If you read fantasy for the magic, the world-building, and the occasional moment of dark humor—I write that. One urban fantasy series, one epic fantasy series, both set in the Fractured Arcana universe, with more coming. My newsletter takes you deeper into the worlds, the characters, and what's next.
Newsletter - November 1, 2024
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The Scare for the Cure is becoming a family tradition. We go to Good Luck Grill beforehand, have burgers (chicken fried steak for me, please), then venture through what amounts to a bloody escape room. This year went light on the puzzles and more heavy on the acting. Despite the fact that the adventure was book themed (the Hunter could only catch you when you were between the worlds of different stories, like Alice in Wonderland, The Time Machine, The Raven), without the puzzles, I found it less interesting than previous years. But it's still fun! I'm ahead of schedule on Bones of Cenaedth... you know, because I no longer have a job... so, silver lining? All the final versions are already uploaded and the release is running on autopilot. Folks who signed up for the ARC should be getting a separate email today to remind them they can go put ratings/reviews on Goodreads. Book 3, Secrets of Deara, has about 12k words written, and another 16k from the first pass that have to be redone. So it's got some meat. It has an entirely different set of writing difficulties than Book 2. Which is fun. I also pushed the new cover for Book 1 of Guardian League into Amazon & Ingram. Oh, the audiobook too. Which reminds me, I finally hit enough sales that ACX gave me new promo codes. If anyone would like to listen to The Guardian of The Palace, narrated by the one and only Jillian Yetter, let me know. I would ask that you rate the audiobook if you use a promo code. Seems fair. I gave away the original set of promo codes way too freely... I think I have 3 or 4 ratings/reviews on the audiobook for a hundred freebies. Sad. All books by Steven J. Morris Indie Author ShowcasePrevious Newsletters
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Steven J Morris
If you read fantasy for the magic, the world-building, and the occasional moment of dark humor—I write that. One urban fantasy series, one epic fantasy series, both set in the Fractured Arcana universe, with more coming. My newsletter takes you deeper into the worlds, the characters, and what's next.
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