Resurrections

Hi, everyone. Alesia, here. It feels good to be able to say that, after two long, dark years, Michael and I have resumed the work on book three of the Raven & Iris trilogy. He and I spent this last weekend reassembling the notes in paper and electronic form, and then used most of our off-time this past week to […]

On the Nature of Roller Coasters

Hey again. This is Alesia, checking in with a little progress report. Here’s the tl;dr version: We’re still here, alive, kicking, swinging for the fences. That’s huge. We’ve had to restructure MetPub to get through this interregnum. Our goals as publishers are changing, and the company needs to change to reflect them. More on this as we actually get “nails […]

We’re Back

As you likely know, if you’ve been by here at all in 2016, we’ve been MIA. That’s because we’ve had to restructure everything here in order to keep functioning at all – gotta have money here in this western world – and having to go outside for income means exactly what you know it means, if you’ve been around or […]

The Final Hours

Dead Man’s Trigger is still holding its own at #2 in Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Fantasy – but we’d sure like to see it go back to #1 on the last day of its KDP Select promotion.   Have you read the reviews? 4.8 stars overall!   “The overall tension and speed of events cranked up […]

Try Before You Buy

Have a sample chapter from Raven’s Tears. Here’s one from Dead Man’s Trigger. The reviews have begun to come in, and they’re fabulous! There’s just about a day and a half left on the ebook giveaway. You’ve got that long to get your free copy of Dead Man’s Trigger from Amazon, and use the coupon code you’ll find inside to download a free […]

Uncommon Catalysts: Final Fantasy VI and the Female Protagonist

Metaphor Publications is pleased to present Uncommon Catalysts a series of guest articles sourced in the catalytic intersection between fantasy fiction and role playing games (RPG, or  RPG’s). Irregularly, we’ll be reaching out to irregular writers and gamers and getting their irregular perspectives on how fantasy/speculative fiction and RPG’s compare, contrast, overlap – and lead to new ways to enjoy both. […]

The ARC and the Covenant |

In our frantic search for replacement beta readers for Dead Man’s Trigger a few months ago, I was asked about making advance reader copies, or ARCs, available to a selected audience before publication. At the time – neck-deep in a troublesome manuscript edit that I wasn’t sure I could complete on schedule – it wasn’t a prospect I could entertain with any […]

Regreetings!

From Alesia: Hello, everyone! I’m sitting in a vacation rental with my bestie of 23 years, who is also a fantasy fiction writer and a role playing gamer. We’re in southern Oregon, on the Rogue River, enjoying our yearly retreat from our usual lives, wherein we stitch (avid counted cross-stitchers, both of us), talk, consume vast quantities of coffee, wine, […]

Uncommon Catalysts: Coherent Universes – Using RPGs for Consistency in Your Writing

Metaphor Publications is pleased to present Uncommon Catalysts a series of guest articles sourced in the catalytic intersection between fantasy fiction and role playing games (RPG, or  RPG’s). Irregularly, we’ll be reaching out to irregular writers and gamers and getting their irregular perspectives on how fantasy/speculative fiction and RPG’s compare, contrast, overlap – and lead to new ways to enjoy both. […]