This is a piece of art from E.L. Geron. He's the same artist who did most of my Sam art and banners.
I haven't decided exactly where Eve will fit yet, but you can take a guess!
2023-09-28 21:26:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Erik Wilson did this line art of Sam for me a little while back.
It's a little too evil-looking for my image of Sam, but you can imagine him like this if he went down a more demonic route.
2023-09-28 21:24:44 +0000 UTC View PostAll the hardcovers for Aster Fall (Books 1-6) are now uploaded!
Book 5 just went up, so it'll be a day or two before it appears.
That took a lot longer than I imagined. I got caught up in editing at the same time, and I still have some more of that to do.
The real reason behind adding these is looking ...
2023-09-28 21:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the title pages I mentioned in the last post! Check them out!
The bookplate one for signatures is at the end.
Let me know if you're interested in these for future things, like signed sets of books or sets of bookplates with signatures that you can stick in your copy.
2023-09-26 20:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick update about what I'm working on for a day or two.
The hardback covers came in and I'm spending ~12 hours a day reformatting the books to look better in this version.
Book 6 was the first one I did a hardcover for. Now, I'm working on the earlier ones. I did a few over the last several days.
... 2023-09-26 20:22:37 +0000 UTC View PostVerse didn’t feel a need to sleep and his bloodline was surging with power, so he headed for the courtyard. It was time to start preparing his Jade Foundation for his upcoming breakthrough to the Aligned realm.
He couldn’t build the full foundation yet, but now that he had a basic understanding of Wind, he could sta...
2023-09-24 05:38:04 +0000 UTC View PostAn intensifying storm filled the center of the courtyard around Verse. It was contained with the sphere of Wood energy that Leaf had created, which kept it from tearing apart the herbs here, but within those confines, dark clouds crackled with lightning along the edges and released bolts of brilliant force.
It looked li...
2023-09-22 20:42:44 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take too long to finish cleaning up the courtyard. As he considered what to do about the sect, he searched through the assassins’ equipment and their spatial rings. He took everything that was interesting and tossed the rest into a pile to be burned.
There were two dozen vials of poison, as well as some of...
2023-09-21 00:09:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Come in.” Renzer frowned as he heard the knock on his door, but he called out anyway. When Heten sidled through the door, his frown turned to a scowl.
The half-sylph was one of the main appraisers for this guild branch, but that didn’t mean he liked him. He was little more than a servant, and if he hadn’t been ...
2023-09-18 23:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostI have more Book 4 audio codes to give out. Let me know if you’d like one!
10+ US codes and a bunch of UK ones left.
I also have some UK ones left for earlier books in both Aster Fall and River of Fate if anyone would like them. Just tell me which book (or all of them).
I have some US ones for River ...
2023-09-16 14:56:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe guild trading counter was surprisingly quiet. He’d thought it would be packed with people, but it was divided into six small rooms for private transactions, each of them well appointed with a richly polished wooden counter and various testing apparatuses, as well as a clerk that oversaw the transactions.
There was...
2023-09-14 04:53:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio for Guardian of Aster Fall, Book 4, is now live!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHZ7MXSS
https://www.audible.com/pd/B0CHZ4QSTR
Leave a comment here if ...
2023-09-13 22:03:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Friends?” Vesana gave him a radiant smile as she raised her glass to answer the toast. Her attitude changed as confidence appeared. It made her more graceful. “That works for me.”
All of her emotions were on the surface. Asking a friend for help was a lot better than asking a stranger. For someone who wanted to...
2023-09-10 21:05:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take him long to reach the Alchemists’ Guild. The building was a large alabaster palace with high arches and a vast floor plan. The entry gave way onto a large room with polished marble floor tiles and golden highlights.
At the sides of the room, there were dozens of counters where well-dressed attendants ...
2023-09-10 07:14:37 +0000 UTC View PostVerse’s storage ring was well stocked with herbs by the time he left the store, some that he needed and some that he wouldn’t use for a while, but Seresa’s help was invaluable. He’d found out more about the guild than he’d expected to.
Now he knew they would definitely try to steal his recipes, but he wasn’t...
2023-09-08 03:56:23 +0000 UTC View PostA small emerald dragon made of Wood energy flew in circles above Verse’s cauldron. Its scales shone with a mist of spiritual energy that was raining down into the Woodbalm Paste inside. With each drop that fell, a burst of energy exploded through the mixture and made it bubble.
Below the cauldron, a complex layer of e...
2023-09-06 04:15:38 +0000 UTC View PostThree days later, Verse wiped the sweat away from his forehead as he examined the new circle on the floor of the formation chamber. He’d had to carve the channels with pure spiritual energy and then fill them with carefully balanced elemental aspects, which required a very fine control of elemental power.
Formations w...
2023-09-02 05:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostFor the rest of the afternoon, Verse explored the city and picked up items for the new formation. While they were expensive, they weren’t difficult to find, so at least it was efficient. After that, he wandered through the open market and bought various herbs, roasted meats, and jars of wine, along with whatever struck his ...
2023-08-31 19:51:29 +0000 UTC View PostA couple of hours later, Verse found himself outside the Azurewind Guard outpost. It was located in the Guards’ Quarter. The walk there gave him a good view of the parts of the city he hadn’t seen yet.
Boreas was arranged with four major quarters. There was the Alchemists’ Quarter, where the alchemists, herbalists...
2023-08-29 04:05:18 +0000 UTC View PostA couple of hours later, Verse found himself talking to an irate innkeeper, one who was holding an empty plate of food that was supposed to go to a separate table. The culprit that had caused the trouble was Leaf, but given his natural abilities, he was invisible around Verse’s neck.
The innkeeper didn’t know how th...
2023-08-25 05:13:30 +0000 UTC View PostHe followed his nose past the booths in the courtyard, looking for an area that was quieter. Before long, he found a small teahouse on a side street not far from the gate. A rich aroma of dark and aged tea came through the open door, as well as the spice of roasting meat and lighter scent of sweet pastries. It was a pleasant ...
2023-08-23 22:34:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip out of the tunnel was much easier than the one in. All he had to do was walk straight through. On the way, he spent a few moments studying the Emerald Dragon Soul Space as he put some herbs inside. They disappeared from his hand in a swirl of subtle green energy.
The interior of the space was a swirling mist fi...
2023-08-22 05:42:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe ancient formation that was supporting the recording shook. Then the spirit stones exploded into fragments that ripped past Verse and tore through the inner hall. Ribbons of wild energy lashed at the interior, sweeping across it from one side to the other as they carved gouges in the stone.
It took some time for it t...
2023-08-19 06:18:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Echoes of War is now live on Amazon! :)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BYVW3ZTJ
Thank you for all the support here!
If you've already read it here, but you want to push the release along, just tell a friend abo...
2023-08-18 06:05:43 +0000 UTC View PostTime is a strange thing. To a human, a hundred thousand years is a long time, but to a rock, it’s only a long afternoon. As Verse looked at the stone in front of him, he hoped that meant he’d find something on the other side. A sense of sizzling anticipation flowed through him.
The stone door was buried in the shoul...
2023-08-16 06:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
If you’re around Portland, swing on by! I’ll be here until Sunday afternoon sometime.
I think the swag turned out pretty well, except the banner needs to be stretched tighter. :)
2023-08-12 03:37:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This weekend, Aug 11-13th, is the Authors and Dragons Con in Portland, Oregon.
https://www.authorsanddragons.com/adcon
I'll be there with a bunch of Aster Fall swag and with a stack of paperbacks to sign from Fri...
2023-08-09 04:25:28 +0000 UTC View PostIf you missed the epub version of Book 6 and were here for its release, let me know and I can get you a backup copy. Echoes of War (Book 6) goes live on Amazon on the 18th.
I’ll be working on edits this week and taking a short break, and then chapters of River of Fate, Book 3: Sunrise Alchemist, will start comin...
2023-07-30 02:20:27 +0000 UTC View PostFar away in the depths of the Void, in a system where a young yellow star was bright and hot, an injured Vos’Rekan slowed down. Not too far away, the rubble of asteroid belts circled the star, full of stone and metals as old as the Void itself.
Enormous chunks of stone were missing from the massive beast’s back and ...
2023-07-28 01:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostWith a flicker of silver stars, Sam appeared inside his forge on the peak. There was a smile on his face from the long night of friends and family, but before long it faded away, turning into a calm and serious expression as he checked on the work in progress.
The silver column of the forge flame was burning brightly at...
2023-07-27 23:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post
