Free Children’s Book: Runaway Smile

I woke up this morning and I had lost my smile and it wasn’t my fault and I looked everywhere and it was gone. Then I met a workman and a king and the best salesman in the world and a clown and no-one wanted to give me theirs. At school, I asked Miss to give me hers,...

My First Year as an Indie Author Giveaway

Today is my authorversary Indieversary one-year anniversary since the publication of Pearseus: Schism, the first book of my epic fantasy series! Twelve exciting months and four books later, I’d like to celebrate by sharing with you my work. So, anyone who leaves...

The Power of Six hits #1 on Amazon

Following my first live video interview on Sally Sue Ember’s CHANGES, I woke up this morning to a lovely surprise: The Power of Six had reached #1 on Amazon – without any ads or promotion! So, I wanted to thank you all for your help with that. I know a lot...

Killing your Characters

I was reading the other day a fascinating post, Killing the Mary-Sue, by Chiyome. As I am currently debating killing a character or two in my WIP, the fourth book of my epic fantasy series Pearseus, her musings made me wonder about the role death plays in our works....

5000 Thanks!

This week has been a strange one: I passed the 5,000 followers’ mark on Twitter, and the 500 one on this blog and on my Facebook author page. Image: iblogo.com Image: sessuologiacagliari.blogspot.com I’ve also been nominated for two blog awards: a Very...

The Real Women of Pearseus

People ran around her, shouting and screaming.  Sol could not move under the weight of the guard and raised her head to seek her brother.  As she did, a second arrow passed so close to her eye that its feathers scratched her eyebrow.  Blood flowed from the wound,...

Nicholas C. Rossis on Sale: All books now 99c

In case you’ve missed the huge sale banner on my blog (and it’s okay if you have, I, too, filter out banners and such most of the time), here’s the deal: Between the 20th and 27th, all of my books will be only 99c! As I’ve kept the book prices...