Happy Holiday and new sketches!

As we enter the big holiday season I just want to wish everyone a safe and joy filled few weeks. I know I haven't been posting in my blog lately, and I'm sorry for that. To be honest there really hasn't been much to blog about. I did do a local author event at my hometown Wells County Public Library and it was a good time. Met some great people and hopefully some soon to be readers of my work.

I have spent most of my writing time working on the second Blades of Allura book and I'm steadily closing in on the end. I hope to have a couple of copies for some lucky beta readers right around Christmas. Till then, here are a couple of sketches of my view of Heaven's Justice and Goldeneyes- a important villain from my first novel. I'm not the best artist, but I hope it gives you a rough idea of what I see when I write.

Happy Reading

-EW-

Goldeneyes-Skyling chief

Heaven's Justice

New Blades of Allura Art!!

     I hired a local artist to do a rendition of a cover for Who I Am, Ox's Tale. This was the end result.

Cover to Who I Am, Ox's Tale
Artwork by Nick Gatto

     For those that haven't read it, the short story is about Oxuberoth, a Mortae Une gladiator from my novel, Ascent of the Holy Blade. Ox (as he is most commonly called) has been one of the novel's favorite characters, and fans wanted to hear more so I wrote Who I Am, Ox's Tale to give the background story for the silent guardian. (link to follow post)

Happy Reading

-EW-

Who I Am, Ox's Tale

Maps, Maps, Who Doesn't Love Maps

Here's an early sketch of the kingdom of Avolund from my novel, Ascent of the Holy Blade. I have been reworking it to more accurately reflect the geography of the on-going series and plan on including it in the second novel in the Blades of Allura saga.

Avolund

Happy Reading

-EW-

My Book is in a Local Store!!

I would like to give a big shout out to Edje Video Trader. They are selling copies of my novel in their store as of yesterday!  Thanks Ed and Kat, you have made one of my dreams come true! So if you are around Bluffton, IN, stop in and get yourself a copy.

My new publisher's version of my book combined with the interest being shown by the community has really helped to get my muse going. I'm really starting to pump out the words for Ascent of the Holy Blades sequel and hope to have the rough draft done by by late summer. There's going to be some happy beta readers soon!

Happy Reading

-EW-

New Paperbacks available for Ascent of the Holy Blade!!!

Finally! They are here!  The paperbacks for Ascent of the Holy Blade are available from Wynwidyn Press. You can purchase them from amazon or Storeny. I hope you enjoy it. 

Happy Reading

-EW-

Camp is Over...and it was Rainy

     Well, Camp NaNoWriMo 2015 is over and I didn't achieve what I had hoped to, but on the bright side I did better than I ever have in the past. On the positive side camp did ignite my writing once again and allowed me to bust through the block I had been experiencing-so that's a good thing. I'm pretty optimistic I will achieve my spring/summer writing goals. What that translates into is that I will finish my second novel and continue to contribute to Lorekeeper's Inn on a regular basis. As a side note, the stories I post in Lorekeeper's can also be found on wattpad.

     One of the contributing factors to me missing my goals for camp was the finding of a series I have really enjoyed reading. The Dragon Brigade Series by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes  have transported me back to my high school days where I would stay up late devouring Dragonlance novels and lose myself for hours in the amazing cover art of Larry Elmore.

     I like to read a mixture of fantasy, from heroic and high fantasy to the new wave of grimdark novels. I'm a fantasy junkie that enjoys characters I can relate to with larger than life heroes and heroics that are sprinkled with a liberal dash of hulking swords and momentous battles. I have to say that now is a great time to be a reader of this absolutely wonderful genre.

Happy Reading

-EW-

Another free chapter from Ascent of the Holy Blade!

    I have posted another chapter from my novel for free on wattpad. Here is the link: Ascent of the Holy Blade, Chapter 7. Hope you enjoy it and please feel free to leave comments on my blog or wattpad. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy it.

Ascent of the Holy Blade eBook

As always, happy reading

-EW-