Our Indie Author ARC Launch: The Long Road to Here
Our indie author ARC launch for What God Has Ordained is finally here — and this is the honest story of everything it took to get there.
What God Has Ordained — Book One of The Legacy of Chandar
Some battles aren’t fought with swords — they’re fought between duty and desire. Coralin Callens has served the God of Paladins her entire adult life — as a priestess, a mystic, and a knight. She has never doubted her calling. She has never…
Running an Indie Press: From Beta Bliss to Death Threats
A heart-felt update from an indie fantasy publisher on the ups (beta reader bliss) and downs (death threats, anyone?) of running an indie press.
A Behind-the-Screens Spotlight: Life at Metaphor Publications
An epistolary-style, peek behind-the-screens into the lives of the publishers. We cover AI book-marketing scams, copyright infringement + a very adorable cat.
Romantasy Coming September 1st: The Legacy of Chandar!
After a long absence, during which Alesia and I had our entire lives turned upside down, we're back! We spent all of last year working on a new epic romantasy series, and we're delighted to announce that we're now almost finished with the rough edit of…
In Uncertain Times
I don’t know how else to put this. If you didn’t know it, you may want or need to know it, so I’m just going to write it straight-up: Michael and I have found ourselves in uncertain times. We’ve spent most of 2018 dealing with the…
Raven’s Tears is now on KDP Select!
For a long time now, we’ve been in the stupid position of having Raven’s Tears out of AMZN’s KDP Select service, while Dead Man’s Trigger remained IN the service, despite multiple attempts instructing AMZN NOT to renew its…
Making It Sew — and So
This week’s news is that Michael and I have finally begun the process of getting Dead Man’s Trigger (DMT) down from the digital clouds and into a real, physical paperback book. We’d like to apologize for the wait to those of you who…
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…
On the Nature of Roller Coasters
Hey again. This is Alesia, checking in with a little progress report. Here’s the tl;dr version: Still Being, Here That truly is a huge reason to be thankful, because it was close. No, seriously, don’t just glance over that. I mean it. It…