by ladipaolo | Wed Oct 2018 | My Blog (c )
This novel by Ursula LeGuin, a coming-of-age story about a young sorcerer by the name of Ged, pulled me in right in–from the very first lines–and it took me to a place unlike any other I had ever been taken to before. Le Guin’s language in this novel...
by ladipaolo | Tue Oct 2018 | My Blog (c )
Dear readers and followers, following the unexpected excitement I witnessed after posting the short story Ronin on Facebook, I am making the story available here for download in ebook format. I hope you enjoy it. Ronin PDF fille (this will open the file in your...
by ladipaolo | Sat Oct 2018 | My Blog (c )
Hello everyone, I said several weeks ago that I might post an excerpt from the audiobook currently in production for “Forebodings – Conquerors of K’Tara Book 1.” So, today I decided to post Chapter 11. In this chapter, Prince Toras, his men,...
by ladipaolo | Sat Sep 2018 | My Blog (c )
It has been a while since I have posted anything about my novel because I needed to focus. I am now nearing 50,000 words or 150 pages in the writing of Book 2 of Conquerors of K’Tara. There is so much happening in the ten chapters. In particular, I feel good...
by ladipaolo | Sun Sep 2018 | My Blog (c )
Reaching the 25% mark on the writing of Book 2 of Conquerors of K’Tara. It feels good. And I completed the writing of the encounter between Noctiferus and one of his pawns, Lusk Methrim. I tried hard and long to envision a scene that would tie everyone’s...
by ladipaolo | Wed Sep 2018 | My Blog (c )
The final covers for the relaunch of the first book of my novel, Forebodings, Conquerors of K’Tara Book 1, are ready. Yesterday, I sent the front of the cover to the company generating the eBook, and by the end of this week, I will upload the new covers to...
by ladipaolo | Thu Aug 2018 | Science in Fiction
Microbe-Generated Electricity The production of electricity by bacteria is a topic which has interested me for a long time, even from before I started writing Conquerors of K’Tara. Of course, we humans are also capable of generating electricity, but we do so...
by ladipaolo | Fri Aug 2018 | My Blog (c )
Another very exciting day. I have been working for a month now with my Italian illustrator (Mr. Michele Parisi) and Canadian graphic artist (Mrs. Guylaine Audette) to create the new cover for Forebodings – Conquerors of K’Tara Book 1. Yesterday, I approved the package...
by ladipaolo | Sat Aug 2018 | My Blog (c )
I am about to write a scene describing an encounter between Noctiferus and one of his pawns, and I am oh so very nervous. Indeed, this will be the first scene where the novel’s main foe interacts with others as such, and it scares me, wondering whether I will be...
by ladipaolo | Sun Aug 2018 | My Blog (c )
This week was a week spent mostly on my website, on the auditions to find a narrator for the novel, as well as on my first newsletter, which I have just completed on this first Sunday of July, and which I plan to send out to those who signed up for it here on Tuesday...
