Hey everyone!
I'm currently in the midst of HARD EDITS. They're really hard. I've been fiddling around with this particular project so long it's... not that fun any more to say the least.
But you know what is fun?
MAGIC!
It's actually great fun... and even better when you can visit the unique magic of many different worlds. This can be done in one of my anthologies - Worlds of Magic.
This short story contains the following stories:
Seafarer (How did the princess fall in love with the pirate queen?)
Lucy and the Magician (A lonely young girl's acquaintance with a magician leads to many gifts of friendship)
Catching
Fireflies (A young kelpie has to convince his prey to join him in the
depths of the lake. At the bottom, the prey's dangerous task will be
revealed)
The Hungry Worlds (A thief steals a sword, but in
exchange, she tries to save the village she stole it from from a danger
that encompasses more than one world)
Into the Still Places (Two
races who've been at war for aeons. A rogue soldier. Two princes intent
on saving their worlds. They will have to work together to save their
citizens)
The Path of Lost Souls (In a world far from our own,
one becomes an adult by completing the Path of Lost Souls. It's one
young man's turn to prove himself, even though his half-brother will
sabotage his journey)
More than half of Worlds of Magic's stories
happen off-world (in worlds that aren't our own). Lucy and the Magician
and Catching Fireflies alone are set in the real world although it has
been enhanced with... strange kinds of magic.
Half of Worlds of Magic's stories can also be read to children! Worlds of Magic provides three amazing bedtime stories
and six exciting stories of adventure and strange worlds for the day.
Are you excited yet? Do you want to be taken to six magical worlds? If you have a subscription to Kindle Unlimited you can now read Worlds of Magic for free. If not... $2.99 will buy me a whole box of tea for the next two weeks! :)
And if you leave a review once you're done reading it? Well that'll just make my whole month!
Cheers!
WriteBot.
Showing posts with label worlds of magic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label worlds of magic. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Friday, December 7, 2018
Xenos and Worlds of Magic ONLINE!
Hey guys!
The two short stories collections I've been talking about recently have been published today! They are Xenos and Worlds of Magic.
Xenos is a science fiction work including such sub-genres as cosmic horror, first contact, weird events, and post-apocalyptic fiction. Some of them (as implied by cosmic 'horror') are actually very creepy. These are namely Of One Mind, which deals with the effects of tampering with humans minds, set between half a century and a century in the future of our own world, and Moonfarer, which is pure cosmic horror (and scared me the most while writing it).
Another story in the anthology is Immortal (A creature of a different world seeks a new body to inhabit on Earth). This one is one of my favourites because of its concept and because the alien main character is not the kind to just obtain a body by any means necessary. He goes about it much like a job interview instead.
Xenos also includes an older (but very popular) story called 2115. 2115's blurb: As alien spaceships descend on Earth, a worn-out soldier, a drug-addicted medic, and a little girl have to fight for their survival.
The Epilogue to Xenos is Eye in the Sky. I think it fits the cosmic horror theme quite well.
Worlds of Magic on the other hand is entirely different. It's half stories you'd read to children before bedtime - Lucy and the Magician, Catching Fireflies, Seafarer - and half fantasy for a more mature audience (but nothing graphic!) - The Hungry Worlds, Into the Still Places, The Path of Lost Souls -. These are gentle and adventurous stories. They excite through the adventure imagery they build and make you feel good because of the themes explored. The themes are friendship, love, and working together despite the odds. This by the way goes for both halves of the anthology!
The first story in Worlds of Magic is Seafarer. This is a pirate story with strange magics and a slightly wry way of telling it. The premise of this story went: How did the princess fall in love with the pirate? I had in mind the pirate would be a guy. But she wasn't. I had a lot of fun writing the pirate queen Aaea and the more modest (although not really) princess Isolde's father the King. They make a great comical pairing between the two of them.
Lucy and the Magician is another story (the second story in the anthology) very close to my heart. It took me a while to finish and it's fairly long but very complete in a way. While editing this story, the ending came around (I changed the first draft's ending) and it just fit. It's a story about gifts - and primarily the gift of friendship.
The other stories are Catching Fireflies (You've heard a lot about this one! It's the story that got me my first review back in September!) about a kelpie trying to seduce a girl to join him in the depths of his lake - with a twist. The girl - his prey - has a task to complete under the waves that only a human can do. And it's dangerous.
In the other half of the anthology you'll find the stories more geared towards adults (themes as well as rating of scenes. These stories are a tiny bit more bloody and serious in a mature way than the three above). The Hungry Worlds is a thief's guilty journey into a deep forest to save the village she stole from last. Into the Still Places portrays a war between two races of different worlds in which neither of them wants to give way yet both have to if they are to save their realms. The sixth story, The Path of Lost Souls, is probably the most adult-serious of the whole book. It's more grave than all the others combined (although still not graphic).
Want to give it a try? It's out on Amazon! (PS: don't mind the missing covers. I have faith in KDP that they'll update them eventually!)
Xenos: (creepy science fiction!) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6KHNB9
Worlds of Magic: (magic adventure stories!) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6KQM28
Have a good night/day! WriteBot.
The two short stories collections I've been talking about recently have been published today! They are Xenos and Worlds of Magic.
Xenos is a science fiction work including such sub-genres as cosmic horror, first contact, weird events, and post-apocalyptic fiction. Some of them (as implied by cosmic 'horror') are actually very creepy. These are namely Of One Mind, which deals with the effects of tampering with humans minds, set between half a century and a century in the future of our own world, and Moonfarer, which is pure cosmic horror (and scared me the most while writing it).
Another story in the anthology is Immortal (A creature of a different world seeks a new body to inhabit on Earth). This one is one of my favourites because of its concept and because the alien main character is not the kind to just obtain a body by any means necessary. He goes about it much like a job interview instead.
Xenos also includes an older (but very popular) story called 2115. 2115's blurb: As alien spaceships descend on Earth, a worn-out soldier, a drug-addicted medic, and a little girl have to fight for their survival.
The Epilogue to Xenos is Eye in the Sky. I think it fits the cosmic horror theme quite well.
The first story in Worlds of Magic is Seafarer. This is a pirate story with strange magics and a slightly wry way of telling it. The premise of this story went: How did the princess fall in love with the pirate? I had in mind the pirate would be a guy. But she wasn't. I had a lot of fun writing the pirate queen Aaea and the more modest (although not really) princess Isolde's father the King. They make a great comical pairing between the two of them.
Lucy and the Magician is another story (the second story in the anthology) very close to my heart. It took me a while to finish and it's fairly long but very complete in a way. While editing this story, the ending came around (I changed the first draft's ending) and it just fit. It's a story about gifts - and primarily the gift of friendship.
The other stories are Catching Fireflies (You've heard a lot about this one! It's the story that got me my first review back in September!) about a kelpie trying to seduce a girl to join him in the depths of his lake - with a twist. The girl - his prey - has a task to complete under the waves that only a human can do. And it's dangerous.
In the other half of the anthology you'll find the stories more geared towards adults (themes as well as rating of scenes. These stories are a tiny bit more bloody and serious in a mature way than the three above). The Hungry Worlds is a thief's guilty journey into a deep forest to save the village she stole from last. Into the Still Places portrays a war between two races of different worlds in which neither of them wants to give way yet both have to if they are to save their realms. The sixth story, The Path of Lost Souls, is probably the most adult-serious of the whole book. It's more grave than all the others combined (although still not graphic).
Want to give it a try? It's out on Amazon! (PS: don't mind the missing covers. I have faith in KDP that they'll update them eventually!)
Xenos: (creepy science fiction!) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6KHNB9
Worlds of Magic: (magic adventure stories!) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6KQM28
Have a good night/day! WriteBot.
Friday, November 30, 2018
Art for Seafarer!
Hey everyone!
I wanted to share with you a piece of art that was made for one of my stories:
Seafarer. Seafarer is one of the stories that will be published in Worlds of Magic when it is released on the 7th of December. The story of Seafarer follows a young woman as she tries to find out how her mother fell in love with her partner. It's a tale of how the pirate queen acquired herself a princess. The two main characters are shown on the image!
In a way this post is a character introduction as well. I give you: Aaea and Isolde! (Click to enlarge!)
(by Ngo Hung)
Isn't it pretty?
This story is one of friendship and love and light. It is about mysterious magics and screaming kings and pirates who steal underwear. It's a fun story of adventure as well as deep and insightful into the nature of human relationships.
Excited? It's coming out on the 7th of December! Stay tuned.
WriteBot.
I wanted to share with you a piece of art that was made for one of my stories:
Seafarer. Seafarer is one of the stories that will be published in Worlds of Magic when it is released on the 7th of December. The story of Seafarer follows a young woman as she tries to find out how her mother fell in love with her partner. It's a tale of how the pirate queen acquired herself a princess. The two main characters are shown on the image!
In a way this post is a character introduction as well. I give you: Aaea and Isolde! (Click to enlarge!)
(by Ngo Hung)
Isn't it pretty?
This story is one of friendship and love and light. It is about mysterious magics and screaming kings and pirates who steal underwear. It's a fun story of adventure as well as deep and insightful into the nature of human relationships.
Excited? It's coming out on the 7th of December! Stay tuned.
WriteBot.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Xenos and THE OTHER PROJECT
Hey everyone!
As you know, I've been working on edits for several stories that'll go into the Xenos short story collection. I know a lot of you also liked the cover (yay!). Today, I wanted to just quickly update you on Xenos and... surprise you!
Xenos first.
It's been going great. Xenos will be published on the 7th of December. The short stories included are nearly finished with their last edit. I'll of course update you once it's done, but the most important date to keep in mind is December 7th 2018! That's when Xenos comes out on KDP.
BUT that's not all.
Because it's Christmas soon I've decided to release another short story collection at the same time!
Here's the cover!
This collection is very much different from Xenos. Where Xenos focuses a lot on the unknown and scary in combination with cosmic events, Worlds of Magic is a collection of magical and gentle tales of friendships, love, and adventure.
The stories included are:
Lucy and the Magician (a sweet story featuring the tales of many lives)
Seafarer (How did the princess fall in love with the pirate queen?)
The Hungry Worlds (A girl thief trying to atone for stealing a village's most prized sword... but maybe primarily to impress a knight of the all female watch)
Into The Still Places (the prince of a far-away place trying to save not only his world but that of his enemies as well)
The Path of Lost Souls (a boy's trial by maze to survive into adulthood. This one isn't so gentle as the rest.)
Are you hyped yet? You should be. These stories are perfect to read when you're feeling lonely or sad. They're also perfect as a Christmas gift! They will be released on the same day as Xenos - 7th of December - and you can buy them on Amazon once they're out. I'll of course update with a link once it's on there!
That's all about Xenos and Worlds of Magic.
Another update (that doesn't strictly need to be discussed but will discussed anyway): I've been watching The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Prime series) for the last few weeks. At this point I'm almost done with season three and severely disappointed. The first two seasons were great. It all made sense (mostly). But with season three the writers have just failed in their mission to keep watchers hooked. The tension and excitement of the first and second seasons just isn't there. Why? Because the writers failed to raise the stakes after season two. How? I'll explain more in my post about this very topic tomorrow! It's a great case study in what NOT to do when you're writing a series.
For now, good night/day! WriteBot.
As you know, I've been working on edits for several stories that'll go into the Xenos short story collection. I know a lot of you also liked the cover (yay!). Today, I wanted to just quickly update you on Xenos and... surprise you!
Xenos first.
It's been going great. Xenos will be published on the 7th of December. The short stories included are nearly finished with their last edit. I'll of course update you once it's done, but the most important date to keep in mind is December 7th 2018! That's when Xenos comes out on KDP.
BUT that's not all.
Because it's Christmas soon I've decided to release another short story collection at the same time!
Here's the cover!
The stories included are:
Lucy and the Magician (a sweet story featuring the tales of many lives)
Seafarer (How did the princess fall in love with the pirate queen?)
The Hungry Worlds (A girl thief trying to atone for stealing a village's most prized sword... but maybe primarily to impress a knight of the all female watch)
Into The Still Places (the prince of a far-away place trying to save not only his world but that of his enemies as well)
The Path of Lost Souls (a boy's trial by maze to survive into adulthood. This one isn't so gentle as the rest.)
Are you hyped yet? You should be. These stories are perfect to read when you're feeling lonely or sad. They're also perfect as a Christmas gift! They will be released on the same day as Xenos - 7th of December - and you can buy them on Amazon once they're out. I'll of course update with a link once it's on there!
That's all about Xenos and Worlds of Magic.
Another update (that doesn't strictly need to be discussed but will discussed anyway): I've been watching The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Prime series) for the last few weeks. At this point I'm almost done with season three and severely disappointed. The first two seasons were great. It all made sense (mostly). But with season three the writers have just failed in their mission to keep watchers hooked. The tension and excitement of the first and second seasons just isn't there. Why? Because the writers failed to raise the stakes after season two. How? I'll explain more in my post about this very topic tomorrow! It's a great case study in what NOT to do when you're writing a series.
For now, good night/day! WriteBot.
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