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Josh Erikson doesn't have any fancy credentials to tell you about here. He lives in rural Nebraska (US) with his wife and two children, where he mostly reads, writes, and reads about writing. His many awards and accolades include some beautiful photoshopped certificates he printed at home and a yo-yo trick contest he once won at a fun fair in a grocery store parking lot. ...more

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What made you want to do your own voice acting for your book? Did you consult someone to get a proper sound booth setup so it didn't sound like a echo chamber or someone flipping pages every minute? So where is book 2-5? ＼(^o^)／

Josh Erikson Hey, thanks for the questions! And the review, by the way. :)

I mostly decided to do my own narration because it sounded like a ton of fun. And I've s…moreHey, thanks for the questions! And the review, by the way. :)

I mostly decided to do my own narration because it sounded like a ton of fun. And I've spent a good portion of my life studying and performing in Music Theatre, so it seemed like a natural fit to put that experience to work. But listening to Neil Gaiman do his stuff really inspired me. Anything that puts me in the same ballpark as that guy can't be bad, right? (Okay, more like the parking lot of the burger joint next door to the ballpark, but still...)

The sound booth setup was trouble for me at first. I'm more of an "art before science" guy, so I just grabbed some foam and jumped in. That...didn't work. It actually took me four months of research and testing to get the booth and software bugs all worked out. A good friend hooked me up with the right equipment, and THEN I was able to record. I'm looking forward to actually knowing what I'm doing for the second book.

As for that, the next book in the series is in edits now and goes to my editor on 9.15. She'll tell me where I've been painfully stupid, and then I'll polish it all up. I'm hoping to be recording by early November and do a release in all formats by January. Book three is outlined and will start to take shape in a few months. The goal is to release at least two books in the series every year until people start throwing things at me to quit.

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Apologies if I missed it somewhere, but do you have a release date for the audiobook of Fate Lashed? I really enjoyed the audio of Hero Forged and I'm looking forward to listening to the new one. As a side note, if this whole author business doesn't work out for you, you can always go into audiobook narration. Ha!

Josh Erikson Hey thanks, Kristopher! You didn't miss the release date yet. My original hope was to have the audiobook out by the end of February, but the last few …moreHey thanks, Kristopher! You didn't miss the release date yet. My original hope was to have the audiobook out by the end of February, but the last few tracks gave me some trouble. (Read: I'm a hopeless perfectionist and had to edit the recording to within an inch of its life.) But it's all been submitted to Audible as of ten days ago, and it's just waiting for them to finish processing. Hopefully just a few more days to go! And even though I've been terrible about keeping people updated, I'll be sure to announce it here, on my website, twitter, facebook, and everywhere else I can think of. :) Thanks for checking and for being awesome!(less)

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Average rating: 4.16 · 2,523 ratings · 335 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hero Forged (Ethereal Earth #1) 4.06 avg rating — 1,342 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fate Lashed (Ethereal Earth #2) 4.31 avg rating — 619 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blight Marked (Ethereal Earth #3) 4.21 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dawn Razed (Ethereal Earth, #4) 4.47 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Changed: Stories from Ethereal Earth (Ethereal Earth, #3.5) 4.21 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evoker (The Dyrnwyn Strain, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolter (The Dyrnwyn Strain Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I want a good set of rules to know where my boundaries are. Otherwise how am I supposed to know what to break?”
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“Few things in this world scare me anymore. When you learn to see into people's hearts, there aren't that many monsters left in the dark.”
― Josh Erikson, Hero Forged

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“Once you're already carrying ten gallons of crazy, another cup or two is mostly academic.”
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