P.H.’s Comments (group member since Dec 30, 2017)

P.H.’s comments from the Q&A with P. H. Solomon group.

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Today, I posted on my website about my writing plans for 2018 - check them out and leave your response: http://phsolomon.com/2018/01/05/fun-f...

P.H. wrote: "Please post your questions without spoilers as a reply to this post. I'll answer your questions and respond to your comments as soon as I am able."

I received a question via Twitter: When will your books be available in print?

It's a great question! I was delayed by unforeseen circumstances during 2017 which left me unable to invest in print (print covers and ISBNs are costly). beginning with The Bow of Destiny, I hope to begin releasing the books to print later this month.

After that, I hope to release An Arrow Against the Wind to print in February or March. Lastly, I plan to release The White arrow print edition between March and May.

P.H. wrote: "Thanks for your interest in The Bow of Hart Saga and joining this group. The Q&A will run through 1/14/18 during which I will be happy to field your questions about the series as well as my works i..."

Thanks for joining this group and Happy New Year!

The group is now open for questions and comments. Please leave questions as a reply to one of the other threads in this folder and I'll respond.

They other project well underway at the request of my agent, is another series involving a mage. This book has quite a different feel, mixing several other genres including mystery into the plot.

Since this project is under consideration for publication by several publisher, I'm not at liberty to discuss much, but the reaction from several alpha readers has been good. The main character has several interesting pieces of personal baggage and often creates more problems for himself and his side-kick. This WIP is likely to be the first book of a series and will probably run well over 120k words. I already have the plots for 2-3 other books in the series and I'm just itching to do something serious with it. Again, if it is not picked up with a publisher, I'll self-publish it. This is a very entertaining book based on the reactions I've gotten already.

I'll announce the publication plans as soon as I know what I'll be doing with the manuscript.

I'm working on a few other projects as requested by my agent during 2017. Since this has been proposed to several publishers and is under consideration, I don't want to reveal the title or much of the book. I don't even have a link for a blog post about it. If publishers turned this book down, I'll self-publish it as I think it will be a fantastic book to begin a series. I expect this book to weigh-in just under 90k words.

The book will follow three young men who are mages after they survived a civil war as, essentially, child-warriors. They have effective fighting skills but are limited in more nuanced magic skills. The main character ends up being cursed which is the main motivation for him and the other two mages - how to remove the curse without getting killed. With a strong western feel, the book should be highly entertaining to say the least.

I'll announce the publication plans as soon as I know what I'll be doing with the manuscript.

Another new series that I'm working on is completely new. It's named The Broken Shield Chronicles while the first book is likely to be entitled, The Hopeless Knight. Here's the link to the blog post I recently wrote about this new series. This link is the follow-up to the first mention of the series.

The book is set around a knight who travels to tournaments and contests as a way of making a living. He's the lone survivor of an elite company of knights after a coup of the kingdom he served. The main character survives on his skill alone in this series that I intend to be several shorter books of around 60-70k words long.

I am considering work on a parallel novella series to The Bow of Hart Saga. The name is yet to be determined but The Goddess Veil will be a working title for now.

The series would be set in a completely different part of Denaria in the Ganturan Empire and be centered around the main character, Sramsurash. Here's a link to my blog post about the series and why I cut this sub-plot from The Bow of Hart Saga.

Below are some posts with excerpts and commentaries about the books in The Bow of Hart Saga:

Excerpt #1 - The Bow of Destiny

Dream Excerpt #2 - The Bow of Destiny

Dream Excerpt #3 - The Bow of Destiny

Dream Excerpt #4 - The Bow of Destiny

Excerpt #5 - The Bow of Destiny

Excerpt #1 - An Arrow Against the Wind (spoiler alert)

Excerpt #2 - An Arrow Against the Wind (spoiler alert)

Here are some links that discuss characters from the series. You may find this interesting:

Athson

Athson #2

Limbreth

Limbreth on Lisa Burton Radio

Spark

Interview with the real Spark

Hastra

Following are page links on my site to the series:

The Bow of Hart Saga

The Bow of Destiny

An Arrow Against the Wind

The White Arrow

S. Even Townsend interviewed me a few times on his Blog Talk Radio program, Speculative Fiction Cantina. Both interviews were a lot of fun and I thank Evan for the interviews:

Speculative Fiction Cantina Interview #1

Speculative Fiction Cantina Interview #2

Follow these links to read fictional news interviews with Tordug, a dwarf character from The Bow of Hart Saga.

http://phsolomon.com/2017/11/06/inter...

http://phsolomon.com/2017/11/26/inter...

http://phsolomon.com/2017/11/24/inter...

If you've completed The Bow of Hart Saga, please leave your questions and comments by replying to this thread.

If you've read as far as An Arrow Against the Wind, please post your questions and comments with any spoilers by replying to this post.

If you've read The Bow of Destiny, please post your questions and comments that may contain spoiler content by replying to this thread.

Please post your questions without spoilers as a reply to this post. I'll answer your questions and respond to your comments as soon as I am able.

Thanks for your interest in The Bow of Hart Saga and joining this group. The Q&A will run through 1/14/18 during which I will be happy to field your questions about the series as well as my works in progress.

For your convenience and to avoid discussing any spoilers, I've divided the Q&A into sections that include those for anyone who has read through only a book or two (or the entire series). Be aware that you may discover details discussed in each Q&A section that are spoilers but I've labeled these as containing spoiler topics.

Please be patient with responses to your questions as my work schedule is changing and I may be delayed posting answers - but I will get to everyone as soon as I can. Feel free to share this group with your fantasy-reading friends here on Goodreads and other social media.

I have created a few extra folders which contain additional material you can read about The Bow of Hart Saga as well as my works in progress. You may read this information and share it on Goodreads and other social media as you choose. One fun series of blog posts you can read are three fictional news interviews with one of the characters. Also, I've posted several blog talk radio interviews in which I've been featured.

Thanks again for joining the group. Have fun and enjoy finding out more about The Bow of Destiny, An Arrow Against the Wind and The White Arrow.

P. H. Solomon