The Best DIY Tools to Publish a Book on a Budget

by Julie-Ann Harper Self-publishing is booming, and with this transition comes a plethora of organisations worldwide offering author services to writers. But what if your budget doesn’t extend to a professional editor, typesetter, cover designer, and so forth? Does this mean your book will not meet industry standards, be of poor quality, or sadly never be […]

UNBOXING My Books!

Where I’ll Be This Summer

Howdy friends! I’m looking ahead to the summer event season. I’ll be out and about in Western Canada. Here’s the events I’m looking at. If it’s italicized, that means I’ve been confirmed by the organizers and I will for sure be there. June 8th & 9th: The Penti-Con (Penticton, BC) – I’ll be presenting a […]

Gunsmoke & Dragonfire is Getting Attention

Originally posted on Aradia Publishing:
We’re pleased to announce that Gunsmoke & Dragonfire is getting attention in the SFF community media! Respected SFF website io9 included us in their list of books to watch out for in March. We made the list on Fantastic Fiction, a respected website where booksellers go to research the books…

Gunsmoke & Dragonfire Releases TODAY!

From the drought-plagued plains of Mars, to a post-apocalyptic Canada, to the familiar American West and Mexico, to other dimensions and other worlds weird and wonderful, an international cast of bestselling, award-winning, established, and emerging authors brings you 25 strange western tales: Robert Lee Beers – A hardboiled P.I. and his partner must find their […]

Book Review: The Chains that Bind by Sarah Buhrman

The Chains That Bind by Sarah Buhrman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve long been a fan of the Runespells series, which I’m sure everyone knows by now. I happened to get in on the ground floor just after the first volume, Too Wyrd, came out. This one is the best yet! I sat down to read this […]

Book Trailer Drop: Gunsmoke & Dragonfire #8!

Happy Saturday! I was so deep in editing the final proof yesterday that I almost forgot it was Book Trailer Drop day! It’s the last book trailer drop before Release Day, March 15, and there’s one book trailer left, to be released on the day! This one concentrates on some of the most “western” of our fantasy western stories: Inheritance by Ethan Hedman, A Different Kind of Law by Eric S. Fomley, and El Diablo de Paseo Grande by Milo James Fowler.

For a day or two more, you can get the book on Kindle for somewhat less than the full price: only $4.99! Pre-order Gunsmoke & Dragonfire here.

Watch the full list of book trailers so far HERE.

Check out the playlist of all the Kickstarter videos, including book trailers and author interviews, HERE.

Diane Morrison

Speculative Fiction Writer

June 2019

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