Please join me in welcoming John Otte, one of the authors here at Enclave Publishing. John is a life-long writer. He started with badly drawn comic books in the fifth grade. When he realized that he was a lousy artist, he moved on to badly written novels in middle school. He’s tried his hand at screenplays (don’t ask), stage plays (a little better), fanfic, teen mysteries, and religious fiction. But his first love has always been speculative fiction. His debut novel, Failstate, was published by Marcher Lord Press in April of 2012, and was a finalist for the Christy Awards …
Failstate: Now Free on Kindle & iTunes
Taking its place in the spotlight for this week’s featured FREE book is Failstate, by John W. Otte. This is the first book in the Failstate series, and it’s now free on both Kindle and iTunes! About Failstate: Why did Robin Laughlin (a.k.a. Failstate) think being a superhero on a reality show would be a good idea? Things seemed so simple: Win the show, become an official, licensed hero. But with his brother, Ben (a.k.a. Gauntlet) stealing America’s heart-and with Rob’s own powers proving too unwieldy for TV-Failstate begins to wonder if he’s going to live up to the failure …
June Speculative News
Here’s the latest news in the world of Christian speculative fiction: ~Name change for Marcher Lord Press. Marcher Lord Press is now Enclave Publishing. New website and updated social media to follow in the next couple months. Here is a preview of the new logo: ~A Cast of Stones, the first in a medieval fantasy series by Patrick Carr, won the 2014 Clive Staples Award for Christian speculative fiction. ~Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl took this year’s Christy Award in the Visionary category. ~Two cover reveals for Enclave’s fall release: A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes and Failstate:Nemesis by …
Two Christy Award Finalists
Congratulations to Morgan L. Busse and John Otte on finaling in the Christy Awards. Daughter of Light is a finalist in the Visionary Category and Failstate is a finalist in the Young Adult Category. To find out more, click the link below: www.christyawards.com
Free Marcher Lord Books!
Jill Williamson’s By Darkness Hid is free today and tomorrow (March 4th and 5th) on the Kindle! Even if you already own it, please consider downloading it again to support Jill. The more downloads on these two days, the better! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00266Q078/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=wwwteenageaut-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00266Q078&adid=102FNK5JPJ3JR8GKAJ6S And while you’re at it, head over to Goodreads to enter a giveaway for Failstate:Legends by John Otte! http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/46485-failstate-legends