Flawed Femmes wielding Whips, Guns, and Blades
I finally figured out my genre is flintlock fantasy, or rather that’s the genre that most closely fits Lady Merreth’s world. Her world has matchlocks, flintlocks, and (eventually) even rifles. However, in Western Watch the predominant ranged weapon is the Read More …
Lady Merreth’s stories belong to the Flintlock Fantasy genre. Flintlock fantasy is characterized by early gunpowder weapons, some magic involvement, issues of class and social advancement, complex plots, and fairly high levels of violence. Here’s a more comprehensive description. The Read More …
Your characters need to eat. In novels with a modern, urban setting this isn’t usually a problem. Hungry? Drive-thru, supermarket, or delivery; there are a plethora of choices. Historical and — more particularly — fantasy novels is where things get Read More …
There are four questions that any author should be able to answer. These questions drive success — both writing success and marketing success. This post is Part 1 one of a two part blog series and addresses two of those Read More …
Author email newsletters are one of the most effective methods of ensuring sales of indie-author books. They allow you to connect with readers, provide them with value-add, encourage them to read your work. Over the years much has been written Read More …
Five wasn’t enough, so here are five more awesome indie author resources. Each of the five is a blog that I have visited numerous times for information and enjoyment. While all have at least some focus on marketing and promotion, Read More …
Lady Merreth’s world is one where early gunpowder weapons are just coming into their own. As a writer, I was gratified to stumble across Jack Kelly’s Gunpowder, Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. Read More …
I am a big fan of book trailers, and over the course of three years I have collected many links to different book trailer resources. I think they may be useful to others, so here are 27 resource links for Read More …
Hello Everyone! This is part 17 of my series: Let’s Make a Book Trailer. The list of previous parts is getting a bit long, so I will merely link to the first and most recent posts: Part 1 and Part Read More …
You hear a lot about genre when you get into writing novels. In this post I’ll provide a thumbnail overview of two books on genre that I’ve found enormously helpful in my writing. First, some background: What is genre? According Read More …
