by Dan | Mar 12, 2016 | fantasy, history, horror, Indie publishing, Robin Hood, the Immortal Knight Chronicles, Vampires
Robin Hood. Vampires. The invasion of England. Richard of Ashbury is attacked by vampires. The trail leads to Sherwood and to a Green Knight, a king of the outlaws and so called lord of Eden. Richard is certain that his old enemy, William de Ferrers has returned to...
by Dan | Feb 20, 2016 | design, fantasy, history, horror, Indie publishing, Robin Hood, the Immortal Knight Chronicles, Vampires
I have the first version of the Vampire Outlaw cover now done. I think it will need a few tweaks. The title bevel needs to be reduced. The bloodstain behind the arrowhead needs to be moved so you can see the shape of the arrow. What do you think? Does this make you...
by Dan | Feb 19, 2016 | children's books, design, fantasy, Gunpowder & Alchemy, history, Indie publishing, steampunk
Updating my covers and this is the third book in the Gunpowder & Alchemy series: The new cover: The old cover is largely the same design but from this I added the English Civil War pikemen and cavaliers plus the WW1 tank! What do you think, is the new cover better...
by Dan | Feb 18, 2016 | children's books, design, fantasy, Gunpowder & Alchemy, Indie publishing, juvenile fiction
The next cover in the Gunpowder & Alchemy series is a bigger change. Here’s the new cover: This is the old Dark Water Breaking cover: I think that it’s clearly better but it is also the hardest cover for me to work out. What do you think, is...
by Dan | Feb 18, 2016 | children's books, design, fantasy, Gunpowder & Alchemy, Indie publishing
I’ve updated my covers for Gunpowder & Alchemy. Here’s the latest version of book one, White Wind Rising: For reference, here’s the old version: Not massively different but strangely the downloads per day have gone down since I...
by Dan | Jan 13, 2016 | Indie publishing, writing, writing tips
A few days ago I was interviewed by author Lorna Suzuki for her All Kinds of Writing Blog. It was great fun, Lorna asked a lot of considered questions such as: What do you get when you mix historical fiction with the supernatural? You get The Immortal Knight...
