Dave Wilmart, author of the Greystone Chronicles and The Dark Elf Chronicles, is running an ad during an ESPN event, the Pizza Bowl. First instance of a LitRPG author running an ad during normal TV thing. Neat.
Vasily Mahanenko Plans for 2019
Vasily Mahanenko, author of the Way of the Shaman series, recently posted an update for his 2019 plans.
New Art for War Aeternus - Jade
Charles Dean released some artwork that he had made for the character Jade, from his War Aeternus series. It looks really good, though the anatomy looks a little off, I’m definitely a fan of the blood created weapon and those high heels. I just thought her hair would be a more striking shade of blue.
MSE asks for help from Fans
Michael Scott Earle has sent out some information to people on his newsletter list asking for help with Amazon.
LIVE Author Interview: Charles Dean 12/16 3pm Pst
Hello everyone, I'll be talking to Charles Dean about his latest release War Aeternus 4: Harbinger of Ash and asking him a bunch of questions LIVE on YouTube. If you're a fan of his work or the man himself or you just want to ask him embarrassing beard/bacon related questions you can join us on Sunday 12/16 3pm PST. If you click the link below you can set yourself a reminder so you don't miss a single moment with this amazing author.
Upcoming Online Panel at Fantasy Nation
James Hunter, LitRPG author and head of Shadow Alley Press will be moderating an online panel on the Fantasy Nation Page.
Greystone Book 5 Cover Reveal
Dave Wilmarth released the new cover art for book 5 of the Greystone Chronicles and it’s just too cute not to share. The book is not available yet, but hopefully before the end of the year.
Shepherd Moon: Singularity Point 01 (LitRPG), is on sale for the holidays for $0.99
Shepherd Moon: Singularity Point 01 (LitRPG), is on sale for the holidays for $0.99. It’s a fun sci-fi LitRPG. It just got new series name and cover art, so you might have already read it as the Omegaverse series but if you haven’t, go pick it up. It’s also on KU.
GameLit Society raise $6K for Charity
The GameLit Society’s annual charity drive did great and raised $6000 for St. Jude’s Children Hospital in just a month. Yaay!! Thank you everyone, but especially Daniel Schinhofen who gave over $2,000 by himself. He’s one of the most generous bearded men I know. Wait, that sounds weird.
MountainDale Press interviews Xander Boyce
This week on Facebook Live, Mountain Dale Press talked to one of their authors, Xander Boyce, about Advent - Red Mage: book 1 and what may be in the pipeline with Advent book 2.
Rare LitRPG mention on D&D Podcast
Someone talking about LitRPG in the wild! No, it is actually Tao Wong's narrator for Adventures on Brad talking on the DnD podcast. But for several minutes he mentions his work narrating LitRPG. And you can tell the other people have no idea what he's talking about, but it was still neat. It's the episode that came out 11/21/18, DnD and Improv Comedy, at about the 48 min mark.
LitRPG Audiobook chosen for Audible Customer Favorite
Aleron Kong’s The Land: Raiders, book 6 in the Chaos Seeds series was voted Customer Favorite on Audible for 2018. Congrats to both Aleron and the narrator Nick Podehl.
Paul Campbell Jr. starts a Patreon
Paul Campbell Jr., author of Peaks of Power, has started a Patreon for fans that want to support him. He’s offering some good rewards depending on the tier of support: custom stickers, ebooks, early chapters, signed book copies, merch, he’ll even fly out to you and take you to dinner if you pay enough. Go support the author if you love his stuff!
Life Reset Merch
If you’ve been craving some merchandise based on the hit LitRPG novel, Life Reset, you can now get it. There are several t-shirts and mugs that the author has setup to get made and shipped out.
Chaos Seeds Book 7 nominated for Good Reads Award
The Land - Predators (Chaos Seeds Book 7) has been nominated in the category for Best Fantasy novel of 2018 on Good Reads. The novel is going up against some pretty big names and if you want to vote we have a link directly there.
Blaise Corvin - William D. Arand Collaboration
This week Blaise Corvin shared some cover art for his super secret collaborative project he’s been working on with William D. Arand. No details on what the project is about, but Blaise did write that it will be launched early December.
Annual GameLit Society Charity Drive
It’s that time of the year folks. The GameLit Society is running their annual charity drive and in only a few days has already made it halfway to their goal of sending $2000 to Shriner Hospitals for Kids.
Win one of 10 Signed Chaos Seed Books
Aleron Kong, author of the Chaos Seeds series, is giving away 10 signed copies of his books. You can enter at the link below or find book 1 in the series on Goodreads to enter. The contest will take entries until Oct. 31st, 2018.
Life Reset is an Audible Five Star Fave for October
Life Reset was listed in Audibles Five Star Faves in Fanstasy and Science fiction this month. Congrats to Shemer (Sh-eh-mare) Kuznits!
Awaken Online contest
Travis Bagwell, author of the Awaken Online series, is doing a giveaway. All you have to do is comment on the Facebook page for the contest (link in the shownotes) with with what race/class/build you would pick if you were to start playing AO. He’s giving away some nice concept art and some cool posters with original artwork he had commissioned.