Ours Is the Storm – 2nd Edition Hey all. I’ve parted ways with my distributor, which means Ours Is the Storm is off the sales sites for a short time. That means, however, that I have the chance to make some alterations that I’ve been thinking about. This might include some cool new stuff, like …
Only One Day Left to Raise Money for Doctors Without Borders Pretty simple: Your donation supports Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (UK). The more you donate, the more lottery tickets you get. Winning gets you a bundle of signed, numbered, dedicated fantasy novels, some less known, some from big-name, big deal-authors. If you’re lucky, you’ll …
Fantasy Fundraiser, Acution, and Book Lottery Fantasy Fundraiser for charity! Hosted by Booknest.eu and featuring 100 fantasy authors working together to benefit Doctors Without BordersSO yeah – It’s all there in the graphic. OK, most of it. BookNest.eu is hosting a lottery and auction, and they’ve recruited the 100 authors you see above to donate signed, …
Indie Books on the Interwebs A while ago, I applied for an feature on indie books on Literary Lightbox. LL’s Indie Spotlight features twelve authors per year, one each month. The list is specially curated out of a pool of many millions (possibly jillions) of applicants (Probably, I don’t know). Yesterday, I got this: 2016 Indie Spotlight Loretta Milan over …
Hey all, I ran across this yesterday which was a pretty cool find. BestFantasyBooks.com compiles several lists every year of their favorite works, and for 2016 Ours Is the Storm made their top 25 best indie fantasy books list! (You have to scroll down quite a bit, but there are a bunch of other great books to …
I’m pleased to announce the beginning of a new project. RAZE is a fantasy fiction web serial I will be writing for free on my website, dthoursonpalmer.com, and updating weekly. It is the story of RAZE, the self-proclaimed world’s greatest warrior. Born Heshim, the son of poor grain and poppy farmers, Raze is taken from his home …
Here I am, procrastinating on actually working on my new projects (The Festival of Masks, a Mona Scrap, and RAZE, a fantasy web serial) or old projects (The Victorious Death of Eliza Warden) but sort of doing something useful by blogging a little. The Lies of Locke Lamora is funny, brutal at times, clever, and fresh. It’s Ocean’s …
That line’s been on my mind for a while. Pertinent to the Wardens books. I’ve got beta copies out with several readers and so far am hearing good things. Hoping to be ready to do a final clean-up and shop it around late this year or early 2016.
People hate on the Hobbit films, and for sure, they had their problems. One thing I did like, though, was the expansion of the Necromancer/Dol Guldur storyline. I remember reading The Hobbit as a child and being very confused that there wasn’t more information on what Gandalf seemed to feel was a big enough deal …