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Gone Gold!
Yes, after 5 longs years of work (ok, 6 months of work surrounded by 4 1/2 years of procrastination), I have finally finished my first novel, The Emperor's Opal.
My thanks to those HoC members who, when asked to read the drafts and provide feedback and criticism, managed to side-step, find excuses, or just plainly ignore my pleas and supplications. You know who you are. One such member, who shall remain nameless (like you can't guess), has the distinction of having not read the book longer than any other person who's been asked to. Now that took determination!
Anyway, The final proof is heading to me as we speak and, barring disaster, will be released shortly thereafter. My plan is to ship a bunch of copies to Canada to be there when I am home over the holidays, so if anyone wants one, signed or not, let me know and I will make sure there are enough.
They will be for sale on Amazon and also through my own site, but they'll probably be significantly more expensive that way (especially for Canadians) than if you get it from me when I am home.
That's for everyone except Blackwalt and Coxxorz, who will pay double the list price if they want one.
Below is the blurb from the back cover, just to give you an idea.
Vampires are dying.
So who cares? Had it been six months earlier, Preston Black certainly wouldn’t have. He wouldn’t have believed they were alive to start with. Had he not met Tamantha McKinley in a bar in The Village and had his life turned upside down, he would have continued believing that vampires, along with ghouls, fairies, pixies and trolls, were just creatures of fantasy.
He did meet Tammy, and she started him down a road that would not only make him the proprietor of the only store serving the needs of New York’s magical community, it would also lead him on a dangerous trek through Europe and the Middle East seeking an artifact that just might save the lives of members of the Spanish Vampire Court.
Through all of this, Preston would be forced to rethink all he believed in, while dodging sorcerers, demons and nasty booby traps, not to mention the competition. Added to this, his faith in Tammy, his newly minted wizard partner and the love of his life, would be tested as they neared the end of the journey. Could Tammy resist the lure of the artifact once she found it? Could Preston get though to her if she didn’t?
Those who had been exposed found it difficult to resist …
The Emperor’s Opal.
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Is this actually real?
It does sound very interesting. I believe I deserve a free signed copy frankly and I'll tell you why. It was because of me constantly bringing pain and sorrow (a well known catalyst to good writers) to Stormblades life that helped him, clearly, create this novel.
This was done (mostly) before he even met you.
And I have caused him way more pain and sorrow than you can possible imagine.
I win.
No one tops me when it comes to the abuse and mental torture of Stormblade.
Don't even bother trying to compete. You have already lost.
You must have been steamed when you wrote this.
Your spelling sucks.
I should have figured this out sooner. That is why you are obsessed with Macs ... you are a writer. Shit, should have known.
That would be because I am intelligent and I like things that work exactly as I expect them to all the time. Otherwise I would be perfectly happy to have a PoC.
I hear Fedora 10 is on par with Ubuntu 8.04 too.
Did I mention that all major Linux distrobutions release major OS updates every 6 months ... when was the last Mac release?
Linux wins. Gentoo most of all :) hmmmm, Gentoo.
When there's a new OSX release, people care.
I like to make up words too.
And when you build something properly, you don't have to redo it several times a year.
I would like a copy
If you're dead would the signed copy be worth more?
:)
...who can arrange to find out.
I win!
I will look forward to reading it. Of course, if there are any misspellings, I will not hesitate to revek you.
Revek, you should copyright that term. I can hear it now, some high school teacher telling the class the Suzy was reveked for misspelling her last name.
I was considereing submitting it to Webster. All we need to do is come up with a propped definition. Next poll perhaps?
You never asked me to proof read
And you know I won't pull any punches.
I had no idea this was going on.
I have done book reviews before. I am sad he never asked me. :(
Honestly, why pay for it?
Grab it here: http://www.torrentportal.com/details/3769836/Blacks+4th+Draft+PDF.html
You got his permission to post his book online? I would have thought you would have at least password protected the torrent so that only we could download it. Although, you could probably have chosen a better pen name.
Kimberly.
Kimberly Stormblade.
Stormblade Kim.
StormKim.
Stormberly.
New pole!
What should Stormblades pen name be:
Kimmy
Stormberly
Stormbelly! Master of the great winds!
Pen name? I don't need no stinkin pen name!