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The Wretched of Muirwood
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 @ 12:43 pm Novels | 3Comments
For the last few months/years, I have been wrestling with a new story idea to turn into a YA novel. One of my best friends (Jeremy) has insisted that I keep working on the Minya novels or finish the Kingmakers trilogy. But those are stories I thought up years ago... Read MoreEpilogue
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 @ 4:18 pm Jeff's Blog | 2Comments
Had to write the Epilogue for Deep Magic yesterday. We managed to raise close to $1000 in less than 10 days, but it just wasn't enough. I looked at our downloads and we had nearly 500 in the first week. That is very good, so it's not that the message... Read MoreThe end of Deep Magic?
Thursday, June 1st, 2006 @ 12:48 pm Jeff's Blog | Comments Off
It's the first of June and I feel like it's the end of an era. We announced that we will probably shut down Deep Magic in our June issue. This e-zine has been a labor of love for over 4 years now. I have learned so much about the publishing... Read MoreYA market
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006 @ 5:17 pm Jeff's Blog | Comments Off
I have been kicking around for the better part of a year the thought of writing a fantasy novel targeted for the YA market. Maybe it was seeing Chris Paolini's success with Eragon or also my love of the Harry Potter novels. My own first brush with the genre started... Read MoreCaspar David Friedrich
Monday, May 8th, 2006 @ 11:39 am Jeff's Blog | Comments Off
Caspar David Friedrich was a Germany romantic painter from the 19th century. In high school, I had a paperback copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula and it featured one of Friedrich's famous paintings on the cover... Read More The Ravenmaster
Saturday, May 6th, 2006 @ 5:40 pm Stories | Comments Off
The inspiration for this story came from a friend of mine named Sam Andrus. He had returned from a trip to London and had purchased me a postcard from the famous Tower of London. The postcard came in a brown wrapper that described the legend of the ravens there. I... Read More