MICHAEL LODESTONE AND THE QUEEN OF DARKNESS NOW AVAILABLE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A WIZARD HUNTS HIS OWN KIND…WITHOUT MAGIC -- MICHAEL LODESTONE AND THE QUEEN OF DARKNESS NOW AVAILABLE

Michael Lodestone is full of secrets. And, thanks to author M. B. Weston, the mysteries that make up this enigmatic man are revealed in the first of a new series from Pro Se Productions. MICHAEL LODESTONE AND THE QUEEN OF DARKNESS is now available in print and digital format.

Rule #1: It’s not what you see in a reflection that matters. It’s what sees you.

Michael Lodestone is immortal. He is one of the world’s most powerful wizards. And he is hunting down the other immortals, trying to destroy them before they can reunite and take power on Earth once again.

The catch? He must take them down without the use of magic.

Hunting Old World evil with New World technology, Michael Lodestone roams the New Orleans’ underworld with a small team who knows his secrets: a computer hacker who now uses his gifts for a higher calling and a city detective bent on avenging her father’s death. Michael has chosen to go after the most powerful of the immortals: a witch whose power over mirrors and reflections makes her practically omnipresent. Armed only with iron weapons and his team’s know-how, Lodestone enters the world of magic once again—only this time, magic is the one thing he can’t use.

Author M. B. Weston reimagines the eternal fight against good and evil with the first in a new series- MICHAEL LODESTONE AND THE QUEEN OF DARKNESS. From Pro Se Productions.

With a haunting cover by Antonino lo Iacono, MICHAEL LODESTONE AND THE QUEEN OF DARKNESS, formatted by lo Iacono and Marzia Marina, is available on Amazon at https://tinyurl.com/vkm3sf74 for 7.99.

Lodestone’s first adventure is also available on Kindle formatted by lo Iacono and Marzia for $0.99 for a limited time at https://tinyurl.com/7rufa2fr. Kindle Unlimited Members can read this thrilling adventure for free!

For more information on this title, interviews with the author, or digital copies for review, email editorinchief@prose-press.com.

To learn more about Pro Se Productions, go to www.prose-press.com. Like Pro Se on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ProSeProductions. 

[Link] How to Distract a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Writer in Ten Easy Steps

by M. B. Weston

In case you are wondering how a science fiction/fantasy writer can sit down at a computer for an hour without producing anything of value, check out this list:

1. I am really annoyed with this chapter. It’s not flowing…
2. I wonder how my blog did today? Let me check…
3. Oh! I think need some chamomile tea. :::makes tea:::
4. I should check my Facebook/Twitter/Instagram notifications.
5. I am getting so distracted! I need someone standing behind me with a whip.

Read the rest at: https://darkoakpress.wordpress.com/2018/11/26/how-to-distract-a-sci-fi-fantasy-writer-in-ten-easy-steps-by-m-b-weston/

[Link] Why Writers Face Their Deepest Fears

by M. B. Weston

I’m sitting in front of my computer with shivers literally traveling down my arms. I can’t imagine how my poor character is feeling… Except my character is a Navy Seal. Named Tom… [Cue the excitement from the Elysian Chronicles fans…] He might not get as scared as me, but I guarantee you he’s not happy I’ve written him into this situation…

Writers know that creating tension in a story is vital. It means we put our characters in tough situations that we might not necessarily want to write about. It means manipulating our reader’s emotions. Your characters might need to experience sadness or terror in order to make the story better, even if you as the author don’t want to go there.

Unfortunately, we authors often have to experience the same emotions our characters experience. This especially includes me. I’m a “method writer.” Like a method actor, I have to put myself into the character’s head. I have to “be there.” That’s why I can’t just write an outline and have it work. I have to create more of a pre-draft because I literally have to go into the story and hear, see, and feel what my character feels.

So when Tom is scuba diving off the coast of Norway and has to go into an uncharted cave, I’m there with him. When he has to make a decision when the cave forks, knowing that his air is dwindling, I’m living it. And when a sea monster comes at him…

Yeah. I’m the one who has to endure the surprising sight of teeth and scales while squirming backward in a tiny sea cave trying to remember which way to go to escape and hoping the cave doesn’t become my tomb…

Read the full article: https://darkoakpress.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/why-writers-face-their-deepest-fears-by-m-b-weston/?fbclid=IwAR2z72uzammPREnBaWkaWuFYVLAt_5lXwD3SKXSWg81kVAJ4dHXlE_AOwxg

You might need a Guardian Angel

Got a difficult to buy for teen?  Do they like action?  If so, you might want a Guardian Angel.

When Major Davian, the most decorated soldier in the guardian angel military, is sent to earth to guard seven-year-old Tommy O'Connor, he thinks the assignment is beneath him. However, he soon discovers three alarming and critical facts.

• The fate of both Davian's world and Earth is tied to Tommy's life.
• The demonic forces his people have been fighting are intent on possessing the boy.
• A prophecy most of Davian's people have forgotten indicates that the existence of the child will coincide with the rise of a traitor who will take over Davian's homeland.

Davian is torn between protecting Tommy at all costs and preventing the conspiracy of his fellow soldiers to seize power.

The spiritual forces of legend are massing for war. The elite warriors of the Guardian Angels must act quickly to save those they protect and prepare for combat with their demonic enemies in the third great Battle for the City of Ezzer.

http://www.darkoakpress.com/apf.html

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The prophecy Davian's people had forgotten has been fulfilled; Elysia is now slave to a tyrant. His mercenaries, the dreaded Black Guard, kill at will, casting a shadow of terror wherever they tread. Elysia's enemies, the mornachts, have overrun Earth, and the human child prophesied to rid evil from both worlds may not survive their attacks-or impending world war.

Elysia's only hope for freedom lies in Davian. Once a decorated officer, Davian now roams Elysia's outskirts as an escaped fugitive. Armed with only a stolen sword, he and three loyal soldiers vow to somehow return to Elysia through a wilderness full of mornachts, Black Guard, and a nameless evil that slithers in the darkness, watching Davian's every move. For Davian to succeed, he must gather an army and somehow convince the neutral races of dragons, unicorns, and gnomes to help him along the way. The closer Davian gets to Elysia, the more one thought haunts him: To free his countrymen, he must betray his country.

http://www.darkoakpress.com/oots.html

"Whose Line Is It Anyway?" at Alabama Phoenix Festival

We had such a blast doing an "Authors and Artists Whose Line Is It Anyway?" at the Alabama Phoenix Festival this past weekend.

Want proof?

Then check out these videos:

Super Heroes

Dating Game

Storytime

[Link] The Writing Process Part 8 – Using Advance Readers

M.B. Weston, or, as I prefer to think of her,
the writer who has never taken a bad photo..

 by M.B. Weston


Your most valuable writing asset isn’t your computer, grammar knowledge, or storytelling ability. It’s your arsenal of advance readers.

Have you ever applied an update to a software program or a smartphone app only to have it crash immediately (or worse, lock up your device)? How frustrated did you feel? I usually end up yelling into my computer or phone, hoping the software developers can somehow hear me. “If only,” we think, “they had tested this on a few people to make sure it worked before they released it to the world!”

This is why many companies have beta users: people who volunteer to test the software to see how it works before it reaches the public.

You don’t want your cell phone company to send you an update without first testing it. In the same way, you shouldn’t consider your manuscript complete without letting a few people read it first. This post will discuss how to use your advance readers (or your beta readers, depending on what you call them).

Continue: http://mbweston.com/2012/08/15/the-writing-process-part-8-using-advance-readers/