Whew, it’s been a busy few weeks here. I’ve been a bit slow in updating the blog, but I assure you it’s all for a good cause. There’s a lot happening on the Zeus is Dead front, which is what’s filling up most of my time, and most of that is due to the final edit on the manuscript itself. My Booktrope editor is giving me a lot of great comments and notes. It’s making the novel even better than it was, but it does mean that much of my time is taken up in reviewing and incorporating those notes into revisions. It’s fun (and it’s fantastic to work with someone as excited about the book as I am), but time consuming. Our deadline is April 15th, so I’m working hard to meet that. [Read more…]
Top 5 List: Sci-fi/Fantasy Books
Well, an unspecified amount of time has passed, and you know what that means! (Okay, so actually you probably don’t, but just pretend like you do. Then again, you probably did see that whole “Top 5 List” thing up above there, so as you’re likely a reasonably observant person, you probably do have at least some inkling.) That’s right, it’s time for another geek-related Top 5 List, as always, chosen and voted on by an exclusive panel of me! This random period of time’s list is…
Once again, the list is in no particular order, because I have enough trouble narrowing the list down this far already, to say nothing of actually ranking favorites. [Read more…]
Announcing Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure
It’s official: My upcoming comedic contemporary fantasy, previously titled Murdering Zeus for Fun and Prophet, now has a final title and release date! (Cue the lights and some manner of musical gravitas!) Coming from Booktrope on July 21, 2014…
Writing Zeus is Dead
In part two of my reblogging some entries written a few years ago when I finished writing the original manuscript of what’s now titled Zeus is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure (a comedic contemporary fantasy coming soon from Seattle publisher Booktrope!), I talk a little about the process of writing the novel itself. (See part one for the origin of the idea.) Writing it was a blast, though not without difficulties…
(Note that the working title of the novel was Murdering Zeus for Fun and Prophet.)
In my last entry I wrote about how I originally embarked on writing the (completed) manuscript I’m now calling Murdering Zeus for Fun and Prophet. At the time I began, I only made a few veiled comments about what I was working on. “Somewhat less serious” was the phrase I used when comparing it to my previous work, but I didn’t mention anything at the time about Greek gods.
“The Spaceship”
So I’m in the process of moving to a new home (nowhere far, just from one Seattle neighborhood to another), which means I’m going through my stuff and culling the herd a bit to make moving easier. I’ve been here for a while, so there’s quite a bit of stuff to go through, and in a box in the back of my closet I found something amusing: The very first book I ever wrote.
Note that I did this in elementary school in 1985. I’d like to think my writing has improved at least a little bit since then. It was a class project, if I remember right. Every student wrote one, as well as doing the actual binding and illustrations. (I’d like to think my drawing has improved at least a little bit since then, too. I’d like to. But it hasn’t.) So now, without further ado, I present to you my first ever novel, the sci-fi tour de force known as…
(Is that an awesome title or what?)
It was the 1980s. Cover art wasn’t as important back then. Apparently. |
Look at that quality binding! Yessir, slathered rubber cement! |
See, there it is. Proof I wrote it, right there in…pencil! I know, the title page gives away a major plot twist. I was young and naive. |
See? Copyright! All rights reserved! No stealing this for your next movie, Shia LaBeouf! (Always copyright your schoolwork, kids. The teacher will add 10 points right off the bat, I swear.) |
“He was walking on the field (after the fight) and he saw a silver disk coming down. Then a read beam came down and zapped him up!” (The exclamation point tells you it’s exciting!) |
“Then he pushed a button and the door flew open. He went inside and got in the spaceship inside.” (It’s important to demonstrate how doors get opened. Buttons!) |
THE END Wasn’t that a fantastic book, boys and girls? Well? Wasn’t it? And yet there was never a movie deal or even a sequel. |
The origins of Zeus is Dead
So you’ve probably heard my news that Zeus is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure will soon be published by Seattle publisher Booktrope. Today I’m reblogging something I wrote a few years ago after I’d completed the manuscript and was getting ready to shop it around to agents: the “origin story” of how I came to write my favorite work…
(Note that the working title of the novel was Murdering Zeus for Fun and Prophet.)
Way back when I started writing–at least in any serious fashion–I had an idea about writing an original Greek myth. Not to retell The Odyssey or some such thing, but rather writing an epic of my own plotting using the already existing (and public domain, obviously) characters of Greek and Roman mythology.
A Memory in the Black now available on Nook, iTunes, and Smashwords
Book Two of The New Aeneid Cycle |
I’ve received a lot of questions about this, and I’m pleased to announce that A Memory in the Black is now available on Nook, iTunes, and Smashwords! (I expect it to appear on Kobo soon as well, but it’s not there quite yet.)
Special Smashwords offer: Today through February 28th, you can download it (in epub, mobi, or PDF) from Smashwords for half the price with coupon code VG23D!
Want to get a FREE copy? Help me out by sharing this link (http://www.michaelgmunz.com/new_aeneid.html) on Twitter or Facebook by Feb 28th, then either comment on this post or email me that you’ve done so at mike@michaelgmunz.com, and I’ll send you a code to get it from Smashwords free!
“This series so far has me hooked! It’s just really exciting!!! I can’t wait for the third book!!!” –★★★★★ Amazon review
And, of course, A Shadow in the Flames, book one of the series, continues to be free across just as many platforms. If you haven’t read it yet, pick it up today!
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