My two publishers are both small presses that publish both e-books and POD paperbacks. When I have a track record with half a dozen novels, an agent might deign to read my query letter about a new work to the end.
Do you have a website/blog where readers may learn more about you and your work?
I have a website but it’s always out of date. It does have sample chapters of some novels and maps for the Iskander stories to download. Rather than use up writing time I elected to hire my computer fixing guy to set it up. It turned out to be more trouble for him than he expected – we still can’t get it to host with my ISP. And now I think he’s gone out coal mining again and I won’t get my last changes done until the snow flies.
I use my latest blog as my promotion and update site. I started it with my Virtual Book Tour for the release of that novel. It has a report on the book tour as well as much background material about the Iskander scenario that never fits in the novels.
Do you have another book on the works? Would you like to tell readers about your current or future projects?
My pure fantasy, Rast, will be published by Zumaya next January. It features a young couple combating the intrusion of a mechanistic invader into the magical kingdom of Rast. It’s rather an anti-technology/anti-imperialism piece. In order to combat his enemies the young prince must open himself to the magic whose power will eventually destroy him.
Then there are two works in progress: the fourth in the Iskander series, The Wildcat’s Burden, that follows from The Wildcat’s Victory, as well as a modern setting speculative fiction with a protagonist who is a retired professor of cybernetics and abbott of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. I’ve long been following the concordance between modern physics theories and 2500 year old Buddhist insights. The tone is light and often humorous when Crumthorne strives to protect a NASA convention from outside forces who use mind power for their interstellar meddling.
Article comments
1 - c hoare
Thanks for the interview, Mayra.
I hope it generates its share of notice for your upcoming release, the Slippery Art of Book Reviewing. I shall look for the book, since I started reviewing last year, and usually find myself in rather slippery stuff.
Chris.
2 - Mayra Calvani
Thanks for your good wishes and for the great interview. Good luck with your book!
3 - Donna McDine
Hi Mayra...another great interview. Chris your insight on critique groups in my opinion was right on target..it made me chuckle out loud. Also, your repsonse to publishers is very informative.
Thanks,
Donna