C. M. Skiera's Blog

Are you a writer of fantasy fiction, or would you like to be? ProWritingAid’s first ever Fantasy Writer's Week will be jam-packed with free events for fantasy authors. I've already registered. Full transparency; my blog is a ProWritingAid affiliate (i.e., I receive a commission on purchases via this site). I've used ProWritingAid for years, and endorse it , but this isn't a sales pitch, rather a chance to take advantage of a great, free, learning opportunity for fantasy writers. With live sessions from bestselling fantasy writers TJ Klune, Angela J. Ford, David Farland and Stephanie BwaBwa, a world-building workshop, and a complete World Anvil software walkthrough, you don't want to miss this event! Fantasy Writer's Week kicks off on February 22 and runs until February 26. If you can't make it live, all the sessions will be available via replay, so you can sign up and watch the sessions when it's convenient. Register for this free event here: https://pr...

Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well. I'm weathering the pandemic and sincerely wish you are too. As you can see, I haven't been blogging much, but I wanted to check in and let you know I'm doing fine. September 2020 is  Self Published Fantasy Month and to celebrate, I'm offering all my e-books for free, for a limited time, starting with the entire Oxbow Kingdom Trilogy , which will be free from September 5 through September 9. Following that, my individual e-books will be available for free during the following days: Crimson & Cream ; Free September 10 through 14. Mirrors & Mist ; Free September 15 through 19. Warlock & Wyrm ; Free September 20 through 24. I haven't done a free e-book giveaway in a long time, but I wanted to do a little something for people who may be struggling with quarantine, unemployment, or just needing some inexpensive escapism. Please feel free to share. Thank you and take care.

Wishing you all well against the virus. I hope you're doing all the things to stay safe. I'm trying my best. I scheduled this book sale and paid for my ads a few months ago, so I'm still going to promote it. If you can't afford 99 cents today, or $1.99 in the next few days, but would like to read these three books, drop me a note and I'll see if I can hook you up for free. The 4.9-star epic fantasy adventure  The Oxbow Kingdom Trilogy  is 99 cents today. Here are some promotional words to inspire you to purchase my epic fantasy three-book-set at this ridiculously low price. Evil lurks in the Underbelly, and that's the least of Jetsam's worries. A runaway orphan and a fugitive wizard are both falsely accused and on the run. Will they survive the men and monsters that want them dead? “If you are a fan of epic fantasies, then this is your trilogy. Master storytelling is hard to achieve, but you will find it here.” – author Jennifer Thompson “The writing...

I received the e-mail below from Amazon today. They're discontinuing another helpful author feature, and replacing it with . . . who knows? Amazon’s Author Rank beta is retiring on March 23, 2020. You’ll be able to view your historical author rank until this date. Your rankings are available on the Author Rank page (https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/rank). We’ll continue to offer Sales Rank information for both readers and authors. As an author, this information is available through Author Central, Amazon Charts, and a few others. We appreciate your feedback around Amazon Author Rank, and remain committed to improving our features. We will continue to experiment with tools that help readers discover new titles and enable authors to sell more books. For details on Sales Rank, visit our Help page: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/help?topicID=200580390#salesRank Best regards, Amazon Author Central Team Since Amazon Author Rank was part of Author Central, I'm n...