Last weekend I attended the Supanova Comic and Gaming Con in Sydney, Australia for the first time as a vendor. I’d had been before twice just to check it out, but this year with my ramp up as a fantasy author, I got myself a table shared with fellow author Natasja Rose to help cut the cost and offered my…
It’s been a few weeks since my last update, so I thought I’d spend a few moments tonight to provide some updates. As the title indicates, I’ve got some new signs made for LJR Publishing and will be displaying those first at the upcoming SupaNova Comic & Gaming Con in Sydney this weekend, starting Friday (Jun 21st). I created Book…
Last weekend, I attended Ironfest 2019 for the 2nd time. Last year, was my first time running a book-stall ever. A little has changed in that year. I currently have two books published, instead of just the one. Instead of just having a table inside the ballroom hall, I now have my own stall tent and was outside. I can…
So yesterday, I saw a very rough draft of the Gorp 3 novel book cover, “Gorp: Defender of the Realm”. It’s by the same artist who has done the previous two and it looks amazing! Of course, with any work of art and interpretation, there were changes to be made, modifications, and things that need to be added. But the…
One of the most effective and powerful tools to the modern day author is the Newsletter. In an effort to grow my own and get the word out that I now have a monthly Newsletter, I have a contest going on where I will be giving a free paperback copy of my first book in the Gorp the Goblin…
Recently, I sat down with the Interview Blog MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape to give some details about writing and my newest Gorp the Goblin book in the series “Gorp: Dungeon Overlord”. It’s my last author interview for 2018! Happy New Year everyone. You can read the internet here-> https://mylifemybooksmyescape.wordpress.com/2018/12/31/author-interivew-jon-ray/
It’s been a busy year but with Christmas 2018 comes the release of my 2nd novel “Gorp: Dungeon Overlord”. This is also the 2nd book in the Gorp the Goblin series. It is available on Lulu from my author page, you can also find the first book in the series “Gorp: Goblin Janitor” in case you haven’t read it yet.…
I recently was invited by a local Sydney library to present my first showcase as a local author. As part of my own 15 minute presentation, I learn a lot of about what I still need to put together, like a Microsoft Power Point presentation. I normally don’t get that nervous in front of crowds or doing speaking engagements, however,…
Every Gorp the Goblin novel was written during a NaNoWriMo, Book 1 was in 2010, years later I finally published it. Book 2 was written in 2017, but it wasn’t finished until November 1st, at 12:01 am. The start of NaNoWriMo 2018! I decided to write the 3rd and final book this year. Only problem was, I still had to…
I’ve attended this Australian Medieval Faire in St. Ives, New South Wales a few times before, but this was my first time to run my own booth at one. It’s quite a different experience running a booth at one of these than walking around as the general public, which up to this point is how I experienced them. To those…