Song of the Week

Howlin’ Wolf, “Smokestack Lightnin'”

It’s Monday again.

There are things happening this week! Tomorrow, the new chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will be available on Patreon. On Wednesday, the latest chapter of Journey to the Water will be up here on the blog. For the foreseeable future, I’ll be alternating between the two, and chapters will go up first on Patreon and then here a week later.

Have you gotten your copy of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea yet? If you haven’t, check out my fancy new sidebar over to the right (or at the bottom of the page, if you’re on mobile). If you have, and you are so inclined, I’d appreciate you leaving a review on whatever platform suits you best. It will help new readers find the book! I’ll talk more about reviews in a separate post later this week.

I think that’s all for today. Have an excellent week, and stop by again soon!

New Patreon Post/Journey to the Water Chapter IX

Remember who you are, and remember what you are trying to achieve. You do this for love—focus on that.

Journey to the Water Chapter IX

The latest chapter of Journey to the Water is now available on Patreon! If you’re not a subscriber, you might want to consider subscribing, because it’s only $3 a month and you get new chapters a week early–including the next chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door, coming next week.

If not, this chapter will appear here on the blog next week, but there is a Patreon-exclusive project coming in March.

In either case, I appreciate you! Thanks for being here.

Song of the Week

Nina Simone, “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” (Scottish-American folk song)

Happy Monday! It’s Valentine’s Day, so in honor of the beheaded performer of marriages, tell someone you love them and be sure to pick up half-priced chocolate tomorrow.

This week, the next chapter of Journey to the Water will be up on Patreon. In other news, Part Two of The Book of the New Moon Door is starting on Patreon next week and here on the blog the week after! I’ll be alternating between Journey and New Moon Door until one or both are finished. Patreon subscribers will be getting each chapter a week early, so if you haven’t yet, consider subscribing! There will also be a Patreon-exclusive project coming in March.

That’s all for now! Thanks for being here.

P.S. If you still need to catch up on Part One of The Book of the New Moon Door, you can start with the first chapter here or find all the chapters under the Stories tab above.

Journey to the Water Chapter VIII: Volcano’s Edge

Journey to the Water cover image: three evergreen trees stand on a hillside, shrouded in bluish fog. Subtitle reads: the sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea.

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I leapt up and stumbled backward. The embers of my campfire flared as my feet kicked into them, and heat seared through the soles of my boots. I stepped clear and reached for my weapon. 

The snake hissed, sounding as surprised as I was. Though its fang-lined maw did not move, it was clearly the source of the strange voice. “No, hold still,” it muttered. 

“You can talk?” I asked aloud. My hand found my spear in the darkness, and I levered the point between the snake’s eyes. In the fading light of the remains of my fire, I could see the scar on its neck where I had injured it earlier in the day. The scales there had already begun to knit together. It was healing, and fast—too quickly to be anything but magic. This was no ordinary beast. 

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Song of the Week

Jacob Banks, “Chainsmoking”

Happy Monday!

Have you gotten your copy of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea yet? I’m so excited for you to be able to read it! Once you do, you can help it reach more readers by leaving a review and telling your friends about it.

The latest chapter of Journey to the Water will be up here on Wednesday, and I’ll be on Twitch tonight and Thursday night playing some games.

I appreciate you! Have an excellent week.

New Patreon Post/Journey to the Water Chapter VIII

No living person had touched that lake since the volcano had last awoken an age ago. I may have been the first to see it in a hundred years.

Journey to the Water Chapter VIII

The latest chapter of Journey to the Water is now available on Patreon! This is the sequel to Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, and Patreon subscribers get chapters a full week early, plus some other good stuff.

Song of the Week

Wendy Melvoin, “Carnivàle Main Title Theme”

It’s Monday again! Welcome.

In case you missed it, Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea released on Friday! It’s been three or four months of non-stop work, not to mention all the time I spent writing the thing, so I’m very excited to share it with you.

You can purchase it from these handy links:

Amazon (ebook and paperback)

Barnes & Noble (ebook and paperback) It says large print, but it’s the standard edition paperback. I am working on fixing it.

Kobo (ebook only)

If you want to read the first chapter before making a decision, you can do so here.

The earlier, serialized version will remain up on the blog, but I highly recommend buying the book, as it’s far more polished and of better quality, in addition to being easier to read in your preferred medium.

Other stuff happening this week:

There will be a new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon! My Patreon is only $3 a month, and it gives you access to serial chapters a week early, plus Patreon livestreams and an exclusive project or two that I will be announcing in the next couple of weeks.

I’ll be on Twitch tonight and Thursday night with the Tea and Sidequests channel.

I will also be doing a minor blog remodel, so you may see some things move around. My goal is accessibility and readability, so if there’s anything I can do to make your blog experience easier, please let me know! Comments are open on almost every post.

Thanks for being here! Have an excellent week.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea is now available!

Read the first chapter!

After losing everything in a foolhardy quest to slay a sea serpent, Eske of the Bear Clan journeys across the world to the holy city of Phyreios. There, he meets warriors from faraway lands, a rebel leader with the courage to defy the gods, and a gentle healer whose dreams foretell a great calamity.

While at first Eske seeks only an opportunity to test his strength and a distraction from his grief, he soon becomes entangled in a clash of gods and monsters that will change the fate of Phyreios-and the world-forever.

Inspired by Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian and Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea novels, Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea is an epic tale of love, loyalty, rebellion, and ruin.

Amazon (ebook and paperback)

Barnes & Noble (ebook and paperback) It says large print, but it’s the normal paperback.

Kobo (ebook only)

If you want to order the paperback directly from me (good for bulk orders, and you’ll get a significant discount), please fill out this form, and I’ll be in contact with you within the next 24 hours:

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TOMORROW!

All my files are approved and we are back on track! Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea will release tomorrow (Friday) as planned!

I’ll be back tomorrow with all the links you will need to purchase your preferred format, as well as a link to my Virtual Launch party, which will be 6pm tomorrow (US Central time).

Thank you for being with me on this adventure! I’m so excited to share this story with you again.

Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea Chapter I (Free Preview)

In which the tale begins.

Listen. Let me tell you a story. 

I will tell you of my journey, from the ocean at the other edge of the world to the mountain of iron, beneath which slept a horror of an age long past. 

I will tell you of the daughter of the stargazer, who found me on the northern wastes at the end of my long winter.

I will tell you of those who dared to defy the seven gods of the citadel.

And I will tell you of the barefoot prophet, for the man who now sits on the throne of Phyreios is not the same as the one who walked among its people in the days before the cataclysm. 

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