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WWW 1.12 – RJ Barker Q&A

My Books:
Across the Broken Stars: https://jedherne.com/acrossthebrokenstars
Fires of the Dead: https://jedherne.com/fires
The Language of Lies (FREE): https://jedherne.com/lies/

Socials:
website: https://jedherne.com/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/jedhernewriter
twitter: https://twitter.com/JedHerne
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WWW 1.11 Listener Questions – Trunk Novels, Short Stories, Hiring Editors, and More!

In this episode, we finally get around to answering your questions! We had a blast doing this, so we want to do more Q & A episodes. Send your questions to wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode!

For more about our hosts and our books:

Dyrk Ashton: paternusbooks.com
Michael R. Fletcher: michaelrfletcher.com
Rob J. Hayes: robjhayes.co.uk
Jed Herne: jedherne.com

Socials:
website: https://jedherne.com/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/jedhernewriter
twitter: https://twitter.com/JedHerne
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jedherne/

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WWW 1.10 Fight Scenes with RJ Barker

Blam! Whack! Pow! In today’s episode, we’re joined by fantasy author RJ Barker (Author of The Bone Ships and The Wounded Kingdom series) to talk about fight scenes.

Featured book: War of Gods by Dyrk Ashton – https://amzn.to/33hPDjn

Twitter:

RJ: @dedbutdrmng

Jed: @JedHerne

Dyrk: @UnDyrk

Rob: @RobOfTheHayes

Michael: @FletcherMR

Contact us:

Send us questions/thoughts by emailing wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com . Jed reads and replies to every email. We might even answer your question on the show!

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WWW 1.9 Tense and POV ft. RJ Barker (Author of The Bone Ships and The Wounded Kingdom series)

Today we’re joined by fantasy author RJ Barker (Author of The Bone Ships and The Wounded Kingdom series) to discuss how tense and POV can serve our stories. RJ will also be back next week for another episode! Enjoy!

Featured book: The Bone Ships by RJ Barker – http://bit.ly/boneshipsRJ

Twitter:

RJ: @dedbutdrmng

Jed: @JedHerne

Dyrk: @UnDyrk

Rob: @RobOfTheHayes

Michael: @FletcherMR

Contact us:

Send us questions/thoughts by emailing wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com . Jed reads and replies to every email. We might even answer your question on the show!

For more about our hosts and our books:

Dyrk Ashton: paternusbooks.com

Michael R. Fletcher: michaelrfletcher.com

Rob J. Hayes: robjhayes.co.uk

Jed Herne: jedherne.com

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Free Fantasy Story! – Ascendant Flames by Jed Herne

Read Ascendant Flames for FREE: www.jedherne.com/firestory

Desperate for respect, a young magician joins a criminal gang and becomes drunk on her newfound power. But when she must decide between everything she wants and everything she used to be, will she let the past die, or will she reject her new life?

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WWW 1.8 Secondary Characters

We give a lot of attention to our main characters, but what about the cast that surrounds them? In this episode, we discuss how to create three-dimensional, interesting secondary characters.

Featured book: Fires of the Dead by Jed Herne – https://jedherne.com/firesofthedead/

Contact us:

Send us questions/thoughts by emailing wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com . Jed reads and replies to every email. We might even answer your question on the show!

For more about our hosts and our books:

Dyrk Ashton: paternusbooks.com

Michael R. Fletcher: michaelrfletcher.com

Rob J. Hayes: robjhayes.co.uk

Jed Herne: jedherne.com

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WWW 1.7 Character Flaws

Flaws play a crucial role in developing good characters. In this episode, we discuss how we build flaws to make our characters more interesting, relatable, and complex.
Featured book: Black Stone Heart by Michael R. Fletcher – https://bit.ly/BlackStoneHeart

Send us questions/thoughts by emailing wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com . Jed reads and replies to every email. We might even answer your question on the show!

For more about our hosts and our books:
Dyrk Ashton: paternusbooks.com
Michael R. Fletcher: michaelrfletcher.com
Rob J. Hayes: robjhayes.co.uk
Jed Herne: jedherne.com

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WWW 1.6 Editing

You’ve finished your first draft. Now what? In this episode, we discuss how we take our books from 1st draft to final publication.
Featured book: The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang. Read it here: https://bit.ly/SwordOfKaigen

Contact us:
Send us questions/thoughts by emailing wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com . Jed reads and replies to every email. We might even answer your question on the show!

For more about our hosts and our books:

Dyrk Ashton: paternusbooks.com
Michael R. Fletcher: michaelrfletcher.com
Rob J. Hayes: robjhayes.co.uk
Jed Herne: jedherne.com

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WWW 1.5 – Sequels

Fantasy authors are well-known for long series – but how do you write sequels that add to a story, rather than making it worse?
Comment to let us know about your favourite fantasy sequel!

Contact us:
Send us questions/thoughts by emailing wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com . Jed reads and replies to every email. We might even answer your question on the show!
For more about our hosts and our books:
Dyrk Ashton: paternusbooks.com
Michael R. Fletcher: michaelrfletcher.com
Rob J. Hayes: robjhayes.co.uk
Jed Herne: jedherne.com

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WWW 1.4 Traditional vs Self-Publishing

With more publishing options available to modern writers than ever before, which is the right choice for you? Our hosts discuss publishing, based on experiences in both the traditional and indie world.
Featured book: Across the Broken Stars by Jed Herne. https://jedherne.com/acrossthebrokenstars

Contact us:
Send us questions/thoughts by emailing wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com . Jed reads and replies to every email. We might even answer your question on the show!

For more about our hosts and our books:

Dyrk Ashton: paternusbooks.com
Michael R. Fletcher: michaelrfletcher.com
Rob J. Hayes: robjhayes.co.uk
Jed Herne: jedherne.com

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