Making Headway

On By SethIn Dämoren, Hounacier, Mountain of Daggers, The Black Raven3 Comments

Hi all,

Well 2014 is off to a great start, so-far.

The website is looking better (still need to acquire some more pictures).

The wonderful, Hugo Award winning, Elizabeth Bear has agreed to let me use little a quote of hers for DÄMOREN.  That being said, check this out!Damoren Cover
I really can’t describe how nice that is to look at. When Ragnarok sent it to me, I just stared at it for… a while.

Moving on.

I’m over 12,000 words into HOUNACIER, my DÄMOREN sequel, and have now sent the first chapter off for Round 1 of peer-reviews (technically I’ve finished the first 3 chapters, but I like to let them sit a while before letting others tear them apart). The bulk of the story takes place in New Orleans.  I’d written a bunch of ideas, and descriptions when I was there last Spring, it’s becoming more and more clear that I need to go back. Not for more research (which is always handy) but because I miss it.

I’ve started going over MOUNTAIN OF DAGGERS covers with the artist. We’re still trying to get a good glyph for the Tyenee symbol. Hopefully I’ll be able to post some images soon. Right now, the pictures are still in the ‘super-rough concept’ stage.

Not too shabby for four days in to the year.

With nothing more to say, I leave you with this:Damoren Cover
Damn, that’s pretty.

It All Comes Together.

On By SethIn Dämoren, Mountain of Daggers, Ragnarok Publications, Rogue Blades Entertainment, Sea of Quills, The Black RavenLeave a comment

I’ve been writing fiction for several years now. My modest collection of magazines and anthologies fill the shadowboxes on the wall behind me as I write this. They are my trophies, my little reminders that no matter what happens, I published those.

Writing is exciting and maddening all at once. I’ve had brushes with contracts that never happened. I’ve sold stories that ended up never seeing print because publishers went under. I’ve had far more rejection letters than I’d like to admit. Eventually, frustration led me to nearly stop writing. I feared those glossy covers hanging on my wall were all I’d ever have.

My wife loves to tell me that it’ll happen when it’s supposed to.

In May of 2013 I spoke with several authors who all told me that I really needed to get a website for when that big sale happens. I really didn’t heed their warnings.

Then, in December of 2013, everything happened at once. Ragnarok Publications signed my urban fantasy novel, DÄMOREN. The next week Rogue Blades Entertainment not only signed my Black Raven sword and sorcery collection MOUNTAIN OF DAGGERS, but also signed for a second collection, SEA OF QUILLS.

I’d gone from having no book deals to three in a week’s time…. and I still didn’t have a website.

My wife always said that it will happen when it’s supposed to. And as 2013 draws to a close, I can’t help but concede that she was right.

I love you, Kayci.

Here’s to the future.