This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. A good villain is an important part of the story. Where is Sherlock Holmes without Moriarty, or Superman without Lex Luthor? In many stories, but especially in genre fiction, without the villain the story doesn’t even start. And yet. What was Sauron’s motivation? Can anyone who hasn’t read the Silmarillion answer that? Why did he set out to conquer ... Read more »
General Writing
Episode 3 Done!
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. Starship's Mage Episode 3 is now complete. It now goes through my edits, and then goes out to my first readers. I gave my cover artist a June 15 deadline for this one, so that's still the target release date after first reader comments and other edits. But its on the horizon now, I promise! XD Glynn ... Read more »
Half Way Point!
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. Yesterday, Starship's Mage Episode 3 hit 13,700 words. This is about halfway through the story of Episode 3, which is looking to come in around 25,000 words, so I think I'm safe in saying that Episode 3 is half-way complete and on target for my planned completion date. With revisions and cover art taken into account, I'm eyeballing a June 15, 2014, ... Read more »
Self-publishing and the appeal of KDP Select
Both Episodes of Starship's Mage are available on a wide variety of platforms and retailers. Most of these are through a single distributor, but Google, Amazon, and Kobo are each set up individually. Getting all of these to release at the same time and at the same price is complicated. (For example, one of the retailers was set up for pre-orders of Episode 2, with a release date of March 15. It was March 17th, the following Monday, before the book became available). I've received ... Read more »
Starship’s Mage: Episode Two is Out now!
Starship's Mage Episode Two is out! Buy it at any of the links below: Amazon.com (Kindle) Amazon.ca (Kindle) Amazon.co.uk (Kindle) Other Amazon Stores (Kindle) Smashwords (Any Device) Google Play Books (Android devices) Kobo Books (Kobo) Barnes & Noble Nook (Nook) Starship’s Mage is set in a future we would never have predicted: where humanity’s far flung interstellar colonies are tied together by the Protectorate of the Mage King of Mars and the magic of the Jump ... Read more »
Ebooks and channels and glitches, oh my!
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. Firstly, Starship's Mage Episode 1 is now up on Barnes & Noble Nook. It's up on Barnes & Noble without the backcover text, which isn't an issue if you find it from here. According to my distributor, this will sort itself out... soon. There's been a few glitches along the way with the distribution process. Where I directly control the release ... Read more »