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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

 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

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

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

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

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

 As some of you may know, Adam Grandy approached us about doing a documentary about our lives. We didn’t think anyone would be interested in such a thing, but Adam persisted. We finally relented but only on the condition that he expand the scope to talk about Indie Authors across the board and add some … Read more

Hey all, Robin here. Michael and I are fresh back from an extended vacation in Key West (more on that at some point in the future).  But there have been some shuffling of audiobook titles recently, so I was taking a look at one of the fantasy bestsellers lists, and I was happy to see … Read more

Happy 2026 all!  As you may have heard, Robin, I, and Shawn Speakman are helping Peter Orullian with the Unbroken Anthology. In the same spirit as Unfettered (which was created to relieve Shawn Speakman of medical debt from his second cancer diagnosis), this anthology will (hopefully) do the same for Peter and his wife, neither … Read more

Hey all, Robin here. Since the end of November, and continuing for another week or so, Michael and I have been in Key West Florida, soaking up the sun, biking, playing tennis, and really enjoying ourselves.  Being away from the cold and “the kids” has made it an odd holiday – it was weird hearing … Read more