Frequent Questions

I write fantasy, whether adventure yarns or more literary tales that have underlying themes about social issues and philosophy (a kind of thinking man’s fantasy). I sometimes write science fiction.

Llurien stories (always fantasy)

• The Tales of Llurien
• Talon Stormbringer
  • The Ever Fiend
  • The Screaming Moragul

Non-Llurien Stories

• Fantasy
  • The Dragon Gate Series
• Other
  • The Insultalon

They can be read in any order, as there are no story lines crossing the books, but for those who really want to read them in order, a continuously updated chronology of stories is located here. This chronology can change at any time as I write and release more Talon stories, which is being done in whatever order I think of them in.

Yes. Bewildering Stories published “The Insultalon” story in 2009. My own publishing company Evermore Press has published a number of fiction and non-fiction books since 2015.

As of 2020, here is the count of novels, novellas, short stories, and non-fiction works, with a word about status.

• Novels: 7.
  • The Sword of Sollinae: my first book (part of a trilogy), written in my teens. Will never be published. Set on Llurien.
  • Of Hauntings and Hunting (For Once & Evermore, #1): written long ago, the book is too long. Will be fixed at some point, with #2 then written and both published. Set on Llurien.
  • The Dragon Gate: written around 2007, updated in 2020, to be published in 2021.
  • There are also three novels written and published (2014-2015) under another name and genre.
  • A political satire, written/published in 2019 under another name
• Novellas: 1
  • The Ever Fiend: Talon Stormbringer: published in 2016. Set on Llurien.
• Short Stories: 12
  • The Insultalon: published in 2009
  • The Tales of Llurien stories: 11 of the intended 28 are written
• Non-fiction: 14.
  • “Corporate” books, to be published under another name
    • A survival guide, drafted summer 2019, hopefully finished and published in 2020
    • Two partially written memoirs, drafted 2017-2018, the first due for completion/publication in 2020
  • A memoir trilogy: to be revised (years from now) and published under another name
  • The Art of World Building
    • Volume 1: Creating Life (2017)
    • Volume 2: Creating Places (2017)
    • Volume 3: Cultures and Beyond (2020)
    • Volumes 1-3: The Complete Art of World Building (2020)
    • Volume 4: Creating Life – The Podcast Transcripts (2019)
    • Volume 5: Creating Places – The Podcast Transcripts (2019)
    • Volume 6: Cultures and Beyond – The Podcast Transcripts (2020)
    • 185 Tips on World Building (2020)

Lots of reasons. The stigma attached to self-publishing is thankfully a thing of the past. An entire industry has sprung up around independent authors, making it easy to get professionals to design covers and edit a work, and even promote it. Retailers like Amazon have all sorts of tools for this, too. A true revolution took place in the last decade.

At the same time, traditional publishers began offering even less, from advances to promotion, while taking just as much control and royalties away from writers. The effort to attract an agent or publisher is considerable and, when unsuccessful, leaves an author completely ignorant as to why their work wasn’t chosen, making it difficult to alter their pitch into one more successful.

Self-publishing allows one to retain all creative control over everything from content to covers, promotional strategies and release schedules.