now starting MASK OF DRAGONS
I’m now starting MASK OF DRAGONS, the second book in the MASK OF THE DEMONSOULED trilogy and the ninth DEMONSOULED book overall.
Wait! That’s not quite right. I actually started MASK OF DRAGONS back in December, and worked on it from time to time while finishing FROSTBORN: THE HIGH LORDS. So I’m already on Chapter 6 of 20 for MASK OF DRAGONS.
It’s funny to think about. I’m writing MASK OF DRAGONS on a Surface 3, a computer that did not exist when I first started writing DEMONSOULED fifteen years ago in 2001. It’s running Windows 10, an operating system that did not exist in 2001, and I’m going to mention this on Facebook and Twitter, websites that did not exist in 2001. Additionally, of those of you who have read DEMONSOULED, I bet 99.9999% of you read it in ebook format, a technology that was only in its infancy in 2001.
A lot has changed!
More than that has changed. When I finished DEMONSOULED in 2001, I had my copy of Writer’s Market handy, and a list of agents and publishers to whom I planned to send the manuscript. When MASK OF DRAGONS is finished, I’m going to self-publish it right away without bothering with any of the vestigial structure of legacy publishing. In fact, at least one copy of a DEMONSOULED book (and usually more than one) sells every day around the world, with no help whatsoever from traditional publishers.
Thanks everyone! Odd to think that I’m still writing about Mazael Cravenlock 15 years on, but I suppose one cannot keep a good medieval warlord down!
If all goes well, I think MASK OF DRAGONS will be out towards the end of March.
-JM
can’t wait to adventure with mazeal and gang again 🙂
Coming in March, if all goes well!
Looking forward to the book.
Having an ereader has completely changed how I read and probably increased the amount of books I read by a factor of 4 plus has introduced me to so many self published authors who have provided me with wonderful entertainment that I never would have found had I stayed with physical books. Authors who don’t keep you waiting 2-3 years for the next book in the series.
I love arriving home after a day’s work and finding an email from one of those authors informing me about a new release, then 30 seconds later I’m able to read it.
While I’m here do you have nay intention of returning to your Third Soul series?
Me, too! I do more reading on my phone now than I do with paper books.
I do intend to return to The Third Soul, I just need to find the time to do it. Also I need to decide on the story format – I think the series would lend itself well to short novels in the 40k to 50k word range.