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Greetings...I'm an American Fantasy author living in Sydney, Australia. That right there should tell you I like adventure and my stories are only an extension of that passion. I'm a fairly new author as I have only just released my first novel back in May, however, I have a longer background in directing and screenwriting films. Screenwriting and Novel writing are quite different and it's nice for me to be able to mix it up. Since the age of 13, I've played and enjoyed Dungeons & Dragons normally running my own games as the Dungeon Master for others. From these rich interactions, I've a plethora of interesting ideas and stories to share. I'll leave this part of the thread as my introduction and most details and updates about myself down below. Cheers!

Hello and welcome aboard Jon!

Thanks for the welcome G.G.

I'm new to the novel author world with my first fantasy book "Gorp: Goblin Janitor".

$11.99

Gorp the goblin is fleeing his lands in search of better employment. With only a cloth map to guide him, he sets out across the sea to secure work at Ye Olde Dungeon working for the sinister Dungeon Overlord Jamalin Spellslinger. Once there, along with a group of misfit monsters, Gorp is hired on as a janitor to clean up the messes left behind by the horde of fortune, glory, and treasure seeking adventurers. But all is not well within the dungeon as the Red Dragon has ideas and an agenda of his own.

There is a chance for the next 30 days to win a free paperback copy of Gorp here on the GR Giveaways. Ends July 20th.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

I'm running my Author's blog here at GoodReads and cover my techniques and upcoming projects in my blog. At the moment I'm embarking on creating a new Choose Your Own Adventure series and documenting the process I'm going through on my blog. Give it a follow if you would like to keep updated on my progress.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Welcome, and I wish you well in the giveaway!

It appears I've been showcased on the publishers page at Lulu as an Up & Coming Author with my new book. The small victories... http://www.lulu.com/shop

Denae wrote: "Welcome, and I wish you well in the giveaway!"

Thank you Danae, I'm not sure how to measure the success of a GR giveaway, but I'd be happy if 250 people want an unknown author's book.

I've played D&D inspired video games (Planescape Torment being the most notable one), but, to my regret, I've never done the pen and paper thing.

Welcome, and keep your +3 Claymore of Quality Writing sharp!

Matt wrote: "I've played D&D inspired video games (Planescape Torment being the most notable one), but, to my regret, I've never done the pen and paper thing.

Welcome, and keep your +3 Claymore of Quality Writ..."

It's never too late, still today you can find local games going on. First check for a local gamestore, and if you can't find anyone running a game, do what I did and run one yourself.

Cheers!

I have another free giveaway of the paperback copy of my fantasy novel "Gorp: Goblin Janitor". This time over on Amazon, ends next Monday.

https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/d7f6e72...

Just entered your giveaway.

"But all is not well within the dungeon" - are things ever well in a dungeon? :)

From a PC point of view no, but flip it tothe Dungeon Managers POV, everything should be running smoothly.

Thanks for entering ;)

I just plowed through every dungeon in every video game I've played. Guess those dungeon managers weren't good at their jobs. Hard to find good help these days.

While busy with other projects, I've recently taken some time off from writing my personal projects to try my hand at Anthologies and was selected from among 10 authors to have their works published in this Fantasy Anthology, it's my first one.

Shadows of the Abyss
eBook:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075VLMWHH
Paperback:
https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Abyss....

I decided to write my next Gorp the Goblin book during this year's NaNoWriMo 2017. As of last night, I won the NaNoWriMo by crossing the 50k word count line. However, this is going to be a bit longer of a novel than my first in the series. As I was writing the novel here in Australia, I've been featured by one of the local libraries and had a Q&A done with me, that is posted on their news site.

Meet Our November Write In Authors


Jon Ray's November Writing Journey

Just spent a few days building out my author site about dealing with a lot of hosting problems. I finally got the site up and running. Let me know what you think. http://author.jonray.net

Looks good. I do think the background image of your fantasy world is a bit distracting, though. Others may like it, but I prefer web stuff to be simple and sharp.

Yes and no. I'm still not completely settled on the color scheme or the background, but I tried a simple color and the site looks a bit more amateurish. I'm also redoing my book cover on Gorp and hopefully will have some fresh graphic content to use as well. Thanks for checking it out.

Wow! It's been over a year since my last update and quite a few things have changed. Back on Christmas Day of 2018, I released the 2nd book in the Gorp the Goblin series called, "Gorp: Dungeon Overlord". It is available worldwide on Amazon, iTunes, Kobo and other retailers. Below are the promos I've been using and a glimpse of the new book covers. I also got a new book cover for the first Gorp book and the 3rd book, which I'm currently finishing up on will be released later this year in 2019.




For more details check out the official website of LJR Publishing - http://author.jonray.net

Gorp is moving up in the world! What'll book three be called? "Gorp: Dictator of the Realm"?

Lol! Very close. It’s called Gorp: Defender of the Realm. If you join my newsletter now, I’m giving away a paperback copy of the first book to one lucky winner on my Mailing list.

Hah! I nearly got it.

Signing up now.

As of June 29th, 2019, the Gorp the Goblin Trilogy is complete! "Gorp: Defender of the Realm" is now out and available through multiple venues.



You can find the complete series listing here on Goodreads here-> https://www.goodreads.com/series/2614...

With the completion of the Gorp the Goblin trilogy, I now have book trailers for all the books.



If anyone is interested in where to purchase these, check the official website.

You can watch them by clicking on the links below:
Gorp: Goblin Janitor
Gorp: Dungeon Overlord
Gorp: Defender of the Realm