Wordless Wednesday: Wildfire

Smashing!

It took me four days, but I finally have reformatted all five books and uploaded them onto Smashwords. I've been meaning to do this ever since my KDP Select expired, but ran into a string of illnesses and a lack of energy. The books are currently pending review for the premium catalog, so hopefully they'll pass all the formatting requirements and be available at other retailers soon. For now, you can buy the ebooks at either Amazon or Smashwords and the print copies at either Amazon or CreateSpace.

Ebooks on Amazon:

Mayfly Requiem

The Abyssal Night

Shards of Chaos

The Shattered Veil
Shadows of Absolution

Ebooks on Smashwords:
Mayfly Requiem

The Abyssal Night
Shards of Chaos
The Shattered Veil
Shadows of Absolution

So, what's next? Well, a couple of things. I ordered a couple paperback copies of one of the books to run another Goodreads giveaway. It starts on the 19th, so  watch out for that. I also made up some nice little business cards to hand to all the random people I speak to in random places about my books. Those should be in my hands soon. Mostly, though, I just need to get over this infernal cold so I can finish writing Sand into Glass. I hope it doesn't break my laptop again. I also have been working on my vegan cooking blog a bit.

Paperbacks Available

All four books are now available in paperback! The trilogy is currently live on Createspace and should be live on Amazon in the next day or so. Mayfly Requiem is also available in paperback on Amazon and Createspace and as an e-book on Amazon. I'm not sure why the thumbnails are so fuzzy.
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Snippet Sunday: The Shattered Veil

"I dream of darkness, of an endless knot of mirrors and fire. Every time I try to unravel the knot, it twists tighter and tangles around my soul. All I see are paths, spiraling, meandering paths into the black haze of the void, but every path is wrong and every path leads to death. The reflections, the flames, all are spinning, all are twisting, and nowhere am I free from its embrace. I can only dance in the twilight, dance on the edge of the abyssal oblivion, with the dying sun laughing behind me and the withering darkness ahead. The darkness, the knot, unbinds for but a second, only to reach out and hand me a silver shell, a conch, yet another twisted spiral. All around, feathers drift on the fragile winds of nihility. There are no stars, no moon, only knots, only the promise of death. Drums cry out in the abyss and then fade with everything else. Even the shadows fade and all that is left is death. We are all dead, we just haven't figured it out yet.”

-Rhodren Briarwind, The Shattered Veil

Paper!

These lovelies arrived at my doorstep yesterday.  I need to do another set of proofs after I hunt for typos because I don't like the paragraph style on these, but I'm really happy with them otherwise.  I have a mere two chapters left on SoA, then I can take a break before editing and work on these pretty babies.  It is so amazing to have them in front of me.  They finally feel real, something I never felt looking at the e-books.

W is for Welcome

Welcome to Evergreen and Indigo!  Thank you for joining me.  I'm almost at the end of the alphabet, so I'll be going back to normal posts soon.  

If you are an indie author, I want to hear from you.  I'd love to interview you and feature you on this blog.  Go here and send me an email.  Help me promote you!

I've also interviewed a couple of my own characters just for fun.  I may add more in the future.  Check them out here. 

I am in the last sequence of The Crystal Lattice, but it will be a while before it is released.  I need to publish in chronological order instead of the order I originally wrote the books.  Once I finish the last twenty pages of rewrites, I'm going to put it away for a little while so I can finish Absolution.  I've always alternated books like this so I can look at the final edits with fresh eyes and make sure overlapping characters sync up before I send them to my proofreader.

The original written order was:  The Crystal Lattice, Echoes of Oblivion trilogy, Absolution, Mayfly Requiem.  Chronological order is:

1. Mayfly Requiem
2. The Abyssal Night
3. Shards of Chaos
4. The Shattered Veil
5. Absolution
6. The Crystal Lattice

So, while you are waiting for me to finish the last two books in the sequence for you, I'd be extremely grateful if you'd do something for me.  Please like and tag my books on Amazon, 'like' my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, and leave me reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.  Leave me comments on my blog posts and tell me which characters are your favorites so I can feature them here.

Thank you for wandering through Malora with me.  I appreciate your companionship on this strange journey.

M is for Malora

A sketch of the Malora continent.  The scale is highly inaccurate.

Malora is the world inside my head and the setting of my six books (Absolution is only partially set in Malora).  By the era of The Crystal Lattice, the name has morphed into Melor, but significant change is to be expected after 4,803 years.  I did not include a map in my books because I lost it.  It will likely appear in second editions later on.  The map of Melor is significantly different, as the earth priests had a bit of fun with the landscape in the fifty years between The Shattered Veil and Absolution.  Nalune is gone, the Liban Hills are now a labyrinth mountain range claimed by the Baku, and the Marsora Range has shifted eastward beyond the ruins of Lunamar.

The continent of Malora consists of seven countries, as of the beginning of The Abyssal Night.

Ganebra - capital, Lunamar.  Landlocked country in central Malora.  Ruled by King Rastaban, the latest monarch of the 2000 year old Eryaucra dynasty.  The landscape is primarily plains, with Lake Nalune at the center and the Marsora range to the west.  Former temple city is Meridian, but Geophorians were banned from the country after Valariban Eryaucra's ascension.

Maritor - capital Heren.  Southwest Malora.  Ruled by King Achernar until Rastaban negotiated him into a lordship.  Varied landscape, including tropical forests in the south, the Amari Desert in the central region, and plains along the coast.  Geophorian temple cities are Fruithill and Dunewind.

Rashomanon - capital Cascades.  Central-west Malora. The hidden temple city of Cascades is the only settlement of significant population in this treacherous mountain region.  Ganebra considers Rashomanon too dangerous a landscape to bother with.  Temple city is Cascades.

Rimara - capital Narsalon.  Northwest Malora.  Tundral plains and evergreen forests.  The volcanic island Arka is off the west coast.  Temple cities are Nighthollow and Skyspire.


Lusifal - capital Lusarna.  Northeast Malora.  Forests and plains to the south, hills and highlands in the center, redwood forests and tundra in the north.  The Harkanaya archipelago lies off the northeast coast.  Temple cities are Icelight, Northwinds, and Moonhaven.

Anor - capital Loya.  Central-east Malora.  Delta swamps and forests. The mountainous island of Liefan is considered part of Anor.  Temple cities are Riverbottom, Reedwater, and Starfall.

Kira - capital Tiva.  Southeast Malora, including the island Kiribar.  Tropical climate, wetland delta in the northeast.  Temple cities are Palmshore and Wavecrest.

Addendum:  Thanks to Kevin Rau for interviewing me today for his website.  My interview can be found here.