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| Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:26 AM |
| On Kings |
 by Fëanor |
In the Bible, it says the people asked God, through the prophet Samuel, for a King over them. Samuel warned them against it, saying (1 Samuel 8:11-18), "he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots... He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants... He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day."
"[I]n free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other." -Thomas Paine, Common Sense |
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| Friday, February 21, 2025 11:18 PM |
| The Purge |
 by Fëanor |
I took Twitter off a while ago, now I've also purged Facebook from the blog. The evil must go!
Plenty more evil that still needs getting rid of elsewhere, but that's another story...
Anyway, how have you been? I've been busy with work, and also with the book I've been writing and editing for...a while now. I might be ready to start querying it again. Fingers crossed an agent will decide it's worth championing. It's an adult fantasy novel about witches and magic and religion. |
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| Tuesday, December 19, 2023 02:20 PM |
| (Last updated on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:41 PM) | | Oops? |
| by Fëanor |
You might see some weirdness on my blog at the moment. It's encoding-related, but I'm really not sure why it suddenly started happening. I will work on it, and hopefully will have a fix soon. Thanks for your patience!
UPDATE: I *think* I have it fixed. I hope. |
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| Thursday, December 14, 2023 10:56 PM |
| It's That Time Again - PHP Time |
| by Fëanor |
So, turns out I've been using an invalid version of PHP for...a while now. Doh. Anyway, I've updated the site to the newest version, but it will probably take me a while to fix all the compatibility issues this has raised. If you notice anything busted around the site, please let me know and I'll get to it as soon as I can! Thank you. |
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| Tuesday, November 21, 2023 10:49 PM |
| (Last updated on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 10:51 PM) | | Behold! An Update! |
 by Fëanor |
Hello, folks! A couple of things. First, Twitter is now X, and X is garbage and run by a garbage human being, so I decided to remove all integrations with Twitter/X from my site. No more Twitter sidebar on the blog, no more links to my Twitter account, no more tweet buttons, etc. If you find a button or link to Twitter/X somewhere on the site, please let me know and I'll get rid of it. Thank you!
Second, my latest book - TOWER AND PIT: A STRANGER WORLD ADVENTURE - is coming out in paperback and ebook! It's the latest in my fantasy series about a boy named Hunter exploring a magical world and trying to solve its mysteries while hopefully avoiding being killed by any of its monsters. You can pre-order the book now most places (check the Published Works section for links and info), or you can wait and buy it when it gets released on Cyber Monday, November 27. Or, if you really don't like the idea of paying for things, you can enter the giveaway on Goodreads and maybe win a free copy! The giveaway ends on December 10, though, so hurry.
Okay, I think that's everything for now. Thanks for reading! |
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| Tuesday, June 6, 2023 10:36 AM |
| A Wizard, Demons, Snails, Zombies (Sort of), and Time Travel (Sort of) |
| by Fëanor |
Hey, my new book is out! It's the fifth entry in the Stranger World series and it's called Tower and Pit. The title of this post gives you an idea what to expect from it. It's the creepiest entry in the series yet, and I think a pretty fun read. I hope you'll agree. Currently it's available in hardcover at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. December of this year I'll be putting it out in ebook and paperback. As always, you can find links to every edition of all my books over in the Published Works section of my site.
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| Thursday, June 9, 2022 03:31 PM |
| It's that time again |
| by Fëanor |
I made you another STRANGER WORLD book! This one is called BOOK AND HALL and you can pre-order it now on Barnes & Noble. It will be officially released on June 27, 2022, when it will also be available on Amazon.com.
This is the hardcover edition, by the way. The paperback and eBook editions will follow either late this year or early next year. I'll certainly let you know!
This particular entry in the Stranger World series is a pretty fun one I think. The main setting for the story is a maze-like museum full of creepy and fascinating magical artifacts, overseen by a mysterious collector and his grumpy bear butler. There's also a winged horse, a squad of werewolves, and the return of two recurring characters: the Puzzle Piece Man and Esthuan Thievesbane.
I'm sorry to say this book also features the final appearance in the series of Hunter's best friends, Gertrude Clemmons and David Kim. My first draft of the Stranger World story was one enormous novel, and in that version, Gert had even fewer scenes, and David had almost none. When I decided to split the book into six parts, and it came time to flesh out this section of the story, I made it a priority to give Gert and David more space, because I really enjoyed the dynamic between Hunter and his friends. Also, with the story split into separate books, I needed to find ways to remind you of what happened last time at the beginning of each book. I found a way to combine both those purposes with this book's opening scene.
It was also breaking the story up, and then needing to flesh out the separate parts into their own books, that gave birth to the character of Esthuan Thievesbane, who ended up being one of my favorite things about the story. She gets a chance to shine again here.
Anyway, I hope you like the book, and thanks for reading! |
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| Sunday, March 6, 2022 10:34 AM |
| You Get a Book! And You Get a Book! |
 by Fëanor |
Hi, folks! Just popping on to mention that you can now purchase my latest book, RING AND IRON: A STRANGER WORLD ADVENTURE, in paperback format on Amazon!
It wasn't supposed to come out until tomorrow, but Amazon is weird about paperbacks and doesn't let you put them on presale or set exactly when they're going to be published; you just have to push the button a little before they're supposed to be available and hope for the best. So you get it a day early! It'll be officially released in paperback and eBook everywhere else tomorrow.
I'm afraid the Amazon paperback edition of RING AND IRON is a bit more expensive than the previous volumes in the series, and I'm honestly not entirely sure why. It's a bit longer, mostly because I increased the font size, so that might be it. But it's also possible that production costs have just gone up.
The good news is, if paying for books is not your thing, I've still got you covered! Now until the end of March, you can enter a giveaway for a FREE copy of the Kindle eBook edition of RING AND IRON on Goodreads! A lot of people have already entered, so better get on it if you want your chance.
I've said it before, but RING AND IRON really is my best book yet, and it catches you up on the story so far, so if you've been avoiding the series until now, I hope you'll give this one a try.
Regardless, as always, thanks for reading! |
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| Tuesday, November 2, 2021 08:46 AM |
| Do you like free stuff? |
| by Fëanor |
If you're curious about my books, but aren't sure you want to spend money to find out if they're any good, I have good news for you! I'm giving away my latest book, RING AND IRON: A STRANGER WORLD ADVENTURE! There are separate giveaways running now on Facebook and Twitter. It's easy to enter, and if you win, I'll send you a free signed hardcover copy of the book! Just get in there soon, because I'll pick the winners in six days, on 11/8/21.
Thanks for reading, and good luck! |
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