Thanks to fellow fantasist Jeff Wheeler – author of The Legends of Muirwood and the Kingsfountain series – for inviting me to contribute to the relaunched Deep Magic Magazine. Anyone curious about how I edit my work should check out my article ‘How I Edit a Novel’, as well as a lot of great content including a story by Jeff himself and an interview with Brandon Sanderson. The June 2016 issue will be available in ebook format on the 14th but can be pre-ordered on Amazon at the low low price of $2.99. The magazine is also open to submissions so any aspiring writers should check out the website here. You can also drop by the Deep Magic Facebook page.
The full table of contents for the June 2016 issue is below:
Fiction
- The Churchyard Yarrow by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- The Perfect Specimen by Carrie Ann Noble
- Rain Dance by Steve Yeager
- The Apothecant by Brendon Taylor
- The Beesinger’s Daughter by Jeff Wheeler
- Novel Excerpt: Magic Bitter Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg
Non-fiction
- Interview with Brandon Sanderson
- How I Edit a Novel by Anthony Ryan
- Returning to the Light by David Pomerico
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For any Czech readers: – Book-blogger Veronica Burgerová is running a competition to win signed Czech editions of Blood Song and Tower Lord at http://imanence.blogspot.cz/2016/05/blogtour-2016-soutez.html. There are also chances to win books by fellow fantasy authors Amy Kathleen Ryan (no relation), Chloe Neill and Kate McGarry.
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My ever faithful friends at Goldsboro Books in London are offering 250 signed, stamped and numbered copies of the UK hardcover first edition of The Waking Fire. Available on 7th July but you can pre-order here: https://www.goldsborobooks.com/product/waking-fire-book-one-draconis-memoria-limited-edition/
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La Reine de feu, published today by Bragelonne. Buy it from Amazon.fr and hopefully everywhere else French books are sold.
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OK, let’s try this again. Yesterday I started a giveaway for 10 copies of the large format paperback edition of Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories and 10 copies of the ebook. The paperback giveaway was open to anyone who forwarded me their email confirming entry to the recent abortive Amazon giveaway, which ended with no winners (see explanation here). As it’s become clear that many people don’t keep their emails the fairest thing is to open up the paperback giveaway to all comers. Therefore, anyone who wants a chance of winning please send an email to me at anthonyryan27@hotmail.co.uk marked ‘Slab City Blues giveaway’, specifying if you wish to be entered into the paperback or the ebook contest, or both. This second chance contest will run until 30th of April and the winners will be chosen at random. I’ve amended the original giveaway post to avoid any confusion over the rules. Don’t worry if you already emailed your entry to the ebook contest as all entries have been recorded, but do let me know if you also want a chance of winning the paperback and I’ll enter you in both draws.
All email addresses and other personal details received will be deleted at the conclusion of the giveaway. Best of luck.
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As those of you who entered the Amazon giveaway for a large format paperback edition of Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories may have noticed, the giveaway ended with no winners. Obviously this was not the intended outcome, for which I apologise to anyone who took the time and trouble to follow me on Amazon in order to enter this contest. The lack of winners resulted from the fact that Amazon requires the giveaway organiser to specify odds of winning depending on the number of expected entries. Amazon calculated this at a surprisingly high 60,000 people, which required me to enter odds of 1 to 6000. I assumed, wrongly as it turned out, that in the event the 60,000 total wasn’t reached Amazon would simply choose 10 winners at random from the 443 people who did enter. In the circumstances I feel it’s only fair to give those 443 people a second chance at winning. Therefore if you did enter the contest and you would still like a chance to win the book please go here to enter a new giveaway. I’m also giving away 10 copies of the ebook.
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I’m giving away ten copies of the large format paperback edition of Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories on Amazon.com (usual price $15.99). You have to sign up to follow me on Amazon and be a US resident to have a chance of winning. You can enter the giveaway here: https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/77e897a1e031b2ac
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Very happy to reveal the US cover for The Waking Fire. Heartfelt thanks to everyone at Ace for their hard work on this. Blurb and pre-order links on the Book Page. You can also read a sample chapter here.
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My German publisher, Hobbit Presse, has relaunched their website – http://www.hobbitpresse.de/ – as the central meeting point for fantasy readers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This is what you can find there:
– News about Hobbit Presse authors and books
– Downloads of the Hobbit Presse Newspaper ‘Tolkien Times’, beginning from 2001, including many articles from the Tolkien Times and Klett-Cotta Blog.
– Book trailers and video interviews.
– Information about author readings or appearance dates.
To celebrate I’m running Goodreads giveaways for signed audio CD editions of Das Lied des Blutes (Blood Song) and Der Herr des Turmes (Tower Lord) – read by Detlief Biestedt, translation by Hans and Sara Riffel. Winners will also receive a signed bookplate for each book. The German language edition of Queen of Fire is due for release in September so watch out for another Giveaway then.
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You can now read a sample chapter from The Waking Fire here (trigger warnings for strong language and violence). For further details and pre-order links see the book page. Also, anyone interested in finding out more about the world of The Draconis Memoria may want to check out my short story Sandrunners, which is included in the anthology Legends II: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell.
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