by ladipaolo | Thu Apr 2019 | My Blog (c )
263 pages into Book 2 of Conquerors of K’Tara, and 100,268 words. Still a little bit to go before this chapter of the story is done and gets to its conclusion. But it feels good to pass the 100K mark, not because of its size, but because it means I am over 60%...
by ladipaolo | Sat Apr 2019 | My Blog (c )
Michele just finished the horizontal version of the illustration of the scene (for the upcoming Book 2 of Conquerors of K’Tara) where Prince Toras’s Black Guard attacks the Gnarlers with their furans’ assistance. Here, we see Root, Laiella Lux...
by ladipaolo | Mon Apr 2019 | My Blog (c )
I have not posted about my progress on Eruption, Book 2 of Conquerors of K’Tara, in a while, but I thought I would tonight as I am finally past the half-point. Indeed, I just reached 60% of my target, with 96,663 words written. Still quite a long way to go, but...
by ladipaolo | Fri Mar 2019 | My Blog (c )
Here below are the tentative completed lyrics to Lusk’s song. The fifth stanza is from a scene in Forebodings where Lusk is asked to sing a song so a Lux Baiula may find him in the Bind. I decided to complete the song, and this is my attempt at it. Once it is...
by ladipaolo | Sat Mar 2019 | My Blog (c )
The third illustration for Eruption, Book 2 of Conquerors of K’Tara (now called First Eruption), is ready. After adjusting Noctiferus’s gaze, Michele (pronouned Mikeleh) sent me the files. What do you think? Do you recognize a god in Noctiferus? Probably...
by ladipaolo | Wed Mar 2019 | My Blog (c )
The Kindle version of Forebodings, Book 1 of Conquerors of K’Tara will be free, across the world, from Thursday 07 March to Saturday 09 March. Get your copy of this unusual, ambitious 4.5 star fantasy with a world wonderful and filled with unique creatures and...
by ladipaolo | Fri Mar 2019 | My Blog (c )
Two more reviews have come in recently on Forebodings: Conquerors of K’Tara, Book 1, the audiobook. One, from the UK, which readers/listeners in the US and Canada cannot see, and one from the US. These reviews maintain the climbing trend for Forebodings, and it...
by ladipaolo | Thu Feb 2019 | My Blog (c )
The second illustration for Eruption (Conquerors of K’Tara, Book 2) is done. As I mentioned in earlier posts, this represents the arrival of one of the enemies of our heroes’ nation. They are the Zebulonians, a nation ruled by women. Here, they arrive...
by ladipaolo | Wed Feb 2019 | My Blog (c )
The audiobook for Forebodings continues to enchant since its launch on 07Jan2019. More than 30 listeners have purchased it since then, and 10 reviews are now in, averaging to a rating of 4.3/5 (see the reviews). This bodes well for the future. And I remain grateful...
by ladipaolo | Thu Feb 2019 | My Blog (c )
Getting ready for Boskone, the Boston Science Fiction Convention, which starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday at the Westin Waterfront Hotel. If you are around, come meet me there and take a look at a copy of Forebodings , or at copies of the Ronin short-stories, or...
