Ebooks on sale until January 1st, 50% off via Smashwords

My novellas, Moon Breaker and The Horned Scarab, are both on sale for 50% off via Smashword’s 2022 End of Year Ebook Sale. And it’s not just my ebooks, there are tons of titles in a whole variety of genres on sale. If you like indie books, or are looking for something new and weird, then now’s a great time to peruse Smashword’s catalogue.

You can find all the ebooks enrolled in the sale here.

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Moon Breaker

Koll doesn't want to be a leader, and he doesn't want to be like his father. But he's too afraid to change, to speak.

His cowardice may destroy his home.

Koll must hunt a Stone Eater, claim its hide, and become his tribe’s Moonwarden. Can he overcome the beast’s terrifying power, or will he never see his home again?

Nala hates tradition, hates the way it binds her people and roots them to the ground. When her brother, Koll, leaves, she's left alone and isolated amid burgeoning lies.

No one will listen.

A mysterious death leads Nala to uncover long buried secrets. Her trust has been misplaced, and the people of her tribe aren't what they seem. The truth will bring justice to her people, but might tear her family apart.

Grab a copy of Moon Breaker here.

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The Horned Scarab

Arn knows better than to get embroiled with the city's crime lords, but when a monk turns up dead and a panicked old friend fears for his life, Arn has no choice but to set things right. He'll get dragged deep into Ghorad-Gha's underbelly, where the biggest, baddest crime boss reigns, The Horned Scarab.

Ghorad-Gha, once magnificent city of clay and bronze, crumbles. Those prosperous few burden the shoulders of the downtrodden. In a city of forgotten glory, the lawless thrive.

Grab a copy of The Horned Scarab here.

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Keep an eye out for the next issue of my newsletter, where we’ll get back to video game shenanigans. This time with a Gameboy inspired RPG.

Smashwords Read an Ebook Week Sale 🚀

Smashwords Read an Ebook Week sale is kicking off! There’s a whole bunch of indie ebooks in the the sale that you can snag at a discount. From 75% to 50% off or even free!

And I’m participating!! You can get 50% off both ebooks of The Horned Scarab and Moon Breaker. The discount codes are automatically applied to all enrolled ebooks, so all you have to do is purchase them via Smashwords. AND! The great thing about Smashwords is you get DRM-free files, so you can load these ebooks onto whatever your preferred device is.

You’ll have to login or create an account in order to checkout, but once you have an account all your purchased works will remain available for re-download.

Check out The Horned Scarab

Check out Moon Breaker

Thanks for reading!

The Horned Scarab has a New Cover!

Cover art by Skyla Dawn Cameron

Check it out!! The Horned Scarab has a brand new cover!

It was designed by the immensely skilled Skyla Dawn Cameron (Twitter / website). I love how it came together. And if you get the paperback there are these nifty scarab images for the headers and scene breaks.

I’d had plans to make this first arc of the Investigative Privateers a trilogy, with the hope to continue writing more arcs beyond that. But the book sold pretty abysmally, and I couldn’t justify putting more money into sequels. Despite the free price tag on most self-publishing platforms, it’s an expensive endeavour. I’m hoping this cover will breathe new life into The Horned Scarab, so I can finally finish the dang trilogy.

BUY IT FROM:

AMAZON US (UK/AU/CA) · BARNES & NOBLE · KOBO · SCRIBD ·

BOOKSHOP · APPLE · SMASHWORDS

And you can add the new cover edition on Goodreads too.

Camp NaNoWriMo and the Mighty Newsletter

Camp NaNoWriMo turned out to be a success. I’d pledged to write 20,500 words, and I hit that goal plus 55 extra words.

The project was the sequel to The Horned Scarab, tentatively titled The Underbelly War. I had already written 10,000 words of the rough draft, and wanted to use Camp NaNo to spur me on to finishing it. I’d guesstimated that the story would only need 30,000 words to tell, but I’d been wrong. Looking at the rough draft and all the dangling plot threads, I’d think it needs another 20,000 words before it’s a complete (albeit rough) story.

I don’t know when it’ll get those extra words. As I’ve said on here and on my twitter, The Underbelly War is unlikely to see the light of day. The Horned Scarab just didn’t make enough to justify the expense of self-publishing a sequel. So for now, I’ve written 30,000 words of it—including some rough endings—and made a ton of notes for whenever (if) I return to it.

In its place I’ve been working on submissions for shorter works, but I’m going to devote the majority of my writing time to finishing a full length novel. Once done, I plan on shopping it around to be traditionally published. Wish me luck.

The Mighty Newsletter

In other news, I’ve made a newsletter. You can subscribe here or on the sidebar of my blog. It’ll be a sorta monthly email letting you know when new stuff I’ve made comes out, as well as book recommendations, and sometimes even a mini-blog only for subscribers. I plan on including other goodies in it, short stories, poems, and even giveaways. SUBSCRIBE and you’ll get it all sent right into your inbox!

Goodreads Giveaway: The Horned Scarab

The Horned Scarab is up for grabs over at Goodreads. If you have a Goodreads account you can enter for a chance to win one of two paperback copies. The giveaway is only open to U.S. and Canadian residents. 

If you've been curious about my work, this is a dang good way to job on board at no cost.

Edit (April 23, 2017): The giveaway has ended. Thanks to everyone who entered!

The Horned Scarab - Out Now!

Ghorad-Gha, once magnificent city of clay and bronze, crumbles. Those prosperous few burden the shoulders of the downtrodden. In a city of forgotten glory, the lawless thrive. 

A monk turns up dead, and Arn is determined to find out why. Along with his stone skinned companion, Rohqim, they'll be dragged deep into Ghorad-Gha's underbelly, where the Horned Scarab reigns.

The Horned Scarab, a fantasy novella set in a prolonged bronze age, is now released for purchase. It's the first part in The Investigative Privateers series. It follows Arn and Rohqim as they investigate a murder and get dragged into a much bigger conflict. 

You can buy it now at: Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Nobles, and Kobo.

Add it on Goodreads.

Read the first chapter here.

Editing The Horned Scarab

The Horned Scarab is a fantasy novella set in a prolonged bronze age. It follows two self-titled Investigative Privateers in the river city Ghorad-Gha.  

There are a few different types of magic, but the main one is Channelling. Channellers can call on the power of the Nvir, a mysterious cosmic force, and create powerful blasts of white-hot energy. If they try to channel too much at once, then the Nvir will essentially overload them and they’ll turn to a crispy pile of not-alive. This is the power that the main character, Arn, has. Note: Names, terms, and details are all subject to change throughout the editing process.

That’s probably as brief as it gets, but I don’t want to detail everything right now.  

This is the novella that I took a month off from. I was having some difficulty with the plot, and rereading it now I still think there’s a good amount of work to be done. I had hoped for a late October release, but it might edge up into an early winter depending on how long the edits take.

I have to focus on getting the story, plot, and characters right. As the editing goes on I’ll make a few more posts detailing certain aspects of the world. For now, I’m going to stare at the manuscript and smash my head against the keyboard until it transmogrifies into something good. 

In Other News: I’ve been posting a blog twice a week, but I’m starting to think that’s a bit much. So, for awhile I’m going to try posting once a week on Mondays. This way there’ll be more time to work on each post since I won’t have to churn them out so quickly.