J.W.’s Comments (group member since Oct 26, 2018)

J.W.’s comments from the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

“Storm’s Clouds”, the second book in the Stormfall Chronicles, is available for FREE this weekend, 24-25 April.

The series follows Lynette, a peasant girl who dreamed of attending the Fae Academy to become a sorceress - only to find the outside world was more complicated than she had imagined.

In “Storms Clouds” Lynette and Baxter attempt to track down the whereabouts of a dragon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07Z42...

Letting everyone know that "Storm's Herald," the first book in the Stormfall Chronicles, is available for FREE on Amazon this weekend, 10-12 April.

The Stormfall Chronicles follows the story of Lynette, a peasant girl who dreamed of attending the Fae Academy to become a sorceress, only to discover that the outside world was more complicated and less forgiving than she had imagined.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MYK9QHC

Letting everyone know: "Storm’s Clouds," Book 2 of the Stormfall Chronicles has now been released and will be available for FREE 20-21 Dec 2019.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z429ZJP

Letting everyone know: "Storm’s Herald," Book 1 of the Stormfall Chronicles will be available for FREE this weekend, 7-8 Dec 2019.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MYK9QHC

I have scheduled the release of the second book in my YA Fantasy series, The Stormfall Chronicles for 19 Dec. I am looking for honest reviews and am giving out ARCs for Book 2.

To give a little background, I am a previously published non-fiction author (through a traditional publishing house), who recently turned to writing epic fantasy as a medium that I could share with my three teenage daughters.

The series follows the story of Lynette, a young woman who travels to the Fae Academy with dreams of becoming a sorceress, together with the story of Baxter, a young squire who flees his home kingdom in hopes of becoming a knight. In the second novel, a dragon has been reported on the edge of the Fae Kingdom - the first such sighting in centuries. Lynette and Baxter are tasked to track-down the whereabouts and intentions of the fiery beast, while new threats continue to emerge from both within and without the Fae Kingdom.

I have set up a Google Form to sign-up for a pre-publication, Advance Reader Copy (ARC) of the book:
https://forms.gle/wAttb4JyzwWVarNa8

A more complete synopsis of the book can be found under the sign-up form.

Thanks again to everyone for their support and interest.

J.W. Golan

I'm currently reading Tree of Ages by Sara C. Roethle.

Thanks Clare. I've submitted the materials that Goodreads requested to identify myself as the author and claim ownership over the author page. Just waiting on the approval process at this point.

Thanks Clare. Good advice. I had to broaden my author page on Amazon first, before adding the novel.

Thanks again.

Hello,

I am pleased to announce the release of my first YA Fantasy novel, "Storm's Herald" - which is currently available for free on Amazon through January 23.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MYK9QHC/

I would appreciate any honest reviews that our reading community would be willing to contribute. Doesn't have to be long or elaborate.

To give you a little background about myself, I am a previously published non-fiction writer - having published a volume on aviation history through a traditional, printed publishing house several years ago.

I recently turned to writing Fantasy-Fiction as an indie author, however, as a genre and medium that I can share with my three daughters (two of whom are now in high school).

"Storm's Herald" is a coming-of-age story, intended to be the first installment in an eventual trilogy, following the journey of Lynette - a young woman who dreams of becoming a Druid like her half-fae teacher before her.

I hope that you enjoy reading "Storm's Herald" as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please let me know if there are any questions.

Kind regards,

J.W. Golan
https://jwgolan.blogspot.com/

The division between "hard" and "soft" science fiction has - as was already been mentioned - been somewhat fuzzy. What qualifies as sufficiently physics-based to qualify as "hard" science fiction will differ from one reader to another, and from one decade to another.

I would propose a more useful division between "hard" and "soft" science fiction along the following lines: "hard" science fiction is concerned with the impact (good or bad) that science and technology has on humanity; "soft" science fiction is merely using the future or alien-themed setting as a backdrop for the story, not necessarily as a central crux or reason for it being written.

I personally like both varieties, but for entirely different reasons. "Soft" sci-fi can be wonderfully entertaining - but sometimes you want to read something that has a message, a story that's trying to tell us something about ourselves or our future as a society. It's really a matter of what mood you're in at the time.