Today is the Big Day!
The final book is out in the wild!
And I’m being interviewed! Come on over to MH Elrich’s instagram account this afternoon (3pm CDT) and join the fun as we chat about Towers of Might and Memory!
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Tomorrow is release day!
It feels like the end of an era. I began writing these books back in 2013. I’ve been talking them on the blog as far back as 2017 (possibly earlier, it’s hard to do an exact search for when I started talking about The Orb and the Airship, but I found posts dating in 2017). I’ve been thinking about this series since 2005 when my husband first started building the world and creating Dalmir and Grayden as characters.
And tomorrow, the journey ends. The final bell tolls. The fifth and final book in this sweeping, epic, won’t-stay-in-a-box series releases tomorrow.
And I’m a little bit unsure how to feel about it.
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Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead was one of the first fantasy books I read all by myself.
My dad had already read me The Chronicles of Narnia, The Spirit Flyer Series, The Prydain Chronicles, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings… and I had already fallen in love with the genre. I can’t tell you how many times I read and re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (especially The Two Towers) over and over after he read them to us the first time.
But Taliesin was a gift from some family friends who, upon hearing that I liked fantasy, handed me a copy and told me I would love it.
I was 12.
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Grant and I return to the Stormcave to finish up our chat about some of the ins and outs of self-publishing!
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In our latest episode, we chat about my journey into self-publishing: how I got there, why I chose it, and some of the ins and outs I’ve learned along the way. This is just my story. There are many other options out there, so many tools and companies you can go with and choose from, and other indie authors probably know of even better routes to go, but this is the process that works for me. And if it is useful in any way to you, then I am glad.
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Episode 17!
Welcome to An Evening in the Stormcave, with your hosts Grant Walker and Jenelle Schmidt.Tonight we are talking about "Perfect Movies." A subjective or even "nebulous" topic to be sure, but we take some time to discuss just a few of our favorite films that we feel are flawless. What about you? What are movies that you would categorize as 10/10, 5 Stars, Two Thumbs up and Perfect-In-Every-Way?
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