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Meister of the Secret
Posted on 16 September 2011 | No responses
And here we go again: Volume Two is launched! Remember to read it all, prologue and chapter one put up today. Speaking on that, a good number of people seemed to miss the epilogue of Volume One, if my hit count is anything to go by. If you missed it, that link is to it (and the next button will take you through the cover of Volume One, then the cover of Volume Two, then to the Prologue of Volume Two). To my new readers, you will probably want to start there.
Tags: Free, Illustrated, Meister of the Secret, serial novel, Site Revamp, Steampunk, Tijervyn
Categories: Writing
One Week Delay, Again
Posted on 9 September 2011 | 2 responses
So, I thought I had given myself enough time, and while the product, that is to say, the prologue, first chapter, and associated art for Meister of the Secret is ready, I have a bunch of other legwork that is not, and some personal life stuff has kind of eaten up my time so that I couldn’t have it ready for today. So, next week, Volume 2 launches. In the meantime, have the first chapter of a novel I was working on a while ago and sat down. I have about 20k written in it, but I didn’t really like the feel of where it had been going since about 10k, and put it down to try to come back to later. It is a bit of a post-modern fantasy, told form the point of view of both the mentor character and the naïve hero (or in this case, heroine.)
Rust on the Blade, by Richard Fife: Chapter One.
Tags: delay, post-modern fantasy, Short Fiction, Tijervyn
Categories: Short Fictions Writing
Bleeding Symbolism
Posted on 26 August 2011 | No responses
First off: Page 8!
This is the last page of “The Story of Cook”. I hope you have enjoyed this short interlude. Next, a small pimpage of my social media. If you are a twitter or facebook follower of mine (links to the left), then you will soon get a special treat in your feeds by way of the cover art and title of The Tijervyn Chronicles Volume 2! Weee! Anyway, onto actual blog posty stuff.
So, part of the “for sale” eBook I’m putting together for Revenant is that I wrote a special short story/23rd chapter that will be in the “for purchase” version of the book only. Well, I’ll probably post it as a $0.99 download on its own too, but regardless! I wrote this chapter.
And, in this chapter, I suddenly started to realize I was using some symbolism and phrases I’d used in other short stories, in particular dealing with cheating destiny and forging your own fate. And I had the sudden worry: am I becoming a theme writer?
Tags: coming of age, G.R.R. Martin, morality, personal agency, Robert Jordan, symbolism, themes
Categories: Writing
The Business of Writing
Posted on 19 August 2011 | No responses
Page 7 of Legends of Tijervyn.
So, as I’ve mentioned before, I am starting to look into opening a storefront here on RichardFife.com that will have the compiled eBook of Revenant and the ability to buy high quality prints of the artwork. My announcement was made of light and hope and dreams. And no, I’m not saying that it isn’t going to happen, I’m just saying this is becoming a headache to figure out. I mean, what I am doing is basically a step above a glorified lemonade stands, small business wise, but I’m having to worry about all the sales tax (which in North Carolina is a bit of a hassle), business licenses, learning ZenCart, figuring out the best and easiest way to take payment (which will most likely be paypal). Oi. It is all exhausting, especially when I’m dealing with an understaffing at my dayjob and several big issues/projects that decided to crop up during said time, finishing the edit and re-ebook-ification of the novel, the starting of the new novel, Dragon*Con… Yeah, I got my work cut out for me.
And as thus, this is all the news post this week. I actually have some good stuff I want to talk about, just too pulled-in-all-directions right now to settle down and do it. Now, back to reading on how to sell my e-Lemonade to the world.
Tags: business, plans, small business, writing
Categories: Admin Blog
The Lost Skeleton
Posted on 12 August 2011 | No responses
Page 6, which, if you squint and hold your head to the side, might have something to do with lost skeletons. That is a coincidence, as it happens.
To the main body of today’s post, I watched a movie called “The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra.” It was actually a rather new production that was made to resemble the old b-movie low-budget horror films of fifty years ago. It was amazing Read more
Tags: b-movie, bad movies, Horror, Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Movie Review, parody, satire, Science Fiction
Categories: Admin Blog