Novels by fantasy author Jon Ray.
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…
On Reddit.com there is a sub-reddit called /r/Fantasy, where all things fantasy related are discussed. They have a Writer of the Day segment, where a fantasy author will submit months in advance to come on a certain day and do a AMA (Ask Me Anything) to the group. Below is the link to that with some great questions asked. Reddit’s…
My First Official Book Signing & Table A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to setup my first table and do my first official book signing at an annual event called “Ironfest” in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. (Click the link for more details) This was to be my first venture out as an author, selling his book to the…
(Two small creatures that appear on the back of the “Gorp: Goblin Janitor” new book cover.) It’s been awhile now since I posted anything, but as of tonight I am finally finished with the edit and revision of my first novel “Gorp: Goblin Janitor (Book I)”. I still need to finished up a few details on the updated maps for…
Last night with 50384 words, I crossed the 2017 NaNoWriMo Winners line by going over the 50k word count. However, “Gorp 2: Dungeon Overlord” is proving to be a much longer novel than the first one “Gorp: Goblin Janitor“. In this continuation of the series, we see a lot more of The Kingdom as it is called, from Hallstorm in…