Kal Spriggs

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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Books for the Holidays

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    If you’re looking for some books to read over the holidays, here’s some recommendations, either books I’ll be reading or books I think are definitely worth the read.  If you’re like me and you already have a huge backlog of books to read (and stuff to write as well), then you can add these to…

  • The Shattered Empire Final Sample

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    Here’s the final section from The Shattered Empire.  Here’s the first, second, third, and fourth samples if you missed them. Eldorado, Garris Major System Colonial Republic May 3, 2403 Mason and Lauren followed the ornately dressed monk towards the pillars of the monastery. After his initial announcement, he had deflected Mason’s other questions. Lauren found…

  • Kal’s October 2014 Forecast

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    I’ve got to admit, October is my favorite month. It’s not just because of Halloween, though that’s a part. I like the cooler weather, the changing leaves, and that hint of frost in the air as winter slowly takes hold and summer fades away. That said, this is going to be a busy October for…

  • Kal’s Reading List

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    It’s been a little while since I posted anything like this, but I figured I’d share what I read in my free time (such as it is, anymore). This is a variety of fiction and some non-fiction that I’ve read over the past few months. Most of these books I tear through in a day…

  • Independent Author’s Toolbag: Writing Groups

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    Hi there, my name is Kal and I write stuff. It sounds a bit like an introduction from an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting… because that’s what some writing groups feel like. And in a way, that can be good or bad. Writing groups are, at their root, about support. Writers, get together and read one another’s…

  • Building an Epic Fantasy World: Modern History, Trade, and Society

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    So up until this point, I’ve developed my world, Eoria, configured what technology is available, what magic works, and even what people populate it. See the last post, on the history and cultures here. Today I’ll design the modern history, talk a bit about trade & industry, and design the societies that make up Eoria.…