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 …
OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS: Endless Sky Books, my new hybrid publishing company
To start off the new year, I’m officially announcing the launch of my second publishing company, Endless Sky Books. Whereas my first publishing company, Shadowpaw Press, is and always will be a traditional publishing company, …
New omnibus ebook edition of The Shards of Excalibur series
For the first time, you can now buy the entire Shards of Excalibur series in a single omnibus ebook! Just released by Shadowpaw Press, this includes the latest editions of the books, and costs only half …
Now available: my 12th novel for DAW Books, The Tangled Stars
The Tangled Stars, my far-future humorous space opera from DAW Books, is now available everywhere in ebook and audiobook (narrated by Wayne Mitchell). For an introduction to the main characters, check out “Thibauld’s Tale” in …
Shapers of Worlds Volume III now available!
Shapers of Worlds Volume III, the third anthology I’ve Kickstarted that features science fiction and fantasy by authors who were guests on my Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers, has now officially been released upon the …
The Space-Time Continuum: Make Our Garden Grow
This is the latest in my occasional column about writing science fiction and fantasy that appears in the Saskatchewan Writers Guild magazine Freelance. Authors who are regularly interviewed often profess to hate one particular question, …
Authors talk about their Shapers of Worlds anthology stories
At When Words Collide 2022, one of the panels I led featured a handful of the many authors whose stories have appeared in the Shapers of Worlds anthologies I Kickstarted (and who have also, of …
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New releases: Right to Know and Falcon’s Egg (the Peregrine Rising space-opera duology)
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November 21, 2020
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New release: Blue Fire by E.C. Blake
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October 15, 2020
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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
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September 22, 2020
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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 …
Shapers of Worlds in the flesh
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September 11, 2020
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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!
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August 30, 2020
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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 …
Sneak peek: back cover copy for Shapers of Worlds
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August 12, 2020
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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
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August 3, 2020
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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 …
New ebook editions of The Shards of Excalibur now available!
- By Edward Willett in Audiobooks, Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
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July 8, 2020
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Buy The Shards of Excalibur Ebooks Shadowpaw Press | The Fantastic Worlds of Edward WillettAmazon.com | Amazon.ca | Kobo | Apple Books| Barnes & Noble Buy The Shards of Excalibur Audiobooks Audible.com | Audible.ca | Apple Books With the bankruptcy of Coteau Books, all rights to my young-adult fantasy series The Shards of Excalibur reverted …
Get an autographed set of the Shards of Excalibur series for only CDN $49.99!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
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June 30, 2020
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For a limited time, the complete Shards of Excalibur series is available for just CDN $49.99, autographed by the author! That’s a $25 saving off the list price of $74.75. These are the Coteau Books editions. With the recent demise of Coteau Books, new editions of all five books in the series will be forthcoming from Shadowpaw Press, …
New release: From the Street to the Stars (Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star, Book 1)
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Shadowpaw Press, Writing and Editing
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June 20, 2020
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The latest release from my Shadowpaw Press is the completely revised new edition of Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star, Book 1, now titled From the Street to the Stars. You can download the ebook version directly from Shadowpaw Press: From the Street to the Stars (Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star, Book 1) Amazon.com | Amazon.ca …
Cover art reveal: Star Song, coming soon from Shadowpaw Press
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Shadowpaw Press
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May 24, 2020
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Shapers of Worlds, the Kickstarted anthology featuring work by some of the first-year guests on my podcast, The Worldshapers, will likely be the next Shadowpaw Press title, but I’m also working on others, including a young-adult science fiction novel called Star Song…and here’s the cover art! (Dan O’Driscoll is the artist–he does covers for Bundoran Press, so he …
A short story reading on video
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May 24, 2020
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Lyric Theatre in Swift Current asked me to record a short story for the “Write Out Loud” component of their Lyric Theatre Digital Stage. I chose to read “Memory Jam” from my collection Paths to the Stars (available from www.shadowpawpress.com). I thought you might enjoy it, too, so…here it is!
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Episode 127: Monte Schulz
An hour-long chat with Monte Schulz, novelist, composer, owner of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, and eldest son of the late Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. Websiteswww.monteschulz.comwww.metropolisthebook.com Facebook@monte.schulz.7 Twitter@monteschulz Monte Schulz, author of the dystopian coming-of-age novel Metropolis (Fantagraphics), received his M.A. in American Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He published his…
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Episode 126: Robin Stevens Payes
An hour-long chat with Robin Stevens Payes, author of four novels in the Edge of Yesterday series, intended to entertain young adult readers and spark an interest in STEM/STEAM careers, especially for girls. Websiteedgeofyesterdaybook.com Facebook@RobinStevensPayesAuthor Twitter@robinstevenspayes Instagram@robinstevenspayes Robin Stevens Payes’s Amazon Page About the Author Robin Stevens Payes is the author of four novels for…
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Episode 125: Brian Trent
An hour-long chat with Brian Trent, award-winning author of Redspace Rising and Ten Thousand Thunders plus numerous short stories. Websitewww.briantrent.com Facebook Brian Trent’s Amazon Page Brian Trent’s work regularly appears in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, the New York Times-bestselling Black Tide Rising anthologies, The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Terraform, Flash Fiction Online, Daily…
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Episode 124: Chadwick Ginther
An hour-long chat with award-winning Canadian fantasy writer Chadwick Ginther, author the Thunder Road Trilogy. Websitechadwickginther.com Facebook@chadwickginther Twitter@chadwickginther Instagram@chadwickginther Chadwick Ginther’s Amazon Page Chadwick Ginther is the author of When the Sky Comes Looking for You, the Thunder Road Trilogy, and Graveyard Mind. His short fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, and his story “All…
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Episode 123: Alan Smale
An hour-long chat with Alan Smale, NASA astrophysicist and Sidewise Award-winning author of alternate and twisted history and hard SF, including Hot Moon and Clash of Eagles. Websitealansmale.com Facebook@alansmale Twitter@alansmale Alan Smale’s Amazon Page The Introduction Alan Smale writes alternate and twisted history and hard science fiction. His novella of a Roman invasion of ancient…
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Episode 122: Brad R. Torgersen
An hour-plus chat with Brad R. Torgersen, Dragon Award-winnning (and Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell-nominated) science fiction and fantasy author. Websitewww.bradrtorgersen.com Facebook@brtwrites Twitter@bradrtorgersen Brad R. Torgersen’s Amazon Page The Introduction Brad R. Torgersen is a multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer whose book A Star-Wheeled Sky won the 2019 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel at the…
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Episode 121: Joan He
An hour-long chat with Joan He, bestselling author of The Ones We’re Meant to Find, Descendant of the Crane, and Strike the Zither, the first in a duology, recently released by McMillan. Websitejoanhewrites.com Instagram@joanhewrites Twitter@joanhewrites Joan He’s Amazon Page The Introduction Joan He was born and raised in Philadelphia but still will, on occasion, lose her…
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Episode 120: Kevin Moore
An hour-long chat with Kevin Moore, author of The Book of Souls, a mystical ghost story, the first book in a series featuring Jack Kelly and his paranormal abilities. The Book of Demons (think Harry Potter meets The Exorcist) is the sequel. Websitewww.kevinmoorepublishing.com Facebook@kevinmoorepublishing Instagram@kevinmoorepublishing Kevin Moore’s Amazon Page The Introduction Kevin Moore is the…
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Episode 119: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
An hour-long chat with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, author of the critically acclaimed new historical fantasy novel The Witch and the Tsar (Ace Books). Websiteolesyagilmore.com Facebook@olesyaauthor Twitter@OlesyaAuthor Instagram@olesyaauthor Olesya Salnikova Gilmore’s Amazon Page The Introduction Olesya Salnikova Gilmore was born in Moscow, Russia, raised in the US, and graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in English…
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Episode 118: Sangu Mandanna
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