Author of Maldene

Novelist, writer of big epic fantasy/SF series, in particular "Maldene".

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Ghostwriter for hire, fiction or nonfiction

Need a book written by someone that understands intricate multi-book plots with a couple hundred characters?  Someone that knows how to put emotions on the page?  Or perhaps a guy with a degree in Physics that can translate your esoteric specialty into something the guy in the street can understand?  Be it fiction or nonfiction, SFF or a real-life legacy memoir, no matter what your needs I can ghostwrite that book you’ve been wanting to do, and with 30 years of writing experience and tons of talent, I can do it like no one else.

Rates and samples:  http://www.maldene.com/ghostwritingservices

Initial consultation is, of course, free.

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Epic new Maldene book trailer for 2026

I’ve been kinda silent the last few months but busy crafting a new book trailer for Maldene that should give you more of an idea of just how epic my little story is.  I created this trailer with my own hands, using some AI generated art,  lots of graphical editing (the AI stuff really needs it), AI videos from the art, some pieces of classical music I stitched together, and with some special help…

Epic new Maldene book trailer for 2026

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Character Talk: Shong and the Triplets

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Character Talk: Mauklo

Today’s random pick of who to talk about:  Mauklo

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Character Talk: Po-Adar

The first in a series of articles whereby I reach into my stein of names from the first Maldene book and pull out a random character name who I then talk about off the cuff.  First up:  Po-Adar

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New Blog Interview– World of Writing

Just had a new text interview about me and my books at World of Writing.  Catch it here.  

New Blog Interview– World of Writing

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New Ad Poster and Trailer

New Ad Poster and Trailer

As you may have seen, I’ve cobbled together a brand new book trailer for Maldene I&II, which is imbedded below, and now a new ad poster to end the year with (also below, and the only place where you’ll find the full high res version).  So take a gander and pass ’em both around.  

New Ad Poster and Trailer

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Just dropping my new 2024 book trailer for ‘Maldene’, the first novel in my 13-book epic saga.

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Maldene is a world of magic and science, wizards and dragons; but home also to an incredible secret.  One jealously guarded by History’s most villainous being: Miro.  For centuries his presence has been plaguing the nightmares of gods and men; the world is in his thrall, there is no one willing to face him.

Or perhaps there is.  The young wizard Sabu, and his elven friend Eldar, lead their companions on a journey to seek a destiny foretold them by a blind gold-skinned gypsy.  Fighting a three-hundred foot dragon will be but the beginning of this quest, as they journey the globe in search of answers to the mystery of Miro’s villainy, and uncover the world’s long-buried secrets.  For they are destined to lead a new battle against this most ancient of evils, to gather all beneath the banner of a mysterious King and face the unfaceable.

There is just one problem:  Miro is counting on their success.

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Maldene in Fanatical Book Bundle!

Just a bit of novel news, folks.  Right now Fanatical.com is carrying a special book bundle.  Special because it includes works from a number of top-flight authors, including Cherie Priest, E.C. Myers, the founder of steampunk K.W. Jeter, and the Grand Dame of fantasy herself, Mercedes Lackey!  Special because it also includes my own little fantasy book “Maldene” (the first of 13 in the series). …

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How to Write Like Me

  Someone recently asked how he could write like me; not the first time that question has come up. I soon realized that the response I gave might make for a good article, so here we are and away we go. I leaned to write by learning how to read and letting all my years of reading perculate through my brain before I started to write. I learned that, if you want to sound a little like something,…

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New Year's Resolution – A Short Story

A little while ago, sometime around 1988-1989, I wrote a quaint little New year’s Eve themed short story– then promptly showed it to like three people before squirreling it away.  Well, I guess it’s time to dust it off, so without further ado I now present “New Year’s Resolution”.   A clinking of glass sounded as the four members of the Fellowship Of Mental Philanthropists toasted the coming new…

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Merry Xmas from Maldene

Just a little something I came up with back in 2013.  Enjoy. The Night Before Christmas… in the ‘Hood. by Mark Anthony Tierno (with apologies to Clement Moore)   Twas the night before Xmas, when all through the ‘hood,   Not a body was stirring, even if they could. The winos were sleeping by the bar out of luck,   In the hopes that some passerby would give them a buck.   The Hookers were nestled,…

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A Couple of Characters out of Cyberdawn: Beginnings

Okay, so now for a bit more about some of the characters of “Cyberdawn: Beginnings”. First off, know that this novel is definitelty cross-genre, which I love doing. You will see elements of fantasy and magic, supernatural creatures that are the reason why the world needs to develop the first generation of cyber-weaponry; for without that, the world stands no chance at all. Key to this is the…

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A Brief Tour of Maldene

Welcome to Maldene, that world situated “in the center of Space, at the Doorway to Time, on the precipice of Fate.” You’re here for the tour; we’ll just be covering the highlights today, but as a precaution keep all limbs inside the transit bubble. First we have Tedelnosho, aka The Great Whirlpool, or if you want a literal translation that would be “really big hole in the ocean”. A whirlpool 1500…

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Writing Characters Of Faith In A Story

Nowadays if you have a character in a story that’s supposed to be a person of faith, even a priest– especially a priest– it seems as if the result is always some guy constantly quoting scripture as if he swallowed a Bible.  This has the character falling into a couple of standardized pigeonholes. The first pigeonhole comes from the fact that Hollywood seems embarrassed by faith and Christianity. …

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The Problem With Creativity

I have this one small problem with my novels, and that is in labeling the genre. It ends up being a long string of explanatory notes, because I love mixing up genre. For instance, my Cyberdawn series (5 books) is at its base cyberpunk because this is the start of the cyber age, but the reason for that start has to do with a plot involving supernatural creatures, magic, fantasy elements, and a…

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The Stories Of Homer

Everyone’s heard of Homer.  No, not the Simpsons guy, the ancient Greek writer guy.  The one that wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey.  It is said that he also wrote numerous other works that were lost when the Library of Alexandria was burned to the ground.  But I don’t think they were lost, just his authorship of them. When you read the various Greek mythological stories, no matter from which…

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