To Be Revealed Soon: Zondrevan’s Book Cover For Merlin’s Blade! Yes, I have received a sneak preview of Zondervan’s book cover for MERLIN’S BLADE, and wow am I excited! Let’s… Continue reading “To Be Revealed Soon: Zondrevan’s Book Cover For Merlin’s Blade!”…
How Important Is A Book Cover For Your Speculative Novel? I wrote an article over at Speculative Faith sharing a few pebbles from the things I’ve learned on my journey… Continue reading “How Important Is A Book Cover For Your Speculative Novel?”…
HUGE NEWS #4: The Merlin’s Blade Promotion Plan! Here are my current marketing plans for The Merlin Spiral trilogy! These will be rolling out over the next nine… Continue reading “HUGE NEWS #4: The Merlin’s Blade Promotion Plan!”…
HUGE NEWS #3: The Merlin’s Blade Publishing Schedule! Although it is apt to change, Zondervan’s publishing plan is currently like this: Merlin’s Blade – February 2013 Merlin’s Shadow… Continue reading “HUGE NEWS #3: The Merlin’s Blade Publishing Schedule!”…
HUGE NEWS #2: Merlin’s Blade Publisher Revealed! Today I announce who is publishing MERLIN’S BLADE, MERLIN’S SHADOW, and MERLIN’S NIGHTMARE. None other than … ZONDERVAN! Yes, that’s… Continue reading “HUGE NEWS #2: Merlin’s Blade Publisher Revealed!”…
HUGE NEWS #1: Merlin’s Blade is under contract with a publisher! Yes, this is it folks! The long-awaited announcement that I am very pleased to finally blog about. I have now… Continue reading “HUGE NEWS #1: Merlin’s Blade is under contract with a publisher!”…
Exciting News For Fans of LB Graham L.B. Graham, a friend of mine here in St. Louis, has signed a three book contract with AMG Publishers! This… Continue reading “Exciting News For Fans of LB Graham”…
Advice Needed About New Sample Book Covers For Merlin’s Blade NOTE: ZONDERVAN HAS RELEASED MY OFFICIAL COVER FOR MERLINS’ BLADE, WHICH IS *NOT* THE ONES POSTED HERE. TO SEE IT,… Continue reading “Advice Needed About New Sample Book Covers For Merlin’s Blade”…
2011: An exciting year in review for The Merlin Spiral January I began the year with things “in the works” with two publishers … “A” and “B”. This was as… Continue reading “2011: An exciting year in review for The Merlin Spiral”…
Will Thomas Nelson merge with Zondervan? (NOTE: Now that Thomas Nelson and Zondervan appear to have been merged into an entity called HarperCollins Christian Publishing, these… Continue reading “Will Thomas Nelson merge with Zondervan?”…
HarperCollins purchases Thomas Nelson — Eight Predictions Well, this is a big development in publishing, perhaps the biggest in the last five years, not counting the bankruptcy… Continue reading “HarperCollins purchases Thomas Nelson — Eight Predictions”…
Stephen Lawhead’s THE BONE HOUSE — A Full Review Here we are once again, folks, the CSFF Blog Tour of Stephen R. Lawhead’s THE BONE HOUSE! It is just… Continue reading “Stephen Lawhead’s THE BONE HOUSE — A Full Review”…
The Monster In The Hollows — A Full Review Welcome to The CSFF Blog Tour! Where do I begin writing a review of such a wonderful novel? I think… Continue reading “The Monster In The Hollows — A Full Review”…
Note To Authors: Your Idea Is Not Special This blog post is a parody/twist of Brad Feld‘s latest “Note to entrepreneurs: Your idea is not special“. I have… Continue reading “Note To Authors: Your Idea Is Not Special”…
How To Write About Mythical and/or Historical Characters D. S. Dahnim asked me a question, which I would like to answer. I do have another question for you.… Continue reading “How To Write About Mythical and/or Historical Characters”…
New Excalibur Art For Merlin’s Blade Okay, so I admit it … I have been dissatisfied with the current design and quality of my version of… Continue reading “New Excalibur Art For Merlin’s Blade”…
The Ale Boy’s Feast — Quotes & Notes — Day 2 Today is day two of the CSFF Blog Tour, and we are reviewing the writing of Jeffrey Overstreet. In particular,… Continue reading “The Ale Boy’s Feast — Quotes & Notes — Day 2”…
The Ale Boy’s Feast — A Full Review — Day 1 Today is day one of the CSFF Blog Tour, and we are reviewing the EXCELLENT craftsmanship of Jeffrey Overstreet. In… Continue reading “The Ale Boy’s Feast — A Full Review — Day 1”…
Douglas Bond’s Endorsement of Merlin’s Blade Douglas Bond, historical author extraordinaire, has endorsed Merlin’s Blade with the following kind words: In Merlin’s Blade, you are in… Continue reading “Douglas Bond’s Endorsement of Merlin’s Blade”…
Merlin’s Blade Update — Big News! No, I don’t have a publishing contract yet, but I do want to announce that I now have two, yes… Continue reading “Merlin’s Blade Update — Big News!”…