Kal Spriggs

Tag: Fantasy

  • Eoriel Saga Character Biographies

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    The latest installment of character biographies is now available, this time for the Eoriel Saga.  These biographies are up to date as far as the first book, Echo of the High Kings and include biographies for most of the main cast of characters with a small number of characters that I’ll add as I get…

  • The Freeport Mutineers Available Now!

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    The Freeport Mutineers, a short story in the universe of the Eoriel Saga, is available now from Amazon.  The best part is, like any good story about pirates, it’s absolutely free! (well, for today and tomorrow) Troubled by the rumors spread throughout the Southern Fleet, the young officer turned to the Marines and Sailors under…

  • The Freeport Mutineers Cover and Blurb

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    I now have the draft cover for my soon-to-be-released short story: The Freeport Mutineers.  This is an epic fantasy story set in the Eoriel Saga universe.  The basic premise is simple, a young man, faced with true evil, must decide what to do. Troubled by the rumors spread throughout the Southern Fleet, the young officer…

  • See Kal at CoSine

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    For those of you in Colorado, I’ll be at the CoSine convention in Colorado Springs this coming weekend (22-24 January 2016). CoSine is a smaller convention but one I really enjoy because they have fantastic programming, great organization, and everyone there is super friendly.  The guest of honor this year is none other than Jim…

  • Coming Soon: The Freeport Mutineers

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    I’m excited to announce that coming out on January 23rd, I’ll have a new short story available from Amazon, titled The Freeport Mutineers.  The Freeport Mutineers is a short story set in the Eoriel Saga universe, just after Admiral Hennings has seized the town of Freeport. Young Midshipman Wachter is about to face the rope.…

  • Writing Tools: Lore and History

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    Lore and History are part and parcel of world-building as a writer.  Knowing what happened (and why) allows a writer to project what will happen (and why).  History gives your characters roots… all the more so when the details are debatable.  Was one man a hero or a villian… well it depends on who you…

  • Book Review: The Hand of Mars by Glynn Stewart

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    Glynn Stewart’s Hand of Mars picks up a few years after his previous book (Starship’s Mage) left off.  The story remains focused upon Damien, who has grown in skills and abilities, but seems to be the same person we saw at the end of the last book. The story revolves around a planet where a…

  • Author’s Toolbag: Maps and Drawings

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    The number one job of an author is to tell a story.  In this sense, illustrations such as maps and drawings can be excellent tools for an author, particularly when they are used to immerse the reader more fully into the world. I’m the type of reader who spends hours, sometimes days pouring over the…

  • Book Review: Glynn Stewart’s Starship’s Mage

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    Leo Champion described Glynn Stewart to me as one of the best authors he’s had the experience of working with. Since I also work with Leo, I took that as a bit of a challenge to step up my game, but as a reader, it made me want to check out what Glynn has written,…

  • Author’s Toolbag: Creating Science Fiction and Fantasy Languages

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    One of the things that impressed me about reading Tolkien for the first time (and even more so, years later) is how he crafted entire unique languages for all of the nations and peoples in Middle Earth. The same has been done (with varying levels of success) by many authors. Some have created languages that…