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Welcome to my blog post for the month of September!
After nearly a year and a half as an author, and two years on social media, a lot of amazing opportunities have come my way, and some incredible events have taken place! I currently have two published novels, and a third on the way. In the past two years I've appeared on numerous podcast appearances and interviews, acquired a bestselling tag and become a Staff Favourite Book Selection with FriesenPress, my Indie publisher. I won a writing award (Picky Bookworm Best Indie Mythology https://thepickybookworm.com/book-awards/ ) becoming a blogger and an assistant editor of a blogging site, and so much more! I thought it might be time to re-introduce myself to my audience, because boy has a lot happened in two years! I have evolved as a writer, and an authorpreneur, and taken on so many new and thrilling roles and challenges! With my lovely wife and business partner Debbie at my side, my writing and my profile will hopefully continue to grow in new positive directions. I am very excited for the journey! So, here is a list of five things to know about P.L. Stuart, Canadian fantasy fiction author and blogger. 1. Foremost, I am a husband, a father, a grandfather. My beautiful wife Debbie, the love of my life, is also my business partner. Between us, Debbie and I have seven incredible children and two lovely grandchildren with another on the way! 2. P.L. Stuart LOVES to write! Writing fantasy novels is absolutely my passion, and the achievement of a lifelong dream. My first novel has been completed later in life, however the ideas and concepts behind the work have been decades in the making. Now that I have started writing novels, I will be writing them for as long as I am able to lift a finger to the keyboard. I write primarily to entertain, but like most authors, I feel I have interesting stories inside of me, bursting to get out, that are worth telling. In those stories, there are various themes that I find relevant, timely, and poignant, and I believe others will too. It is my drive to write that has resulted in The Drowned Kingdom Saga. 3. I am the author of The Drowned Kingdom Saga, and a large planned body of work that will follow my original series. A Drowned Kingdom , the first novel in The Drowned Kingdom Saga is the starting point, yet it is just the beginning of the story! There are seven planned novels in the chronicles known as The Drowned Kingdom Saga. Yet, following completion of that series, there are two prequel trilogies to the main series planned, and then an additional follow-up seven-book series. The journey begun in A Drowned Kingdom will take interesting and unexpected paths as things progress. The additional seven-book series and prequels that follow The Drowned Kingdom Saga will bring readers to a variety of dynamic geographical settings within the worldbuilding scope of the series and will introduce the readers to new compelling characters and diverse and exciting storylines. A Drowned Kingdom and The Last of the Atalanteans are the books currently published in the initial seven-book series. The third book in that series, Lord and King, will be released in Spring 2023. 4. I am a fan of all things fantasy fiction! I’m a huge fan of the fantasy genre, and an avid reader of all things fantasy. Among my favourite classical fantasy authors are C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, T.H. White, and Sir Thomas Malory. My contemporary favourite writers include Janny Wurts, N.K. Jemisin, Mark Lawrence, Joe Abercrombie, George R.R. Martin. I spend a great deal of my free time indulging in my love of fantasy books, reading into the wee hours! Being a reader and fan of fantasy has led me to becoming a blogger, co-hosting booktube shows, and judging writing contests. 5. I am an Assistant Editor of Before We Go Blog, an SPFBO judge, and a co-host of PAGE CHEWING! Page Chewing with the marvellous booktubers Steve Talks Books https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveTalksBooks and Taylor - Maed Between the Pages https://www.youtube.com/c/MaedBetweenthePages is an interview series on YouTube where writers, booktubers, bloggers, and other creatives are featured. The audience gets to learn more about the creatives, and what they create, discuss writing and books in general, and overall just have a lot of fun! Check out Steve and Taylor's channels of amazing content including Page Chewing! I am humbled to be a co-host of Page Chewing with Steve and Taylor. We started the show Spring of 2022, and already have completed more than 25 awesome episodes, with many more great creatives to feature in the coming months! Check it out! I am honoured to be an Assistant Editor with the awesome Before We Go Blog https://beforewegoblog.com/ review site, under the leadership of the incredible Beth Tabler. As noted on our website "Before We Go Blog is a collective of Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Graphic Novel fans from around the world, passionate about providing awesome, enjoyable reviews for anyone who loves a good book!" You can also find my book reviews posted on Goodreads, where I am humbled to have recently made the top one hundred in weekly rankings for reviewers on Goodreads! Follow me there https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21031579.P_L_Stuart ! In my capacity as a member of Before We Go Blog, I am also a judge with Before We Go Blog's SPFBO (Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off) Eight Contest http://mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2022/05/spfbo-8-self-published-fantasy-blog-off.html Team! https://beforewegoblog.com/spfbo8 Thanks for taking the time to get to know me a bit better or get reacquainted with me! Please feel free to comment on this and future blogs and I will be sure to get back to you. Chat soon!
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Welcome to my blog post for August!
I continue to be amazed and extremely grateful by the positive response to The Drowned Kingdom Saga, and the first two books in the seven-book series, A Drowned Kingdom and The Last of the Atalanteans. I am so grateful that so many people are enjoying Lord Othrun's journey, and wanted to chat to my readers about what is coming next. When we discuss what's coming next, it all begins with Book Three in The Drowned Kingdom Saga entitled Lord and King. Without providing spoilers for the first two books, for those reading this blog post who have not read A Drowned Kingdom or The Last of the Atalanteans, Book Three will be perhaps the most exhilarating, dark, and stupefying book of the series to-date. Let's first talk about our protagonist who's really the antagonist of his own story, Othrun himself. Othrun will be tested in Lord and King in ways that he could not conceive when he first aspired to be a lord and leader of his people. He will be confronted with both his wildest dreams and greatest nightmares. Leadership is a very difficult role in the lands of Acremia at the best of times but with the amount of enemies Othrun has accumulated, survival is far from guaranteed, much less the ability to flourish and conquer all. The complicated Othrun will undoubtedly continue to struggle with his faith in his Single God. And, in the face of the undeniable power of the Six Elemental Goddesses wielded by Eltnia's mages, and the strength and cunning of Eltnia's warlords, Othrun's plans to impose monotheism to the continent have never looked more shaky. Slowly, incrementally, more will be divulged on the magical and supernatural side of the story, especially regarding the mysterious Anchali, - Othrun's guardian angel. Additionally, there will be more shocking reveals about the mages of Eltnia as, gradually the true powers and purpose of the mages will be uncovered. These are disclosures that the main character will not be prepared to deal with, and will irrevocably change the fate of Lord Othrun, and indeed all Acremia, forever. As for the characters in Lord and King, female characters will play a VERY prominent part in this third installment to the series. As Othrun's narrow, bigoted world-view has expanded slightly, so has the role of women in his world, and in the series, grown. In particular, as hinted in any promotion I have done for Lord and King, a great Queen is coming to Eltnia. The Queen of the Anib, the race of Black people who were the ancient founders of Eltnish civilization. Othrun had originally scorned the Anib, thinking them inferior savages. That is, until the evidence began mounting so glaringly he could no longer deny that the Anib were very different from what Othrun was raised to believe. Othrun's upbringing as a prejudiced and superior Atalantean Prince made him dismiss the Anib entirely as being worthy of paying attention to at all, much less value. Now, with the arrival of the Anibian Queen in Othrun's orbit, he could be faced with his most daunting opponent yet. In addition to the Anib, other races who have been previously referred to, but not yet seen, will also appear in Lord and King, as The Drowned Kingdom Saga expands to include more of the diverse tapestry that actually makes up Acremia, rather than merely the three kingdoms and cultures visited so far in the series, being Atalantyx, Nyrimia, and Lynchun. All told, I believe readers will find Lord and King to be a series-changing book that will hopefully resonate with them for a long time. I look forward to bringing Lord and King to its audience, in Spring of 2023. Please feel free to comment on this and future blogs and I will be sure to get back to you. Chat soon! |
P.L. Stuart's BlogI am the bestselling Canadian epic fantasy author of the seven-book The Drowned Kingdom Saga . For further information on The Drowned Kingdom Saga & any of my other works, please visit www.plstaurt.com. Archives
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