Kal Spriggs

Tag: Fantasy

  • Kal’s 2015 Mile Hi Con Schedule

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    Here’s my schedule for Mile Hi Con this year: Friday, 23 October: 6 PM: Fantasy Primer: From Alexander to Zelazny Saturday: 24 October: 8 PM: Violence in Fantasy Sunday: 25 October: 10 AM: Pow! Bam! Writing Good Fight Scenes Mile Hi Con is at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center in Denver.  It’s one of Denver’s…

  • I like Big Books and I Cannot Lie…

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    There’s an ongoing trend in SF and Fantasy (particularly in Fantasy genres) for books to get longer and for series to be longer.  Many authors like it that way, many readers like it that way… but why?  We can all harken back to the golden age of SF when many authors wrote stand-alone novels… or…

  • Wrath of the Usurper Audiobook Live

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    The audio book for Wrath of the Usurper is now live!  It is available on Itunes, Amazon, and Audible.com.  Links are below.  As with Echo of the High Kings, Eric G. Dove is the narrator.  He did a fantastic job once again and if audio books are your thing, then you should check it out!…

  • Kal’s September 2015 Forecast

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    September is another busy month for me, though there seems to be a lot of that going around.  Today I’m at Dragon Con in Atlanta, I’ll be enjoying the sights as well as participating in the convention.  If you see me wandering about, feel free to stop me and talk.  I’d love to hear what you…

  • Drat, Foiled Again…

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    Well, if you’ve noticed the dead silence around here, there’s a reason: my laptop computer died.  And by died, I mean it went completely non-recoverable, complete flatline, OS not found.  Fortunately I don’t save any of my writing files on my hard drive.  Unfortunately, my ancient notebook isn’t capable of running much more than a…

  • Wait, It’s Already Over? Liberty Con 28 in Review

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    Liberty Con has come and gone. It was my first Liberty Con and I had the unique experience of being both a panelist/author, a “First Timer”, and also shepherding around my one year old son. I don’t think I saw nearly as much of the event as I would have liked, but I managed to…

  • Liberty Con at Chattanooga This Weekend!

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    I’ll be at Liberty Con 28 in Chattanooga this weekend.  I’m really excited to be participating in this convention, as it is one I’ve heard a lot about but I’ve yet to attend.  A lot of people I’ve met at other conventions will be there and a lot of people I’ve only met online will…

  • Kal’s June 2015 Forecast

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    June is here and it looks to be a very busy month.  For those of you who missed it, Wrath of the Usurper, Book II of the Eoriel Saga came out last weekend.  The publishing process was a bit slowed on that due to my transition from active duty to civilian life.  I’m hoping to…

  • Wrath of the Usurper Available Now!

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    Wrath of the Usurper is now available on Amazon and will be available soon in paperback form.  If you’ve missed the snippets from it, they are here, here, and here.  The cover was made by the very talented Zoe Frasure. Civilization is dying. The lands of the Five Duchies are in chaos. They are leaderless…

  • Wrath of the Usurper Snippet Three

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    Here’s the third scene from Wrath of the Usurper for your reading pleasure.  As a reminder, Wrath of the Usurper comes out tomorrow, May 30, 2015.  The first two snippets are available here and here. Aerion Swordbreaker The Eastwood 15th of Pargan, Cycle 1000 Post Sundering Aerion ducked under a blow and brought his shield…