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• Welcome your new gatekeepers…

  By Russ Linton on May 19, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  I’ve been wrestling with several publishing related issues lately (What do I mean lately? It’s become my life). Trying to get a feel for the market and how to reach the right audience with fiction which is professional, yet not… Read More ›

• Chat With Russ Linton This Weekend – Plus Superhero Stories!

  By Russ Linton on May 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Want to talk fantasy with me? This weekend myself and twenty other fantasy authors will be taking over Kevin Potter’s Facebook Page. We’ve formed a fellowship of sorts. Originally, there were nineteen of us with works forged by elven smiths. Naturally, a twentieth… Read More ›

• Protected: Crimson Son Sneak Peek – VIP Only

  By Russ Linton on March 22, 2017

  There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

• Subverting Genres One Bug at a Time

  By Russ Linton on March 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  One thing I hoped to do with the saga was subvert the normal genre conventions like with my Crimson Son Universe superhero series. Tweak those expectations traditional publishers have drilled into you. It’s a risk for sure, but I wouldn’t be publishing independently if I wasn’t willing to take them.

• Wake of Alshasra’a has launched!

  By Russ Linton on March 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Now available at Amazon and all other major retailers! We’re up and running with the Wake of Alshasra’a launch and I wanted to share some of the wonderful reviews that have shown up on the web or landed in my… Read More ›

• The thrilling conclusion of the Stormblade Saga available tomorrow!

  By Russ Linton on February 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  But really, this is still a tale about a lost soul trying to find his way. Anybody who has ever felt awkward or out of place or is just plain different, will understand. Then again, we’re all unique, some of us just hide it better than others. And some have no choice.

• Fiction in a Post-Truth World

  By Russ Linton on February 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  We’re trapped, living our own fictions. We’ve ensconced ourselves in little cloistered worlds which confirm only what we want to believe. Used to be that only happened in church and then you left that sacred space and had to confront the real world, returning weekly to reaffirm faith. Now, it’s a full time preoccupation.

• The saga of the Space Piñata.

  By Russ Linton on January 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I finally saw Rogue One. (Maybe some minor spoilers plus a minor rant ahead.) Look, characters make stories. Plot is fine and good and it needs to have its own logic and make enough sense for your characters to accomplish… Read More ›

• Crimson Son Sale and a 15 Book Digital Grav Boot Stuffer!

  By Russ Linton on December 27, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Earlier this month I got the exciting news that Crimson Son had been selected for a BookBub feature. Most of you have probably heard of them – they have millions of subscribers – but for those not in the know,… Read More ›

• Join a different kind of Pilgrim this Thanksgiving

  By Russ Linton on November 23, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  This weekend, Pilgrim of the Storm, book one in my Stormblade Saga, is FREE on Amazon! Starting Saturday the 26th, you can download Pilgrim straight from Amazon to your Kindle at no cost! (My reader’s list members have already received their copies,… Read More ›

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