Believe it or not, I didn’t come into the indie publishing with all the skills I needed.
For example, cover design. I am looking at covers all the time, watching trends and designs.
Every time I go into a bookstore, I look at covers.…
On July 9th, my new novel, The Guardian Hound, is being published by Book View Cafe.
I AM SO EXCITED!
Ahem.
In the five weeks leading up to the novel release, I plan on publishing a short story a week, and having each available for free for that week. All the stories are about the world or somehow involved with The Guardian Hound and the raven clan.
I wrote this story, The Third Raven, in December 2011. When I was about halfway finished with it, I realized I had an entire world in my head and I could easily set a novel there.
In 2012, I attended a workshop where one of the assignments was to write a short story about a first date, set now–it couldn’t be historical or future. I couldn’t figure out what to write for the longest time, and finally chose to tell a story about a modern day raven warrior trying to get a date.
That short story turned into the novel The Raven and the Dancing Tiger, which I will be re-releasing through Book View Cafe, also on July 9th. It’s the prequel to The Guardian Hound, though they each stand as separate books. (I’m also dropping the price for The Raven and the Dancing Tiger, for the month of July to $0.99.)
So here is the short story that started it all. Next year, I’ll write the third and last book in this world, called, War Among the Crocodiles.
Enjoy!
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To celebrate the release of “The Raven and the Dancing Tiger” I’m offering one of the associated stories set in the same world for free this week.
The raven clan takes pride in three things: the education of their children, the fierceness of their warriors, and how they care for their own.…
My new novel, “The Raven and the Dancing Tiger” is now available as an ebook!
Peter is interested in just three things: dancing, finding a girlfriend, and hiding his raven soul.
Peter is a raven warrior, an ancient race known for their assassination and fighting skills.…
Here it is — the twelfth story in twelve weeks: The Third Raven.
The raven clan takes pride in three things: the education of their children, the fierceness of their warriors, and how they care for their own. However, Pedrek, a retired raven warrior, finds a raven clan boy alone in a remote mountain village, ignorant of his heritage as well as cursed: looking like a dreaded half-breed, with one human arm and one black raven’s wing.…