelming.’ Since I’ve had some time and a few more sales, I worked with the cover artist I used for Journeyman and we have created this new cover. It is a definite step up. I hope you like …
Read More The Apprentice gets a new lookIt may not look like it, but I have been busy on the Zdrell universe. First, when I released Journeyman, I knew it wasn’t as letter perfect as it could be. I had issues with my first editor and never got a proper proofread done before I wanted to get it out. As several of …
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