Sep 29, 2014 | Book Covers, Book Three, Cephrael's Hand, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing |
Paths of Alir, the third book in my award-winning epic fantasy series, released in stores on Saturday (Yay!!). Along the runway to this book release, I started my own publishing company and created the imprint Five Strands Publishing. Since starting on the indie...
Aug 3, 2014 | Blog Tours, Book Covers, Book Three, Cephrael's Hand, Indie Publishing, Maps and Artwork, Paths of Alir, The Dagger of Adendigaeth |
When I began thinking about cover design for Paths of Alir, the third book in my award-winning epic fantasy series, A Pattern of Shadow & Light, I started looking through covers for similar fantasy books published in the last few years. When I published...
Sep 7, 2012 | Book Covers, eBooks, fantasy, Indie Publishing |
I’ve been working with an artist on the cover for book 2, The Dagger of Adendigaeth, as we creep ever closer to publication. For this book cover, I asked Kentaro Kanamoto to paint on his virtual canvas what I’ve been envisioning in the universe of my own...
Aug 29, 2012 | eBooks, Indie Publishing, writing |
David Vinjamuri wrote an excellent article for Forbes Magazine that encapsulates the situation in publishing today, examining the view of this rapidly changing industry from both sides. To listen to the cyber natter and chatter battering about on the subject of indie...
Jul 13, 2012 | fantasy, Indie Publishing, writing |
I was recently interviewed by Lela Michael for Self-Publishing Review on the use of languages in fantasy. Interview: Fantasy Author Melissa McPhail on the Use of Languages SELF-PUBLISHING REVIEW: In my SPR review of Cephrael’s Hand, Book One in your series, I...