Earlier today, as part of this year’s online version of When Words Collide, the great annual writing conference in Calgary, I led about forty writers through the Seven-Sentence Short Story exercise, created by science fiction and fantasy author (and former English teacher) James Van Pelt, who was on hand and took part himself! I’ve used this …
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Sneak peek: back cover copy for Shapers of Worlds
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!
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!
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
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”
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 …
A podcast I was on and forgot to post!
I was on this great podcast back in April, and I don’t think I posted anything about it. In fact, I forgot about it until today (I think maybe a coronavirus ate my brain). I really enjoyed it. Have a listen!
Read the prologue and first two chapters of The Moonlit World
The Moonlit World, Book 3 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books, releases in ebook and trade paperback on September 15 (following the mass-market paperback release of the previous book, Master of the World, in August). That means it’s time for a teaser! You can now read the prologue and first two chapters online! (If …
New ebook editions of The Shards of Excalibur now available!
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 …
Anthology with my short story “Beneath the Pall” now available!
The new anthology My Battery is Low and it is Getting Dark, published by Zombies Need Brains, LLC, is now available, and includes my story, “Beneath the Pall,” which is about…um…a lonely submarine? More or less? Zombies Need Brains, run by my fellow DAW Books author Joshua Palmatier, has Kickstarted several anthologies over the past …
Get an autographed set of the Shards of Excalibur series for only CDN $49.99!
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)
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 …
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