by Steven | Jan 23, 2016 | Dead Planet, Giveaways, The Last Acolyte, Weekend Writing Warriors
Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! Click on the image below to check out all the authors participating this week! Time for another excerpt from Dead Planet, Book 2 of The Rike Chronicles, coming February 23rd! (Check out below for a chance to win a copy of Book 1...
by Steven | Jan 16, 2016 | Dead Planet, Giveaways, The Last Acolyte, Weekend Writing Warriors
Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! Click on the image below to check out all the authors participating this week! Time for another excerpt from Dead Planet, Book 2 of The Rike Chronicles, coming February 23rd! (Check out below for a chance to win a copy of Book 1...
by Steven | Jan 9, 2016 | Dead Planet, Giveaways, The Last Acolyte, Weekend Writing Warriors
Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! Click on the image below to check out all the authors participating this week! We’ll continue with another excerpt from Dead Planet, Book 2 of The Rike Chronicles, whose release is just over a month away! (Check out below...
by Steven | Jan 2, 2016 | Dead Planet, Giveaways, The Last Acolyte, Weekend Writing Warriors
Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! Click on the image below to check out all the authors participating this week! Sorry for my absence: I’ve been in Lazy Mode over the Holidays, unwinding and de-stressing from all of the end of the year crazy. Now I’m...
by Steven | Dec 30, 2015 | Giveaways, The Last Acolyte
We’ve hit the end of 2015, and in addition to wishing you all a Happy New Year I also wanted to take the opportunity to tell you about THE LAST ACOLYTE signed paperback giveaway. DEAD PLANET it coming your way in late February (stay tuned for more details), and...
by Steven | Nov 30, 2015 | Giveaways, Red Tide At Morning
Today only, grab my mystery novel RED TIDE AT MORNING for free over at Amazon.com! I hardly ever run free promotions these days, so be sure to jump on this one! A dead girl on the beach. A college student found tortured to death in an abandoned cottage. An ex-soldier...
by Steven | Sep 25, 2014 | Giveaways, Sneak Peeks, The Black Tower, The Last Acolyte, The Rike Chronicles
Want to be a part of the cover reveal for THE BLACK TOWER, the final volume of The Skullborn Trilogy? All you need is a blog and a willingness to post some information on the appropriate day. If you’re interested, sign up below! The details: Cover reveal will take...
by Steven | Sep 9, 2014 | Giveaways, Indie Author Spotlight, Writers Life
For quite some time, I’ve been online friends with Danielle Young, a book blogger, author, promoter, chef, and all-around awesome person. Danielle is always ready to lend an Indie author a hand. Well, it’s time I returned the favor. Danielle’s...
by Steven | Sep 30, 2013 | Chain of Shadows, Giveaways
The cover reveal for CHAIN OF SHADOWS is coming up in just 11 days, and the book releases on October 25th! Book 6 of the Blood Skies saga is a pivotal point in the series, marking a transition from the current story line to what’s going to be something of a new...
by Steven | Jun 25, 2013 | City of Scars, Giveaways, The Skullborn Trilogy
The wait is over…and 3 days early! =D CITY OF SCARS is here at last. It’s been three decades since the Blood Queen led her legions on a brutal campaign of conquest and destruction, and the Empires are still struggling to rebuild. Now, in the distant aftermath...
by Steven | Jun 24, 2013 | City of Scars, Giveaways, The Skullborn Trilogy
CITY OF SCARS will be available this Friday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t jump in now to try and get yourself an autographed print copy. 3 paperback editions of CITY OF SCARS are up for grabs, so enter now! Goodreads Book Giveaway City of Scars by...
by Steven | Feb 18, 2013 | Crown of Ash, Giveaways, The Witch's Eye
Just a quick update… Be sure to stop by Goodreads and enter for a chance to win a print edition copy of CROWN OF ASH and/or THE WITCH’S EYE. Just click on the respective cover image below to get whisked off to the proper page. Each giveaway only runs...
by Steven | Jan 14, 2013 | Giveaways, Tales of A Blood Earth
Today is my gorgeous wife Liberty’s birthday. I think of it as the anniversary of the day that sexy was introduced to the world. We’ll be roaming about and doing silly stuff, while YOU can enjoy a couple of free books on the house. To celebrate...
by Steven | Nov 29, 2012 | Giveaways, The Witch's Eye, Writing
Just a quick note: while I’ve been Tweeting this, it’s time to make it official: I’ll be giving away 2 e-book copies of Book 5 the day before it’s official release. Just hop on over to The Witch’s Eye’s Goodreads page and add the...
by Steven | Nov 20, 2012 | Giveaways
November 20 and 21 only: You can download four fantastic Guild of Dreams fantasy books for FREE! THE BONES OF THE EARTH By Scott Bury The Dark Age, eastern Europe: the earth has decided to rid itself of humanity with earthquakes, volcanoes and new plagues....
by Steven | Oct 9, 2012 | Giveaways, Indie Author Spotlight
Today I hand over the proverbial keys to the site to Indie author Emily Ward, a fellow Guild of Dreams member who’s stopped by before. So without further ado… ***** The Protectors Blog Tour: Excerpt from Promising Light Hey, everyone! I’m Emily, and...
by Steven | Sep 13, 2012 | Giveaways
Took me a while to get the books, but I’ll be mailing away the winners of the Goodreads Giveaway on Monday! Congrats to all of the winners! BLOOD SKIES Amanda Burt Daisy-Mai Do BLACK SCARS Lynne W Rachel Muhurin SOULRAZOR Bridgette Roundtree Amy Taylor ...
by Steven | Aug 19, 2012 | Crown of Ash, Giveaways
The big day is here. Finally. It feels like Book 4 has been about a million years in the making. Thanks for all of your patience. You can grab a copy at Amazon or Smashwords. I hope you enjoy it. I’m very proud of this work, and if you buy it by the end of...
by Steven | Aug 14, 2012 | Giveaways, Indie Author Spotlight
**** CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED **** **** WINNERS: Sarah Aisling and Chris D **** Today I have the great pleasure of serving as stop for the Portrait of Alatiel Salazar blog tour. Author Steven Katriel has put together a wonderfully atmospheric tale of Gothic horror...
by Steven | Aug 1, 2012 | Crown of Ash, Giveaways, Soulrazor
Ok. I know I promised a blog about role-playing games. It’s on the way. I swear. But probably not until next week. But in the meantime, I have three bits of important news to impart upon on you all (in three parts). 1: Summer Splash Giveaway Results Thanks...
by Steven | Jul 30, 2012 | Books I Am Reviewing, Crown of Ash, Giveaways, Writing
Just a quick post filled with utter randomness. Sort of a brain dump for Steve. Enjoy. * CROWN OF ASH is nearly finished. I’m going through the last serious edit now, and aside from a few minor typos and excessive adverbs, things are looking pretty solid. (I...
by Steven | Jul 23, 2012 | Black Scars, Blood Skies, Giveaways
a Rafflecopter giveaway Bloodskies.com is proud to be a part of the Indie Writers Unite! Summer Blog Hop, which runs from July 23rd-31st. Be sure to check out the Blog Hop’s main site, where you can enter to win a ton of extra cool stuff, including two Kindle...
by Steven | Jun 18, 2012 | Giveaways, Something Black, Writing
SOMETHING BLACK… is now available for the Kindle. And for a limited time — as in, today and tomorrow — it’s free! Grab a copy here, and check out the page on Goodreads. No Music Monday this week, as I’m still recovering from the...
by Steven | Apr 18, 2012 | Blood Skies, Giveaways, Uncategorized
It was one year ago today, April 18th, that I first launched this blog. I had no clue what I was no doing. I had a book that needed to be edited. I had no cover. I had only a handful of Twitter followers. I had, literally, no idea what was going to happen. Fast...
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