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Started by Matt Larkin (author), February 02, 2012, 08:36:50 AM

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Matt Larkin (author)

February 02, 2012, 08:36:50 AM
I'm super-psyched about this.  :)

My novel Children of Sun and Moon is now available on Amazon Kindle, and should be up on B&N and other formats shortly.

For those interested in ebooks, you can download the free Kindle app for your computer or other device even if you haven't yet bought an ereader. Kindle books can be previewed (that is you can download a sample of the book--in my case, it comes out to about 3 and half chapters).

Longterm members may remember when I was first brainstorming the novel, I posted a setting inspired by it called Eclipse. It's grown way beyond those original designs now, but the CBG helped me get the earliest feedback on it. Special thanks to Sparkletwist, my first beta reader, back when the consulting project was going on.

Thanks, all.  :shy:
Latest Release: Echoes of Angels

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Hibou

#1
February 02, 2012, 08:59:45 AM
I will make sure to grab a copy soon!
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Lmns Crn

#2
February 02, 2012, 09:28:19 AM Last Edit: February 02, 2012, 09:53:33 AM by Luminous Crayon
oh my god

ed: no seriously, this is incredible! Congratulations on being a published authorial bigwig such as your talents and creativity mandate. Read the plot summary; sounds like a ton of fun.
I move quick: I'm gonna try my trick one last time--
you know it's possible to vaguely define my outline
when dust move in the sunshine

Xathan

#3
February 02, 2012, 01:40:50 PM
I know what I'm doing next paycheck - getting kindle app and CoSoM (Heh, your first book's acronym rhymes with Awesome). Major congratulations - this is a huge accomplishment and I'm so glad to hear that you've achieved it!
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Matt Larkin (author)

#4
February 02, 2012, 04:11:17 PM
Hey, thanks guys!

Quote from: XathanCoSoM (Heh, your first book's acronym rhymes with Awesome).
Whatever happened to that :rofl: smiley?

Latest Release: Echoes of Angels

NEW site mattlarkin.net - author of the Skyfall Era and Relics of Requiem Books
incandescentphoenix.com - publishing, editing, web design

sparkletwist

#5
February 02, 2012, 06:56:48 PM
What Phoenix didn't mention was that I read the beta pretty much in one sitting because I couldn't put it down.
I'm looking forward to diving into the revised final version.  :D

As, for the trilogy bit, this is good news to me! If you want me to beta part 2 as well, consider me already volunteering.  :yumm:

Xeviat

#6
February 02, 2012, 08:21:55 PM
Did you self publish, or did you get a backer?
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Matt Larkin (author)

#7
February 02, 2012, 09:22:34 PM
Quote from: Xeviat
Did you self publish, or did you get a backer?
It's self-published. Self publishing has become far more viable in the last year and half (speaking as someone who once went to publishing school, that's a scary thought--but an exciting one, too). I know you're a novelist, too, Xev, so PM if you want to discuss my reasons in more depth. There are definite advantages on either side of the fence.

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As, for the trilogy bit, this is good news to me! If you want me to beta part 2 as well, consider me already volunteering.  :yumm:
Glad to hear it ;) And yeah, you got your wish and it became a trilogy. Actually, all of the beta readers said this needs to be a trilogy. Work on book 2 is under way.
Latest Release: Echoes of Angels

NEW site mattlarkin.net - author of the Skyfall Era and Relics of Requiem Books
incandescentphoenix.com - publishing, editing, web design

Matt Larkin (author)

#8
February 07, 2012, 09:40:09 PM
I posted a copy of the Skyfall Isles map on my blog. I figured I'd cross post here. I'm pleased with the work my graphic designer did (especially on the cover).

Latest Release: Echoes of Angels

NEW site mattlarkin.net - author of the Skyfall Era and Relics of Requiem Books
incandescentphoenix.com - publishing, editing, web design

Magnus Pym

#9
February 07, 2012, 09:45:03 PM
Wait... is this a story set in a "parallel universe" using South East Asia's map?

sparkletwist

#10
February 07, 2012, 11:34:58 PM
Quote from: Magnus Pym
Wait... is this a story set in a "parallel universe" using South East Asia's map?
If I understand the cosmology right, it's because the Earth is an unending cycle of being created, destroyed, and re-created again, and this was one of the "earlier iterations" of Earth, which happened to have the same layout and be inhabited by humans, but different cultures.

Matt Larkin (author)

#11
February 08, 2012, 06:20:43 AM
Yes. It's an alternate history, in a mythic past. Kind of like the Hyborean Age in Conan.
Latest Release: Echoes of Angels

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Matt Larkin (author)

#12
February 10, 2012, 12:59:42 PM
I was featured as a guest blogger on Wicked & Tricksy! This is a great site run by four authors, two published, two aspiring. They talk about the craft of writing mainly, but also about books they like.

My post discusses how I moved from my early drafts of the first Eschaton novel to what became Children of Sun and Moon (originally called Eclipse).

If you're interested in books and writing, I encourage to check out the blog. It's one of my favorites. And if you're not into writing or books, you could always check it out since a CBGer is featured today  :wink:
Latest Release: Echoes of Angels

NEW site mattlarkin.net - author of the Skyfall Era and Relics of Requiem Books
incandescentphoenix.com - publishing, editing, web design

Stryker25B

#13
February 17, 2012, 11:42:17 AM
Quote from: From Amazon.com Product Description
She knows little of spying, but the blood of the Moon God running through her veins gives her powers mortals can't match, powers that let her slip into places she's not supposed to be. Of course, the more she uses her powers, the faster she becomes a lunatic.

That little passage was enough for me to click the buy button.

LUNATIC

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English lunatik  < Old French lunatique  < Late Latin lūnāticus  moonstruck. See Luna, -atic


touche, good sir, touche.
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Matt Larkin (author)

#14
February 17, 2012, 01:28:03 PM
 :P

Thanks Stryker!
Latest Release: Echoes of Angels

NEW site mattlarkin.net - author of the Skyfall Era and Relics of Requiem Books
incandescentphoenix.com - publishing, editing, web design
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