Kal Spriggs

Tag: fiction

  • Book Review: To Tread Obsidian Shores

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    Buckle up buttercup, for one hell of a ride. Olthoff and Cordova have delivered an absolute blast of a novel. The characters from the very start of it hook you, the action is rapid, the story is intriguing, and the emotional highs and lows catch you and pull you along for the ride. The story…

  • Kal’s October 2025 Update

    Kal’s October 2025 Update

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    October is here, the temperatures are almost down to something resembling not-awful here in the south, and I’ve been getting some writing done. My wife is still going through cancer treatment, so that’s a big impact on my life, as well. I’ll admit the stress from that and everything has slowed down my writing process…

  • Kal’s July 2025 Update

    Kal’s July 2025 Update

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    June seems to have flown past. If you hadn’t seen it, Three Ravens Publishing released my superhero novel, Get Wreckt, last month. It was a fantastically fun novel to write and the reader feedback has been great, so check it out. Current projects on deck… well, I’ve got nine works in progress, several of them…

  • 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…

  • A Few Updates and a Review

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    First up, Tom Knighton, an excellent author, has a great review of Echo of the High Kings up. He had some comments that I really appreciated and if you don’t read his stuff, I think he’s a fantastic blogger and author. You can read his review here. My Liberty Con review went up on Monday.…

  • Snippet # 2 from Leo Champion’s Highway West

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    Here’s another snippet from Leo Champion’s Highway West, coming soon to Amazon, Smashwords and other ebook vendors near you!   Chapter Two It was mostly dark when Najif woke Ashford, shaking his shoulders hard. He’d been sleeping – was lying down, now – on a rough straw mattress in a corner of Najif’s room, in…

  • Snippet from Leo Champion’s Highway West

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    Leo Champion’s book, Highway West, will be coming later this month.  He’s asked me to post a sample here, which you should find enjoyable: Chapter One Lieutenant junior-grade Peter Ashford had just returned to the Kyrenia docks with his shore supply party when the first salvo slammed into his ship, which was moored a few…

  • Book Review, March 2015 Update, and a Small Request

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    A new review for Echo of the High Kings and an update on my schedule for March. Author JP Wilder has a book review of Echo of the High Kings up on his blog here.   JP has some awesome books available in both epic fantasy and contemporary fantasy genres, so I recommend looking at…