Rift in the Races Update: December

by John | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog

  Editing is done. Today I finished going through the manuscript. My input on it is basically finished. I wrote it, went through it once after that to make it not grotesquely illiterate, and then gave it to my beta readers to get feedback on the story itself. Is...

Best Fantasy Book Cover Artist of Our Time: Cris Ortega

by John | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog

So, I have all the art files for the new book cover now. All I can say is, “Wow!” While I confess to already being a total Cris Ortega fan, especially after how amazing her work was on the cover of The Galactic Mage, I am so completely blown away with how much control...

Rift in the Races: Draft Progress and Cover Update for April

by | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog

I took a little five day vacation break, and now that I’m back, I feel refreshed. After three months writing pretty much every day, it was nice to step away from the keyboard for a few days and go see what the sun looks like. I had no idea that thing was so bright. It...

Galactic Mage Book Two – Cover Art Underway

by | Apr 20, 2012 | Blog

So, because I am the luckiest bastard on the planet when it comes to cover artists extraordinaire (took me three stabs to spell that, oh you cursed squiggly red line you!), I can now officially announce that cover art is underway for Rift in the Races (book 2 of The...