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THE CYCLE: Preliminary Committee Results
On September 27th, 2024 I posted about the Cycle Project. As it has been a while, allow me to refresh your memory. I never intended to write anymore stories in the world of Elan except the original six novels of the Riyria Revelations. I felt the ending was satisfying for those who like complete endings—not … Read more
Literary Sidewalks
In case you were concerned by the cliffhanger ending of my last post…I’m still alive. I successfully reached the island, where Robin gave me a Hollywood movie scene reception under sun bathed palms. Now that I am here, and have a rudimentary office, allow me to explain a bit more because I’m both optimistic and … Read more
Fingers Crossed . . .
My wife and I are moving to Tur Del Fur. Not entirely, and not exactly, but she’s already there and I’m leaving to join her today. Truth is we bought a house in Old Town Key West, and if my last novel, Drumindor were to be made into a movie, Key West is where … Read more
Time to Celebrate!
Hey all, Robin here. I’m writing today because it’s time to . . . What do I have to be so happy about? Well a few things. First and foremost, I have some important news about the third book in the Cycle series. When Michael started writing it, he put a “target date” of May … Read more
The Storm – The First Cycle Story now Available to all
As many may be aware I’m currently writing “The Cycle” – a five-book post-Riyria Revelations series which will pull characters and plot points from all 20 books written in Elan including: 6 books of the Riyria Revelations 5 books of the Riyria Chronicles 6 books of the Legends of the First Empire 3 books of … Read more
Theft of Swords ebook on Sale – $1.99
From time to time Orbit, my publisher for the Riyria Revelations, puts the books on a deeply discounted sale. This is one of those times. The book is currently $1.99 (previously $6.99 originally $12.99) and the price change happened on February 1st. I’m not sure how long it will be at this price, probably for … Read more
Robin down – expect some delays.
For anyone who has been watching the news latel,y you’ll know that there was a massive storm that came to our neck of the woods a week ago. All in all it wasn’t as bad here as other places – 5″ of snow but some freezing rain on top of it which made all surfaces … Read more
Life just got harder for writers – New scams to avoid
Being an author has never been easy. It’s difficult to write a book, and nearly impossible to create one that is “good” (defined as a story that after reading others will tell their friends about it). Then there are always a mountain of rejections, being taken advantage of by retailers and publishers who take the … Read more
Cradle Animatic – Now on YouTube
Back in March of 2019 I made a post on our blog about Will Wight. This was the first time I saw an indie published book hit the top 5 on Amazon’s overall list, so I wrote a little note of congratulations to Will, someone who I had never met. I should note that Will … Read more
J.A. Andrews says, “If you only back ONE Kickstarter this winter . . . this would be AN EXCELLENT choice
Hey all, Robin here. I’m reaching out to you today for two reasons. I’m a big fan of J. A. Andrews (both personally and professionally) – and if you don’t know her work, then I definitely think you should check it out. When a fellow author is in need, I try to do what I … Read more