If you’ve missed the Nightfall series so far, now is the time to get all published books for free!
The New Year sale on Smashwords runs until Jan 1st. Happy reading!
If you’ve missed the Nightfall series so far, now is the time to get all published books for free!
The New Year sale on Smashwords runs until Jan 1st. Happy reading!
You might have noticed I haven’t been posting as many writing updates as usual in the past few months. Three major things happened recently that have slowed down my progress, but hopefully things will get back to normal beginning of next year:
1) First, my computer broke
Completely. And because of some other events that happened at the same time, it was a few weeks before I could buy a new one. Computerless for weeks 😦
Also, I couldn’t use the computers at work for writing Throne of Blood because the work I do is theoretically “strictly confidential” so I can’t send files to external emails or use USBs or transfer data in any other way. Everything I write on the work computer stays on the work computer and is checked by numerous departments to ensure I am not leaking strictly confidential data. Needless to say, bad idea to write fantasy books on the work computer
What’s worse, the last two chapters of Throne of Blood were on my old computer, and I hadn’t backed them up, so I was panicking they were lost forever and I had to write them again from scratch. I checked some data recovery services around where I live, but they were all insanely expensive. In the end, I managed to recover all my data by myself, with the help of a screwdriver and a 2-Euro cable I got on ebay. Perhaps I should quit my day job and become a data recovery guy.
Oh wait… I did quit my day job.
But more on that later.
2) Next, I spontaneously went to Iceland Continue reading
Throne of Blood, Book 3 in the Nightfall series, is approaching completion, and I can already tell you a secret…
Chapter One, “Legend” will be the first chapter in the series from Vlad’s point of view. While we have seen his story in Men and Monsters, we hear it through Myra and through what he chooses to tell her. Now, for the first time, we will properly get inside his head.
I have two questions for you, and if you answer correctly, you’ll enter a lottery to win a Men and Monsters signed paperback!
How on earth should you know that, you ask. Simple! You just need to guess where I am:
Read on for more clues and details how to enter!
Hi everyone,
I’m happy to share that I have just one more chapter left to write, and the first draft of Throne of Blood, the third book in the Nightfall series, will be complete!
It’s the third to last chapter that’s still missing (the last two are complete) and it’s from the point of view of a baddie. I guess depending on how you view the vampire characters, a huge part of the book could be considered to be from the point of view of the bad guys. In the current version, out of 37 chapters, I have only 2 from humans’ points of view. All else is vampires though I think of some of them as good guys. Hopefully you will too!
I have to add a disclaimer: even if the first draft will probably be complete soon, it doesn’t mean that the book will be. I still need to do a lot of editing myself before I start sending it out to beta readers and editors. But the road to the end looks much clearer now. As I did with Men and Monsters, I’m planning to use my Goodreads “review” to give writing and publishing updates. It’s pretty empty right now, but I’ll soon start populating it with behind-the-scenes info and news.
Do you want to win a pretty Men and Monsters paperback? Signed copy plus bonus bookish gifts?
If yes, keep reading…
Now that Men and Monsters has been out for over a month, it’s time to start giving updates about Book 3!
The title changed multiple times during the writing process as the story itself evolved and previous titles no longer fit. But now that I’ve written a large part of the first draft and the plot is mostly finalized, I’ve finally come up with a title that works.
And the title is… Continue reading
Hi everyone!
You can now pre-order the Men and Monsters ebook at the promotion price of 2.99 USD / EUR / GBP. And everyone who pre-orders will get a small gift!
Open worldwide!
If you pre-order, you will:
Did I mention I send chocolate with my books?
All you need to do is:
And you’re done! Happy reading!
I recently had the opportunity to send my very first Men and Monsters paperback ARCs to three lucky winners:
As promised, winners received signed Men and Monsters paperback ARCs, as well as signed copies of Kingdom of Ashes, character cards and other surprise goodies:
Hi everyone! As always, I’m observing my favorite Hobbit tradition of giving other people gifts on my own birthday. And here is my gift to you today: the first three chapters of Men and Monsters and the artwork for Part One!
The chapters below haven’t gone through proofreading yet. Any typos are expected to be fixed in the final version.
Men and Monsters is a direct sequel to Kingdom of Ashes. If you haven’t read Kingdom of Ashes yet, it would be better to go back and start there. You can find a free sample here.
Men and Monsters is split into four parts:
Each part has a relevant vector graphic to go with it. See the artwork for the first part and read the first three chapters below the cut! Continue reading
Men and Monsters is now in the editing stages, and I’ll have eARCs and paperback ARCS available months before publication.
And I have decided to give eARCs to everyone who has reviewed Kingdom of Ashes on Goodreads!
The rules are very simple: Continue reading