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Dyrk Ashton

April 6, 2018

Fantastic article on indie books and where to find them!

Dyrk Ashton

April 6, 2018

"A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Published Fantasy Novels" on Ashwood's Tavern

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News Archive

October 2024
- Oct 15, 2024 Thunder Kraken Cover & Release Schedule! Oct 15, 2024
November 2023
- Nov 15, 2023 THE KRAKEN HAS BEEN RELEASED! Nov 15, 2023
October 2023
- Oct 9, 2023 Kraken Rider Z is coming Nov. 14! Oct 9, 2023
May 2022
- May 7, 2022 We have a Podcast! May 7, 2022
- May 7, 2022 FUNDED AND DONE! May 7, 2022
- May 7, 2022 PATERNUS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY Audiobook now available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes May 7, 2022
March 2022
- Mar 14, 2022 PATERNUS: WAR OF GODS AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, AUDIBLE, AND ITUNES! Mar 14, 2022
February 2022
- Feb 17, 2022 PATERNUS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY Feb 17, 2022
May 2021
- May 9, 2021 What's Next for Dyrk? May 9, 2021
December 2019
- Dec 28, 2019 Paternus: War of Gods Release Date Change Dec 28, 2019
November 2019
- Nov 19, 2019 WE DID IT! Nov 19, 2019
October 2019
- Oct 20, 2019 Coming soon: Kickstarter for Paternus: Rise of Gods Hardbacks! Oct 20, 2019
September 2019
- Sep 23, 2019 Announcing a Kickstarter for Rise of Gods Hardbacks! Sep 23, 2019
- Sep 23, 2019 Finally, an official release date for Paternus: War of Gods! Sep 23, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 28, 2019 My (super brief) review of The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Aug 28, 2019
- Aug 28, 2019 My Review of The True Bastards by Jonathan French Aug 28, 2019
- Aug 11, 2019 My review of The Cracked Amulet by R.B. Watkinson Aug 11, 2019
- Aug 11, 2019 My review of Twilight of the Gods by Scott Oden Aug 11, 2019
- Aug 11, 2019 My review of Uncanny Collateral by Brian McClellan Aug 11, 2019
July 2019
- Jul 28, 2019 WorldCon and EuroCon, Here I Come! Complete panel schedule… Jul 28, 2019
- Jul 2, 2019 My review of The Wolf's Call, by Anthony Ryan Jul 2, 2019
- Jul 2, 2019 My review of Warlord, by Keith McArdle Jul 2, 2019
June 2019
- Jun 25, 2019 Fantasy Fiends Podcast! Jun 25, 2019
- Jun 10, 2019 Cover reveal of Paternus: War of Gods on Fantasy Book Critic Jun 10, 2019
- Jun 1, 2019 My review of The Unspoken Name, by A.K. Larkwood Jun 1, 2019
May 2019
- May 13, 2019 L.A. Area Book Signing! May 13, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 20, 2019 My Review of Malice by John Gwynne Apr 20, 2019
January 2019
- Jan 6, 2019 Progress Report - Paternus: War of Gods (The Paternus Trilogy #3) Jan 6, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 31, 2018 My Review of The Ventifact Colossus by Dorian Hart Dec 31, 2018
- Dec 30, 2018 My Review of The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft Dec 30, 2018
November 2018
- Nov 30, 2018 My Review of The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin-King Nov 30, 2018
- Nov 24, 2018 My review of Someone Like Me by M. R. Carey Nov 24, 2018
- Nov 11, 2018 My short but sweet review of Never Die by Rob J. Hayes Nov 11, 2018
- Nov 11, 2018 My review of Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames Nov 11, 2018
- Nov 3, 2018 Can't believe it. We won! Nov 3, 2018
October 2018
- Oct 23, 2018 "Fall of Fantasy" Audiobook Extravaganza! Oct 23, 2018
- Oct 23, 2018 Wrath of Gods is a finalist in the Booknest Fantasy Awards - And you can vote! Oct 23, 2018
- Oct 23, 2018 My choice for semi-finalist in this year's #SPFBO! Oct 23, 2018
August 2018
- Aug 5, 2018 My review of The Empire of Ashes: The Draconis Memoria #3 by Anthony Ryan Aug 5, 2018
- Aug 5, 2018 My review of The Wolf of Oren-yaro by Kay Villoso Aug 5, 2018
- Aug 5, 2018 My review of Bloodwitch: A Living Blade Novella by Timandra Whitecastle Aug 5, 2018
- Aug 5, 2018 My review of I Was a Teenage Weredeer by Charles Phipps and Muchael Suttkus Aug 5, 2018
- Aug 5, 2018 My review of Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft Aug 5, 2018
- Aug 2, 2018 Terrible Ten 'Convention' Video by Ben Galley Aug 2, 2018
May 2018
- May 22, 2018 "Greensleeves" The official drink of Paternus, brought to you by The Tome & Tankard May 22, 2018
April 2018
- Apr 6, 2018 Fantastic article on indie books and where to find them! Apr 6, 2018
February 2018
- Feb 27, 2018 Catching up on Book Reviews. FIVE of them! Feb 27, 2018
September 2017
- Sep 25, 2017 New branding for Paternus and Book 2 news! Sep 25, 2017
- Sep 17, 2017 My review of M. R. Carey's The Boy on the Bridge Sep 17, 2017
July 2017
- Jul 15, 2017 NEW COVER PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE! Jul 15, 2017
- Jul 15, 2017 UDATE ON DELAY FOR PATERNUS NEW COVER PAPERBACK Jul 15, 2017
- Jul 15, 2017 DELAY FOR NEW COVER PAPERBACK Jul 15, 2017
- Jul 14, 2017 #PATERNUS PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE WITH NEW COVER Jul 14, 2017
- Jul 11, 2017 BOHOMIND INTERVIEW - THE FINAL ROUND Jul 11, 2017
- Jul 10, 2017 SOME KNUCKLEHEAD INTERVIEWED BY BOHOMIND.COM, PT. 2 Jul 10, 2017
- Jul 9, 2017 GRIMDARK MAGAZINE REVIEWS PATERNUS Jul 9, 2017
- Jul 8, 2017 IT'S HEEEERE! THE NEW COVER FOR PATERNUS REVEALED! Jul 8, 2017
- Jul 8, 2017 NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW AT A BOHEMIAN MIND AT WORK! Jul 8, 2017
September 2016
- Sep 10, 2016 NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, BLOG REVIEWS AND MORE! Sep 10, 2016
May 2016
- May 1, 2016 MAY DAY! MAY DAY! PATERNUS IS RELEASED! May 1, 2016
April 2016
- Apr 3, 2016 Ch. 5, Goodreads Giveaway, Fantasticon Toledo, SFWA Conference! Apr 3, 2016
March 2016
- Mar 14, 2016 Paternus avail for preorder on Amazon & B&N! Mar 14, 2016
- Mar 12, 2016 Chapter 4 Now Avail., New Interview, Production Update! Mar 12, 2016
- Mar 6, 2016 Thank you for the fantastic Reddit Fantasy Author's AMA! Mar 6, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 21, 2016 Chapter 3 Now Available! March 1 Reddit AMA, Book Trailer Feb 21, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 30, 2016 Book Cover, Chapter 2, Reddit Fantasy AMA, Book Reviews! Jan 30, 2016
- Jan 6, 2016 Welcome to Paternus! Jan 6, 2016

Blog Archive

September 2017
- Sep 17, 2017 My review of M. R. Carey's The Boy on the Bridge Sep 17, 2017
April 2017
- Apr 27, 2017 SPFBO AudioBook Giveaway! Apr 27, 2017
July 2016
- Jul 18, 2016 Review of Robert J. Bennett's City of Stairs Jul 18, 2016
- Jul 18, 2016 Review of Sara Dobie Bauer's Bite Somebody Jul 18, 2016
- Jul 18, 2016 Review of Chuck Wendig's Blackbirds Jul 18, 2016
May 2016
- May 8, 2016 Review of Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy May 8, 2016
- May 8, 2016 Review of M. R. Carey's Fellside May 8, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 25, 2016 Review of A. Dale Triplett's Halcyon's Wake Feb 25, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 17, 2016 Review of Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone Jan 17, 2016
- Jan 17, 2016 Review of The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey Jan 17, 2016
- Jan 17, 2016 Review of Half a King by Joe Abercrombie Jan 17, 2016
- Jan 17, 2016 Review of Redshirts by John Scalzi Jan 17, 2016
- Jan 17, 2016 Review of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Jan 17, 2016
- Jan 2, 2016 Blog Coming Soon! Jan 2, 2016

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