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• Pilgrim of the Storm Limited Release

  By Russ Linton on November 10, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

    Only in the indie world can you go from a week between the cover reveal and a release.  Sometimes this is a sign of poor planning or poor production values. Let me assure you, neither applies here. (Just look… Read More ›

• Pilgrim of the Storm – Chapter One

  By Russ Linton on November 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The two Ek’kiru in the courtyard below barely looked humanoid. Some of Sidge’s temple brethren called these creatures bugmen. He could see it now. Only by their upright stance could he tell they weren’t anything other than enormous insects. Among… Read More ›

• Pilgrim of the Storm – Cover Reveal

  By Russ Linton on November 4, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  I have plans. Machinations. Mischief. I aim to misbehave. A little. As you can see, the next book is almost here. I pushed up my production deadline to test out a limited release and exercise some marketing mojo. The big release… Read More ›

• Normal People are Interesting People

  By Russ Linton on October 7, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Imagine if the media celebrated the lives of the victims in a tragedy instead of putting a microscope on the killer. If the media didn’t print or quote the killer’s manifestos…

• I Am Not Your Entertainment Committee

  By Russ Linton on September 24, 2015 • ( 2 )

  A time-honored classic. Like “Do you want me to turn this car around?” or “Wait until your father gets home!” One of those countless sayings you swore you’d never inflict on your own children, let alone your fans. Yep, this one’s… Read More ›

• Mission Statement Take 2

  By Russ Linton on August 31, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  This weekend my wife and I had a discussion about the difference between plot-driven and character-driven books. So what’s the difference you ask? In short, character-driven stories are what I like to write. Clears that right up, eh? Plot-driven books generally… Read More ›

• Could You Survive Gracewood High?

  By Russ Linton on August 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  One of my critique partners has just released his debut graphic novel, Kill the Freshman. Alex Langley is the author of a killer series of guides to geekery (The Geek Handbook, Geek Lust, and The Geek Handbook 2.0) and now… Read More ›

• Introducing Sidge

  By Russ Linton on July 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve been pushing Crimson Son for so long, I’m getting nervous about one thing in particular: confusing my fans. Not that my fans are easily confused. If they read my fiction, they either enjoy puzzles and deep plots with a heavy… Read More ›

• So, a Girl Walks into your Buffer Memory

  By Russ Linton on July 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  And you snag a copy. (Ba dum ching!) No, seriously. Go grab one. A month later and I’m still figuring exactly how lucky I was to be included in the Immerse or Die story bundle. Ive got a never ending… Read More ›

• Ooops, I published.

  By Russ Linton on July 15, 2015 • ( 0 )

  So this managed to completely escape my attention: in mid-June I had a new story hit the shelves in the SkyWarrior Press anthology, Zombified: Hazardous Material. I’ve mentioned it before, but there had been some confusion on the publisher’s end… Read More ›