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. […]
ICYMI: The Monday Report: Here's a quick round up of what's been going on here at Metaphor Publications. Michael's first novella from Menelon's Great War, entitled Operation: Fire Mission 1: Bagedaan (see the right column) is on sale for the rest of this month for 99c. Alesia and Michael are interviewed by Kurtis Amueller at MFGCast and you'll find a […]
Hey! There's a new spotify plalist feature: PSA: Sapiosexual Boner Alert Storytellers in all media recognize the value of myth in their work, and to date, it would be difficult to find anyone who had done more work with mythology than the late Joseph Campbell. If you've been exposed to The Power of Myth series with Bill Moyers, you'll already […]
Our MFGCast interview covered the gamut from the uses of the modern metaphor to the nitty-gritty realities of indie publishing, but it turned out to be amazingly coherent! We got to talk storytelling in fiction and in tabletop gaming for awhile with Kurtis Amueller at MFGCast <--- click there to visit a list of their iTunes recording. Our episode was […]
Do you find yourself needing a heart-warming tale of a rag-tag crew of convicts and misfits fighting to survive a mission that's sure suicide? Oh boy, do we have a deal for you. It's 99 cent novella sale time! For the test of this month, the fantasy war novella Operation Fire Mission I: Bagédaan is only 99¢. Here's some peeks […]
I recently received a request for help in spreading the word about, well, an extraordinary cause: MFGCast helping kids through extra life. It was my first as an official corporate suit *snort* and I was happy to find a way to offer our new friends at MFGCast a soapbox from which to ask for your help. Without further ado, here's […]
It's Raven's Tears: The final days! These are the last six days of this book's life. And we're selling it cheap. The next book in the "fantasy urban fantasy" trilogy, DEAD MAN'S TRIGGER, is coming for your Kindles, Nooks, and Kobos in November. This one is leaving KDP Select after that - think of it as going into a witness […]
An interesting opinion piece on how e-readers and ebooks are changing modern literature. Our attention spans have shortened, we’re distracted, and authors have changed their style to suit, but these changes are part of the wider digital transformation Source: Ebooks are changing the way we read, and the way novelists write | Comment is free | The Guardian
