Chained by Fear, book two in Jim Melvin’s Death Wizard Chronicles, begins the story of Laylah, the beautiful sister of the evil sorcerer Invictus.  Invictus has imprisoned Laylah in a magical tower, hoping that she’ll one day become his queen and rule the world of Triken with him. Laylah, however, happens to be the sane one […]
Read MoreMUSES OF ROMA – Prologue and Chapter 1
Now that MUSES OF ROMA (book one of my new sci-fi/alt-history series on the Roman Empire) is released into the wild, I’m free to post the Prologue and Chapter One here. If you like what you see, please check out the purchase info at the bottom of this post. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Prologue […]
Read MoreBook Review: I Am John, I Am Paul by Mark Tedesco
I Am John, I Am Paul by Mark Tedesco follows the lives of two real-life Roman soldiers in the fourth century, Ioannes (John) Fulvius Marcus Romanus and Paulus.  John and Paul form a strong bond of friendship during their days fighting on the German frontier, a bond that is never broken even when John is sent away […]
Read MoreBook Review: In Apple Blossom Time by Robert Wack
In Apple Blossom Time by Robert Wack starts with an interesting Prologue—a time traveler jumps back and forth in time between different locations in World War II Europe tracking another man important to the time traveler’s mysterious mission. It’s a violent struggle, as the traveler sometimes kills his quarry and then sometimes loses him. The […]
Read MoreZERVAKAN – Published!
It’s been a long time coming, but my latest fantasy novel, ZERVAKAN, is now published. Â It’s a story about faith versus science: Are they mutually exclusive, or two sides of the same coin? Here’s the summary: Reason and science gave the Recindian Compact wonders like steam engines, telegraphs, and gunpowder. The world had order. It […]
Read MoreReview for ASPECT OF PALE NIGHT
I just got a nice review of my mystery novel ASPECT OF PALE NIGHT from the Good Book Alert review site. An excerpt: Rob Steiner describes mystery ASPECT OF PALE NIGHT as having a similar voice to Stephanie Plum, which drew my interest right away. Plum is a quirky character with a lot of spice […]
Read MoreEbook Pricing Wars: Episode 1,209,843
Zoe Winters wrote a thoughtful and reasoned post on ebook pricing yesterday that’s worth the read for all you indie publishers struggling with the pricing question. An excerpt: I am bolding this next part because if you don’t hear any of the rest of this, please hear this: 99 cent and free ebooks are not […]
Read MoreNew short stories!
I published two short stories as ebooks back in December without announcing it to anyone, just to see what would happen. Would I get sales through sheer discovery, or would my stories sit online in undiscovered limbo? I haven’t checked my January sales (one of my New Year’s resolutions is to only check my book […]
Read MoreBook Review: Lacuna: Demons of the Void by David Adams
Just posted my review of Lacuna: Demons of the Void by David Adams on the New Podler Review of Books. Fans of straight-forward alien invasion stories will like this one. I liked it, too, despite some copy editing issues and dubious economics. Here’s an excerpt from the review: Adams has written an action-packed story that […]
Read MoreBook Review: Oathbreaker, Book 1: The Knight’s Tale by Colin McComb
Oathbreaker, Book 1: The Knight’s Tale by Colin McComb, is a riveting debut fantasy from an author who knows what fantasy fans love (he wrote adventures for TSR, after all) – visceral prose; logically sound and creative world-building; and fascinating characters that do not follow genre conventions. Sir Pelagir, a Knight Elite in the Empire […]
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