Hello! I’m Katie Roome from Periapsis Press, and I am very excited to share with you an interview I did last week with indie author Blake Carpenter. The occasion is the release of a new cover for his book Deathbringer–a Gaslamp fantasy tale of necromancy and revenge, and the first in the Spellswords Saga. I […]
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Daily Wire Makes A Pendragon Cycle Mini-Series Replete With Atlantean Bull Dancers
The Dark Herald takes a look at the Pendragon Cycle as made into a mini-series by the Daily Wire. I’m a long-time fan of Stephen Lawhead’s Pendragon Cycle. It’s a retelling of the King Arthur stories but told from both a historical and Christian perspective. It stretches from the final days of the Roman Empire in […]
Action Packed Fairytale Retelling: Clara and the Nutcracker Review
This standalone adventure is an action-packed take on the classic German story that inspired the Christmas ballet
Mike Baron And Blaine Pardoe Tease New Book Collaboration Titled “Tenure”
Mike Baron and Blaine Pardoe are working together on an exciting new book project. Tapping into Baron’s experience with The Punisher and Pardoe’s with the Blue Dawn series, they are creating a new character for today’s troubled times. The first book, Tenure, is being written now. A mix of Jack Reacher and the Mack Bolan […]
Horror Book Writer J.D. Barker Accused Of Using P.R. Firm To Solicit Underage BookTok Influencers For Nude Photos To “Promote” Novel
The online book community is one of the most degenerate cesspools on the internet. Even though the label is “young adult” for several of these influencers on BookTok, most of the audience is middle-aged white women who want to play out power fantasies via the fantasy genre, often coupled with bizarre sexual situations and heavy […]
What Indie Sci-Fi And Fantasy Book Authors Should You Keep an Eye on in 2024?
Political correctness and ideological proselytizing have become a ball and chain for traditional sci-fi and fantasy book publishing. Just look at Tor.com retitling as “Reactor” to avoid association with the publishing house that established the brand, bad author behaviors such as review bombing, and degenerate conduct in the larger sci-fi and fantasy communities. Things are […]
Cardboard Cutouts: Post Modern DC Comics and Marvel Faceplant next to Star Wars and Star Trek
Entertainment just doesn’t have that same spark. I no longer watch Star Wars or Star Trek, and the latest cape movie within the Marvel Universe never even hit my radar. Or even DC Comics live-action or animated offerings of the last 10 years. What used to be a mainstay is now a ghost of former […]
Inexperienced Editors Blamed for Flops Like Pageboy By Elliot Page Are Losing Publishers Millions
Is the publishing world finally seeing the light? Are the Big 5 finally waking up to the fact that woke books just don’t resonate with readers? Behind closed doors, anonymous insiders are pointing fingers at inexperienced editors for championing failed acquisitions pushing identity politics like Elliot Page and her transgender mental illness glorifying book, “Page […]
The Final Countdown
This is it! Star Realms: Rescue Run hits tomorrow. Kindle preorders are still up at http://bit.ly/starrealmsnovel and I have word that ordering for the physical book will also be available tomorrow for those waiting for that. So excited! If you haven’t heard much about it yet…. well then you haven’t read this blog. But if […]
The Five Books That Got Me Interested In Writing
I’m going to take a brief detour from my NaNoWriMo prep, as today I started thinking about when I became interested in writing, and what pushed me to it. Honorable mention has to go to the television show, Babylon 5, as reading those scripts opened my eyes to in depth story telling at a young […]
