24 Monday Jul 2017
Salve! Our gallant heroes (or antiheroes, depending on your preference) are laying plans and enacting schemes, but this time around, they’re chasing their dreams.
Dreams of a unified Rome once again. (46k and counting!)
13 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017, Self-Publishing
It’s going! Slow but steady – We’re making progress and nearly halfway there!
Enjoy the snippet after the break!
07 Friday Jul 2017
Posted in Designing a Story, How to, Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017, Self-Publishing
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Hi everyone!
I briefly wanted to tell you about how I’ve been planning my last two novels. Ever since I started writing, I’ve been planning my novels out. Given the fact that I have to juggle story lines that evolve over several books, plus characters and technologies that don’t exist, one would except the need to have an outline or story map.
04 Tuesday Jul 2017
Posted in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017
Thirty Nine Thousand Words and Counting! It’s a Fourth of July Miracle (Here in the United States of America). As a reminder ALL Steam Empire Chronicle novels are 25% off this July at Smashwords, and Roma Aeronautica is free! Tell your friends! Tell your family!
Here’s today’s snippet after the break.
01 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017, Self-Publishing
Hi everyone!
To be more accountable, I’ve rejoined Camp NaNoWriMo 2017 for their summer writing project. Here’s the page count where you can check in with me. I’ll update this blog daily (A tough goal!) with how I’m doing, leaving you some tasty tidbits of my writing! End of Laurel Emperor, here I come!
Want to know more? Leave me a comment/question below!
http://campnanowrimo.org/campers/blockade23/projects/laurel-emperor/stats
Let’s aim to get this again this year!
01 Saturday Jul 2017
You can’t put out the fire on these deals!
Salve!
It’s July, and Smashwords is running their awesome Summer Sale, and this year, every novel of the Steam Empire Chronicles will be on sale! This includes Antioch Burns.
Even better, since Roma Aeronautica was already 99 cents, you can now get it for the low-low price of FREE. That’s right, an entirely free novella!
While the coupon codes will be posted on Smashwords, here they are just in case you need them. Coupons (and the deals!) expire on July 30th, so take advantage of them while you can!
UPDATE: YOU CAN SIMPLY DO SSW25 ON ALL BOOKS FOR 25% OFF!
Brass Legionnaire – ES38A
Copper Centurion – PY73T
Iron Tribune – YV83X
Steel Praetorian – CE53F
Roma Aeronautica – SU56Q (This makes the novella entirely free!)
Antioch Burns – (Will be added as available)
So happy to share these with you and to share the work on Laurel Emperor this month – looking forward to getting this book done!
01 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017, Self-Publishing
Let’s finish this novel, shall we?
Me slaying the beast known as Laurel Emperor.
20 Tuesday Dec 2016
Salve readers of the Constantinople Courier!
Coming to you from an undisclosed location deep in the hillsides of Thrace, I’ve traveled to meet a very key person in our on-going efforts against the traitorous uncle of our beloved Primus Imperio Constantine Tiberius Appius. We’ve got a lovely one-on-one interview with up-and-coming Senator… Excuse me, Senatora Octavia Pelia. Thanks so much for agreeing to this quick chat.
03 Saturday Dec 2016
Salve! Today’s post is on the progress of Laurel Emperor, plus a snippet from a character we’ve seen and heard a lot about, and even dealt with, but never actually read about from his own point of view. Anyways, onward to progress!
Word Count: 35,107
Final Goal: 95,000-100,000 words
Chapters: 12 so far
Average size of chapters – 10 pages (5 full word document pages, generally doubled to make the normal chapter size).
Locations of Interest – Thrace, Rome, Byzantium, Alexandria
Read more to find out who our mystery chapter POV character is today!
29 Tuesday Nov 2016
Salve! In less than three days, we take the plunge into Steel Praetorian. Meanwhile, I’m still cracking away at Laurel Emperor, although (insert random excuse here) progress is not as good as hoped. Tonight’s writing featured General Marius Regillus, of the IV Syrian, in action. Don’t know who he is? Check out Antioch Burns, a novella based entirely on characters created by fans of the Steam Empire Chronicles. Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Smashwords for all other platforms.
