Right to Know and Falcon’s Egg, which collectively make up my Peregrine Rising space-opera duology, are now available in brand-new ebook editions from Shadowpaw Press for the low, low price of just $3.99 CDN ($2.99 US) each. Both were originally published by Bundoran Press (Right to Know in 2013 and Falcon’s Egg in 2015). The …
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New releases: Right to Know and Falcon’s Egg (the Peregrine Rising space-opera duology)
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 2 months ago
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New release: Blue Fire by E.C. Blake
- By Edward Willett in Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 3 months ago
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Shadowpaw Press has just released the ebook of Blue Fire, a young adult fantasy written as by E.C. Blake. A print version will follow in a few weeks. Blue Fire is a revised edition of a novel originally released by the now-defunct Rebelight Publishing as Flames of Nevyana. Here are some purchase links, with more to …
Shapers of Worlds now available in both print and ebook
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 4 months ago
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The Shapers of Worlds anthology, featuring 18 stories by authors who appeared on my podcast, The Worldshapers, during the first year, and successfully Kickstarted back in March, is now available in both print and ebook. Specifically: Shadowpaw Press | The Fantastic Worlds of Edward Willett | Kobo | Chapters/Indigo | Apple Books | Google Play | Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Barnes & Noble Once more, here’s …
The Moonlit World now available!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 4 months ago
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Yesterday was the release date for The Moonlit World, Book 3 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books. Have you got your copy yet? It’s available in both trade paperback and electronic format. Here are some places you can buy it online: Amazon U.S. | Amazon Canada | Indigo| Barnes & Noble | Penguin Random House | Indiebound Read an excerpt! Here are some …
Shapers of Worlds in the flesh
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 4 months ago
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Today I received my copies of the Kickstarter backers’ edition of Shapers of Worlds. The book is beautiful! The ebook, again, comes out September 22 from all major retailers, while the commercial print release is November 14. Here are some order links for the ebook version. At the moment, the only place you can pre-order …
From the Street to the Stars now available in print!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 5 months ago
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From the Street to the Stars (Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star, Book 1), is now formally available in print, as well as ebook, format! Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star was my first published science fiction (as opposed to fantasy) novel. It appeared in print from Montreal’s Roussan Publishers in 1999. It was named to the Canadian …
A new interview at Literary Titan
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 5 months ago
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I posted a great new review of Worldshaper from Literary Titan recently. That was followed up with a brief interview, which is now live here. Here’s the start of it, where I talk about the inspiration for the series: Worldshaper follows Shawna as she discovers the ability to shape her world, but also discovers that their’s an …
Sneak peek: back cover copy for Shapers of Worlds
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 5 months ago
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Things are moving quickly now for the Shapers of Worlds anthology coming from Shadowpaw Press, which I successfully Kickstarted earlier this year: it features original fiction and reprints from some of the authors who were guests during the first year of The Worldshapers podcast. All stories are edited, the layout is done, the proofreading is …
Announcing the Table of Contents for Shapers of Worlds!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
- 6 months ago
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Can I have a drumroll, please? Here’s the complete Table of Contents (though not necessarily the final order) for the Shapers of Worlds anthology, successfully Kickstarted earlier this year, featuring original fiction and reprints from authors who were guests during the first year of my Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers, now undergoing final editing and …
Master of the World now in mass-market paperback!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 6 months ago
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Master of the World, Book 2 in my Worldshapers series from DAW books, is now available in mass-market paperback, for just $7.99 US/$10.99 CDN, from your favorite bookseller. You know you want it! Amazon U.S. | Amazon Canada | Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Penguin Random House | Indiebound Longlisted for The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic in the Young Adult Fiction category. …
An interview on the W.O.W. podcast
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Podcast, Writing and Editing
- 6 months ago
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I had a great chat with Darshaun McAway for an episode of his W.O.W. Podcast. That episode goes live September 16, the day after the release of The Moonlit World (the book we talked about), but he’s graciously given permission to post the audio ahead of time…so here it is! Have a listen, and be …
Literary Titan calls Worldshaper “a mesmerizing story”
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
- 6 months ago
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There’s a great new review of Worldshaper from Literary Titan, which gives it four out of four stars. Some highlights: “Worldshaper by Edward Willett is an exciting supernatural adventure story that builds on a unique premise to deliver a mesmerizing story…one of the most unique setups to a story that I’ve read this year…we get to …
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