Given that Pierce Brown’s Light Bringer recently hit stores, I started re-reading Iron Gold to see how it still holds up. For those unfamiliar, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series tells the story of a future dystopian world where human beings a sorted into a color-coded caste system (janitorial “browns,” security/police-keeping “grays”, manual laborer “reds”, etc., … Continue reading Rereading Pierce Brown’s Iron Gold
A bunch of teenagers are abruptly transported back to the Middle Ages while pursued by a bunch of evil mercenaries in a plot reminiscent of Michael Crichton’s Timeline. Continue reading Book Review: Time Marauders, by Eric Westergard
Here’s all the good and the bad about the latest Hunger Games prequel, from Coriolanus Snow’s character arc to the songs of Lucy Gray Baird. Continue reading Review-The Hunger Games, a Ballad of Songbird and Snakes: On the Verge of Greatness
I am honored and excited to announce that the final (and best) novel in the Chrysathamere Trilogy just won a Silver Medal in the Epic Fantasy category at the Reader’s Favorite book awards, a major awards contest for indie authors that receives thousands of entries from authors across the world in a wide array of … Continue reading Children of Jade Wins Silver Medal at the 2023 Reader’s Favorite Book Awards
People kept mistaking my first book, Marilia, the Warlord for a YA novel. While some young adults (particularly older high school students) could certainly get something out of it, it wasn’t specifically intended that way…and the rest of the series even less so. I thought maybe the cover helped give the wrong impression, so here … Continue reading Marilia, the Warlord has a (slightly) brand new cover!
At least, a draft is. It still needs editing, and a title. The former of which can be expensive, so that might hold the process up a while! But at least there’s an ending… Continue reading Chrysathamere Book III Finished
Looking for some other great reads beyond the Chrysathamere Trilogy? Here are some of my favorites, randomly selected in no particular order! The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman Does anyone remember that kind of cringe-ey movie from Ridley Scott–Kingdom of Heaven–where Orlando Bloom plays a Mary Sue blacksmith who is somehow an … Continue reading Some Great Books
Nothing is ever truly original, isn’t that what they say? All writers steal from somewhere. I always find it fascinating to learn about what inspired a given work, so here I am, sharing–this is the list of some of the influences readers may find in the Chrysathamere Trilogy, from the obvious to the less obvious, … Continue reading Influences on Chrysathamere
And so it goes again. Amazon decided that the name Empire of Ghouls was potentially misleading due to its similarities to some other work, which (based on my own research and guesswork) appears to be some kind of Dungeons and Dragons campaign called Empire of the Ghouls. Imagine having so little faith in your readers … Continue reading Ah, the many joys of Kindle publishing…
Book II of the Chrysathamere Trilogy, Empire of Ghouls, will be out this August! Meanwhile the first book, Marilia the Warlord, will be free wherever ebooks are sold (or, at least, most places they are sold) to coincide with the new release! Continue reading Empire of Ghouls–Coming Soon
