Tales of Arvia
I am going to pop in very briefly tonight because I want to share something with you. Today was a pretty big day for my hubby. I think I mentioned before that he is an indie fantasy author and he created his own fantasy world where monsters are big and humans are small. He is writing the
Tales of Arvia
He has already published three novels as well as two novellas, of course, all taking place on Arvia and all are adult fantasy (despite the cute chibi look of the video preview below).
Currently, he is editing the third book of the Arvia series but each one is a stand-alone book and may be read independently from the others. The third book in the series will be published in May and today he released a video that explains a little bit of the background of the story and of Arvia itself.
So, that's why I thought I would share it here. This is the video, all video editing was done by my husband, and the art is by Papaya Style who has also done a book cover or two for his Arvia books.
It would be wonderful if you'd check out the video
If you head on over to his website you may read a few sample chapters of the novellas for free to get to know his writing style.
Neither he nor I are marketing experts and it is really hard to gain a bit of traction for an indie author. But we are plugging away and he keeps writing because it is what he does. And I love it!
Here are a few of his book covers showing his love for fantasy to maybe give you a better feeling of the world of Arvia. You can all look them up on Amazon, Kindle KU, Apple, Goodreads - wherever. My personal favorite is Hazelhearth Hires Heroes - it's a bit more conventional with more human main characters but the tone is the same in all of them:
Fantasy humor all the way.
Anyways, that's it from me and my feeble attempt to shamelessly plug my husband's wonderful work 🤗.
Oh yeah, and - by the way - in all of his books, except the novellas, you will find artwork by yours truly 😊. I don't think I have shared any or much of my ink artwork on Hive but that is what you will find in the books. I'll give you a sneak peek of one of the maps that I did for Hazelhearth Hires Heroes. It is not the published version because this one here is missing the city names etc. but otherwise - it is the one.
So, I hope you don't mind too much that I am sharing this here but - what can I say - I am proud of what hubby does and has achieved so far but there are so many more lovers of fantasy stories out there that he could reach so that I feel the need to share it here as well.
Thank you for reading if you made it this far. Have a wonderful rest of your day.
Have a great rest of your day!
Cheers,
(Ocean)Bee
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That's awesome. I love fantasy, and I love indie authors. I might have to check this out.
Let me know what you think if you do.
That's really cool! Good job to you and your husband! Him for doing the writing and you for the drawing! I love it. I will have to give it a look, thanks for the link! I read a few novellas in the past but sadly haven't done a lot of reading in a number of years but will see if this one wets my appetite for a good story!
Sounds like you and I are in the same boat with regard to reading. I used to always have a book glued to my nose - not so much anymore. Other interests came along and then time was the issue. Over the past few years I have gotten a bit into audio books but not nearly as much as I used to. Novellas are a good start though because you can just read through them in one go, maybe two.
I enjoyed the treasure one from what I read last night! Herbert was really motivated to get out of dodge and go with the mysterious cat lady lol I haven’t gotten a lot farther besides them walking through the portal but it sounds like he’s got the hots for her!
Hah - you're reading the free chapters on the website? Looks pretty neat GUI, right? And, no, no, no, not going to spoil it for you 😂
Watched, liked and commented.
Awesome! Thank you very much, Galen, ahem, Addison 😁. It means a lot to me.
Lol...Yeah, you caught that huh? I use it to throw off the stalkers. 🤣
Well, I also watched your well-disguised videos when they first came out 😇.
I thought about this for a while because you know it, on the blockchain hardly anyone uses their real names for... reasons. But I wanted to support hubby and now it's out and I might actually start using my own (web2) blog again and post it to Hive with EXXP (traciyork uses it too). We'll see.
People like to cling to the (false) idea that they actually have anonymity huh? I use my real name, I have nothing to hide and if someone wanted to find me in real life, for nefarious reasons, it'll probably go worse for them than me. So, it's all good.
I think using a name, even a made up name, is better as it gives personality; the same with an avatar. I never respond or relate as well to those who don't use one.
That's kind of what I figured as well, the finding part, not the going worse for them than me, I or we are not prepped like you are. Wait, which one is your real name Youtube or this one here? Regardless, I'll keep calling you Galen since that's who you are on Hive.
Galen works, just don't call me late for dinner. 😊
Hmm, that one went right over my head. I'm sometimes slow or unknowledgeable like that, or both 😰
Isn't it a little early or late for you to be online?
It's an Australianism. Forget it.
Late, 01:10 in the morning. Time to go to sleep.
Have a good night!
or
Good morning!
Very cool thx for sharing 😀
Got to do what you got to do as a loving wife 😍. Thank you!
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Sounds great you can be proud of your Hobby !LUV
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Oh, I absolutely am 100 % very proud of him. Especially for pulling this through despite, you know, not too much selling. Which is not only about money but also about people reading your art when you have put sooo much effort and more into it. !LUV
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Congratulations to your husband! What an awesome accomplishment! I would be ashamed if you didn't plug him!!! That is one of the things that is a spouse's job!
Thank you so much for sharing with us and I hope to see more when you post them!
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I see we understand each other 😍. Well, there will be a cover release, I think on 1/20 and then the book release at the beginning of May. So there may well be another couple of posts incoming.
Woo hoo! That is exciting to hear. Always so nice to see good things happening to nice people.
(I will be incognito at that time, on a cruise. 😁 Intermittent wifi) I won't be back for a few, but, I will be on the lookout for it! Thank you for the heads up!
You're going cruising? Like Britt&Josie, also to the Caribbean? I'm officially jealous - LOL. Enjoy!
I'll have to see when she is going! I am going to the Caribbean and South America!
She is posting about Curacao right now :)
Caribbean AND South America?! Wow - a little bit of a longer cruise I hope. I also hope to see some pictures. Enjoy! I know you will
I am so behind. I'm going to check her. Yes, we laugh as we do some of the same ships, and I think I will be going on the same one in February ! We both love cruising. :) Especially when it's cold. I love Curacao. One of my favorite islands. I wont be back until next month sometime!
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Awesome that your husband is a writer and has created something that looks amazing!
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