Author name: Taylen Carver

I’ve ventured off the map–for me, at least.  It took a lot of skull sweat and work, but I’ve set up a Patreon account. I’ve been subscribed to other authors’ pages on Patreon for over a year, now, and I really like the sense of community and value I get from those pages.  One of […]

This is the third or fourth time I’ve started this post. I keep hitting a problem, every time I start to talk about The Mad Folk of Falconer. I can’t talk about any aspect of the writing, or the research I did to write the book, because anything I talk about will introduce spoilers. As

We’re two weeks away from the release of The Mad Folk of Falconer, story 4 in the Harley Firebird series.  That means it’s sneak peek time. Excerpt EXCERPT FROM THE MAD FOLK OF FALCONER COPYRIGHT © TAYLEN CARVER 2021 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Mad Folk of Falconer A water leaper was sitting on the doorstep

We’re onto book 3 in the Harley Firebird series, and as I write this, I’m about to roll up my sleeves and write book 4.  So far, I’m building in a lot of potential stories that I’ll have to pay off later…but that just makes a far more interesting story, in my opinion.  Lots of

It’s possible this is the first time you’ve seen the cover or heard the title of the latest book in the Harley Firebird series. That’s because I got a bit behind on my writing schedule — a few health issues, and the resulting follow-up medical appointments and tests has taken a big chunk out of

I’ve been waiting patiently to announce this! Recently, I sold a story to Camden Park Press for their Street Magic anthology. The story is “Touched by Faelight” and unlike everything else I’ve written so far, this story is not part of the Magorian & Jones story world. This is a standalone short story set in

In October 2020, I spent an hour on the phone, helping a fellow author put his self-confidence back together. He’d just released his book for 2020.  He’s traditionally published, and NY publishers generally don’t allow authors to write more than a book a year (which is considered amazingly prolific by NY standards). His book is

Harley von Canmore is back and solving another crime in her new town of Falconer, Alberta. This is the first time I’ve had a chance to mention the book, so let me first show you the cover: And because we’re already only two weeks away from the release of the book, here’s the first scene

When authors first get into the publishing business, especially if they go the indie-author route, they’re nearly always told to set their stories in the United States, or else feature an American central character. The theory is that United States readers won’t read a book set anywhere else featuring foreign characters.  And as US readers