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Blog postJust look at the joy in those faces! This is just one of the many messages (and images) we've been receiving from people whose Age of Legend books have arrived.
Many of these were received because of Kickstarter pre-orders. And if you want to be notified when the Age of Death Kickstarter starts up, you can sign up here.
But we have also opened up orders directly from our website (which provides us with a higher income because we get to keep the retailer's cut.&nbs -
Blog postGrim Oak Press (the distributor for Age of Legend) is running a giveaway for signed copies of all 4 books of the Legends of the First empire series. You can enter to win here.
Even if you have all the books, this would be a great opportunity to introduce the series to a loved one. Plus, there’s another reason to enter. Shawn and Jeff (who run Grim Oak) are also going to be giving away 3 copies of Terry Brook’s Street Freaks and one copy of the exclusive Emerald City Comic Con edition -
Blog postGrim Oak Press (the distributor for Age of Legend) is running a giveaway for signed copies of all 4 books of the Legends of the First empire series. You can enter to win here.
Even if you have all the books, this would be a great opportunity to introduce the series to a loved one. Plus, there's another reason to enter. Shawn and Jeff (who run Grim Oak) are also going to be giving away 3 copies of Terry Brook's Street Freaks and one copy of the exclusive Emerald City Comic Con editio -
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Blog postMany people have reached out to me indicating they were sad to miss the Age of Legend Kickstarter, and they wanted to get their hands on the book as soon as possible. Well, I'm here to say there is a way to get it right now!
The books have come off the presses, the warehouse has signed copies, and I've updated my online store to offer ebooks and signed hardcovers. So, if you missed the Kickstarter you can buy the book directly from me and get the book right now -- a mont -
Blog postWhat a surprise to get my Amazon Daily Deals email and find that Theft of Swords is on sale! Today, and today only you can get it for $2.99 and save 70% off the $9.99 regular price. And since this is an omnibus edition (with two full-length novels inside including The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha) it's an even better deal.
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Blog postFirst, it was Goodreads, and now Audible is featuring Age of Legend as one of this summer's biggest releases. Here is a full list of some of the other fantasy picks:
I see some great titles coming out, and I'm especially excited for Evan Winter's release, Anthony Ryan's Wolf Call, and Duncan Hamilton's Dragonslayer. All of these books are available for pre-ordering, so pick up your copies now!
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Blog postAge of Legend books will be coming off the presses any day now, so it's time to do some giveaways! We'll have three ways for you to win. Goodreads (only open to US and Canada residents). I'm not sure why Goodreads limited the giveaway to just these two countries, but they did, which is one of the reasons why I've got two other ways to enter. There are 3 books being drawn on June 30th at 11:59 PM EDT.
Reddit's /r/Fantasy sub (open to all countries). Reddit can be a divisive site -
Blog postAge of Legend books will be coming off the presses any day now, so it’s time to do some giveaways! We’ll have three ways for you to win.
Goodreads (only open to US and Canada residents). I’m not sure why Goodreads limited the giveaway to just these two countries, but they did, which is one of the reasons why I’ve got two other ways to enter. There are 3 books being drawn on June 30th at 11:59 PM EDT. Reddit’s /r/Fantasy sub (open to all countries). Reddit can be a divisive site fill -
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Blog postSo, with all that's going on, I'm terribly late about this post (which was originally announced on May 5th), but I couldn't be happier that Age of Legend was picked by Goodreads as one of the Hottest Fantasy Books of the summer!
Here are all five of their picks:
I'm thrilled that so many people are anxiously awaiting the release. I'm also pleased to see Evan Winter's book make the list...I know Evan just a bit, and I'm anxiously awaiting his re-release of a previously s -
Blog postHere at the Sullivan household, we are still embroiled in the fallout from my mom's passing last month, but this is a blog post I wrote many moons ago, and I just haven't had the time to post. It's the final installment in the trip Robin and I took to Florida in February -- oh how the time flies!! I hope you enjoy it. If you missed any of the prior posts, you can find them here.
The Great Bird Trip of 2019 - Part Three (The Everglades Adventure)The Great Bird Trip of 2019 - Part Two -
Blog postToday I got up like any other day and had myself a cup of coffee. Upstairs in the cabin's loft, Robin was entering some sales data form Del Rey in her spreadsheet and she said. "Huh, there's a new button in the author portal which indicates bestseller status. Guess what. You're a USA Today Bestselling Author -- twice!"
Yep, apparently, Age of Swords hit the 8/3/2017 list, coming in at 102, and Age of War hit the 7/12/2018 list. They came in 102 and 68 respectively. A li -
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Blog postEverglades
I remember when I first got my driver’s license. Back then, I would drive just for the fun of it. But when I was sent to the store to get milk, I discovered the experience was so much more fulfilling. Having a reason to do something made a difference. Manhattan is built for business, and when I first visited it as a tourist it was nice, but when I go there now, as I do for audio recordings or to meet with publishers, the visits feel more satisfying. It’s the difference be -
Blog postAs expected, the flu got me. Good news: I’m now immune to at least that strain, most likely for life. They should sell t-shirts. The flu nearly killed me and all I got was this lousy immunity. I shouldn’t complain. According to the CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in the U.S., making it the highest death toll in 40 years. Robin and I are still feeling the after-effects, but everything is mostly back to normal. More importantly, we are back to work.
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Blog postHer name was Anna Mae Veronica Soules Sullivan Berels.
Anna Mae’s mother was Delia Flanagan, who in 1894, at age 17 sailed alone from Ireland on the S.S. Lucania to America looking for a better life for herself and her children. She married William Soules who was born in 1867 just after the Civil War. Their daughter Anna Mae Soules was the youngest of eight children, born in 1921, and for 97 years she lived through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II. She ma -
Blog postHey all, we are in the final hours (30 to be exact) of the Age of Legend Kickstarter, and to say things have gone well would be a gross understatement. We are just a few thousand away from joining the other 4 fiction Kickstarters that have surpassed $100,000 in pre-order sales. How nuts is that?
Seriously, the support has been nothing short of amazing. Not only have you covered the costs for the print run, but also the cover design, copy editing, the production of soundtrack music b -
Blog postHey all, we are in the final hours (29.75 to be exact) of the Age of Legend Kickstarter, and to say things have gone well would be a gross understatement. We are just a few thousand away from joining the other 4 fiction Kickstarters that have surpassed $100,000 in pre-order sales. How nuts is that?
Seriously, the support has been nothing short of amazing. Not only have you covered the costs for the print run, but also the cover design, copy editing, the production of soundtrack music -
Blog postWhat a nice thing to wake up to. The Age of Legend Kickstarter is the featured publishing project out of the 417 projects that are currently live.
We have just 4 days left and here's where we stand:If we get another 82 backers we'll become the 3rd most-backed fiction Kickstarter of all time. (and that will trigger the next stretch goal that will provide another short story to all the backers).
We're already the 5th most-funded fiction Kickstarter of all time (and I doubt -
Blog postSo, the Age of Legend Kickstarter, continues to go well. Our thanks go out to all the people joining the fun. We have 11 days left, and so far it has made the Top 5 of all time when looking at the number of backers for US-based fiction projects.
It's currently sitting snuggly at #4, right between two of my other Kickstarters. Likewise, when we look at most-funded. It's doing well, too. It's currently #6, and the likelihood that it'll push out #5 (my project The -
Blog postTraveling southwest along Route 1 (hopping islands and transversing open water like Jamie Lee Curtis hanging out an open sunroof), I had tried to shoot birds—with a camera, not a gun. And yes, Robin was driving. There were many along the wires and railings. Mostly cormorants (which I already had), but a few others looked new. It didn’t work. Even at max shutter speed the shots came out as blurs. The sun was going down. And while everyone else was stopping at roadside pull-offs to take pictures o
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Blog postYes, this is another birding post.
When I was thirteen, my brother-in-law—a Detroit police officer—bought me a 30-30 Winchester rifle and took me deer hunting on his hundred-acre farm in western Michigan. I was less than impressed with the experience, which consisted of going out early on a winter morning and sitting in the woods on a bright orange Hot Seat—a round plastic pillow filled with insulating beads that were supposed to warm your butt as you sat in the snow.
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Blog postYesterday I saw something amazing happen. Underlord, Will Wight's sixth book in his Cradle series was released.
Why is that so special? Well, it skyrocketed. Here's a screen grab I took when it hit #5, but I heard it got as high as #2.
Now fantasy books usually don't get that high in the rankings, but I've NEVER seen a self-published book do that. Not ever.
But here's the thing that's even more amazing me to me. Will doesn't have a huge social network (I we -
Blog postWell, the calendar says March 1st, but it's snowing here in the Shenandoah Valley, so who knows if Punxsutawney Phil lied to us or not. But regardless, I'd like to tell you about a sale that I and 30 of my fellow authors are doing. It's called the Swords of Spring Sale, and all books (and even 7 box sets) are on sale for just $0.99. Doesn't that sound like a great time to pick up something you've missed or to try out something new? Heck if you spent the $29.70 to get all the boo
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Blog postWell, that went faster than I thought. We got to full funding in about 3 1/2 hours. That's a record for my Kickstarters. Thanks everyone for the awesome support. A few things...
1. I'll come up with a stretch goal and get it posted for tomorrow
2. On Thursday at around 12:00 noon, I'll add another set of "Night of Avryln" perks as they literally disappeared in just a few minutes.
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Blog postAt 12:00 noon EST on Wednesday, Feb 27th, I'll be pushing the Age of Legend Kickstarter live. To find the Kickstarter you can go to the page posted at this link, and press the graphic. Doing that right now does nothing but on Wednesday it will take you the Kickstarter page.
HINT: You can also find the Kickstarter Page by going to Kickstarter and searching on Age of Legend or by looking for projects created by Michael J. Sullivan ;-).
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Blog postHey, look what Robin noticed on the main Audible page today. Age of Legend is a Featured Pre-order! Are you all getting excited about the next installment? Is it early sales that is driving this title to get one of these coveted spots? To be honest, I have no idea. But I'm thrilled for the extra exposure. So, if you have already done your audio pre-order, thanks for that. And if you haven't now would be a good time to do so! Age of War made the New York Times Bestseller List, and I think a
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Blog postFor those who have enjoyed the Riyria Revelations but have yet to dive into the Riyria Chronicles, now is a great time to do so because The Crown Tower (first book in that series) is on sale on Audible. The book has 11,329 4- and 5-star reviews and 9,160+ are 5-stars. So, I think I can safely recommend it.
This is part of their "First in Series" sale and it means you can get this title for about the cost of 1/2 a credit. And like all the Riyria tales, it's -
Blog postI have a friend who had a family of raccoons living in her rafters. She had to call animal control, twice. Apparently, the attic was a desirable loft apartment with good schools, and the raccoon community heard the previous tenants had recently vacated. Robin and I once had a squirrel in our chimney in Raleigh. It died there. I like to think it passed away in its sleep, curled up in bed with loved ones offering support, but I doubt that now given how they left the body until the stench required
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Blog postNo, this isn’t an announcement about a Legends of the First Empire television series, but it’s still pretty cool. Allstate Insurance recently did an advertisement about the resilience and strength of Carolinians in the wake of Hurricane Florence. In this ad, they focused on the Angel Oak of Johns Island South Carolina. It’s an amazing tree (and some say it’s the oldest living thing east of the Mississippi). It’s estimated to be between 400 – 500 years old, and it’s magnificent. It was a
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Blog postAs you may know, the hardcover edition of Age of Swords has gone out of print, and resellers have been charging outrageous amounts (currently $92 – $119) to get copies. We ran a crowdfunding campaign to buy the excess copies from Del Rey and I thought I should update everyone on the status of the the Age of Swords hardcovers. So here goes:
Yes, we have copies now, and they are shipping from our online store. We’ve also full-funded our Indiegogo campaign to buy all the remaining stock from -
Blog postToday at noon, this IndieGoGo campaign will go live.
No, it’s not the project for making Age of Legend (although that project will be launching early next year), but something came up out of the blue and we need to act fast. You see, Del Rey has put the hardcover edition of Age of Swords out of print, and we have a small window to do something about it.
I discovered the out-of-print status when I tried to order copies to replenish our online store, and I wasn’t able to get any -
Blog postIt’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Week at Goodreads, and there is a lot going on for fans of the genre. I’m honored that Age of War has made their Best-Fantasy-of-2018 (so far) list. Here’s all 12 titles:
Here’s some information for each title, along with links to add them to your shelves:
Title Author Rating # Ratings Release Date Shelved by Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 4.36 8,564 07/10/18 56,737 Circe Madeline Miller 4. -
Blog postThis is a question I’m getting often right now. That’s a good sign, it means people are reading and enjoying Age of War and want more. I recently wrote a pretty detailed email on this subject, and I thought I should share it here as well. It’s not a short answer, but I want to be comprehensive, so bear with me.
So, as you may already know, all the books of the Legends of the First Empire were written before I sought a publisher for the series. At the time, the series was five bo -
Blog postWell, it’s finally here. The release day of Age of War is only one day away and The Legends of the First Empire is dominating the audiboook epic fantasy best-selling list. All three novels are ranked, and thanks to a $5.95 sale on Age of Myth I have a book sitting in the #2 spot!
If you haven’t picked up a copy of Age of War I hope you will. I’m very excited to hear what people think about this next installment in the series.
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Blog postLess than two weeks before Age of War’s release and I’m honored and thrilled that it was picked by Goodreads as one of the Hottest Sci-fi and Fantasy reads of the summer. Here are all five selections:
I’ve also pulled some of the information about each book from Goodreads.
Title Author Shelved by Rating # Ratings Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 21,604 4.47 271 Age of War (Legends of the First Empire #3) Michael J. Sullivan&nbs -
Blog postSarah Chorn has a great recurring column at SF SIGNAL: Special Needs in Strange Worlds where she highlights books focusing on and celebrating disabilities in science fiction and fantasy. What a great idea! Yesterday, she came out with the best books in 2014 and I’m thrilled to find Hollow World on it. That’s the twelfth time my little science fiction project has made a “best of” or “most anticipated list.” 2014 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction 2014 The Qwillery’s Bra
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Blog postWow, I can’t believe how long it has been since I posted here. I really need to get my three separate sites combined to one…but that’s a topic for another day. For now, I wanted to post some recent events concerning Hollow World.
First, I was honored to have Hollow World nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award!
It didn’t win, and congratulations to Andy Weir who did. Truly it was an honor just to be included.
The second thing I wanted to mention is that beca -
Blog postYesterday I mentioned (on my Riyria blogsite) that audible added Hollow World to their Spring Preview 2014: The Best New Sci-Fi & Fantasy. That in and of itself is a great honor and enough to make me walking around on a high all day. My email tends to be a bit of an excavation site and as such I miss some emails, so when I found this in my inbox, the news got even better because Hollow World got even more exposure.
It’s somewhat ironic, as when -
Blog postIt’s been a while since I’ve posted, mainly because I’ve been very busy. But I should note that everything is on schedule for the April 15th release. The printed books are on the press and the full cover is show here:
I also announced a pre-order campaign that will, among other things, get people copies of the book a month before its official release. Here is a full list of perks for those that pre-order:
Free ebook for those that pre-order a print or audio version ebook del -
Blog postIt’s now exactly three months until Hollow World will be officially released. How can time travel so fast and so so slow simultaneously? And yes and that was my lame attempt at time-travel humor…given Hollow World’s premise it seemed lie that was worth going for.
A lot is going on.
Early reviews continue to come in from both bloggers and readers. If you are one of the people who got Hollow World early, please consider leaving a review on Amazon or&nbs -
Blog postWell it looks like we finally got Amazon fixed and you can now once again pre-order Hollow World. The broken page with the old ISBN is gone, and I’m hoping the pre-orders to the old version has (or will) move over to it. When checking out the page it was nice to see that the book is making the Time Travel Bestseller list:
It looks nice sitting next to Ian TreGillis’s books:
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Blog postIt’s still 131 days until the release of Hollow World, but four lucky people will be mailed signed limited-edition hardcovers tomorrow. This means you have a chance to join the nearly one thousand people who are already reading the novel (because they participated in the Kickstarter). The Kickstarter backers paid $75 for these editions, and as there are only 250 of them in existence, the books will become collector items. Here’s a bit of information for those just being introduced to the
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Blog postI’ve received some emails from people who are trying to pre-order Hollow World and having difficulty doing so. When going to the page on Amazon they are presented with:
First off, thanks so much for pre-ordering as this will really help with the launch of the product. Secondly, there has been a glitch that has required a change in the ISBN – as such the old pages are being replaced with new ones. It’s going to take awhile to populate the pages throughout, but I’ll be back and up
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