Sequels and daughters

   Jester fought the good fight bravely during its Kindlescout campaign. Eventually it wasn't picked up, but the whole experience was very enlightening and at times pleasant. Now a month or so later a paperback edition is ready and will be available shortly. A Kindle edition is also in the works and will appear on Amazon Select later this week. In the meantime I'm busy writing the sequel, Freyja's Torc, which means I'm basically absent socially, with notable exceptions :p

As for the title, hah... that's daughter number three for my bro... man, that's a hell of a job. Congrats! :)






 

On First Novels

Origins is the first novel I've ever written.
I'm currently writing number seventeen.

It went through several transformations/translations including from Greek to Bulgarian and then English. It was written at times with a cheap BIC ball pen, an ancient typewriter I've bought from a shady communist in an open bazaar and even some portions of it on a laptop. I've finished it ten years before it was published while still a student. Some parts I've lost due to various reasons, some of them funny -like coffee accidents, others not so much like those that were in a box I forgot in Prague after a three day holiday of which I remember very little. I've never really wanted to change it. I probably never will but not because I think it's perfect -far from it.

What it does, is reminding me of a time I was younger and probably less obnoxious. Before the beta readers and the editing, endless reworking or rewrites etc. It's as simple as that. While I evolved both as a writer and a person -hopefully- and while it's probably true I need to just toss the whole thing out a window and write it from scratch, as I always preach it's the safer and advised thing to do - I don't want to :)

It's available for free and gotten a fair share of pounding from some reviewers/readers that have pointed at times its many shortcomings. I know them all, believe me. I respect the criticism even if it targets a different writer.  I'm elated with everyone that has loved it, or read it with an open mind.

But as everyone that has ever written anything at some point in his life will realize, a part of my younger self lives in it, a part we all lose when we grow up or get better. Flawed art isn't a decease. It's just art that needs more work done. Perfection is always subjective as much as elusive. Maybe I'll do a revision at some point if I feel like it but until then it'll stay like it is, a simple free for all story.

Those that have mustered the small patience its needed to finish it are hopefully rewarded moving on to the more mature sequels I've written a good ten years later. Writers evolve, stories evolve. Eventually, life moves us all forward.







 

Artwork & covers

While in the midst of the Jester campaign, which translates in talking a lot and watching random other campaigns & authors hoping you'll glimpse something useful -most of the times unsuccessfully, my friend Blackveil, the artist working on my covers, reminded me that she was almost a month in already which meant she'd finished on the Living Sword Chronicles.
Three shiny covers I like a lot to replace the old and worn-out hehe covers already dating three years now.

I'm also busy writing Freyja's Torc, but it's progressing slowly since the summer is here in force, along with with the strong heat, the mindless July fun and the unconquered allure of the Mediterranean lassies :)

    

Jester campaign begins

Λοιπον η καμπανια για το Jester ξεκινα 6 Ιουλιου. Θα δωσω το λιγκ μολις ανοιξει η εφαρμογη. Oποιοσδηποτε μπορει να γραφτει στην Amazon συγκεκριμενα στο Kindle Scout

https://kindlescout.amazon.com/


και αυτοματα δικαιουται να κανει nominate μεχρι τρια διαγωνιζομενα βιβλια, αναμεσα τους το δικο μου seriously guys & gals αλλιως δεν εχει πλακα :) Εαν αυτα προκριθουν τα κερδιζει αμεσα & τελειως δωρεαν οποτε κοιταξτε να διαλεξτε τα καλυτερα, δηλαδη τον Angelo και αλλους δυο :D

Jester (Dark Jester's tale book 1)

link opens July 6th

https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3S6J7B6TARAQ1

Jester

Jester, is my first crack at Amazon's Kindle Scout program. I hope it curves its own path and does well as I had great fun writing it. It is about a minor character from Scarred (King of Blades), but famous nonetheless at least according to him. Zeru of Bayonne. We find him ten years after the events described in Scarred, a bit more mature perhaps but that's about it. He's still wandering around trying to make ends meet, still unfortunately lucky, if that is a thing. Always and forever in some kind of trouble. A coward with the heart of a hero. You'll love him.
 

 

A bit of summer fun

Summer offers/ coupon codes

Dark Jester's tale

A new series exclusive for the Kindle Scout is coming soon. 

Books submitted through this platform will compete with each other for a 5 year contract with Kindle Press. The readers will determine which book will get the green light, so give me a thumbs up will ya? 

I'll post the link as soon as it's ready.

in the meantime...

 

covers are almost ready...

here are the two I like the most from the first two episodes 

Series is called Dark Jester's tale