A bit over four years ago, I first released these two books out in the wild together like this. I thought it was apt to do the re-release together again, just like before. The self-publishing landscape of 2021 is nothing like 2017–it’s less forgiving of mistakes and visibility is harder than ever–but it’s a nice …
We’ve heard all the jokes about the decade that is 2020 and 2021 combined, so I’m not even going to start. But on a personal level, damn, these last two years. The world fell apart while I was going through my tradpub debut launch (a whole series launch), and if I had any expectations about …
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Sometime last year, when the lockdown was taking up most of my brain space, I decided it was better to just make the most out of all that “free time” re-releasing my first epic fantasy book. Or, rather, the entire trilogy, which starts out with that first book, Jaeth’s Eye. Which sounds like a much …
The explosion of breadth and stakes between The Wolf of Oren-yaro and The Ikessar Falcon has been commented on for years, and I wanted to talk about some more why this difference exists, why the tone is somewhat different for both epic fantasy books. (I also wrote a post before on why this series should …
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After three long years of waiting, THE DRAGON OF JIN-SAYENG, the third fantasy book in the CHRONICLES OF THE BITCH QUEEN trilogy is almost upon us. First announced in 2018 (under a different name) and originally slated for a self-published release in early 2019, it will be available through Orbit Books for the first time …
