There’s a fascinating discussion going on in one of my author groups, about writing short. So I thought I’d ask you about reading short(er) stories. Just to give you some perspective on that; traditional, NY-based publishing, the books you see on the shelves in bookstores, generally runs to around 100,000 words, if not more. Fantasy
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We’re two weeks away from the release of Touched by Faelight. It’s time for the first chapter. Only, there are no chapters for this story. Instead, I’ll drop a largish excerpt, below. Enjoy! EXCERPT FROM TOUCHED BY FAELIGHT COPYRIGHT © TAYLEN CARVER 2022 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Touched By Faelight We were crossing the Bosphorus in
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I’ve received a lot of emails since I released The Dragon of Falconer, most of them a variation of: “Why are you writing all this short stuff? When are we going to see Harley Firebird in a novel?” And I get that. I do. I’m one of those people who walks around with their fingers
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Last year, I participated in the UF anthology Street Magic (which is still available here, and there’s some damn fine story-telling in it, too!) My story in the anthology was “Touched by Faelight”. Now I have the rights back to the story, I’ve published it as a standalone story and it’s now available for pre-order.
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The sixth story in the Harley Firebird series will be released in a couple of weeks, which means it’s time for a long-ish excerpt from the beginning of the book (in lieu of the usual Chapter One). Excerpt EXCERPT FROM THE FIREBIRD’S REGRET COPYRIGHT © TAYLEN CARVER 2022 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Firebird’s Regret Harley
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I personally love binge reading, especially if I can do the reading in long sessions — a few hours or more. If the story is good, then I emerge from that reading feeling like I’ve been away from the real world, and maybe a touch drunk with the immersion into the story world (although, as
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It’s been a while since I wrote the second book in the Magorian and Jones series. Under one of my other pen names, I had foolishly committed to writing an entire series at the rate of a book a month, then capped the stupidity by putting the entire series up for pre-order. The retail book
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If you shop at Barnes & Noble, then until December 19th, if you buy one of the first two books in the Magorian & Jones series, you can get the other at a 50% discount. You can find The Memory of Water here, and The Triumph of Felix here. Also, we’re two weeks away from
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Hi all; If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving today, enjoy your turkey! If you shop at Kobo and you’re in Canada, the USA, the UK, Australia or New Zealand, then you might want to pop over to Kobo and check out their Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale. Look for the banners at the top of the site, mentioning
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Pain is an interesting thing. It has magical properties. Back in July, I had pains in my chest, on the left hand side. They weren’t severe, but they alarmed me enough that I headed to the ER. A battery of tests and x-rays later, I was told I had indigestion. I changed my diet (radically),
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