This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. The whole Starship’s Mage project began sometime in fall of last year. It was, from the beginning, an experiment in two things: structure and self-publishing. Now that I’m sitting at the half-way point, with three of five Episodes published, I figure it’s a good time to look back at why we got here and how it’s succeeding so far. 1) Structure. My ... Read more »
Starship's Mage
Editing, Revised Editions, and a release date!
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. It is a general strike against independently published authors (a crowd I am slowly coming to realize I'm part of) that the editing quality of the e-books we release is not the same as the editing quality of a professional purchased and edited novel. This is one of the reasons e-books from traditionally published authors still cost more than indie books: ... Read more »
The Motivations of Villains
This blog post was published on and may be out of date.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 »
Starship’s Mage: Episode 3 Snippet
This blog post was published on and may be out of date.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 tiny piece from early on in Starship's Mage: Episode 3, as our intrepid heroes go... shopping ... Read more »
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This blog post was published on and may be out of date.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This blog post was published on and may be out of date.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 »