What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Writing Redux

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I was planning on writing a long post about magic and military fantasy this week when reality intervened. I was recently put on medication for diabetes and my metabolism still seems to be adjusting to it. I’ve had to make some dietary changes as well which are not helping. A lot of the day I feel pretty slow, particularly just after I have taken the tablets in the morning. It’s not exactly conducive to writing either fiction or blog posts. Under the circumstances there is only one thing to do: learn, adapt and roll with the punches. I’ve spent the Read more…

The Guardian of the Dawn

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I am a bit out of it today so here for your amusement is a reprint of my Kormak story, The Guardian of the Dawn.  The Guardian of the Dawn Copyright © William King 2005 “Open the door,” Kormak yelled. Blood seeped through his shirt, the wound in his side hurt, and he was dizzy from all the witchroot he had chewed for the pain. He needed to get inside soon. It was almost twilight and this, of all nights, was no time to be abroad. He glanced back towards the darkening woods. At least there was no sign of Read more…

A Last Blast From the Past: The Navis Nobilitae

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Here is the last article I salvaged from the old Trollslayer.net site. It comes from the time when I was writing Wolfblade. As usual, it is not part of the official Warhammer 40,000 background save where parts of it have made their way into the book. The Navigators An extract from the basic training lectures of  Brother Guillame, Fabricator Scriptorum, Inquisition Library, Stalynheim. Reference: Light of Knowledge Clearance Level: Tertius Unauthorised Viewing May Result In Termination of Library Privileges and Life. Praise the Emperor. Brothers, suffer not a mutant to live is one of the most ancient precepts of our Read more…

Terrarchs on Nook and iTunes

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Just wanted to say that the four Terrarch books and a bunch of my short stories are once again available on Smashwords, Barnes and Noble and iTunes. I’ll be adding links to the appropriate pages over the next few days, time and deadlines allowing. I have already put up the Death’s Angels links. If you are interested just click on the picture in the right hand column.

Another Blast From the Past: Rogue Traders

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Here is another background piece I did back when I was writing Farseer. There is actually a Rogue Trader character in Fist of Demetrius so this may still be relevant. Once again, everything here is very old and none of it was ever part of the official 40K background save where it appears in Farseer. An extract from the basic training lectures of  Brother Guillame, Fabricator Scriptorum, Inquisition Library, Stalynheim. Reference: Light of Knowledge Clearance Level: Tertius Unauthorised Viewing May Result In Termination of Library Privileges and Life. Praise the Emperor. Brothers, our lesson today deals with those individuals variously Read more…