Greetings, everyone!
Just another quick blog here. I can't believe I haven't linked this yet! Things have been so busy for me lately I completely forgot, so my apologies for that.
I wanted to post the link here to my Smashwords Interview. I suppose some of you may only know me as 'that author with the hand for his profile picture.' There is a reason I have that for my profile image, which I believe is answered in the interview.
For those of you who would like to learn a little more about me, I invite you to click on the link to the interview. I would like to say thank you as well for all of your support. Here is the link to the interview:
http://www.smashwords.com/interview/ScottBorgman
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Quick Update
Hello everyone!
Just wanted to give a quick update for you. I uploaded a new cover image for my latest book, Province of a Thief.
While the original cover image did have a meaning to it within the story, I wasn't happy with it. So I took a new step and really concentrated over the past few days on making a better cover, one that I am extremely happy with. Since I already posted the link to my new book in my previous blog, there's no need to be repetitive with that. Here's what the new book cover image looks like:
I hope you all had a wonderful New Year! Best wishes and let's all make this year a good one!
Warmest Wishes,
Scott Borgman
Just wanted to give a quick update for you. I uploaded a new cover image for my latest book, Province of a Thief.
While the original cover image did have a meaning to it within the story, I wasn't happy with it. So I took a new step and really concentrated over the past few days on making a better cover, one that I am extremely happy with. Since I already posted the link to my new book in my previous blog, there's no need to be repetitive with that. Here's what the new book cover image looks like:
I hope you all had a wonderful New Year! Best wishes and let's all make this year a good one!
Warmest Wishes,
Scott Borgman
Saturday, December 28, 2013
My Latest Publication
Hello everyone! I hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas and is looking forward to the new year that will be upon us in a matter of days as of this writing.
The last three months have been very busy for me, but I am pleased to announce that a short while ago, my latest novel which I have been hard at work on was published at none other than my home away from home, Smashwords.com
I fell in love with the fantasy genre at an early age. I loved reading about worlds where swords and magic shaped the world, and dragons flew the skies. After finishing my Exiled trilogy, that was my goal: To plant my feet in the fantasy genre that I love.
I have to say the first steps were not what I expected. You would think that it would be easy: Stick a wizard in front of a horde of monsters and with a snap of his fingers a fireball defeats them. Sure, it can be done, but it's not believable. Yes, even wizards casting fireballs must be believable.
I've found my first steps to be difficult, but absolutely amazing. I loved reading the genre, but to write it gives me a sense of absolute joy. Becoming a writer was always my dream, but to be even more specific, the dream was to write fantasy fiction. If I'd only touched my dream before, now I've wrapped my hand firmly around it.
So without further ado, I give you: Province of a Thief
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/392442
The last three months have been very busy for me, but I am pleased to announce that a short while ago, my latest novel which I have been hard at work on was published at none other than my home away from home, Smashwords.com
I fell in love with the fantasy genre at an early age. I loved reading about worlds where swords and magic shaped the world, and dragons flew the skies. After finishing my Exiled trilogy, that was my goal: To plant my feet in the fantasy genre that I love.
I have to say the first steps were not what I expected. You would think that it would be easy: Stick a wizard in front of a horde of monsters and with a snap of his fingers a fireball defeats them. Sure, it can be done, but it's not believable. Yes, even wizards casting fireballs must be believable.
I've found my first steps to be difficult, but absolutely amazing. I loved reading the genre, but to write it gives me a sense of absolute joy. Becoming a writer was always my dream, but to be even more specific, the dream was to write fantasy fiction. If I'd only touched my dream before, now I've wrapped my hand firmly around it.
So without further ado, I give you: Province of a Thief
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/392442
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
A New Update
My apologies for such a long absence from my blog, life has been hectic as of late and I've had to neglect some things because others took precedence. However, I finally found a few moments to sit down and wanted to share that the second book in my Exiled trilogy, Continuation, has a new look.
As I've said before, I have no artistic talent in the drawing/designing field. Jess O'Connell, who redesigned the cover for my first book, The Exiled, has been kind enough to redesign the second book cover as well.
I was absolutely amazed at the cover design she did. Astonished. Breathless. My jaw literally dropped when I saw it. Yes, she did that good of a job. I believe I have posted a link to her work in a previous blog, so I ask those of you who read this to take a few moments and check out her available works.
So here is the old cover of Continuation:
And here is the new look for it:
And even though I have said it through countless emails, thank you so very much Jess O'Connell, for such breathtaking work.
I used to think art was paintings. As I grew older, I realized that 'art' is more than paintings. It's music. It's writing. It's designing buildings. It's designing book covers. We have artists showing us their talent each and every day, and too often I think we don't take the time to really realize just how much work has gone into it all. So to all the artists out there, in every form, Thank You.
As I've said before, I have no artistic talent in the drawing/designing field. Jess O'Connell, who redesigned the cover for my first book, The Exiled, has been kind enough to redesign the second book cover as well.
I was absolutely amazed at the cover design she did. Astonished. Breathless. My jaw literally dropped when I saw it. Yes, she did that good of a job. I believe I have posted a link to her work in a previous blog, so I ask those of you who read this to take a few moments and check out her available works.
So here is the old cover of Continuation:
And here is the new look for it:
And even though I have said it through countless emails, thank you so very much Jess O'Connell, for such breathtaking work.
I used to think art was paintings. As I grew older, I realized that 'art' is more than paintings. It's music. It's writing. It's designing buildings. It's designing book covers. We have artists showing us their talent each and every day, and too often I think we don't take the time to really realize just how much work has gone into it all. So to all the artists out there, in every form, Thank You.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Stepping into YouTube
Wow, busy day today. I decided last night that I wanted to put something together and make a YouTube video trailer for my novel The Exiled. Now, in all honesty, book trailers are not the most popular things on YouTube, in my experience. And if you've read my other blogs, you know that I am certainly no Picasso... even though I can draw a mean stick figure with a big round head.
But I made the decision to give it a try, and spent most of last night coming up with what I wanted to do. Needless to say, halfway through the day today, that idea got tossed out the window because it just didn't feel right. The basics remained the same, but I'm pleased to say I like the end result far better than I think I could have made the original idea.
And in the process I found that in some ways it was very much like writing. A need to want everything to flow right, and of course trying to be a perfectionist (yes, even though this is my first attempt at making a book trailer video!)
So without further ado, I give you the book trailer for The Exiled.
But I made the decision to give it a try, and spent most of last night coming up with what I wanted to do. Needless to say, halfway through the day today, that idea got tossed out the window because it just didn't feel right. The basics remained the same, but I'm pleased to say I like the end result far better than I think I could have made the original idea.
And in the process I found that in some ways it was very much like writing. A need to want everything to flow right, and of course trying to be a perfectionist (yes, even though this is my first attempt at making a book trailer video!)
So without further ado, I give you the book trailer for The Exiled.
Monday, September 9, 2013
A New Look
One thing that every author will almost certainly agree on is that a good story needs to have an attractive cover to go along with it. An attractive cover catches the reader's eye. It's the first thing they see, and what draws their initial attention to it.
With the amazing talents of another author and amazing cover design artist at http://www.smashwords.com, Jess O'Connell, I am both pleased and truly humbled to say that the first book in the Exiled trilogy, simply titled The Exiled, has a new look.
I wanted to share both the original cover, and the new cover. I am honestly awed at the talent that Jess has, not only as an author who I highly recommend for her writing ability, but also as such an amazing artist in cover design.
This was the original cover for The Exiled:
And here is the new cover that Jess O'Connell created:
Absolutely amazing. So this blog is not just to show the new look of the novel, but also to give my most heartfelt thanks to Jess for the beautiful cover design that she created. Here's a link to her own works at Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JessicaOC
With the amazing talents of another author and amazing cover design artist at http://www.smashwords.com, Jess O'Connell, I am both pleased and truly humbled to say that the first book in the Exiled trilogy, simply titled The Exiled, has a new look.
I wanted to share both the original cover, and the new cover. I am honestly awed at the talent that Jess has, not only as an author who I highly recommend for her writing ability, but also as such an amazing artist in cover design.
This was the original cover for The Exiled:
And here is the new cover that Jess O'Connell created:
Absolutely amazing. So this blog is not just to show the new look of the novel, but also to give my most heartfelt thanks to Jess for the beautiful cover design that she created. Here's a link to her own works at Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JessicaOC
Monday, September 2, 2013
Some Things Are Better Left Unwritten
It's been almost two weeks since my last blog, and in that time I've been hard at work on my next novel. I'm excited to be back to doing what I love to do, even more so because I've changed gears somewhat for this next novel.
While the Exiled trilogy revolved around more modern times, and required quite a bit of research for some spots, my new novel is taking a different path, one of pure fantasy. So for those of you who loved playing Dungeons and Dragons, or just enjoy that type of fantasy setting, this next novel will be right up your alley.
I did take a break from it over the weekend however, to go back to the Exiled trilogy for a short while. For several days it was difficult to work on my new novel because I kept thinking back to the Exiled books, particularly Continuation and Infinity.
One comment I'd had from a reader of the first book, Exiled, had said they were hoping for a little more sensuality. In the second and final books of the trilogy, there were a few places where I expanded on a few particular places. It's been bugging me for a few days, and I finally realized why.
Sex sells, of that there is no doubt. There are quite a few movies out there today that intentionally toss in some kind of scene like that - it has absolutely nothing to do with the storyline, it's just thrown in there for no other reason than to have some kind of nudity or sex in it.
I came to the conclusion that certain parts in Continuation and Infinity had done that same thing, to a point. Sure, I could certainly keep it in there. Unlike some movies that toss a nude or sex scene in just to have it in there, the added scenes in the two books did make sense, they were part of the story. But ultimately, I decided that I felt more comfortable simply leaving an impression of the act, rather than detailing it.
The point of all of this is not simply focusing on the sensuality aspects, but an overall observation of the story in its entirety. I'm sure each of us can think of a book or a movie where afterwards there was a moment of 'why was that in there... it had NOTHING to do with the story!' Certainly there are times when a little more detail is needed to reinforce the reasoning something is done, but sometimes just leaving the impression without going into detail is enough.
While the Exiled trilogy revolved around more modern times, and required quite a bit of research for some spots, my new novel is taking a different path, one of pure fantasy. So for those of you who loved playing Dungeons and Dragons, or just enjoy that type of fantasy setting, this next novel will be right up your alley.
I did take a break from it over the weekend however, to go back to the Exiled trilogy for a short while. For several days it was difficult to work on my new novel because I kept thinking back to the Exiled books, particularly Continuation and Infinity.
One comment I'd had from a reader of the first book, Exiled, had said they were hoping for a little more sensuality. In the second and final books of the trilogy, there were a few places where I expanded on a few particular places. It's been bugging me for a few days, and I finally realized why.
Sex sells, of that there is no doubt. There are quite a few movies out there today that intentionally toss in some kind of scene like that - it has absolutely nothing to do with the storyline, it's just thrown in there for no other reason than to have some kind of nudity or sex in it.
I came to the conclusion that certain parts in Continuation and Infinity had done that same thing, to a point. Sure, I could certainly keep it in there. Unlike some movies that toss a nude or sex scene in just to have it in there, the added scenes in the two books did make sense, they were part of the story. But ultimately, I decided that I felt more comfortable simply leaving an impression of the act, rather than detailing it.
The point of all of this is not simply focusing on the sensuality aspects, but an overall observation of the story in its entirety. I'm sure each of us can think of a book or a movie where afterwards there was a moment of 'why was that in there... it had NOTHING to do with the story!' Certainly there are times when a little more detail is needed to reinforce the reasoning something is done, but sometimes just leaving the impression without going into detail is enough.
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