An early draft passage from the upcoming Sword of the Magnus, Book Two of the Paladin of Shadow Chronicles: A tangle of tunnels twisted through the catacombs that once provided refuge to the earliest adherents of the Christian faith, those who fled the streets of Rome above from the horror of imperial pogroms. Many of those refugees scratched a brief word or two across the crudely hewn walls, their scratchings covering centuries of other, older communications left behind by…..
We wish we could thank everyone personally for the support during the AUTHORSdb 2017 Cover Contest. There were so many beautiful and engaging book covers. However, the cover created by our own Jordan Raskin is a wonder to behold on both the hard and soft covers. Thank you for your vote. And thank you to AUTHORSdb for sponsoring this event.
We held our first two author events here in Northern Virginia. I think that both Steve and I learned a lot about preparing, setting up the event, working with store owners, etc. But I think the best part was meeting people. Some would look toward you, hoping to not make eye contact. Others would hover near the table, but never look at it directly. And still others would look our way, smile and keep walking. However, an invitation to talk…..
Reposted from my Goodreads blog dated August 27, 2017. I wanted to consolidate a bit, and bring this post over to our author website as well. I was reading some background on the Battle of Roncevaux today with my son, William, which occurred on August 15, 778. During that battle, the rearguard was ambushed and those events set in motion the retelling of the tale that would be sung by the army of William the Conqueror on the eve of…..