Fantasy Fiction that influenced THE END OF MAGIC TRILOGY: Brandon Sanderson, who was a key influence, even though I’ve never read him…
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Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett: The End of Magic Influences 3
Fantasy Fiction that influenced THE END OF MAGIC TRILOGY: MONSTROUS REGIMENT by Terry Pratchett…
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The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie: THE END OF MAGIC influences 2
How a fantasy novel set around a single battle was an influence on my END OF MAGIC trilogy…
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The Wizard of Earthsea: End of Magic Influences 1
How the Wizard of Earthsea influenced my fantasy fiction writing and the End of Magic trilogy…
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New End of Magic Bookmarks Just Arrived…
Ooh, shiny!
The End of Magic website has had a makeover
The End of Magic website has been given a spring clean and looks magnificent with the new artwork by Alejandro Colucci. Have a gander by visiting TheEndOfMagic.com
The End of Magic — New Cover Design by Alejandro Colucci
As revealed on tonight’s live show, here’s the new cover design for THE END OF MAGIC by the breathtakingly talented Alejandro Colucci…
And here it is without all those words getting in the way of the beautiful art…
For the moment, the cover is on the Kindle edition only, but there will be a paperback coming soon. Stay tuned for that soon. In the meantime, you can enjoy more of Alejandro’s work here.
A Cover Reveal on Monday’s Livestream
Join me on Monday 11th March, 8pm GMT for a livestream with updates on…
- The edit of THE END OF DRAGONS (the sequel to THE END OF MAGIC)
- The latest draft of THE CORN BRIDE (the 5th book in The Witches of Woodville series)
- And a COVER REVEAL of the stunning new artwork for THE END OF MAGIC by renowned artist Alejandro Colucci (you really don’t want to miss this!).
I’ll also be joined by the splendid bestselling author Caimh McDonnell. We’ll be discussing the editing process and why it doesn’t always have to be traumatic.
Facebook folk: Apologies for the issues with Facebook stream last time around. Mr Zuckerberg’s gremlins don’t make livestreaming as simple as it could be and there’s a good chance it could all go horribly wrong again. If it does, there will be a link to Youtube in the description and comments on the Facebook page.
What’s in Store for 2024? Join me live…
In the first of a series of monthly live catch-ups I’ll be outlining what lies ahead in 2024, the year of the dragon! Yes, there’s going to be a sequel to The End of Magic called The End of Dragons, and this will be where you can find out how you can read it before anyone else. I’ll also give updates on the next Witches of Woodville book and more. And because it’s a live stream you can ask me questions, too… (And yes, I’m aware that the artwork for this event makes it look like my head is growing out of the horizon… I think it’s a fetching new look). See you soon!
The End of Magic: A Bit of an Announcement…
Here are the headlines, (more details below):
There’s a change in the availability of The End of Magic in eBook.
The paperback is about to go out of print and I have the last few.
Oh, and there’s going to be a sequel!
Something unexpected happened a couple of weeks ago. I got the rights back to The End of Magic from my publisher. This happened a year earlier than I thought it would and it caught me on the hop, but it means three things:
- From today the eBook of The End of Magic will only be available to read on Kindle or Kindle Unlimited. If you’re an Apple/Kobo/Google reader and you’ve already bought the eBook of The End of Magic it should stay on your device. If it suddenly vanishes, then drop me a line here and I’ll sort it out. To read it now on Kindle just click here.
- The Unbound paperback is now officially out of print. You might still find copies online and in a few stores, but I snapped up the last few copies that Unbound had. So if you want a signed first edition paperback, there are fewer than 30 left and you can get them while stocks last here. If you want the standard Amazon print-on-demand version, then there’s an endless supply of those available from Amazon.
- I can finally write a sequel to The End of Magic!
So why couldn’t I write a sequel previously? Well, when you sign a deal with a publisher they have first refusal on any sequel/series ideas that you have. And as much as I like the good people at Unbound, I didn’t much fancy going down the crowdfunding route again. I had planned to wait until their licence expired next February, but they’re having a bit of a purge of their digital list, and they’ve been reverting the rights back to authors left, right and centre and so when they reverted the rights a couple of weeks ago it was something of a pleasant surprise.
I’ve spent the time since re-reading The End of Magic and I’d quite forgotten how much I loved writing those characters and playing in that world. So I’ve started making notes for a sequel, currently titled (drumroll)…
THE END OF DRAGONS
This will continue the story of Sander Bree, Rosheen Katell and her moon child brother Oskar and anyone else who managed to survive the events the End of Magic intact. Oh, and there will be dragons. Big ones.
Don’t get too excited just yet. It could take a year before it’s ready for publication, but it is happening (and there might even be a third to make it a trilogy, too), and I’m very excited to be writing it.
And if you’re a fan of the Witches of Woodville novels, please do not fear! The fourth in the series — The Holly King — is coming in September and available for pre-order now, and the fifth book will coming in 2024-ish, and hopefully there will be many more after that.
Right. Back to work. This epic fantasy won’t write itself…
Mark Stay Writes 