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Story Behind the Story: The Editing and Publication of Nahla: Warrior of the North

By Nick Marone 1 December 23Story Behind the Story

This is the “story behind the story” for the editing and publication of Nahla: Warrior of the North. The first part in this series recounted the writing of the first draft, whereas this part shows the final stages. If you are unfamiliar with the many stages of the publishing process, this[…]

Story Behind the Story: The First-Draft Manuscript of Nahla: Warrior of the North

By Nick Marone 27 April 23Story Behind the Story

This is the "story behind the story" for the first draft manuscript of Nahla: Warrior of the North. The idea spent several years in my mind before being written. Read on to learn more about it! This is Part 1 of a two-part series. READ PART 2 The Story of[…]

Story Behind the Story: The Price of Inspiration

By Nick Marone 30 September 21Story Behind the Story

WARNING: Spoilers follow. "The Price of Inspiration" has always been one of my favourite stories, not just for the premise, but for how the whole story began. Read on to find out. Inception Not many people know this, but I am not the only writer in my family. Both my[…]

Announcing Delta-V Press

By Nick Marone 28 October 20News

I now have a publishing imprint! All of my self-published works will now be under the Delta-V Press imprint. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the mathematical term Delta-v (lowercase v on purpose), you can view A Word on Vocabulary #24: Delta-V for a quick explanation. Here is[…]

Drowned Earth Author — C. A. Clark

By Nick Marone 25 January 20Novella

Australian Speculative Fiction (ASF) is all about showcasing Australian and New Zealander authors. One of the many projects currently under way is the Drowned Earth Novella series—a series of eight novellas written by different authors all set in the same scenario—a flooded Australia. To get to know these amazing authors[…]

NaNoWriMo 2019 Report

By Nick Marone 30 November 19News

Preparation, self-discipline, and flexibility were my keys to success for NaNoWriMo 2019. I decided a few months away from November 2019 that I wanted to try the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. This is an online-based creative writing project where writers are encouraged to produce at least 50,000 words[…]

Story Behind the Story: Fire Over Troubled Water

By Nick Marone 2 November 19Story Behind the Story

I was very pleased with this cover design. Here’s a little account of how Fire Over Troubled Water came into existence. I discovered the Drowned Earth novellas opportunity on Facebook in early 2019. The team at Aussie Speculative Fiction (ASF) had great plans for a series of novellas dealing with[…]